Hello all,
My name is Dennis and I'm a new forum member here. Seems like a great online community!
I sold my last motorcycle ('94 Honda VF750C Magna) to buy a house about 9 years ago and I just recently bought a bike again. During the interim I had my sights set on buying a '94-'97 Honda VFR but a test ride on a '99 Bandit 1200s about 2 years ago made me stop and reconsider. When it came time to buy I found a black '98 Bandit 1200s locally that piqued my interest. The bike was being sold by the original owner because he's buying (or building) a house. He'd added a D&D slip-on muffler, stage 1 jet kit, and had the bike dyno tuned for smotth power delivery and to eliminate flat spots. Also sold with a half tank bra and a tank bag, factory gel seat, factory tail rack, black chain guard, and a new set of sprockets for the next chain replacement. 18.6K miles and, aside from a few very minor scuffs from a driveway drop, it's been kept meticulously (all service intervals documented). Two minutes into the test ride I pointed the bike towards my bank to have a check stroked. What a great motorcycle! The tuning was done well - there isn't a flat spot anywhere in the rev range and it's smoooooooth!!! This bike isn't as refined as the VFR but it's way more fun to ride, has more power on tap than I'll ever need (dyno chart shows 110hp - more than stock?), has a more comfortable riding position (especially for riding 2-up), and was a bunch cheaper. I picked this bike up for just over $3,000...
I've put about 400 miles on it since I brought it home 3 weeks ago - nothing but smiles and grins so far.
