Rebuilt Muscle Bike from Brittany’s RV Workshop… Few bikes have earned the cult following of the Suzuki Bandit 1200. In 1996, Suzuki took the air/oil-cooled engine from the GSX-R1100, punched up the capacity, stuck […]
Tag: Suzuki Bandit
Sanzoku: Suzuki Bandit 1200 Café Racer
Japanese for Bandit: Moto Milo’s Suzuki GSF1200… The Suzuki Bandit 1200 is one of the most beloved muscle bikes of all time, an air/oil-cooled beast that earned a global following that continues to this day. […]
BeelzeBob: Bandit-Powered Turbo Drag Bobber
Southern 73 Cycles builds a 9-second turbo drag bobber… Introduced in 1996, the Suzuki Bandit 1200 offered a re-tuned version of the monstrous GSX-R1100 air/oil-cooled engine in a steel frame to create something akin to […]
Bandit Power: Honda “CB1157F” by Butchered Classics
Dave Solomon of Butchered Classics is our favorite mad Englishman, a shed-builder who’s earned an “evil reputation” for building high-powered Frankenbikes that send purists drooling and raving to the madhouse. In 2019 alone, we featured […]
Spondon Bandit Turbo by Dave Solomon
“Problem I have is, at 6k, that wheel is heading skywards in EVERY gear…” If you know anything about the streetfighter scene of the 1980s and 1990s, you know the name Spondon. Their aftermarket frames […]
Kawasaki Z1000H Restomod by Butchered Classics
Dave Solomon is the mad Englishman behind Butchered Classics, an online community dedicated to pre-1990 bikes modified in diametrically “non-purist” fashion, embracing everything from braced swingarms to crazy engine swaps. Dave himself has earned an […]
Kawasaki “GPz1157” by Butchered Classics
The Kawasaki GPz1100 was one of the last kings of the air-cooled superbikes — the brutal, big-block speed machines fated to die at the hands of the liquid-cooled, 16-valve, alloy-frame sport bikes to come. Says […]
Suzuki Bandit 1200 “Lucky Legend” by IDM
A tribute to 500cc Gran Prix champion Marco Lucchinelli… Marco “Lucky” Lucchinelli is a legend of Gran Prix racing and one of the most thrilling riders ever to come out of Italy. In 75 starts, […]
Suzuki Bandit 400 Cafe Racer by Jowo Kustom
Bad “Baby Bandit” from Indonesia… The Suzuki GSF400 — aka the Bandit 400 — had a 59-hp inline four derived from the GSX-R400, mounted as a stressed member in a trellis frame. Along with the […]
Suzuki Bandit 250 Scrambler by Dengra Racing Machines
250cc four-cylinder scrambler built by a race mechanic… There are plenty of builders who can build a machine that’s aesthetically pleasing, but only a rare few have the technical expertise in racing and geometry to […]
