Check out 3 generations of pristine Suzuki Bandit 1200 S
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- Mike, Roger, and I took this little ride last week between the West Texas sandstorms and freezing desert temperatures; three generations of Bandits (1998, 2005 and 2016) together at the same time along with some cool haboob footage.
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Have a 2002 1200s , 30k miles, and gotta say that its the most fun I've had with any bike I've owned
I am dying to get a 1996-2000 Suzuki bandit. Just a sweet simple bike. Love the sound of it.
Nice ones are getting harder and harder to find. Good luck in your search.
Just back when you wrote this comment I picked up an 01 1200S in my favorite blue for just $2,000!!. Its my fourth bike and I've never even heard of them until i bought it lol. It came well preserved in almost stock form, but with the Dale Walker full headers and exhaust, stage 2 carb kit with K&Ns, timing advance and cooling fan. For sure it is easily the most fun Ive ever had and i can't wait to ride it every day. I drooled over KLR650 for a decade and i was bored in a few months but i put 4,000 miles on the Bandit in 3 months and riding is physically painful for me, so that will tell you how much fun they are, its amazing. You will find a well preserved example, after this video i think i might also want a 1250 eventually hahaha
three bandits diff gens very cool🤩miles of smiles on these bikes
Had a xj600,gpx600r, cbr1000f,vt1100 shadow,vlx600 shadow, Aprilia pegaso650.
But the bandit 1200gv75 is the most fun I've had on a bike.
Still have my vt1100 and pegaso too.
Quite the portfolio at my age (22) xD
I bought an 03 Bandit 1200s to flip it..
But man..after I fixed the carb, I fell in love, I have 3 other bikes that collect dust now including my beloved R1!
That huey helicopter was the sound of freedom to so many during the war. I know you know that. I'm a big veitnam war buff . It is one of my favorite subjects
I got to spend a lot of time around the Hueys and Cobras at Fort Campbell, Kentucky as a child. I'll never forget the sound of those helicopters; they are unmistakeable. Cheers.
Not going to lie, that food looked really good. 71 and still riding! Man, that is my asperations right there.
Same here, man. Rodger is one of my motorcycling heroes.
I've owned 2 Mk2 1200s and currently have a 1250, but those Mk1 Bandits still speak to me loudest.
BTW, the 1250 is even easier to get 125hp from than the old carbed engines, but because of the massive low end and midrange it misses out on the big top end rush. Those oil cookers are fun.
Wow that dust storm was something else. And the bikes were cool too. ✌🏻🏍
Thanks, Tim. You don't often see three Bandits together in one spot these days. Cheers, sir.
I’m right there with ya….my ‘97 1200 S has 33k and running very strong! I’m out here in Ohio and want to find more people riding bandits, just hang out and talk Suzuki lol. Safe riding my friend shiny side up!
Love this video as I am now a 2002 Bandit 1200 owner
Congrats!
That mic cable is making me insane, but that's not too hard lately. Kind of a crazy world right now, as you well know. Hang in there, Friend.
Thank you, George. Much appreciated, my friend.
I experienced a sand storm once when I was in Egypt, not fun. It will be good to get back to normal times again, I am going stir crazy. Good vid as usual mate :)
Here to the good times and their hopeful return, my friend. Cheers.
Great to see you all enjoying your Suzuki's might be getting one to go with my 06 gsxr 1000 with rizoma flat bars and top yoke conversion,,, I'll be buying an s model as at 56 be comfortable ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️ from northern Ireland 😁
ive got a 96, red Bandit 1200S 54.000KM love her
Just found the channel..subbed. The Bandit has always been one of my faves yet I've never owned one..yet. Those three bikes are gorgeous 👍👍
Thanks very much and welcome to the channel. Enjoy!
Oh man, I love my West Texas roots. I remember being 10 and the sky was black from dust storms. Watched a haboob in Lubbock from their tall building move in at 60 mph. And the dude at the garage saying to stand in it. What people don't get is the dirt smell. You just won't get the full effect unless you smell it.
Exactly. There's nothing like blowing dirtballs from your nostrils into a tissue to make you really appreciate West Texas. ;-)
Soon as I started watching wtf is with that cable? Haha love it Bro.Tim keep them going man!
Hahaha, yep. I failed miserably in thinking that cable was going to stay tucked in.
Great video, thanks
My pleasure!
My Daughter lives in Mineral Wells, near that memorial park for Vietnam helicopter pilot training. It’s a nice memorial.
Really nice bike guys, Cheers Dale Walker
Thanks, Dale! It's a pleasure to get a comment from you.
