Won’t be long now... sit tight...

Just when you thought the Bandit might be completed, the magazine finishes instead. Oh...

End of story... Man takes four years to get Bandit 12 close to running. Then PS shuts and he’s still not there. Guess we’ll never know what happens... Having smugly assumed the back-end rebuild would only be half as aggravating as the front… turns out it’s in need of just as much restoration. The sprocket carrier bearing is seized solid. Wheel bearings both OK, but the big ball race that carries the drive load is history. The carrier has suffered some sort of trauma in its short life, what looks like a jumped chain. But aside from from some scars, it’s in good shape; no cracks, no chips to the important bits. This is when cleaning parts in the diesel bath pays. Old cush rubber detritus, layer after layer of…

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Practical Sportsbikes (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2023

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