Bandit Alley

MODEL SPECIFIC => SUZUKI BANDIT 250 & 400 => Topic started by: acey on June 27, 2007, 02:08:07 PM

Title: NEWBIE NEEDS ADVICE
Post by: acey on June 27, 2007, 02:08:07 PM

Good day, i'm a newbie from the Philippines, Subic Bay Naval Base Area, new to Bandits and motorcycle rides. Fortunately my place(base) has a certified F3 race track so i've been turned on to Gokarts and Car racing and I suppose just a matter of time for me to discover the thrill of bikerides..

My place also has an abundant stock of imported vehicles from cars to bike. To cut the story short, I fell inlove with this particular model because of its looks. Mine is a straight up grey import and so you call it, it's quite bagged up as you can see in the picture needing a few repairs here and there.

My question is what model do I have here? i'm sure its a 250 but what kind a GSF250 or a GSF250V and since i'm having it registered. Based on the looks What Year is this model? 97' ? not sure. It has 18,500km on it and engine humms like ...gave me goosebumps..my first ride scared the "SH**T" out of me got it pretty affordable too P60,000 or $1,300 including importation papers and registry.just bought this 2weeks ago.
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r46/a_c_e_y/06-06-07_17301.jpg)
(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r46/a_c_e_y/06-06-07_1732.jpg)

Title: NEWBIE NEEDS ADVICE
Post by: Red01 on June 27, 2007, 02:51:20 PM

I believe the 2nd Gen 250 started in 1995, so it's at least that, if I'm right. The tail decal identifies it as a V model, but the valve cover doesn't look red, like V models usually are, but then it doesn't look like it's the same color as the rest of the motor, so maybe it used to be red?

Title: NEWBIE NEEDS ADVICE
Post by: magicGoose on June 27, 2007, 03:52:15 PM

:welcome:

To find out the info for your bike write down the VIN number from the frame and look at this page from the EXCELLENT suzukicycles.org:

http://www.suzukicycles.org/_misc/identification.shtml

Regards,
Steve