Newbie here and mighty excited because I got my BRAND NEW 650 BANDIT today at a great price!! Then went out for four different rides, even though the temperature was below zero here in the frigid north. supposed to be plus 8 C tomorrow so should have lots of time to ride then.
I'm 46 and just got back into biking a couple of years ago when I bought an old cruiser off a friend. It was a 1988 with 31 hp. so the bandit is remarkably different. I find the fairing protects me more than I would have thought, especially my knees and fingers. The handling is great, quite a step up from a cruiser. Only negative I can think of is the seat seems really hard but maybe it will just take me a while to get used to it?
Dealer told me he had a ton of black and red ones in stock so I angsted for a couple of days and decided on the black - turns out they were all gone so I got a red one. I like it, anyway, and it seems to me that people are seeing me already a lot better than they were on my old cruiser.
Anyway, love the site!
Jim
Me, my bike and my trailer (I hope to get up enough nerve to get it off the trailer in a couple of months!)------
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