my loved 400 bandit

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my loved 400 bandit

Post by tom4 » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:48 pm

Hello

I recently took some pictures of my 400 bandit.
I bought this bike as a beginner bike in....october 1997, and never sold it. I just can't. everytime I ride it, I have such a big smile I have to admit it might be my "best" bike I ever had.
It's light, can rew up to 13000 rpm, can be used as a track bike, can kick ass to many bigger bike, cost nothing to insure (I pay 70 euro/year:) ), does not eat oil, does not burn tire, start almost whenever I want.
Told you, I love it:)
It will turn 85000 km next week :)

that was when I used it as a track bike:
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that's the bike now:

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I sometime still use the bike on the track (check the belly pan), to run in new tires

Some of the pics may have been seen around here in the past, but I think they got lost with the old forum

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Re: my loved 400 bandit

Post by v3locity » Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:04 pm

Didn't think i would like this but i do! Really nice!

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Post by tom4 » Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:54 pm

thanks :)

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Re: my loved 400 bandit

Post by w00dzy » Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:56 pm

looks good mate...

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Post by Cammo » Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:40 am

Fantastic bike Tom.

I started riding on a 250 bandit, knowing how much fun that was I'd love to get a 400 some day.
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Re: my loved 400 bandit

Post by Variablevalves suck » Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:36 pm

Hi Tom,
I agree! i love em and have had mine over 10 years, its just rebuilt after flipping it and braking it in two, the sub frame is now removable as it snapped off. Uploaded some pics of it the other day, they are a laugh a minute.
Chris.


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