I have the 2005 red, white & blueall the wanted after market go faster add ons 15,000 miles mint show room condition always inside never seen rain hell or cold weather beautiful bike .
I do not miss the West Texas dust. Great vid
Thanks, man. Can'tchya just feel the grit in your teeth? ;-)
@@TimKreitzAdventures oooh yes I can! lol
Hey, that was a fine video, mic cable and all! Fun hanging out with fellow Bandito riders who are old farts like me!
I'm glad you dropped by. Cheers and thanks. :)
I was always a fan of the big Bandit but in 2003 Suzuki came out with the SV1000S. I could not resist the high revving V-twin. I still have that bike along with 6 more. It is my favorite (for most street rides). I like the old GSXR1100 air/oil cooled engines.
I really liked the TL1000R in its day. It was a nice answer to Ducati and led to the bigger-bore SV. They just don't make 'em like that anymore.
Cool bikes. I remember sand storms back in Desert Storm.
Oh yeah, I remember seeing the news footage of those storms. Crazy stuff.
Hate the dust storms, here it's often just soil, not even sand.
What a great bevvy of Bandits - awesome mate!
For me the sausage roll is the unhealthy snack of choice when out on the bike :)
Lovely video as always Tim - took me a while,man I'm so glad the pre-Christmas work-fest is over - Wifey & I are off camping now - all the best for new year my friend.
Have a fun, safe campout and Happy New Year to you and yours, my friend. Fingers crossed for a much better 2021.
Seen a few of those haboobs in my life Tim,I amjust a few miles north of you so yea!!And by the way i am one of those Harley riders you mentioned in this post! Haw! Thats ok i forgive ,You cant help yourself being on that rocket!!Love your videos man....Be well be safe!
Oh yeah, no doubt -- you guys get the ultimate haboobs up there. Heh-heh, nothing but love for all bikes, but that one particular Memorial Day parade ride developed quite a reputation for wild crashes. Cheers and thank you, sir!
Oh hell yeah! Love your stuff Tim!
Thank you, sir. :-D
Love my 00 1200s
Love them Bandits for certain, what a nice group of bikes. That haboob (dust storm) gave me anxiety from where I am sitting right now, I couldn't imagine driving or being out in that. It has to make a total mess of vehicles and home interiors.
Oh yes, it's always a major cleanup effort after one of those storms blows through. Dirt finds its way into virtually everything.
I was so close buying 1250 Bandit but went with Vstrom instead. Anyway, that’s one fine cruiser.
It was really fun having three generations of Bandit sitting there together. Great bikes, indeed.
Good one Mr. Kreitz, well done. Damn nice weather the past couple days. Today was great in Lubbock till it wasn't - wind then rain. Nice bikes for sure. Love muscle bikes myself. Just don't have one right now, only cruisers.
Some of that rain made its way down here to us this evening, but it was only sprinkles. I guess you guys used it all up; it's so dry right now. Cheers.
Haha 🤣🤣🤣
Ya can't beat a roundabout.
You should see the one in Swindon..... I'll link ya.
Wireless required!
Yeh, that storm looks blummin scary 😳
Nice paint job indeed 👍
3 Banditos look great together.
Good ride fellas 👌
Thanks Tim. 🐕
My pleasure as always. I definitely need to look into some sort of a wireless system. Just not sure if one exists for that old GoPro3.
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Oh bugger... New gopro too!🙄🤣
I used to ride with Roger. He takes care of his bikes.
Indeed he does.
You're getting roundabouts now? Great practice place for getting a knee down.... over here, I'm sure it's illegal to go round more than twice though. We get the odd mild sandstorm come over from Africa but nothing like yours. I like the cable, looks like you're on trickle charge :) Nice trio of Bandits out in the hot blazing sun.....something we ain't got at the moment ;)
Thank you, sir. I'm hoping for a mild winter but the weather has been so erratic that I'm not sure what to expect at this point. Fingers crossed for some good West Texas rides soon.
They put traffic lights on roundabout in the UK which defeats why we have roundabouts.
Loved the video Brother!
Much appreciated! :-)
Hello!
Nice ride! !!
Fine weather.
The road is comfortable. :)
Windy but warm.
it's good!
haha ... The microphone cable is flying. LOL.
Haboob?
Sandstorm.
Wow
That is awesome. It's like watching a movie.
Sandstorm. Occurs in the fall.
It's like the plume of a Japanese volcano.
Pie and corn dog?
