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Is The Suzuki Bandit GSF 600 a Good First Bike?

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#Firstbigbike #suzukibandit #600cc

Is the Suzuki Bandit 600 Suzuki gsf600 a good first motorcycle

Congratulations on getting your motorcycle licence whether you passed your mod 1 motorcycle test then your mod 2 motorcycle test or whether you completed your DAS test, it doesn't matter

Now you want your first motorcycle. Should you get a mid weight 600cc motorcycle like the Suzuki Bandit

20 Comments

@oldfartuk 5 years ago Pinned

main things to look for are:
*fork seals
*rust / holes in collector
*rust on oil pipes (not a deal beaker if not too bad)
* broken fuel tap / valve (depending on year) .. if its gone you can tell by opening the oil cap and smelling for petrol as it ends up in sump
Engine wise .. they bulletproof

@HippoDrones 5 years ago

The Suzuki Bandit 600 is a bloomin awesome bike :-) and an ace intro to biking for most! :-)

@kayliemo2056 5 years ago

Really appreciated that intro.

@hotchilli2525 5 years ago

I love my mk 1 bandit . Hopefully it will look after me like I look after it👍🏍️

@allsearpw3829 5 years ago

Nice to see you enjoying an older bike , a young chap at work had one and used it also for track days . Allowed his wife to have a go and then he had two , and she was faster than him , he never beat her on the track , she was a dental nurse so clean teeth and a smile , wins races . Skip on a couple of years , working in Guernsey , sat by the beach , six 1200 bandits turned up . local chaps and I said to them ,nice bikes , a bit over the top for the speed limits over here and what are the bottles for on each side ? That ,s nitrous mate we use it on a full moon , open your window and pull your curtains back . So I did , and yes you could hear them , cling to the tarmac on a rock in the middle of the sea . happy days .

@Garjames1 1 year ago

Just done exactly this. First bike... Red bandit mk 1. Lovely machine 👌

@TheRhythmicBiker 5 years ago

Very reliable, very solid, very good. I think there will always be bandits on the road 🤘 the weight surprises me, never knew they were over 200kg, that’s close to my sprints weight 😂 great video mate, very educational 👏

@filipjohansson7095 5 years ago

Great review, said allot! thnx.

@ZP1993 1 month ago

A friend of mine has a 1999 Bandit 600S (the version with a half fairing),it's not his first bike,he had maybe 7 or 8 bikes before it,but he's quite happy with it.

@dwood5326 2 years ago

I love mine

@bandit12-- 5 years ago

👍👍

@BearIsLost 5 years ago

"not gonna find a bandit with a stock exhaust". I do right now! Literally just bought a new exhaust the other day though lol

@fredhogg2361 4 years ago

Haha that intro 😁😘

@Saddlebags73 5 years ago

Nicely put together. A mate of mine has a bandit, and loves it. I think they’re pretty cool 😎

@bethaneyanderson2123 5 years ago

The bandit 600 is my first bike and I’m loving every second of it. Has enough speed for me to not get bored in the future but not too much to where I can’t handle it. I’m 5’3 116lb and can handle it pretty well. I dropped her and was able to pick her up by myself. As a beginner rider I would def recommend as a first bike

@demahsamusic8825 5 years ago

I bought an original 1995 bandit today, my first bike 🤩 I love the looks of it, can't wait to pick it up

@marksaunderson3042 2 years ago

My first bike was a 1978 Suzuki A100.

Then I passed my test, and then I rode a Honda CD200 Benly..

After that I got a Suzuki 250, not sure what it was. Then it broke, and I bough a flat, and walked to work..

many years passed.

‘Some time Later.’ (About 30 years.)

I got a 1998 GSF600 Bandit.

I was very happy. Many many £ spent on it.

@Mr.Investor47 5 years ago

Good video dude! I can't notice how out of breath you seem around the four minute mark.. do you smoke?

@WaltInPA 5 years ago

I'm not sure why but I always thought you had a 1200 Bandit.
Nice Bike 👍

@Banditmanuk 5 years ago

Got to have been the first big bike for a large chunk of the motorcycling public here in the UK. Guess my channel name gives it away but I'm a fan having owned the 600 and 1200.