Friday, August 22, 2008

SUZUKI BANDIT 1200 1998



Extract a legendary engine starting from the old GSX-R1100, annoy outside the engine slightly with 1157c and go up to work in the model! Suzuki 'gangster 1200 of S offers an executive bikini-tapering bicycle of retro-model, with enough power and an high speed to captivate any rider. With do its discrete glances the wouldn of much of road users 't give to the gangster a second glance, soft and the survey? Suzuki 'attempt at S to name other outside manufactures missed its mark, offering to customers little street-cred and even less respect of other cyclists. That 's until you obtained on the open road.

Suddenly the gangster shows his true colors, offering one of the experiments of horsemanship more exciting any bicycle retro-called of muscle, in the second place only in Honda X-11 (currently inalienable in Australia - fortunately for Suzuki). As if injected with nitroglycerin the gangster takes the ordering of your subconscious spirit and asks you to push undertaken TI and more rapid in each corner. Rapide is the false word, him 's intense! Drop to the bottom a speed approaching a corner and the nose gear wheel will remove the road and will embrace the sky. He 'rough of SA! Offering well above 110bhp and an high speed above 235kmh the gangster Suzuki pushes his rider in extreme cases almost, left to the bottom only by his heavy handling in the corners and ageing looks at.


Engine Type:           4-stroke, 4-cylinder, DOHC,
16 valve, oil/air cooled
Bore & Stroke: 79.0mm x 59.0mm
Displacement: 1157cc
Compression: 9.5:1
Carburetion: MIKUNI BST36x4
Starter System: Electric
Lubrication system: N/A
Transmission: 5-speed constant mesh
Frame type: N/A
Suspension Front: Telescopic, coil spring, oil damped,
adjustable spring preload
Rear: Link-type, gas/oil damped,
4-way adjustable rebound damping and
7-way adjustable spring preload
Wheels: Front: N/A
Back: N/A
Brakes: Front: Disc, twin
Rear: Disc
Tyres: Front: 120/70 ZR17 (58W)
Rear: 180/55 ZR17 (73W)
Fuel Tank: 19 L
Wheelbase: 1435mm
Ground clearance: 130mm
Dry weight: 214kg (471lbs)
Top Speed: 235kmh
Horse Power: 114bhp