Bandit 1200 ptoject

I'm a bit sick of looking at tl'S  so it was time to have a look at the Bandit before the fuel turned into varnish .Bike comes from a forum member .
Everything comes apart without a problem .

Why do Suzuki put this screen in ,isn't  that the job of the airfilter ?

Danmoto exhaust goes in the bin . Somewhere around Newcastle there is some exhaust packing because there was none left in the can .

Charlie says he used to have one of these .

I wanted something that said Suzuki Retro Racing  . Rattle can job ,still to put on clear finish coat after changing it a few times .Waiting for braided lines .

Bloody hell Gus that looks a lot different.... good job .................Recycled may even consider buying it back 

Wow! It's own mother wouldn’t recognise it.

What are those mirrors off Gus?

Great job Gus. I'm impressed.

Off my Aprilia , E-Bay ,cheap . Put in Aprilia Turono mirrors .
 6 kg here alone ,so with lighter can and headers I think about 20kg lighter .

I had a huge problem with the "make your own " style braided lines . Once I did disturbed them ,they leaked . I put them in the bin and ordered some others .
Not they type of thing I wont to be unsure of.

Its not often I cut a speedo in half, but it was the only way I could get to the inside of the glass to clean it.

gus wrote:I had a huge problem with the "make your own " style braided lines . Once I did disturbed them ,they leaked . I put them in the bin and ordered some others .
Not they type of thing I wont to be unsure of.

They were on the bike when I got it, I'm glad I was never tempted to play with them.

Once I played with them they said "that's enough ,we retire " . And fair enough .
This thing weighs a lot .

The paint job was not " doing it for me".I started to sand it back and got an interesting effect ,

In the furniture world they call that look "distressed" or "shabby Chic" 
In the Bandit world, we can call it " Gussed" 

It actually looks better than it does in the pics . Paint isn't pant any more ,candys ,pearls ,metallics  heat booths .

Kind of remind me of a Macintosh bike 

Yes Tag, I was . The black motor made it a bit dark for me though ,

So Gus, how's the b1200 project going?

Yes its changed again . I''ll take a pic tomorrow

Apart from being blury its a fine looking donk (old school talk for a " motor" for anyone under 35, lol )Unlike motors of today when no one  give a shit about plumbing or wiring .(old school talk for " i'm a grumpy old fart " )

i reckon the fairings overpower the rest of the bike. too much black. Maybe one of the low gloss metallic colours which seem popular with the hot european car hoons.

That exhaust looks like a cannon

Yep its big .I have 8 of them sitting unloved in the shed . I'll wait till I get a rwc and replace it .