THATS A LOT OF BANDITS

Top 10 Sport Touring Motorcycles sold in 2009

Suzuki were dominant in the Sport Touring segment, although Hayabusa sales took a tumble after last years bumper sales of the new K8 model update.


Suzuki GS500F 440
Suzuki GSX650F 420
Suzuki GSX1300R 347
Triumph SPRINT ST 319
Suzuki GSF1250SA 196
Honda CBF1000 190
Kawasaki EX650C 173
Honda VFR800 165
Suzuki GSF1250S 148
Suzuki SV650SU 116

Even more impressive if you add the ABS and non-ABS versions together

No other bike has 2 variants in the list.

in total that makes 344 bandits running around (I assume these are Australian figures) yet we only have 65 registered users on this forum. I know not everyone has internet access but I think it shows we need to spread word around of the existance of this forum.

Baz wrote:in total that makes 344 bandits running around (I assume these are Australian figures) yet we only have 65 registered users on this forum. I know not everyone has internet access but I think it shows we need to spread word around of the existance of this forum.

And thats not counting the new GSX650 & 1250 models !!!

Top 10 Sports Touring 2007

Honda CBR1100X 599
Triumph SPRINT ST 518
Suzuki GSF1250S 397
Honda VTR1000F 385
Suzuki GS500F 369
Suzuki GSX1300R 366
Honda VFR800 294
Kawasaki EX650 187
BMW F 800 ST 168
Ducati ST3 157

Top 10 Sport Touring 2008

Suzuki GSX1300R - 538
Suzuki GS500F - 526
Suzuki GSX650F - 403
Suzuki GSF1250SA - 251
Triumph Sprint ST - 250
Honda VTR1000F - 246
Honda VFR800 - 239
Suzuki GSF1250S - 202
Honda CBR1100XX - 182
Kawasaki EX650 - 160

1194 Bandits in 3years
Not bad considering thats only the top ten figures & there's no naked bandits in there.

So where are they all? hmm

Don't know.
How do we get the word out to all the lonely Bandits out there in Oz?

it is good to see that bandit sales are still up there..
I have to say i cant blame then..

as for getting the word out.....i have no idea.

Make up some business cards with the web address on them.

Stick them in the seat of every Bandit you see on your travels.

Cruisecontrol wrote:Make up some business cards with the web address on them.

Stick them in the seat of every Bandit you see on your travels.

It mite work if members carried a couple of cards.
but not for members like me out in the meddle of no ware, the last time I'd seen a Bandit that wasn't mine was about 5years ago
The good thing is i have the best looking bandit around here.

the cards are a great idea. So hows up for designing one?

Cameron wrote:the cards are a great idea. So hows up for designing one?

I've got a page publisher software thingy .. and some experience, I'll give it a shot, give me a couple of days.

Thanks alot Baz, Appreciate it. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

What about a newtopic on the design of the card, so more members get involved.
Might endup with a few to pic from.

OZBANDIT1250 wrote:What about a newtopic on the design of the card, so more members get involved.
Might endup with a few to pic from.

Good idea.
Meanwhile this is what I came up with, unfortunatley anyone who needs to print this out will need SERIF PAGEPLUS SE1.0 (which was/is free as far as I can remember).. it would be good if everyone could print out a couple of pages of whatever we come with.
Anyway, this is the size of a NSW riders license and I can print about 10 per A4 page;

Looks good. hey Baz, can u tell i've got no experience.

ace

OZBANDIT1250 wrote:Looks good. hey Baz, can u tell i've got no experience.

The non S model owners might be a little peeved off with this one.
But that graphic would be so cool to design a custom paint job with.

New topic is open for designs

Hey boys, I was just thinking about getting the word out there.
What about youtube movies of our bikes with front page or credits to this forum.
People lookup thing there interested in on there all the time ? ? ? ? ?

Not a bad idea that. i like your thinking

I'm begining to think you 1250 blokes are a bit elitist, No mention of all the 1200 bandits sold.