$400 and looks GOOD.

$400 for a good looking Bandit 600 . How could I go wrong . After I got it home this is what I found .
Looks good

With a P plate under the seat and a purple chain the warning bells were ringing .They should have made me deaf .

NO air box lid or filter . Seems a little damp inside .

That looks very bent .

Wiring

A Bandit takes 3300ml of oil . It seems 5lts will fit in so it must be better ,right .

Throttle cable seems stuck .

Stop laughing ,no , keep going.

And the punch line


Piston welded solid in bore .

Straightening jig (pat .5671)  fixes the bent subframe .

I find a set of barrels WITH pistons (and rings ) in Spain for $60 and $60 freight . Arrives in 6 Days .I only need one piston so have 3 spare .
Head cleans up fine with a little lap of valves on stuffed cylinder . Other 3 look good .
Use old gaskets as they are alloy . I have done this before and never had a problem .

Carbs take hours to clean and free up , surprisingly, even the jets can be removed and cleaned . Needles (and seat type ) are shot so 4 new ones get ordered . ($50)
Only blinker wiring bad rest like new .
I borrow the carbs from Carols 600 (awaiting seats ) and fit it all together .
Hook up car battery and engine spins over .
Takes a bit of coaching but finally fires up ,with a cough and a splutter .
Carol gets her carbs back and I wait till Monday for some new needles .
I better say this is just going to be a run around bike . If it uses oil ,I don't care . I didn't hone barrels , measure pistons or rings .or any thing like that .
Its a $400 hack .

The p plater must have thought the air box needed washing out wtf were they thinking?

Had it been for a swim or was the water just in through the air box (rain/hose) ?

another miracle Gus!

Will that piston not free up with some WD-40?

I got the piston out ,but the barrel was so pitted ,it was unusable . The rings did a good job though as the water did not get past them . Only
number 4 piston was affected . I guess  it had been outside for a while .
This is the second Bandit 600 I have bought with no air filter. Must be a market in second hand k@n;s .

Was the previous owner under 21 years old?

Gus, did you write on the side of your ute or the window of your shed?

At last the needles turned up so in they went . Carbs look vastly cleaner ,

You've been busy Gus - I still think you should open a motorbike mechanic workshop. 

Just a thought... if your going to continue doing a few bikes, albeit for fun or extra kitty, why don`t you consider buying an ultrasonic cleaner???

Good thing for carbs!!!! .....obviously totally stripped though.

People love tringkits and shinny things, and a set of gleaming carbs looks a treat, upon sale.

Cutting down on bikes . The Yammie's gone touring ,the 3 TLs's have been sold , the Ducati nearly went , the 1200 Bandit may have to go also .

Fit the carbs attach a big car battery and she fires up with a strange "TICK" coming from headers .Take them off and notice 2 and 3 are further out than the others .
Add an extra gasket to 2 and 3 and it seals . No more noise .
Rob an airfilter from another bike because the one I ordered was too small . Cheap but doesn't fit .
Press starter and it fires up to a nice idle (surprisingly )
Tomorrow I see how many gears I have .

gus wrote:Fit the carbs attach a big car battery and she fires up with a strange "TICK" coming from headers .Take them off and notice 2 and 3 are further out than the others .
Add an extra gasket to 2 and 3 and it seals . No more noise .
Rob an airfilter from another bike because the one I ordered was too small . Cheap but doesn't fit .
Press starter and it fires up to a nice idle (surprisingly )
Tomorrow I see how many gears I have .

Good work Gus

....and good luck for tomorrow