Saying Hello

[exBanditOwner]

Hello forum people.
I don't have a GTR yet but i hope to in the near future. so will be lurking here for a while and soaking up your experiences and asking daft questions.

currently have a Bandit 1200 and it's great fun but time for a change - i've had it 12 years, my first bike.

[Foody]

Hi and welcome.

A good bike, the Bandit.  Tried and tested and stood the test of time.  Someone once said that the Bandit was the Ford Transit of the Bike World.  Not in a derogatory way, just that it has been around for ages and will go for ever.

If you do change to a GTR you won't be disappointed.

[exBanditOwner]

Thank you for the welcome.

[Charlie747]

 

Enjoy the banter ............................... then if you've not tried yet................go blag a  ride on GTR 

[beegee]

Very welcome here ;-)

Enjoy your future best bike

[Lonewolf]

 

[exBanditOwner]

hoping to get a test ride tomorrow.

i'm hoping there is still a hooligan element to the gtr. not a lot like the bandit, just a bit.

[Lonewolf]

hoping to get a test ride tomorrow.

i'm hoping there is still a hooligan element to the gtr. not a lot like the bandit, just a bit.

You wont be disappointed! 

[Longtom]

Big Welcome, my last but one bike was a Bandit 1250, not as much soul as the air cooled 1200 I thought. The GTR has a hooligan element alright, mine seems to have an actual personality, sometimes as an animal (stroke it and it purrs) sometimes as a human. It seems to have moods and I have to figure out what to do and how to ride as a team-if you see what I mean! Oh yes, it definitely has personality!  It's absolutely brilliant and you will ,love it if you take the time to explore what it can do. Strewth I've gone all esoteric, maybe  I need to go for a lie down in a darkened room... Nurse, it's happened again, NURSE!...

[exBanditOwner]

Hello again,
well i've been for a test ride. And i really like the bike....

but..

i was expecting a still pocket of air with that fairing and all i got was wind noise and turbulence. it really put me off.
and the bars are a bit narrow for me. i have renthals on the bandit.

does anybody else suffer wind ( ) noise? if so how did you get round it.

i'm 5'10" 178cm tall the screen is standard.

[Lonewolf]

If your test ride bike had a standard screen on it then buffeting was virtually inevitable, virtually everyone on here of a similar height to you would have at one time or another experimented with after market screens. Personally I had the C Baileys on mine and it was terrific. Whenever I put the standard screen back on it was terrible.

[100milesaway]

Hello again,
well i've been for a test ride. And i really like the bike....

but..

i was expecting a still pocket of air with that fairing and all i got was wind noise and turbulence. it really put me off.
and the bars are a bit narrow for me. i have renthals on the bandit.

does anybody else suffer wind ( ) noise? if so how did you get round it.

i'm 5'10" 178cm tall the screen is standard.

Did you try the screen in it's LOWEST position?

[exBanditOwner]

i tried the screen in all all positions at all speeds. at one point i felt like i was being pushed forward!
the lowest position send wind straight at my neck. if i hunched down it was better but that's not a normal position for me.

[Boomer]

I'm 6'4" and have a +6" screen on mine. I have 2" bar risers and wind noise and turbulence is not a problem.
If you want wider bars you will need to fit aftermarket bars. Someone makes a bar adapter for tube bars.
Either that or get Helibars but they are $£€$£€.

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[Ant]

Thats an individual choice regards wind noise. Never bothers me and I don't wear ear plugs unless I'm on exceptionally long journeys.
A good quality helmet and background music keeps me alert.
I dont commute but do some long long days quite often.
Several screen options available and I found the MRA screen best for me with a lowered seat, i'm also 5'10.
If you watch some of the reviews on Youtube from the states, they actually talk quite easily while on their test runs from the dealers.
As for the bars, riser pull backs may help....