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                                                                                                                                                       Previous -1st build

Blending the colours orange and back together, I'm sure I could do a better job today then I did during the first build. If I was to redo the frame in the present (2) build. Which am not, if I can help it..That is. Were the two colours meet/blend? was shoot using a full size spray gun...Today I would use Airbrush or a Touch-up gun to paint this area.                                       


  Although' With all the black plastic panels eventually back on the bike would help to make things look bit better?.The idea behind blending the colours was to highlight only the front end of the frame. I think' I achieve the look I was after which was to make the sexy part of the frame (orange part) stand out from the rest of the frame, by shooting the black on the rear of the frame help to merg this part of the frame and black bodywork-to-become-one. Which in turn helps to highlights orange part of the frame {sexy part} to standout evening more.

                                                                                                                          

                                                    Under all the cover in the photo is the dismantle engine.  

                                                                                                                     

Few' bandit 400 owner swop-out the rider pegs for more races types, although I for-one like the original pegs they also help to hind the ugly block of metal that the original pegs are fix too. With the original pegs polished again adds to the overall look as well as helping highlight the orange frame bit more. You may have notices at the end of the frame' "in the photo showing the pegs" that I forgotten to remove the masting tape and I still haven't got around to removing the tape. Perhaps I get around to it in this second build? The Screw heads where too bad to remove. 

The colours I chose are nothing special, the time it took to find these colours, 'ie' the number of colour chips/books I look through to find what to use and then the right orange to go with the black was. Important thing is, is to use good quality paint and more so with solvents(thinners and lacquers, if used), don't cut corners with these materials' It doesn't pay in the end. Not many rattle aerosol spray can were uesd in the making of this bike. I'm luckily that I have large compressor and spray guns, etc... I'm probably a tool nut as I think you can never have too many tools ! other then were to keep them.

          

            

Clip-On

                                                                                     Present-2nd build

There’s only few items I've brought new for the bike of which these are one of them... They are "polished !"  Clip-On  By  PP Tuning racing parts  although  they were supposed to be polished...Not good enough to go onto my polished forks and still had ridges on the surfaces left over from the milling processes,  Which I sanded out with 120 grit sandpaper then various grits of wet and dry paper before re-polishing.     

Bandit GSF400...forks upgrades

As I mention in a previous post  I've gain a lot of info and more from a great SUZUKI Bandit forum that I couldn't find during the first build. With the newly gain info I was finally able to make  the choice on the GSXR750 forks to do the upgrade to the front-end of my Bandit. The other possible choices I could have gone with were the Thunercat 6 forks that a UK Guy fitted to his 400 bandit. Another was the RGV 250 USD forks which was my first choice that someone in Germany had fitted to his B4.  But at the time was told  that the RGV forks are the same as the gsxr400 and are shorter then the original bandit forks and would lower the front!.

Another possible fitments see the link on my link page is the ZX6R636 forks link-being fitted to an SV650. The SV650 is said to be 99% the same to the 1 ! / 2gen bandits, But I haven't  heard of anyone fitting ZX6R636 forks to a 400 bandit.. Plus being much newer are most likely to cost lot more..as I found.

I could have just upgraded the original bandit forks but I've heard two many of these who have, in the end still charge-out the original forks for something else. The reasons' I went with the 750 forks were many, Although mainly-like the RGV 250 USD.. I like the look of the 750 USD forks and believe them to give the best ride. I wanted something I knew that would work first time off that had already been done. The other good thing with the 1990-1995 forks is that on ebay they are numerous GSXR750 USD forks that can be had for a good price.

The items in the photos regards to the state of polishing have since moved on since those photos were taking.

The GSXR750 forks are the ones' most choose to fit to their bandits in general, although most just throw them straight in without doing anything to them 'ie' paint / polishes..I've gone with polishing them at the moment, the forks are now totally dismantled to replace a seal that was letting the polish's finish down so it had to go. Once dismantle I found the guide bushes, of which there are two of each in each fork tube were getting on the wrong side of worn. (I will go in to this more in a later post)  I will say although, if you need to replace seals/bushes in set of forks that are not original to the bike, and you don't have the "chassis no" for them don't just order an item/s, lets say off ebay that are said to be for the same year as your item's is...It May and more then likely won't be the right size part. Send or take your old worn part into where you are going to buy them. It will save you a lot of time, trouble and money.
I'm been told that the GSXR750 USD fork, 1994 years that I have for mine has many diff. Sizes bushes fitted during 1994s forks.

The USD fork fitted to the GSXR750 bike start from about 1990 in the UK and 1991 in USA but from 1996 the Speedo no longer run off the front wheel so if you choose to use forks from 96 you would need to fit digital Speedo/tach in place of the original Speedo/tach and I wanted to keep the original clocks myself.

Present-2nd build

Bandit GSF400... "Awe-Inspireiring"

First photos shows the bike before I was Inspired to build
My tired SUZUKI GSF400 BANDIT  (Jap/grey Import) More sporty model then the UK model but still the same as every other GSF400 Bandit  jap Import out there.  
                     
        
                                    


Flipping the pages of a motorcycle magazine “STREETFIGHTERS”  awe-Inspireiring experience Were custom builders show off their stunning motorcycles builds, encourage me to build my own. I wouldn’t be able to spend fortune as these guys had. I would have to use the bike I already had, as I couldn’t afford to buy another motorcycles.
The do list: updated the front end, swingarm and possible wider wheels & tires, repaint, etc..
you don’t need to spend fortune too still be unique to yourself !!.

The next Photos Shows Suzuki  bandit After the first build. 

Never did get around to fitting the front end, swingarm, wider wheels & tires because of lack of info that I could find at the time. 










The Suzuki 400 bandit Is now in to the second build due to info gain from a outstanding Suzuki bandit forum. (the forum covers all of the sUZUKI bandit range)
A new to do list, That weren’t done in the first build are now underway after
buying most parts from e-bay..
While that gone on, I follow up with post about the first buildin later posts.


At present the rebuild has come to a stop till a new roof gone on the bike edifice.