Bandit 600/650?

Clearly im missing something, but whats the difference between a bandit
600 and 650, apart from 50cc?

http://www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/category.asp?id=76

I mean why would you launch two virtually identical machines.

 

Different markets init, In France and Germany the size limit is set to be
600cc for all bkes from next year, whereas it Switzerland its going to be
650cc.

 

Swiss standards rool!
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.....being Switzerland it'll prolly be restricted to 2 hp or something

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Steve Parry
K100RS SE & F650
and a 520i SE Touring for comfort


(not forgetting the SK90PY)

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

 

New rules are full power but compulsory carrying of a large cheese at all
times.

 

If you look at the manimum torques and hps of the two bikes, the 650 has
slightly more torque that is a lot lower down in the rpm range than the
600.

2005 Bandit 650.

77.5 PS @ 10100 rpm
59.2 Nm @ 4,000 rpm

2005 Bandit 600.

78 PS @ 10500 rpm
54 Nm @ 9500 rpm

 

Inroduced specifically to fulfil Auvache's desire for a B6 with
torque, obviously. Perfect, therefore, for old gimmers who can't use
the throttle.

 

Pip wrote

No, perfect for wise old gimmers who can, and will, use a throttle but
who also believe it ought to be good for pulling through a full three
octaves not just a fucking semitone.

 

For new passes I am assuming, not a global limit!!

'Hog

 

<usurps thread>

**** me but Bandit 12's are a great every day bike.
I've fitted the low swept back renthals which were on the gixxer, they
are cut as narrow as the levers will allow. Comfy as they come and it
cuts through traffic like a whippet. Even with the Holeshot engine
they are amazingly tractable bikes, I probably have to do an extra
gearchange but still...

'Hog

 

I was just about to refer the gimemr to my sig, but you beat me to it.

Now do you see why the B12 ought to be available on prescription?

 

Apparently, you can put a 6 speed box in a Bandit 1200. There was that
GSXR air / oil cooled engine compatability guide someone here posted a
couple of years back. The engineering is do-able, it's just that nobody
seems to have bothered.

 

Doesn't need it really. This one just needs a little nursing, no wide
throttle/low revs/cold engine stuff. I think a carb balance will work
some magic around town anyway.

'Hog

 

Everyone should have one!

'Hog

 

Everyone has to retake their test every three years from 2006.

 

Carb balance always helps. It helped my little FZR no end, although I've
been reduced to balancing them by eye, not having the kit to do it any
more.

New plugs help a lot with Bandit lumps imo, as they seem to clog up
quite easily on those engines.

 

Ok, ok, ok!!!
Bring yer B12s to EOSM and let me try them for size..... I'm already
leaning that way.....
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Pip wrote

I wouldn't have looked.

 

I thought you had my carb balancer?

 

Neither. Look who posted it.

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