New to Bandits, Old to bikes

Well the garage is looking a bit crowded at the moment, The new 2008 1250s is just fitting in, the outgoing BMW R1100RS will be gone this weekend so the bike level will be back to the normal 3 bikes.
My other ride is sweet little Honda NT650 Bros, which is just a great fun bike to ride, lovely v twin torque and handling well beyond the norm for 1988, this one is a keeper, impossible to ride without smiling, it also is giving my daughter some L plate time.  The 3rd bike is my sons YZ125 dirt squirter, he wants to upgrade to a yz250x (2 stroke) so he can mix it with his mates 350's and 450's on the straights as well as creaming them in the tight stuff.

The Bandit is a nice clean example in the dark blue with a yoshi slip on, top box, tank cover and bag, MJM seat & oxfords grips. Picked it up on Sunday in Sydney and rode it 550 Ks down the Hume to home, I sure aint going to miss the BMW!  When I left the PO on Sunday morning it was raining lightly and the PO informed me that that was the first time it had been ridden in the rain!!

I have had a pretty good look around the forum and there is a wealth of knowledge here, so I am sure that I will be using your collective expertise and hopefully be able to assist a few others as I have on other forums.

Welcome Brigand, where do you hail from?


"normal 3 bikes" I'm a tad jealous

Welcome to the Forum Brigand.

Chook wrote:"normal 3 bikes" I'm a tad jealous

Me too

Hi Brgand and welcome to the  "Fun House" .  Enjoy.

Welcome. If your son wants a good 2 stroke the husqvarna wr300 is a pearler. A friend of mine has one and they go like a scolded cat. If you look around they are much cheaper than the ktms. I think last husky prior to ktm ownership is a 2012 from memory

Welcome Brigand. Just 3 bikes - shame on you!

PS: Although, my 4th is a Spyder, so it might not count.

Ewok1958 wrote:Welcome Brigand. Just 3 bikes - shame on you!

PS: Although, my 4th is a Spyder, so it might not count.

Bloody capitalist 

Chook wrote:
Bloody capitalist 

PM sent.

Ewok1958 wrote:

Chook wrote:
Bloody capitalist 

PM sent.

Go on Ewok...........you can swear at him in front of us no need to PM it   

Welcome to the forum Brigand

Ewok1958 wrote:Welcome Brigand. Just 3 bikes - shame on you!

PS: Although, my 4th is a Spyder, so it might not count.

Does that mean you have 3½ bikes

Chook wrote:Welcome Brigand, where do you hail from?


"normal 3 bikes" I'm a tad jealous

Sorry, Wodonga in NE Vic, Just a short hop to some of the best roads on offer.

The chook chaser is the sons.

reddog wrote:Welcome. If your son wants a good 2 stroke the husqvarna wr300 is a pearler. A friend of mine has one and they go like a scolded cat. If you look around they are much cheaper than the ktms. I think last husky prior to ktm ownership is a 2012 from memory

I think you will find the 300 is a modified KTM, they are good but you need pretty deep pockets to keep them in tip top condition, so the YZ will probably win out and besides if the 250 is not fast enough then he had better sharpen his skills, a friend of ours came about 12th outright in the Hattah rally a few years ago on one.

madmax wrote:

Ewok1958 wrote:Welcome Brigand. Just 3 bikes - shame on you!

PS: Although, my 4th is a Spyder, so it might not count.

Does that mean you have 3½ bikes

Even Spyders count.....sort of...

Thanks to all for a very warm welcome.

The new huskys are ktms. Previous to 2013 they were owned by BMW from 2007

Ewok1958 wrote:

Chook wrote:
Bloody capitalist 

PM sent.

Sorry Ewok, that was meant in jest and certainly wasn't meant to offend.
Instead it was in bad taste.

I feel like a real dick atm  

madmax wrote:

Ewok1958 wrote:Welcome Brigand. Just 3 bikes - shame on you!

PS: Although, my 4th is a Spyder, so it might not count.

Does that mean you have 3½ bikes

By my count that's 4½.....

Welcome Brigand. 
Great bike you have bought.

reddog wrote:The new huskys are ktms. Previous to 2013 they were owned by BMW from 2007

Thanks Reddog I forgot about the BMW era, but I do recall now seeing the "BMW" Huskies being sold off for a song just after the change.

A Sunny Nth QLD Welcome to you Brigand.

Interesting user name . . .

truck wrote:A Sunny Nth QLD Welcome to you Brigand.

Interesting user name . . .

It is really just a another word for Bandit, not a reflection of my character, well I don't think it is,...maybe just a bit. 

barry_mcki wrote:

madmax wrote:

Ewok1958 wrote:Welcome Brigand. Just 3 bikes - shame on you!

PS: Although, my 4th is a Spyder, so it might not count.

Does that mean you have 3½ bikes

By my count that's 4½.....

I was thinking the same 9 wheels cant be less than 4 bikes

Welcome along. There's never to many bikes

barry_mcki wrote:

madmax wrote:

Ewok1958 wrote:Welcome Brigand. Just 3 bikes - shame on you!

PS: Although, my 4th is a Spyder, so it might not count.

Does that mean you have 3½ bikes

By my count that's 4½.....

You're right

Chook wrote:

barry_mcki wrote:

madmax wrote:

Ewok1958 wrote:Welcome Brigand. Just 3 bikes - shame on you!

PS: Although, my 4th is a Spyder, so it might not count.

Does that mean you have 3½ bikes

By my count that's 4½.....

I was thinking the same 9 wheels cant be less than 4 bikes

Gimme a break, i can't be expected to count accurately when half pissed.

madmax wrote:
Gimme a break, i can't be expected to count accurately when half pissed.

at least you weren't seeing double yet