Grunt

V-Max. Full power version, in black of course.

I loved my Bandit 12 and would have another like a shot - and will, in
due course. The grunt and acceleratability(?) are fuckoffgrin
inducing all the time and something I never got bored with. The big
comfy seat is a bonus, but not as much as the big (huge) comfy wave of
torque from 2Krpm.

Go and ride a Bandit - I blagged a 20-minute test ride on a 12, and
took it back several hours, two tanks of fuel and a large part of
North Wales later. Then went and bought one elsewhere.

If you can find a Max, give it a go. It's a hoot in a straight line
and pantsfillingly exciting in corners. When sorted, a really comfy
bike with enormous grunt - especially with the V-boost mod done so it
is boosting all the time ;-)

 

Jeremy says...

Same as a ZZR1100 then, which was considered a lardy old bus 14 years
ago. How Suzuki managed to make a more modern, naked bike just as heavy
as a ZZR is beyond me.

 

Been very happy with mine - 17,000 trouble free miles over the last two
years. Junking the (very restrictive) stock exhaust for an Akrapovic
releases another 17 bhp & has a weight saving of about 15kg.

When we were looking we also considered the XJR (not as comfy) & the
ZRX1200S.

 

Speed Triple.

 

Oooh. Good call

 

I think a Yamaha XJ900 Divvie is the same weight, and that's 500cc
smaller ffxake.

 

Is it anything like the X11?

 

The criteria was 'grunt'

 

Most likely, but you still knew what I meant.

 

Keelworm <> struggled to ejaculate:

[X11]

Ducting, innit. Apparently if removed by an owner stung by the
uglybike taunts, it overheats like a bastard.

 

The criteria was 'grunt'



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