Bandit Alley

GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MOTORCYCLE => Topic started by: PeteSC on May 21, 2005, 12:04:58 PM

Title: Anybody have a Bandit 650?
Post by: PeteSC on May 21, 2005, 12:04:58 PM

They don't sell them in the US, but do in Canada.
  I'm not sure I've noticed anyone posting with one, yet.

  Heck,  Suzuki UK evens shows a naked 650.

http://www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/category.asp?id=76

Title: Anybody have a Bandit 650?
Post by: jared1970 on May 22, 2005, 02:06:15 AM

I really dig that GSX1400. I wish I could get one here.  :sad:

Title: Anybody have a Bandit 650?
Post by: billythefish on May 22, 2005, 05:48:38 AM

dont see many on the road here either. i've seen 2 to date, 1 in the dealer when i picked my 12 up and 1 parked up two sundays ago.

Title: Anybody have a Bandit 650?
Post by: echomadman on May 22, 2005, 01:36:25 PM

I saw a load of those gsx1400's last week when i was bike shopping with a mate of mine.
then came back home and met aguy i hadn't seen in ages, and he had one too, look nice.

Title: Anybody have a Bandit 650?
Post by: Red01 on May 22, 2005, 01:56:56 PM

Quote from: "jared1970"

I really dig that GSX1400. I wish I could get one here.  :sad:

(http://www.sport-touring.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/headscratch.gif) What's that got to do with the topic - a call out to B650 owners?  :stickpoke:

Title: Anybody have a Bandit 650?
Post by: PeteSC on May 22, 2005, 02:09:29 PM

That's OK, I like the GSX1400, also.
  It's also annoying to see the variety of bikes the UK gets, that we don't...
  Naked and faired GS500,  GSf600/1200/650.......and so on.
  The 650 looks like a great 'niche' filler.......nicely improved from the 600.
  Is this what the next generation 12 will look like?

Title: Anybody have a Bandit 650?
Post by: billythefish on May 22, 2005, 02:25:36 PM

Quote from: "PeteSC"

  Is this what the next generation 12 will look like?

you sound sure there will be one.  :shock:
 i was worried mine would be outdated as soon as i bought it so i asked the dealer and he said suzuki had no plans to change the 12.

Title: Anybody have a Bandit 650?
Post by: PeteSC on May 22, 2005, 02:32:11 PM

who knows?  It sells OK worldwide.
   The pattern has been to introduce the 600, then follow it with the updated 12 a year or so later.
  (OK the 400 came out first, followed 5 years (?) later by the 600, then a year later with the 12.   The 6 was restyled in 2000, followed by the 12 a year later.  Whether or not we'll see either a 650, or a restyled 12 in the US is uncertain, but, Suzuki likes to share body parts with multiple bikes, so I'd guess a new 12 will show up somewhere.)

Title: Anybody have a Bandit 650?
Post by: jared1970 on May 22, 2005, 03:16:49 PM

Quote from: "Red01"

Quote from: "jared1970"

I really dig that GSX1400. I wish I could get one here.  :sad:

(http://www.sport-touring.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/headscratch.gif) What's that got to do with the topic - a call out to B650 owners?  :stickpoke:

Sorry, that was the first time I'd seen the UK Suzuki site, and that bike caught my eye. Didn't mean to steer the thread in a different direction.

Title: Anybody have a Bandit 650?
Post by: Red01 on May 22, 2005, 03:36:02 PM

:grin: S'OK, just pokin' fun atcha... hence the  :stickpoke:
The GSX14 is a sharp looking bike, but since the B12N didn't exactly fly out of the US showrooms (and was dropped from the US lineup), I don't see US Suzuki bringing the bigger naked bike here.