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Offline Barbarian

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B1250 review
« on: October 20, 2007, 05:43:06 PM »
Surprise, Ted liked it
And that's saying something, because the man is a Harley devotee...
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Offline solman

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« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2007, 05:24:22 AM »
The article seems pretty conistent with the others that I have read. :grin:
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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2007, 12:19:50 AM »
Many of the articles I've read on the new Bandit (and the Grope and Flail article falls into this classification) seem to have a problem with the fact that the Bandit is just a great all-rounder. It's almost like their innate sense of honesty is forcing them to write a faintly-approving article.
Admittedly, Ted comes out at the end of the piece with a strong endorsement for the Bandit.......but God forbid that any of these testers would actually RAVE about the Bandit.....like they would about the newest Gixxer or ZX14.
It's so dispiriting to me that the Bandit is underrated by most of the mainstream press....  :sad:
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« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2007, 02:34:48 AM »
Quote from: "H2RICK"
Many of the articles I've read on the new Bandit (and the Grope and Flail article falls into this classification) seem to have a problem with the fact that the Bandit is just a great all-rounder. It's almost like their innate sense of honesty is forcing them to write a faintly-approving article.
Admittedly, Ted comes out at the end of the piece with a strong endorsement for the Bandit.......but God forbid that any of these testers would actually RAVE about the Bandit.....like they would about the newest Gixxer or ZX14.
It's so dispiriting to me that the Bandit is underrated by most of the mainstream press....  :sad:


Well in one of the recent articles that I read, they down graded the FZ1 and gave cheers to the 1250.
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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2007, 11:51:13 PM »
Thanks for the good news, solman. What mag was that in ??
I want to get a copy and wave it under the noses of my brand y-loving buds, those wankers. Have I ever mentioned I'm not a big fan of brand y ???  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
Big S ferever !!!:bandit:.....
With some special K from time to time just to spice up the mix !!! :wink:
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« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2007, 05:09:50 AM »
I did another post about that article.

http://forums.banditalley.net/viewtopic.php?t=9880
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