Bandit 1200S Project - Done!

After a couple of months and a few setbacks, the Bandit is finally done. It started its life with me as a slightly neglected and slightly abused 2002 Bandit 1200S with about 9k miles on the clock. I say slightly abused because the original owner was not honest, and the bike did have some issues which I discovered only after i started taking the fairings off.

Initially, I only fixed what needed to be done: Tires, lubrication, signal sender, clutch cover plate, turn signals, broken choke tab, neutral switch sender  . . . the usual things one finds on a used bike. But from the start, the plan was to restore the bike over the winter, and make it better than new. After discovering the stupid things, I did nit trust it enough to take a long trip on it without going through every bolt first. So I decided to strip it down to frame and do it right.  Here is what the Bandit looked like after the first round of 'fixes'. 

And here is what we have today:

Work done:

Frame and various parts powdercoated mirror red
Tank and plastics painted suede white (Volvo) with red pearl in the clear, catalyzed urethane
V-Strom Handguards
Zero Gravity Sport Touring screen
Heated grips
Spiegler braided brake and clutch lines
New brake pads
Oil cooler lines replaced with stainless braided hose and AN fittings, Russel Performance (custom)
Shad side racks (modified)
RK Chain
Sunstar sprockets
Greased and repacked bearings, swingarm, etc
Custom made bar ends
Hardwired GPS and extra LED marker lights
Carbs rebuilt (stock jetting)
Valves
Brake calipers rebuilt
Forks serviced
12V plug installed in cockpit
. . .  and many other things I'm forgetting.

Plus, every bolt on the bike was torqued to spec, every lube point was lubed, and every fluid and filters were changed.

The various installments in this project, including the making of custom oil lines) are all listed under the Bandit 1200 tab on the left. Thanks for joining me on this journey.