Helllooooo from the colonies. Canadian GSX1250 rider here

As *Hammy* posted back in August, I am another Suzuki GSF650 ride who made the move to a to a GSX1250FA. Loving it so far, but miss my old red Bandit.

Riding season is just about done here. Got in a ride to work at -2C yesterday but thinking of packing it in.

Looking for good advice on aftermarket mods, riding tips, ninja/stealth camping. Nice to meet you blokes.

EDIT: Looks like I meant *car_ham* who had the old Bandit 650. Sorry Hammy.

Welcome aboard caatbox - the forum is littered with useful inforation. Cheers.

Hello and welcome.


I didn't know we had a colony in Canada!

This is a New Zealand forum right?

caatbox wrote:This is a New Zealand forum right?

No, but don't worry we know where it is.

welcome caatbox. ( won't make you feel bad & tell you we ride all year round over here )

we do have a few New Zealanders here who have seen the light & swam over the big moat to Australia.

Gidday Mate. Chuck another Moose on the Barbie.

Welcome the forum!

Welcome to the forum Caatbox... reading your post I thought your riding may have been nearly over for 6 months or so.. I'm heading over to BC in Feb for a spot of skiing in Big White.. been watching the snow reports that have just started to come in and can't wait to get there! Would like to be there one year when the snow isn't and do some riding - some great scenery to explore!

Welcome to the forum mate.

welcome mate,

canadian hey...i`m trying to think of something tongue and cheek and witty to say about canadians..but i`ve got nothing, i think hammy said it in one with the moose thing:lol:

god damn i want to live there..lucky bugger!

caatbox wrote:This is a New Zealand forum right?

Welcome along.
Nah, not a New Zealand forum, (Cam would nearly kick you off for saying that! )
But us Kiwi's are taking over one by one

A friendly bunch. Thanks for me making me feel welcome. I'll try to keep my cultural ignorance to myself and maybe learn a few things other than what Flight of the Conchords taught me.

Riding season here is from March to November unless you have lots of shiny chrome and leather on your bike, then it's much shorter. The Canadian winter is finally rolling in and the bike went under the tarp yesterday

I don't see a lot of Bandit's here in Ottawa; seems to be more of a HD city. Can't say I mind standing out a bit from the crowd, and the old 650 was a lot more eye-catching in red (seems I can't post a link yet).

coming into our warmer weather in australia now / it's 21 degrees celcius in Adelaide at the moment & it's 11.35 at night
(though it does get cooler sometimes )

welcome to the forum caatbox

caatbox wrote: (seems I can't post a link yet).

Pretty certain you can post links... just have to figure out how to do it; it isn't the most simple....
There are instructions somewhere on the forum of 'how to'... No good me explaining it as its really a 'hit and miss' for me each time I try to load something anyway!

Welcome dude

Kia ora cuz from New Zealand. And yes, we are invading - Centrelink by Centrelink