Suzuki Bandit

[Utah Bones]

Originally Posted by yeti1

Okay dont rip me apart on this!......What wieght oil do most of you use for summer traveling?

Come on guy's hurry I've been standing in Walmart for 3 hours.....tap! tap!

[KEN PHENIX]

Originally Posted by yeti1

Come on guy's hurry I've been standing in Walmart for 3 hours.....tap! tap!

Buy the wet oil - the one in the plastic bottle. It'll be fine.

[Jeff Watts]

I'd suggest 5w-20

[KEN PHENIX]

I use 5w 40 Mobil1 for diesel. It's the only 5/40 synthetic readily available in my climate. I don't think you can make a bad choice of the premium brand oils these days. Now FILTERS! There's a subject. Lots of guys with nothing better to do make youtube clips of themselves cutting into various brands. Invariably, WIX seems to have the best quality construction.

[Draechon]

I use Rotella T 5W40 full synthetic year-round.

On a related note: after 3 years of weak after-market headlight set-ups (cool looking one, Acerbis Cyclops, and then generic naked 7"), I've finally relented and gone back to the original fairing and headlight. It looks weird/cool though, since I had painted the rest of the bike after pulling the fairing off when I had just gotten the bike. What do you guys think, should I paint it?

[Utah Bones]

Originally Posted by KEN PHENIX

I use 5w 40 Mobil1 for diesel. It's the only 5/40 synthetic readily available in my climate. I don't think you can make a bad choice of the premium brand oils these days. Now FILTERS! There's a subject. Lots of guys with nothing better to do make youtube clips of themselves cutting into various brands. Invariably, WIX seems to have the best quality construction.

I agree with the WIX filters, used them on all my cars.

[lookatdirt]

Originally Posted by yeti1

Come on guy's hurry I've been standing in Walmart for 3 hours.....tap! tap!

I just ran my Bandit from Zion NP, UT, through Mesquite, NV, down along Lake Mead (to bypass Vegas,) and hit the 95 to Needles. At a spirited (!) pace and it was freakin' hot. 112 in Needles. Spectro 10-40 and no signs of heat related engine stress. As a matter of fact, on the trip, I hit passes as high as 11,000+ and hit near sea level and never noticed any differences in performance in my naturally aspirated Zook. Stock Suzuki filters exclusively. The engine is as reliable as a claw hammer. Don't over-think it.

[Cortez]

Originally Posted by Draechon

What do you guys think, should I paint it?

Naah!

[Utah Bones]

Originally Posted by lookatdirt

I just ran my Bandit from Zion NP, UT, through Mesquite, NV, down along Lake Mead (to bypass Vegas,) and hit the 95 to Needles. At a spirited (!) pace and it was freakin' hot. 112 in Needles. Spectro 10-40 and no signs of heat related engine stress. As a matter of fact, on the trip, I hit passes as high as 11,000+ and hit near sea level and never noticed any differences in performance in my naturally aspirated Zook. Stock Suzuki filters exclusively. The engine is as reliable as a claw hammer. Don't over-think it.

I agree....

[lookatdirt]

Last year in Borrego Springs. Day 1 of 18.

[Utah Bones]

I parked my Bandit for the winter at my place in Wisconsin and headed out to Utah with intentions of comming back and winterizing it.....wellthat didn't work out. It sat in the garage all winter ,had to get a battery,new gas,oil change and started it up....I thought for sure the carbs would of been gummed up. Ran great! The clutch on the other hand would engage as soon as you released then flop open.....I hit the road for an hour and it came back to where it should be, Wierd? What would of made it do that?

[Utah Bones]

The petcock on my Bandit say's res,pri,and on......is there no off? I think one of the carbs is not seating and leaking gas in cylinder?

[R-A-M-O-N]

Originally Posted by yeti1

The petcock on my Bandit say's res,pri,and on......is there no off? I think one of the carbs is not seating and leaking gas in cylinder?

No theres no off, at the on and res position it should not deliver any fuel, if your carbs are empty then there is the prime position to let fuel flow. If it lets fuel through at "on" then its leaking and its not working as it should like mine I hope i can fix it

If fuel is passing through the carbs solve it as soon as posible. Temporarly i put an in line fuel filter and maybe ill try to fit a shutoff valve in the hose if my petcock cannot be fixed.

[jiggliemon]

if your petcock is leaking then i bet you just need to take it apart and stretch the spring that is inside of it then put it all back together... takes like 20 min. this spring compresses when a vacuum is applied to it but after a while it will remain compressed slightly and let fuel leak out when no vacuum is applied. inspect the gaskets while you're in there to see if you need a rebuild kit but i bet they will be fine. it is seriously such an easy job and it only needs to be done every few years max... not too often

[lagcam]

Originally Posted by yeti1

I parked my Bandit for the winter at my place in Wisconsin and headed out to Utah with intentions of comming back and winterizing it.....wellthat didn't work out. It sat in the garage all winter ,had to get a battery,new gas,oil change and started it up....I thought for sure the carbs would of been gummed up. Ran great! The clutch on the other hand would engage as soon as you released then flop open.....I hit the road for an hour and it came back to where it should be, Wierd? What would of made it do that?

Most likely the slave cylinder for the hydraulic clutch leaked down as it sat. Mine does it sometimes too. If the lever travel changes at random times, usually a quick bleed will make it behave.