Wheels Suzuki Bandit 600 - Wirral-Wikiwirral

well I hopped on a train to a magical land and managed to buy myself an almost mint Bandit 600 with under 3K on the clocks

I will be ordering a 40 or 45 mm jack up kit to get the rear end up today

Very nice, I love the anti speed camera blank number plate!

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmm bike

Sweet love the name of the bike kidda

Whats a jack up kit????

a jack off kit is a tube of butt lube and a latex glove

"Jack up kit" raises the rear end of the bike higher and gives it a much better look, it also makes the bike turn in quicker.

Wow how mades that cars turn better low and it seems bikes heigher lol

Originally Posted by spinking

Wow how mades that cars turn better low and it seems bikes heigher lol

'cos you try not to lean cars over on the bends

well my 40mm kit arrived so I set about fitting it today

Bike on center stand and on top of 2 40mm slabs (the rear wheel will drop down once the old links are taken out) Rear break/footrest undone and held out the way and the same for the gear pedal/footrest on the other side.

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Rear wheel supported by bricks to take the weight off the links as they are undone.

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Rug to keep me off the cold floor lol and gear pedal/footrest removed

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old kit out and 2 new gold 40mm links
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left and right side fitted (not tightened)

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mmm grease
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All Done

Took just over half an hour to complete

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I haven't been out on it yet to try out the handling but it feel's a lot higher to sit on so good times

Next up... indicators or something else

Love the hammer on the floor - was that in preperation for the worst case.....

wow!! loving it bud

Very nice, very nice indeed wheels......

Originally Posted by StuyMac

Love the hammer on the floor - was that in preperation for the worst case.....

I used it for the claw to pull out the pin

oh yer and my new lid and jacket come

Mini update:

Put a new bridgestone on the rear as the old tyre was 160 wide when it should of been 150. Chucked it through an MOT and it came out shining. Adding another 12month tax tonight.

Had a problem with fueling and then found it to be a blocked breather in the filler cap. Ordered a set of Morgan carbtune pro || gauges to balance my carbs and that arrived the other day. I tested it last night as I had a suspicion that cylinder 2 way working harder than the others (that header was warner before the others during start up)

When I plugged my gauges in it was pretty much confirmed.

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As you can see 2 tends to be higher than the other 3 cylinders. I will be balancing the carbs on my next day off. But to be fair I thought it was gonna be worse than that

little Suzy is a good bike

Just ordered :

New rear undertray
LED rear brake lights
LED rear indicators
Numberplate tail tidy

Still to do:
Balance carbs
Buy exhaust and new headlights

When they coming?
Get the photos up!
Sound nice additions

Just ordered them tonight so hopefully sat or Monday

They should help Bring the rear of the bike up to date. Not sure if I'm going to need resistors for the indicators yet . Modern LED indicators use less power than the old bulbs so they tends to flash too fast and it won't pass an MOT like that.

Pics will be up as soon as I get them all together

I'm on the look out for something different for my headlights, don't really want to fit the twin dominators as they are common among the bandit crowd.

Woo new shiney things

New break light, I need to make holes for them to fit
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Nice... get 'em fitted dude

Nice, get em on dude

nice mate

Got loads to do so finding it hard to get around to doing everything, if the weather is nice tomorrow I will do the carb balance and if time I will start on the cutting for the lights to fit the undertray. Need to go out and buy a pop rivit gun to attach the plate holder and some wire connectors.

Just ordered a new smaller num plate too with the bandit forum site on the bottom.

Also just ordered my scala rider Q2 Bluetooth head sets... £155 :S

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Bluetooth head sets... £155

Are you mad boy? £155 for a bluetooth headset? lol

Oh well, if it makes you happy....

Haha I know.. Better than the £308 I was gonna pay for some other ones tho

Jim (had the black Audi A4 when it was CW) has a set and said they are good. Now we can ride and still talk as we do

ive got a rivet gun, buy yourself some rivets pop down the garage and use it.

Tar chris but I'd have to bring the under tray with me swell, bit hard while riding a bike lol. I'll get one from a shop mate

made a move on the bike today.

managed to fit

Undertray
Brakets
Brake lights
indicators

I had to cut off the luggage rails with an angle grinder to get the desired look.

Also Balanced my carbs yesterday and she runs so smooth now.

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BEFORE

AFTER

THE ONLY PROBLEM IM HAVING RIGHT NOW IS GETTING THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO GO BRIGHTER WHEN i BRAKE AS IT SEAMS TO STAY THE SAME.

Does anyone know what wire corrisponds to the other wires in this picture?

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the new wires are red black yellow but the old are brown black with white stripe and white with black stripe. any idea's?

Oh yer I forgot to mention I also orgered a Micron exhaust

Sorted the wiring and the lights work great

My Q2 headsets arrived yesterday too and they are sweet!

Just read the delivery tracker and my exhaust has arrive and new front indicators to match the rear

good times.

Woo can and link pipe arrived

Wow, makes a hell of a difference! Looks a lot better without that silly reflector sticking out the back.

Looks a lot more modern

Tar Ste

Fitted the new Micron today, couldn't use the old gauss gasket and it cost me £24 for a new one, also the old clamp rusted and snapped when I undone it so a few more quid on that too. Sounds lovely now, shut off the power from 7/8k and she purrs and pops

Looking good mate its making me think of dusting off my leathers

do you have a bike?

Used to years back stopped riding when the kids came along.

Well get back on it mate

its great being able to sift through traffic and park in city centers free

p.s what did you ride?

CBR 600F and loved every second on it wife would kill me if I came home on a bike now:( though seeing yours i'm tempted to try my luck

I`ve always wanted a fireblade

sure they cbr came in a rare 450cc which was just as powerful?

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CBR 600F and loved every second on it

Love the CBR6F!! My honeymoon was spent on ours and I loved every second of it. She never let us down. Comfy bike, does everything you ask of it and then some. I'd have another one tomorrow

Uh uuihhh bike in living room again lol

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I've been re adjusting the exhaust to bring it in closer to the frame. Also jet washed her and started polishing bits/cleaning plastics. Started to fit the rim tape to my wheels too. I've ran out if time so will Finnish the rear wheel tommoro and fit the new indicators to the front.

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Before

After

She is looking sweet now mate, love it.

Is the missus on holiday? - hope she doesn't look on Wiki

Bike in the living room - I like your style!

Looking good! Enjoying this thread and I'm not even a fan of bikes!

Thanks Phil

I forgot to keep up with this thread,

Fitted new indicators to the front now, did 5mm white wheel tape too. Bought a belly pan and got the spray to do it. bought and Fitted some Twin Dominator headlights last night Also a 14tooth (1 tooth less that standard) Sprocket. Fitted it to the bike and She doesnt half shift now!

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