fatblokeonbandit

2 set please

ive got it written down somewhere, 80mm sounds familiar, ill check

Your rods too long I've done the swop 3 times and had to make one each time..

what push rod did you use???

Seeing all the pictures again I cant believe I was so stupid to sell mine!!!!!! better keep my eyes open for another one

When I did mine, which originally had a gsx1100 engine, I used the front mount as it fitted really well. and made the rears to suit, I tried using the rear but that would have involved extending the exhaust to clear the frame. mine seemed to work really well, handled a treat, only problem was the cahin hitting the lower frame rail, so I made a plastics chain buffer that went round the rail

BMW shocks are 310 +5 -1 mm

GSXR 1000 K7/8 315 mm I've used about 10 on various Bandits and they work well, also 750 k 6/7 315-320 mm

But the question was about a Bandit?

How on earth do you hit your sump on a speed bump!!!!!! your down pipes will hit the deck wayyyy before the sensor........ this has been like this for years.... normal sump temp is 80-85, highest was round Malory in 32'c temp it went up to 110 before I stopped

I aint no expert in anything matey, im just old and been around for years anyway that case is buggered, something has gone bang in a big way, you cant change just one you need the pair as they are matched, probably cheaper to get a new whole engine as the bearings will cost a fortune

I thin k you will find that slabbies' have an eye both ends??? what the hole spacing of that little beauty

I got my first 1200 bandit 21 years ago after many years of gsxr ownership, but my knees were shot so after riding the first bandit I was converted, so id say keep the 600 shiny frame and fit all the 1200 parts to it, But as this is an oldskool site most people will say get the 1100 and use that, Us Bandit owners are tolerated on here.. Anything you need to know just ask as ive had a few and modified all of them

Simple answer, fix the 1200 and use the 600 for bits all the bits are interchangeable as the frames are the same except for a few tiny differences, mark 1 4 pots are easier to maintain than the mk 2 6 pots so people generally refer to them as better brakes. they bolt straight onto a 1200 but not a 600.. get a gsxr shock there are loads that fit, needs to be 320 - 330 mm eye to eye..

The 1156 engine and lack of bottom mount denotes the very first production models, also had a different swinger and a gsxr loom and cdi.. But they were all 1996, in 97 they became the mark 1 with bottom mounts the different swinger loom and no cc marked on the barells. So yours was registered late or it's an import??? ..

is it a 1996 and dose it have 1156 stamped on the left of the barells???

Done the other way round many times, you must have a good reason ?? all you need to do is press out the stems and swop them over move the steering stops and that's it, you're 4 pot nissins are the same as the bandit one so fit on, the speedo cables are different but the speedo,drives swop straight over as well.

Of course shipmate, pm me you address

I'll have a look

Any good to anyone, ill never have another water cooled, its the supplement for the suzuki manaul..

ive done a few different permutations, b6 mk1 and mk2 cover on 1127 and 1052 and power screen engines and they are all different, I use a bit of 6mm wooden dowel to chop down to get the right length then use that measurement to make a Steele one..

Good question, shipmate, that deserves a much better answer than i can give you at this time the very first modles in 96 were marked 1156, after that from 97 on they are blank even though they are classed 1157cc

all 1200 have a blank space at the bottom of the cylinder where the cc would normally be..

count the number of gears

Bottom rear engine mount is 10mm on 600, 12mm on 1200, 600's are silver 1200's dark grey, 1200 has 14 fins on the barrel, 600 has 12 fins. 1200 goes much faster than a 600