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Hi, my name is Ben, AKA lilredmachine. I have a huge love of old oil cooled Suzuki bikes, being as they are a huge meccano kit of possibilities. Attached are pics of my two favourites, a turbo mk1 Bandit 1200 and a GSX600f sleeper. These are two builds that have given me huge satisfaction over the years, from running 9 sec 1/4 miles to pissing off fireblade owners on the open road. The turbo bike is a stock engined mk1 bandit with a handmade turbo setup featuring a GT25/28 hybrid turbo, 38mm external wastegate, modded carbs, heavy duty fuel system, custom built braced stock arm, 6" extensions, 16/48 gearing, WP 4 way adjustable rear shock, clip ons, shinko hook-up drag radial (emergency maxxis super tourer fitted in pics) and other mods. Best time is a 9.91 @ 143 in the quarter. Bike was ridden 130 miles to the track from the Isle of wight, thrashed 16 times down the 1/4, where it returned 2.3 MPG, then ridden 130 miles back with no issue. It makes the pilgrimage every year to the track but mainly spends it's time upsetting ZZR1400 owners at traffic lights on the Isle of Wight. The GSX is a 1995 Mk1 GSX600F with a bandit 1200 engine transplanted in. The frame is modified to take the engine, the induction is standard BST36ss carbs with stage 3 dyno jet on pod filters with a 4 degree advance. The front end is taken from an RF900 and has Tokico 4 pots from a ZX-9R with Bandit 1200 discs, an RF900 shock is on bouncy duties and a GSX750F swingarm supplies a slight length increase and width increase to fit a curvy style SV650 rim with modern 160/60/17 rubber. Clutch is converted to a cable by shortening the pushrod to maintain the sleep with the stock GSX600f perch on display. Exhaust is large bore stainless headers with an open titanium can, measured at 111.7DB recently. She barks. Not made it to the track yet, but would be confident it'll run a high 10 sec 1/4 based on performance. Have been meaning to join up for a while now, glad to have made it finally! This is a video of the bandit running a 9.98 at the bulldog.