GSF1200 - Bandit

[psycoreefer]

I did a search and it seems a few around here have or had one. I'm looking at one that was "laid" down but the price is right at about $500. Looks like it will need gauges, headlight, and tank at least to cover the major stuff. Anyone know of a good active bandit forum like we have here for the XS? How about a source for "parts" specific to bandits? E-bay doesn't seem to have much at the moment.

The one I'm looking at is the "S" model but the fairing is gone, I assume trashed, so I'm thinking dual fork mount head lights and one of those all in one digital gauges. If I can get it looking decent for under $500 I might pick it up.

[fredintoon]

Check the frame

Hi psyco,
if it was laid down hard enough to trash the fairing, maybe the fairing's collapse acted as a crumple zone to save the frame. Or maybe it didn't. Still and all, the motor alone has to be worth a few hundred, right? And if it does have a bent frame you can always hang a sidecar on it; a sidecar rig rides funny anyway.

[psycoreefer]

Thanks for the input but SWMBO vetoed the purchase. and I quote "we aren't running a motorcycle repair shop here, you've already got 2 bikes what do you need another one for?" When I suggested that I'd sell her shadow to keep the grand total at two and pay for the bandit she was even less receptive to the idea. Oh well.....

[fredintoon]

" - - - she was even less receptive to the idea. - - - "

Yeah,
and if you asked "how many pairs of shoes you got then, eh?" she'd deny there was any relevance.
Time was I rode an XS850 home and my dear wife snarled "There are already 5 bikes in the carport so what is that one doing here?" Now I always tell my wife the absolute truth because to do that is far better for my health and longevity so I said "It only cost $100 and it runs, it is a total bargain!" but as the thundercloud built above my beloved's head and sparks flew off her fingertips I hastened to add
"And that's why Ray Warenko bought it and asked me to ride it home for him."

[psycoreefer]

thanks for the chuckle. I'll have to remember that someone else bought it next time.

[fredintoon]

That's not the end of the story. My wife phoned Donna Warenko to check out my story. Then I was off the hook but Ray Warenko was deep in the soft & brown.

[Ken Talbot]

Hmm, may be a bit off topic, but the Ray Warenko story reminds me of this one:

Friendship Between Women and Men

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Friendship Between Women:

A woman didn't come home one night. The next day she told her husband that she had slept over at a friend's house. The man called his wife's 10 best friends. None of them knew about it.

Friendship Between Men:

A man didn't come home one night. The next day he told his wife that he had slept over at a friend's house. The woman called her husband's 10 best friends. Eight of them confirmed that he had slept over, and two claimed that he was still there.