Post by gernster on May 3, 2014 1:41:21 GMT -5
Hello all,
I've been pointed here from a random link on another board as Ive just bought a 400 bros to use as a summer commuter bike, My main machine is a 2004 K4 Suzuki Bandit 1200, my dads old bike which he has had from new and has only 3,000 miles on it. I didnt wat to rack the mile sup commuting or leave it outside my house, so have been looking for a cool litle commuter.
I remembered seeing one of these bikes in my local town years ago and remembered the name, so a quick ebay hunt returned a £300 project. It starts, runs and rides fine, but needs some serious TLC, 22,000 miles and no tax, test or V5 (but did a full HPI and chassis number check)
Plan is light resto, powder coat the wheels, and rear frameset and replave all the rust old nust & bolts with Stainless capheads, do the CBR600 F3 front fork mod (the seals are leaking anyway) new bars, new cables, full service and a bloody good clean and then get some miles on it!
Im going to have lots of stupid questions so bear with me!, Heres sime pics
Bandit:
Bros:
I've been pointed here from a random link on another board as Ive just bought a 400 bros to use as a summer commuter bike, My main machine is a 2004 K4 Suzuki Bandit 1200, my dads old bike which he has had from new and has only 3,000 miles on it. I didnt wat to rack the mile sup commuting or leave it outside my house, so have been looking for a cool litle commuter.
I remembered seeing one of these bikes in my local town years ago and remembered the name, so a quick ebay hunt returned a £300 project. It starts, runs and rides fine, but needs some serious TLC, 22,000 miles and no tax, test or V5 (but did a full HPI and chassis number check)
Plan is light resto, powder coat the wheels, and rear frameset and replave all the rust old nust & bolts with Stainless capheads, do the CBR600 F3 front fork mod (the seals are leaking anyway) new bars, new cables, full service and a bloody good clean and then get some miles on it!
Im going to have lots of stupid questions so bear with me!, Heres sime pics
Bandit:
Bros:
