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I brought an 05 last year and love it.Its a great bike does everything well.The motor is deffinalty old tech but she has great torque.Very comfy the fairing works well.And I think its looks good.It is a great bike and deffinatly underated in North America.

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If you're worried about wanting more, I've found my bandit very easy to upgrade. So far I've only added a new exhaust, K&N filters, and a timing advance, and it's pushed it up over 140 hp. definately more than I will ever need... (not necessarily want )

MASHBY wrote:I brought an 05 last year and love it.Its a great bike does everything well.The motor is deffinalty old tech but she has great torque.Very comfy the fairing works well.And I think its looks good.It is a great bike and deffinatly underated in North America.

And it looks great going down the road as well......speaking of which: When the heck will we see that again???? (Good to see you back on the board).

High_Side wrote: And it looks great going down the road as well......speaking of which: When the heck will we see that again???? (Good to see you back on the board).

Very soon mate looks like everything is returning to normal on the home front.Brought an oil filter today and it will be coming out of storage this weekend.
Ill give you a bell soon.

sparky wrote:If you're worried about wanting more, I've found my bandit very easy to upgrade. So far I've only added a new exhaust, K&N filters, and a timing advance, and it's pushed it up over 140 hp. definately more than I will ever need... (not necessarily want )

Did you do the timing advancer mod yourself? Is it as simple and effective as it seems to be?

MASHBY wrote:

High_Side wrote: And it looks great going down the road as well......speaking of which: When the heck will we see that again???? (Good to see you back on the board).

Very soon mate looks like everything is returning to normal on the home front.Brought an oil filter today and it will be coming out of storage this weekend.
Ill give you a bell soon.

Great. I changed the oil in the VTR last weekend and had the Duck out for a little ride over to TMW World Headquarters. When I arrived, Mike was inside but wouldn't let me in Now that he is "inner-city", he doesn't want to ackowledge to the neighbors that he knows riff-raff like me
Lets get out there this year......

Mintbread wrote:

sparky wrote:If you're worried about wanting more, I've found my bandit very easy to upgrade. So far I've only added a new exhaust, K&N filters, and a timing advance, and it's pushed it up over 140 hp. definately more than I will ever need... (not necessarily want )

Did you do the timing advancer mod yourself? Is it as simple and effective as it seems to be?

It came with the exhaust as a kit from holeshot, and I did install it myself. It was simply a part change. Very simple, but I didn't test the new exhaust without the advancer, so I don't know how effective it was, but based on how easy it was, it's definitely worth it.

Last friday I saw what could be considered a homemade predescessor to the bandit 1200.

A guy who just moved to town has an old gixxer 1100 that has been turned into a street fighter. when I first saw it I thought it was a bandit with an aftermarket headlight.

High_Side wrote: Great. I changed the oil in the VTR last weekend and had the Duck out for a little ride over to TMW World Headquarters. When I arrived, Mike was inside but wouldn't let me in Now that he is "inner-city", he doesn't want to ackowledge to the neighbors that he knows riff-raff like me Lets get out there this year......

LOL I popped round on Monday night and showed him the stang also let the neighbours know what a V8 sounds like and 1000 watts of stero
So he has no chance with his neighbours now!!!!.

Are you going to get a new ride this season?

sparky wrote: It came with the exhaust as a kit from holeshot, and I did install it myself. It was simply a part change. Very simple, but I didn't test the new exhaust without the advancer, so I don't know how effective it was, but based on how easy it was, it's definitely worth it.

Ah, I see.
I am tempted to try the do it yourself method of drilling out the bolt holes on the ignition plate so I can rotate it a couple of degrees. This is apparently as effective as an aftermarket set-up without the $$$.