Hi everyone, I purchased my bandit about 2 months ago as a bit of a project. The previous owner had owned it for about 8 years but did not ride it that much any more. The last time he rode it he slid on the LH side and put a hole in the stator cover. So it sat around in his garage until he decided to sell it. When i went to look at it, it still started with old fuel, and sounded great, even with the stock exhaust. So i gave the man 5 green crocodiles and trailered it the 10 min drive back to my house. I replaced the stator cover (suzuki across one is the same, only the colour is different), a new speedo cable (gsf250V cable fits), plastic welded the LH side cover (broken from his last crash) and got it roadworthied. I purchased a carby kit from ebay and replaced the float needle to stop the flooding. I also cleaned out the rust from the float bowls. The kit also came with new pilot screw, main and pilot jets and new needle jet and jet needle. I left these out as i don't know how accurate the chinese are at manufacturing these pieces. It is now on club rego as i won't be riding it that much (i also have a 2017 royal enfield classic 350 and a suzuki v-strom 650) I now have a wiring issue where I wiggle the wiring on the RH side next to the engine and it cuts out. More problems but it is a project after all. In the few hundred kays of riding i have done, it is an absolute blast to ride. The motor is very smooth and just wants to rev. It gets a nice little kick at 12k and screams toward 17k redline. Only bad points so far are soft suspension and crappy fuel economy (6L per hundred) Cheers GJ74A
Welcome, another mighty Bandit. Sounds like you nearly have it sorted. @Linkin put a new shock on his.
Never heard them called crocs , I have heard rock lobsters for $20’s and pineapples for $50’s I will add that one to the list
