After a successful restoration of a CB175 I decided to plunge once more into the resto world and all the agony, stress and, hopefully, joy that it brings... but what to buy?
It had to be cheap, with plenty of available parts, a bit of a head-turner and, fingers crossed, a modern classic in waiting. Several bikes would fit that bill, but I wanted to keep away from the gaudy, plastic-wrapped sports bike of the 80s and 90s such as the GSX-R750 and CBR600 so it had to be a middleweight roadster and the one that started that whole budget class: the Suzuki GSF600 Bandit.
The Bandit is such a brilliant bike – nearly everyone of a certain age will either of owned or ridden one at some point and, of course, there are many opinions, but I think I it would be fair to say the bike is more than the sum of its parts and the fact that there are so