It looks delicious. : D
Suzuki Gixxer's fun adventure.
Thank you my friend (^^) /
Thank you, my friend. You understood very well and I am impressed. I am happy you enjoyed it. The corndog and burrito were delicious, but we are too old to be eating junk food. Hahaha. :)
I like your hair style Tim. I've the same style.
The hair godz had their revenge with me for my younger years. ;-)
What mic cable? I didn't notice. :-p
I've only ever experienced one dust storm, that was freaky as hell. It travelled all the way from the west coast of Australia, all the way through the outback and over to us on the east coast and was around 1000km wide. Crazy!
Oh yeah, that looked awesome having the 3 bandits lined up! Fun times mate!
I much prefer a good dust storm to a blizzard, and after the winter we had this year, I'll try not to complain with the arrival of the next one. LOL.
I think Dracati Ducati posted a video of one of those dust storms a few years back, we have those damn roundabouts all over the place here!
I think I remember that vid. I'm gonna go look through his library and watch it again.
110 in a 40. You are my hero.
Special effects. ;)
@@TimKreitzAdventures YEAH RIGHT.
LOL I was thinking the same thing with that cable.. like just nooo.. no no noo.. great vid as always though cheers.
That cable sent my OCD into hyperdrive. LOL. Thanks, sir.
Hahahah my Texas is becoming the UK hahahahh..Portugal is the same way
LOL. That's the only roundabout for 200 miles in any direction. So random. :-D
We get those habos here in Arizona they are crazy and most people don't know what to do if you get caught in one while driving.
Yepperz, exact same thing happens here.
j en est une de 2005 tout simplement génial merci Suzuki
They have the best cheese sticks great video !!
Yes they do! :-)
Damn, you'd not want to have nowhere to shelter from that sand storm!
Absolutely. Take it from the voice of experience, getting caught in one of those storms is THE WORST. :-)
@@TimKreitzAdventures :D
A Bandit GSF 1200 with fuel inj. ?, Out and out DREAM. Had 20, 21 months of Blessed Bandit Time Times, on a GSF 650 inj., One very careful Cautious owner,who basically ran it in for 15,000 miles, got a PhD Masters Degree in Bandit Torque Enjoyment only, nothing technical, Sadly now a HOPEFULLY only, semi retired Crazy Mad Banditless Banditateer, FEKKIN, Banditaholic, ruined for any other bike, and I ain't even lying, 58, 59 times more biking joy, than in 84 my nearly new Kawasaki 750 turbo ? which I Couriered on, and thrashed it daily, countless times.. Don't get me wrong, the turbo was Outstanding, just not Bandit Time. Yours truly Scott Loch. Na, Professor Bandit B.T.E. Torque Enjoyment only, out,
I had three KZ1000Ps at one time or another. They were horrible about those can cover leaks. I just resigned myself to wiping them down twice a day.
I'm hoping those new crush washers and some gasket maker will dry things up. Fingers crossed. BTW, my KZ1000LTD used to leak ever so slightly from the lobes on the valve cover gasket. It was such an annoyance.
Almost got a used trade-in 2000 1200S at a local Harley repair shop but some "girl " bought the bike and had it lowered so she could keep up with her " Dyna-boy" friend on weekends, We Ride Fast around our canyons, do you ? If So , PLEASE Do a Video of you & your Bandit friends sweeping through twists & turns at speed . P.S. I ended up getting a used trade-in 2005 Vstrom1000 instead ... Yippee !!!
If you like cornering, check out my Texas Hill Country playlist and my Riding California playlist.
Greeting! I also have a problem with leaking oil on the cam cover bolts. Did you fix it? What is the procedure? Thanks in advance and best regards from Croatia.
Replace the valve cover gaskets (the main one on the outside and in the four small ones in the plug wells) and the crush washers under the cap screws. Do not tighten the cap screws to spec; 2/3 torque is plenty, because they fasten directly to the head.
When I first moved to Phoenix the weather said a haboob might be possible. I giggled a little WTF is a haboob. "Haha he said boob". About 2 miles in it hit. There was sand in places I didn't think possible.
Exactly. "Haboob" apparently translates to "sandblasted". :-)
Holly cow that sand storm look like some shit right out of a movie no thank you.
You betcha. :)
Did they call those haboobs back in the Thirties dust bowl era? I think not.
They called it "just another day" as the sand crunched between their teeth. ;-)
You somehow infiltrated my Spotify, I have John baumann singing about midland. Did I miss anything? I know you got the bandit but what happened to the gs that used to be Matt’s?
