2005 Bandit 650S (Suzuki Bandit GSF600)

Member Name: Mark

Product:	Suzuki Bandit GSF600
Date:	15/07/09 (275 review reads)
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Advantages: Cheap, reliable, fun transportation

Disadvantages: Lousy front suspension

The Bandit 650S is a motorcycle, plain and simple. Mine is a 2005 with carbs, bought used with 15,000 kms on it. It's one of several models I'd have bought, but there it was, at the right price. There's nothing special about it but, like most bikes, it's quicker and faster than the rules allow, anyway. The fairing is barely adequate on the highway (I am 5' 10" tall), the front suspension is lousy on anything other than smooth pavement... if you want to do anything other than commute on it, you need to start modifying. Taller windscreen? Available through Givi, and likely a lot of other distributors. Better front shocks? Maybe this winter, if the money is there. Need to go faster? Get a different bike.
Want to have a lot of fun on a reliable, inexpensive, no nonsense two- wheeler? Don't mind riding a relatively ugly (welcome to the Suzuki family) machine? I'm going to keep mine forever, it's exactly what I paid for and will probably last 25 years, like my old 4- cylinder Kawi 750.

Summary: Decent bike

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