Bandit Alley
MODEL SPECIFIC => BIG BANDIT BANTER => Topic started by: smooth operator on September 09, 2005, 09:15:28 AM
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After my low side slide at the track,flopping over after I hit the grass bent my subframe a bit. The patched up rear body work does'nt line up right to put back on,so I put my R1 body on for the time being. But this winter I think I'll cut it off and switch to something else. The R1 tail mods,looked awsome,but I would like to keep it Suzuki. I was checking out the different possible donors on ebay. Actully I don't have the $ right now to buy anything,just window shopping. But either a gsx-r subframe or even a Busa. I figure the Busa subframe would probably give a bit of storage space under the seat,and the Bandit being plenty big enough that it should look pleasing to the eye.The gsxr would look sleeker and lighter. Also another thing to keep in mind, what ever subframe I deside to buy,I'll have to be able to find the seat and body work to match it. Any ideas or input on wich way to go would be helpfull. Thanks,Dan
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I haven't seen anyone put a Busa tail on a Bandit yet, but if you decide to give it a go, use the later Busa subframe made of steel, the earlier ones were aluminum and prone to breakinig if loaded (ie; passenger, luggage). I'm not sure what year they made the change, so you'd need to ask someone who knows more about the details of the Happy Bus than I do.
Unatec makes a GSXR tail that fits the Bandit and it was recently covered in another thread. Their stuff is available in the USA thru Streetfighters By Design (http://www.streetfightersbydesign.com/streetweb/unatec_page/unatec_pg.htm)
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I did an SV650 tail, kept the stock subframe. A four inch chop and some supplemental bracing made it work.
(http://img418.imageshack.us/img418/6545/smallcleanandmean0027nc.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Oh did I mention about 40 hours of fiberglass and filler work. The rider seat pan is completly hand fabricated. And the pillion seat had about a 3/8 inch gap so that was filled and smoothed. I used hardware cloth (1/4 chicken wire) to make the form for the side. I think it looks pretty well engineered (I said looks) When I decided to do this I wanted something that looked trick but not like a tail slapped on as an after thought. I dunno what do y'all think
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Looks good so far... what you gonna do for a seat cushion?
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id mount a busa subframe