Fastest colour Bandit available

I've done the trip to Cowra, Drake & Parkes. The good old RED "06" is now going to go to a good home.
She has a low 28,863 klm on her. She was bog stock standard when I bought her a few years ago. I have fitted a Delkevic can & a Cruise In Comfort sheepskin seat cover.
I may have a Ventura rack & bag available also, depending what I replace her with.
I have serviced this bike each year I have owned her. I only did about 2500klm last year, but dropped the oil (& replaced it) before heading to Parkes.
After looking at Bikepoint, I'm thinking $5300 is a fair price to put on her.
Pm me your email address, & I'll be happy to send you some pics.
Cheers, Steve

And where to next Steve?

Under 29,000 ......not even run in properly yet , someone is going to get a good buy .( pity you can't keep it as well )Keep us up to date on the new purchase 

Ewok1958 wrote:And where to next Steve?

I was seriously looking at a red Indian Scout. But after the Parkes meet up, I'm thinking it won't do the mileage to our forum meets, as it has a pathetically small fuel tank.
Today I took a new Yamaha MT 09 Tracer, & a Triumph Tiger 800 for a run. I still have to take the Triumph Tiger Sport for a run in the next few days. So far, even tho it has less power than the MT 09 Tracer, I'm leaning toward the Tiger 800 XRx.

Kiwisteve wrote:

Ewok1958 wrote:And where to next Steve?

I was seriously looking at a red Indian Scout. But after the Parkes meet up, I'm thinking it won't do the mileage to our forum meets, as it has a pathetically small fuel tank.
Today I took a new Yamaha MT 09 Tracer, & a Triumph Tiger 800 for a run. I still have to take the Triumph Tiger Sport for a run in the next few days. So far, even tho it has less power than the MT 09 Tracer, I'm leaning toward the Tiger 800 XRx.

The tiger gets a good write up & looks the goods, but ....er ......I um ............didn't notice a red one in their .........um .line up 

paul wrote:

Kiwisteve wrote:

Ewok1958 wrote:And where to next Steve?

I was seriously looking at a red Indian Scout. But after the Parkes meet up, I'm thinking it won't do the mileage to our forum meets, as it has a pathetically small fuel tank.
Today I took a new Yamaha MT 09 Tracer, & a Triumph Tiger 800 for a run. I still have to take the Triumph Tiger Sport for a run in the next few days. So far, even tho it has less power than the MT 09 Tracer, I'm leaning toward the Tiger 800 XRx.

The tiger gets a good write up & looks the goods, but ....er ......I um ............didn't notice a red one in their .........um .line up 

Shhhhh, don't tell everyone!

Good luck with whatever you get mate.
Can I ask why the change?

Like you 2w, I've found a few shortcomings in the bandit. Love the power & torque, but I think both of the above bikes have shown how ummm, dare I say it, I'll put it this way, made to a price the Bandit is.
That's reason enough mate. At the end of the day there's a bike for everyone.  

Good onya Steve. The MT-09 has a smallish tank. Something you need to take into account if you are going to do some long hauls.

I'm sure I read somewhere that the MT09 Tracer has a larger fuel tank (which would make sense, an absolute necessity in fact).

Edit: Yep, 18 litres, compared to the MT09's 14 litres.

Take the vstroms for a ride too for comparisons sake. Good luck with your bike shopping

How about a Spyder  ?

reddog wrote:Take the vstroms for a ride too for comparisons sake. Good luck with your bike shopping

Had a sit on the new V-strom 1000 up the Gold Coast way. They didn't have a demo available at the time, but the seat appeared to have very square edges! Very similar on the MT 09 Tracer, (& yes, tracer has an 18l tank).
My nearest local Suzuki dealer is about an hour away, & is more into farm & trail bikes than road bikes

Hammy wrote:How about a Spyder  ?

I've only just got enough room in the garage between the cars for 2 wheels Hammy! (No, not 2WA)

I wouldn't let a seat get in the way of the right bike. Plenty of after market options available. Totally up to you though

Kiwisteve wrote:

Hammy wrote:How about a Spyder  ?

I've only just got enough room in the garage between the cars for 2 wheels Hammy! (No, not 2WA)

But I like Coffs

2wheelsagain wrote:
But I like Coffs

It's pissed down with rain every time I've been there, may as well live in Melbourne or Tassie 

2wheelsagain wrote:

Kiwisteve wrote:

Hammy wrote:How about a Spyder  ?

I've only just got enough room in the garage between the cars for 2 wheels Hammy! (No, not 2WA)

But I like Coffs

You may just have to settle for these then 2WA      ( closest " Coffs " I could find for you )

They look rude

They might be me, Jim and Hammy!  

Ewok1958 wrote:They might be me, Jim and Hammy!  

Or me     Plenty of it going around at the moment   

Kiwisteve wrote:

Hammy wrote:How about a Spyder  ?

I've only just got enough room in the garage between the cars for 2 wheels Hammy! (No, not 2WA)

Simple solution.  
Trade a car on a bike. Then you'll have plenty of room for the Bandit and your new bike. Win, win. 
You're happy and so is your Bandit. 

Bosco15 wrote:

Kiwisteve wrote:

Hammy wrote:How about a Spyder  ?

I've only just got enough room in the garage between the cars for 2 wheels Hammy! (No, not 2WA)

Simple solution.  
Trade a car on a bike. Then you'll have plenty of room for the Bandit and your new bike. Win, win. 
You're happy and so is your Bandit. 

I didn't think of trading a car, we've got an over abundance of the buggers at the moment!

Chook wrote:

2wheelsagain wrote:
But I like Coffs

It's pissed down with rain every time I've been there, may as well live in Melbourne or Tassie 

It doesn't always rain here Chook, we've had a great few days, even this morning was nice, but it's just dumped about 30mm in a half hour

I'll have to stay longer than a day one day, see if I can fluke a dry one

We haven't had 30mm yet in 2015