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Bandit 400 looks nice and was a steal at that price I think the exhaust fix was a good idea on the sv and should hold up just fine all the best mate.

Great, can you find me one, Stephen.

Love them little bandits . I have a 1990 250cc version that is in the middle of restoration its not a rocket but its good fun because of the 17k redline 😂

Great bike I had one of those for a 1st sport bike 👍🏁🏁

This was my first bike (Bandit 400), in red, and still have it (but needs carb work and new tires), and 2nd bike I just added is a SV650. Ironic that you have the same in this video. If I find another Bandit 400 or a CB1 I will likely be trying to acquire it, just because they are great and getting rare. Another old bike I liked was the Interceptor 500 (as opposed to bigger 750 everyone seems to know about). Modern bikes with slipper clutch, EFI, and ABS are great but these older bikes are still good performers.

I used a satnav windscreen sucker to pull dents should work on that. Managed to get myself £400 saves towards my next bike. Thinking of building a flat traker street bike maybe 1980s cb 500 or kwak gpz. You'll know before my miss knows😂. Keep up the good work buddy👍

Ahhh wish you lived even remotely near me, I'd take either , I bought a 98 Ducati monster 750 for $400US, and a running 83 honda cb450sc night chicken (nighthawk) for $200 I've made my cafe/brat project. Both are titled which I absolutely did not expect.

Bandits are such nice looking bikes, and if you get a clean one they have pretty decent power for 400cc, im either gonna get a bandit which is one of my all time favourites or ill go with the 2013 ninja 300. Ninja would be easier to get here in ireland but id rather get a clean low miles bandit for about 2k euros no work needed i dont have time to repair a bike.

Have you done or could you do a what to look for guide, I don't have a bike yet although know my way about a car I'm a nood with bikes, kinda common issues and indicators on what to look for would be great

Good time to go L.E.D then. Get that silly 1940s light off stick a pair of street fights with l.e.d bulbs less strain on the battery. Ide get light bars for it PHUCK IT lite the forks up high beam. SUPER BEAM.

You can't jb weld an exhaust especially near the header, jb weld can manage 260celcius because jb weld is mostly plastic resin with metal dust in it, headers on a SV typically have over 600celcius and the resin in jb weld burns at 320 celcius , would have been better to just weld a bit of mild steel rod over the gap. The SVS that you have does not have a reinforced yoke so drilling it and fitting risers is not great and they tend to crack. The naked sv650 has a reinforced yoke as standard, Also the instruments for the naked and fared SV are different the fared one is not as well protected from the elements because it lives in the faring but it is cheap about £30 while the naked instruments are really expensive and often sell on ebay between £100-250 depending on condition, so they would fail quickly if they are exposed to rain as the traces will rust.

Nice!! Slightly random but I might be interested in the Sv mate!

fused together with rust with knackered header, it will fail comletely at some point, interesting times lay ahead

Tryna sell any off them once you’ve finished? I’ve seen your Facebook market place

Thinking, sv650 more power, top end sped, than a Bandit 400,but acceleration??, would think 400 Bandit, with Bandit WIZARDRY, its acceleration would be quiet joyous!!!!. Professor Bandit 650 B.T.E.out., that's... Bandi Torque Enjoyment only, nothing technical.

I love a sv

man this baby´s cost more then 1500euros here in portugal, i know stupid expensive....