You can guarantee that this Bandit can smoke its Avon Roadrunners at will, but even back in the day, its handling was geared towards touring rather than canyons or the track. With so many of the parts made by Sander to form part of the new Zed Made range, the badass Bandit is the perfect way to make his friend smile and show the world he’s back in the custom game and here to stay. Suzuki Bandit 1200 Cafè Racer Special by Stefano R... Born To Be Wild - Easy Rider - Steppenwolf, Yamaha SR595 Cafè Racer by Presto Custom Collection, Aprilia RSV Super Cafe Racer by Taimoshan, Suzuki GSX 1200 Spirit Cafe Racer by Inazuma, Harley Davidson Super XR-CR 1200 Cafe Racer, Triumph Bonneville 1969 Bobber / Street Tracker, Yamaha SR 400 Varkain by Raider Motorsport. The stock seat angles hard towards the tank, heavy breaking can be a nutcracker, so the custom seat is raised at the front for a flat effect. ‘Colonel Butterscotch’ is the latest machine to roar out of the Portland, Oregon garage.

Just the thing for lighting up the long, lonely straights of an endurance race track. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Review: The 2019 Harley-Davidson FXDR 114, Superunknown: A first-time builder hits the big time, The Skills You Need To Build A Custom Motorcycle, Here’s the new BMW R18, with specs, prices and more, Gorilla Racer: A Honda Monkey 125 with attitude. Rather than go with fibreglass Sander opted to make it from carbon fibre, while still painting it so as not to stand out; sleek looks and no weight. More than six years ago we featured his last build, a stunning Yamaha XS400, but now having seen the world and found a new home next to a machine shop he’s back in the game. Four-piston Triumph/Nissin calipers now clamp down on the dual front discs, juiced up by a Magura master cylinder. Where the Bandit can get a little lazy is in the rear end, so Sander came up with a plan to sharpen up the handling by using a Kawasaki ZX10R shock that required a new upper mount to compensate for the difference in length. Cobra Urban Killer mufflers were then hooked up to the stock headers to ensure proper delivery. The new pipework is 2-into-2, with the left-hand cylinder gases exiting into a muffler concealed in the tail unit. The yokes have also been powder coated with the top yoke machined down for a cleaner look and a set of his billet risers go in to clamp the Renthal bars. When I got back home a couple of years ago, I got myself another bike and slowly started getting back into it. The stock muffler looks ok but is one of the biggest power thieves ever fitted to a bike, so an SC-Project can with tuned carbs and new filters unleash a bunch more ponies.

And despite the twee name, it’s a real bruiser.

A new bike from the crew at ICON 1000 is a bit like a Mike Tyson uppercut: it arrives without warning, and it’s a knockout. Old plastics were binned, and new plastics sourced. All rights reserved. Six months after the crash, Colonel Butterscotch rolled forth once again—older, wiser and just as sexy, reborn in a delicious pale caramel. ... “Since Bandits are rather heavy and bulky donors it didn’t seem fitting to go with the cafe racer route on this one.

It was time to rebuild. His goal with the build was simple enough: tear the Bandit 600 apart and turn it into a bare bones, nimble and modern cafe racer that would suit as a daily rider.

© 2009 - 2020 Pipeburn. And from the hand made chain cover to the brushed frame plates and hundreds of replacement stainless bolts, it ticks every box. Unfortunately, this particular show got derailed. The hefty stock can is gone too, replaced by a pair of simple reverse cone mufflers. The stock tank was given two dished indents, and the shortened subframe received a 70s-style endurance racer tail unit with a bare-bones but beautifully finished seat pad by Range Needlework. And despite the twee name, it’s a real bruiser.

While renowned for clutch problems until the last few years of the model, a new stack was fitted and 3rd gear replaced to handle the stump-pulling torque.

Based on a 1999 Suzuki Bandit 1200, it shows the potential of a bike often unfairly relegated to the ‘econo-cruiser’ pile. They’re one of the truly underrated bikes, cheap to buy, reliable and with the engine from the GSX-R1100 Superbike, the potential is unlimited. Braided Goodridge lines keep the levers firm. The inline four is derived from the GSX-R1100, and pumps out almost 100 hp. With the world shutdown, he rolled up his sleeves, rebranded as Zed Made and started producing brilliant customs again. But all the while that big Bandit was looking over at him, begging to be customised. See more ideas about Cafe racer, Suzuki bandit, Racer. But, as many bikers of a certain age know, the early Bandit 1200 has hidden charms—and was regarded as a bit of a hooligan machine in its youth. Le foto pubblicate nel sito sono prese da internet ove di pubblico dominio, ma se qualcuno dovesse sentire lesi i propri diritti mi contatti a, Honda Street Tracker Tigers Milk II - by Deus Bali.