Bandit Alley
GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MOTORCYCLE => Topic started by: ippo on August 19, 2008, 01:35:31 PM
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Have you seen any images there in USA???
It is like kawasaki gtr 1400---sport touring.I have seen one picture in finnish bike magazine.
There was any technical specifications,but the engine is same than in B-king except "only" 140hp.
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News to me... I hope this is true!
:worthless:
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The Suzuki Bandit was issued in a 1400 version in Australia, in the past -don't know about now as I've lost all Aussie links on my "Favourites" due to comp meltdown.
It must have been massively detuned as I saw a rundown of it on an Australian website and it still produced only 100 HP. It is possible that their emissions criteria are so stringent that such is neccessary... don't know for sure though. Since Australia has few huge urban centers, though, it hardly makes sense that smog etc. would be such a huge issue. The guy doing the shoot out between this bike and some other one concluded his article by saying he thought, 'there must be a lot more HP lurking in there somewhere'.
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Australia received a GSX 1400 but it is not related in any way to the Bandit. We do not have strict emissions controls over here (we are relatively pollution free) but the bikes that are sold over here will often have the exhausts/cats required in european cities.
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After some digging, I found this photoshop job of a Hayabusa based sport-tourer from http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/pic%20of%20weak/suzuki_hayabusa_gt.htm :
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d35/paulweit/Bandit%20Alley/Suzuki_Hayabusa_GT.jpg)
This Hayabusa GT comes from Motociclismo, who’ve gone ahead and… well, imagined one! Well, since Kawasaki are already making their 1400 GTR sports-tourer, which uses the ZZR1400’s engine, one wonders why Suzuki haven’t gone down that route. Touring at 320km/h on a Hayabusa GT, anyone?
According to the Motociclismo mock-up, the Hayabusa GT would have a bigger fairing that offers more wind protection, height-adjustable windscreen, higher handlebars, lower footpegs, slightly bigger seat with more generous padding, anti-lock brakes and, of course, a set of saddlebags. Just add a wife (or girlfriend) and you’re ready to go…
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They could just put the full fairings on a 1400 B-King and make it a tourer, its roots are more in line with the Bandit anyway. Doesn't the B-King have a Busa engine now?
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Doesn't the B-King have a Busa engine now?
Yup! :thumb:
Not sure if you'd want an undertail exhaust on a Sport-Tourer - that seems to be a complaint the rags have against the Sprint 1050. (IMHO, it's a cool looking ride tho!)
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They could just put the full fairings on a 1400 B-King and make it a tourer, its roots are more in line with the Bandit anyway. Doesn't the B-King have a Busa engine now?
It does have a modified Busa engine... as I recall. I also seem to recall the B-King had a very small gas tank along the lines of the new, (and old), V-max. I find the Bandit's 20 Litre tank a tad small now. I believe the new fuel injected Bandit is only 19L, since there now is a fuel pump in the tank. Most tour bikes are up around the 5.5 US gallon size.
When you get out in the sticks the gas stations are fewer. When you REALLY get out in the sticks, they close up and go home for supper.
"Yep, sony, I've been up before 5 to slop the cows and milk the pigs. Opened the station at 6 and I'm agoin home to maw fer pickled crawdads and chitlins".
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Yea, that would be the other thing to do for a real Touring bike, much bigger tank. I would think around 6 or 7 gallon tank would be good. If it got 35MPG, (considering it's size) that would only be about a 192.5 - 227.5 Mile range at most. Now if it got mileage like my bike, it would go around 236.5 (6 Gal, 5.5 usable) miles. (I'm getting around 43 - 45 MPG)
Of course, as Red mentioned, you'd want the exhaust somewhere other than under you're butt. (unless its winter time, :trustme: )
They could call it the BT-King, (Bandit Touring King, or does B stand for Burger? :grin:) or the B-King GT.
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They could just put the full fairings on a 1400 B-King and make it a tourer, its roots are more in line with the Bandit anyway. Doesn't the B-King have a Busa engine now?
It does have a modified Busa engine... as I recall.
Nope, not modified... it is the same motor as the Busa. Slight difference in output is due only to the different exhaust.
The 16.5L tank would be a limiting factor in using the B-King as a base model for a ST though.