I still have the GS. It'll be my winter project. I just got badly sidetracked with some higher priorities. BTW, are you on FB? If so, please contact me via IM. If not, got an email address?
@@TimKreitzAdventures 3shotrocky@gmail.com Yeah seems like everyone has been overwhelmed with "stuff" 2020 the year that keeps dishing it out. Look forward seeing how the GS turns out. I had an 80 GS550E brings back good memories.
the second bike is a 1250 bandit by the engine no carbs
The third bike in the thumb (black one) is a 1250. The second bike (the blue one, mine), as well as the red one are both 1200S models.
MAN... Don't hate on the bicyclists, of which I am one!
I am one, too, but I never impede traffic. Unfortunately, it's a sickness out here, which why I was so surprised the guy was actually in the bike lane.
@@TimKreitzAdventures Wow, I'm surprised that they even have bike lanes. When I rode there it had none that I knew of and I rode all over Midland and Odessa.
Yeah, there is a growing system of bike lanes here, but cyclists rarely utilize them. They'll usually be in the middle of the lane, brazenly holding up a line of cars and trucks. Dealing with them can be super frustrating at times with the traffic problems we already have here.
@@TimKreitzAdventures I find that hard to believe. I have been biking for 30 years and bicyclist use the bike lanes. Holding up cars and trucks...why? does not even make sense. There is just a general hate being passed around and it is engrained in drivers brains. Same thing with Donald Trump...many just hate him and not sure why. It has been driven into their brains also.
How do those roundabouts work? Not worth a damn at times, I'd say. Damned fine-looking bikes you guys have there!
That area is brand new and under development and the roundabout is the first of its kind here in the Permian Basin. It'll be interesting to see how well or poorly it works as that subdivision grows. Thanks as always, sir.
There have been more and more of them popping up here in suburbs; being a DC native (and former courier) I'm a veteran of traffic circle driving, and it can be pretty bad at times. Traffic entering the circle is supposed to yield to traffic in the circle (I've heard it goes the other way in NJ, not sure if that's true), doesn't always happen. Best example I've seen of what a clusterf--- it can be is Washington Circle; if you're heading south on 23rd St and want to continue that way to the Lincoln Memorial, they have the lights timed so that when you get a green and start around the circle, you come to the PA Ave entrance to the circle just after THEY get a green light. That traffic is supposed to yield, frequently doesn't. Then you have the folks on the inside who decide to exit in front of you when you planned on going around to the next exit point...I've had to make an extra trip around a circle a number of times to avoid idiots doing things like that (or the guy who ignored the "MUST TURN RIGHT" lane he was in and started around Westmoreland Circle just as I was making the left/right transition to exit to the lane beside the one he was supposed to stay in, he went by less than two feet in front of me as I was on the brakes). And you're welcome, as always. Gotta love that TX flag emblem on the D&D pipe!
I have one of those D&D pipes on my ZRX. If you look closely at Rodger's, the flag colors are upside down (red on top instead of white). Those logo badges were errors and quite the conversation piece if you have one.
Great video! I just rode through Tradewinds Blvd yesterday and I love riding to that memorial! I moved down here from Connecticut to Midland in June. The weather was HOTT then. I rode all year in Connecticut so "cold"riding down here hasn't been that bad for me. I started motovlogging at the begging of March. I have some videos in CT and now some videos from down here. I really do love it down here. I do miss the twisties, mountains, cities and the water all being close, but I am enjoying it here. If you're free and would like to meet up and go for a ride, record some video that'd be fun! Either comment here or you can DM me on my facebook or instagram. The links are on my CZcams channel. I am always looking for new places to ride to and meeting fellow motovloggers, especially local motovloggers. Once again great video, ride safe 🤙🏻
Sure, hit me up on FB and I'll keep you posted on rides. There's also an FB group called Permian Basin Sport Bikes where we organize get-togethers and events. It's sportbike-centric, but all bikes and riders are welcome:
facebook.com/groups/permianbasinsportbikes
@@TimKreitzAdventures Thanks for the FB group! And sure, I'll message you on facebook 🤙🏻
There is nothing wrong with roundabouts .matey its better than over head cables with lights all over over the place.. we just feed into and feed out of roundabouts no queing
Here I thought you was lot older than that
Really? Most people think I'm younger. LOL. :-D
Beautiful if the fairings were off
Beautiful either way.
@@TimKreitzAdventures I'm trying to pick up a 400cc but the prices are rocketing man, £1200 for a 92 model, dunno how much that is in yank money but its not cheap were I am 😑