Bandit Alley
GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MOTORCYCLE => Topic started by: solman on December 08, 2006, 11:02:58 PM
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I figured out on why the new bandit didn't get the Busa motor and better upgrades. I was just reading in the Motorcyclist magazine that the B-King is coming out in Mid-07. The B-King is getting the Busa motor, inverted forks, braced swingarm, etc. Should be interesting to see how it pans out.
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But it's such a freakin' weird looking bike. Like it was assembled out of parts from many bikes. Frankenstein's Motorcycle.
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But it's such a freakin' weird looking bike. Like it was assembled out of parts from many bikes. Frankenstein's Motorcycle.
You're sayin' the other Jap bikes don't look weird? Have you been in a showroom lately? :lol:
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I like it. I like it a lot.
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You're sayin' the other Jap bikes don't look weird? Have you been in a showroom lately? :lol:
Sure! As we previously digested, the Suzi M109 is fat, with a cowling on the headlamp that reminds me of the Alien's head. (And that bike is strangley popular with the Black community in this area.) But some riceburners look great.
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You're sayin' the other Jap bikes don't look weird? Have you been in a showroom lately? :lol:
Sure! As we previously digested, the Suzi M109 is fat, with a cowling on the headlamp that reminds me of the Alien's head. (And that bike is strangley popular with the Black community in this area.) But some riceburners look great.
You know, as cruisers go, I really like the looks of that bike, except the headlight cowling. I wonder how big of a deal it would be to replace it with a normal headlight. Probably not worth it $-wise.
Just from my point of view, here is what an attractive normal bike should look like (give or take a styling cue or two) ...
Normal (http://www.thegsresources.com/images/hall_of_fame/11-2006.jpg)
But here is what you get in the showrooms now (not that I wouldn't take one) ...
Abnormal (http://www.suzuki.at/stuff/bike/wallpaper/800/DL1000_K7_1.jpg)
Both nice bikes, but one funky, one not.
It will be interesting to see, soon, which bike amongst the various brands takes the place of Bandits function-wise once Bandits aren't produced anymore.
Happy Saturday!
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Herb, I think your problem is that you're a "man out of time". (Or just really old?) Your "normal" is an old-fashioned standard, which is sort of my 'mental picture" of a motorcycle, but there are only a few models like that out there any more. Your "abnormal" is pretty much what's out there if you're not talking "cruiser", only maybe not as much plastic-wrapping as many models have. But if that's your "abnormal", than the B-King is "ultra-abnormal".
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I am with you on the overstyled, futurestic, plastic looking pieces of cr@p now in the showrooms.
Really like the ZRX1200, other than it being a Kawasaki :lol:(http://www.redmotor.com/garelly/images/ZRX1200.jpg)
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I am with interfuse. I like it alot. To me the ZRX1200 looks dated.
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I think it's nice that we get a choice...wish we had more of one, like in europe. Personally, even though I might not like EVERY new design, I do like to see progress.
EDIT: ...and by choice I mean bikes with retro styling like the Triumph Scrambler and Ducati Sport as well as "futuristic" bikes (that sounds a little too Buck Rogers but you get the point).
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sven:But it's such a freakin' weird looking bike. Like it was assembled out of parts from many bikes
Uh wasn't the bandit a franken bike?
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It all comes from the 1983 CB1100F. See...
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b378/mothmansound/cb1100f.jpg)
Check this out...
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b378/mothmansound/cb1300f_1280.jpg)
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I am with interfuse. I like it alot. To me the ZRX1200 looks dated.
The Zed is Dead! Kawasaki is not making it anymore, kaput, discontinued this year.
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If the ZRX was made by anyone else, I probably would've bought that instead.
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Ya know, I looked VERY hard at the Zrex and if they had offered it in Canada in the half-faired "S" version like they did in the UK/Europe....well, who knows what I would have ended up with. Kawasaki has built (and continues to build) some great bikes. Hopefully their camshaft problems are in the past now because that's the only thing that made me nervous about their bikes..... :shock:
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you gotta love 162 hp and naked. But ugly, needs new front fender, headlight assembly, pipes, and I would like to ditch the signal pods on the side of the tank but thats probably not possible.
But it shows potential. I dont think I could spend 12 grand (just a guess no price listed yet) then pay 2k to replace all that offends me.
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I thought the B-King was just a concept and the real one is a Suzuki GSR600? http://www.suzuki.is/2006/DSC00411a.JPG
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Nope - It's real.
(http://photos.motorcycle-usa.com/kingside.jpg)
Here's (http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Article_Page.aspx?ArticleID=3763&Page=1) an article on the release of the B-king and the B12.5.
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I understand the King's looks are... unconventional or controversial but I really like it. I think they needed to do something if they want to keep up with the Speed Triple and FZ1 in the edgy, bad-ass category.
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Herb is right and speaks for allot of us baby boomers with the cash to buy an upright standard because our bodies demand it. However I do feel that baby boomers need to realize that the Japanese are working on making new upright standard bikes that perform like a super sport and ride like a touring bike like the new Kaw Concours 14 with the Ninja 1400 engine. Believe me the Japanese know that they have to pay special attention to the baby boomers. Even the cruising crowed which is predominantly baby boomers are starting to move more toward a performance cruiser like the B-king because the cat is out of the bag with Harley Davison and there choice of ship anchors that get you killed.
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One thing that I would definitely have to change is the exhaust. Some slip-ons would be a definite must if I got one.
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Everytime I look at the new crop of (mad max style) bikes - the Triumph Thruxton looks better and better! I like my Bandit and my FZ, but the Triumph has the "Classic" look that Herb & I & others appreciate. I can appreciate the full on sport bikes but some of the new ones have gone over the edge a little...
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but the Triumph has the "Classic" look that Herb & I & others appreciate.
I guess that is one of the reasons why I was sad to see Norton go under again. A nice mix of modern technology and older styling.
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If they would put a wind screen on it and a plusher seat for me and the wife I would buy one. As it stands now the the new 1250 isn't enough to justify trading in the 1200s just yet.
Kawasaki hit the mark with the new Connie but miissed my target for the price. That Guzzi sure is sweet to but there again...the price.....I need more money.
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There is something masculinely cool about exposed fins. Every time I climb aboard my Bandit I'm still gassed by the pull and power. The B12.5 which was at least supposed to significant power gain, alloy weight loss, and better shocks only turned out be a duckling. I would defiantly pick the FZ1 or even Guzzi over that, but I can speak for everyone...
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It all comes from the 1983 CB1100F. See...
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b378/mothmansound/cb1100f.jpg)
Sorry, Mothman, but you need to go back at least as far as the '77 Kaw Z1R1000...
(http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q13/ZenMan33/77Z1R.jpg)
And the '81 GPZ series...
(http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q13/ZenMan33/KawGPZ550.jpg)
Or the '82 Eddie Lawson Replica
(http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q13/ZenMan33/82ELR.jpg)
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There is something masculinely cool about exposed fins....
I guess some folks need to feel "masculinely cool", huh? :stickpoke:
The B12.5 which was at least supposed to significant power gain, alloy weight loss, and better shocks only turned out be a duckling.
Oh, really?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1&xml=/motoring/2007/02/03/nosplit/mfbikesuz03.xml
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