Is the bandit 600 a lot faster than the GS?

[pantablo]

yeah, I'd gotten somewhere that says GS is good for 37hp at the rear wheel.

[Faxxxy]

Yeah 3x?
the gixxer 600 is only twice and it is fuel injected..
bandit is carbed...
bandit is 78hp.. so 50% more than our 52... with 20% more weight...

doesn't sound a whole lot quicker and sounds less manuverable

Do GS realy have 52 hp?  I though it was close to 45......

You really wont know until you dyno...
Horse power is a funny thing..

[Slavik]

Yeah 3x?
the gixxer 600 is only twice and it is fuel injected..
bandit is carbed...
bandit is 78hp.. so 50% more than our 52... with 20% more weight...

doesn't sound a whole lot quicker and sounds less manuverable

Do GS realy have 52 hp?  I though it was close to 45......

You really wont know until you dyno...
Horse power is a funny thing..

does any one have manufacturer's numbers......I care just about at the crank number since it's normally the only published one

[V8Pinto]

Pankaj....sys49152...you've been playing on your Commodore again have you?

[Dandy D]

I had a great time demo riding a 2005 650 Bandit last Saturday.   Yeah Suzuki has updated the 600 Bandit for Canada but its not available in the US (I think). It's supposed to have about 78hp - no different than the 600 but the low and midrange torque has been increased. The frame geometry has been changed as well to make it an earier ride - so I have read. I think the rake has been increased and thus the overall length.
I don't know nuttin bout da horsies but I loved the smoooothness and the shifter!  Geezs I believe if i thought hard enough about it, it would shift for me. Man was that slick - just a tap on the shifter and 'click' I'm in the next gear. No trouble finding neutral. My bike is another story and I have trouble getting out of neutral once I do get it in there. The power seemed very easy to deal with not a whole lot different from the GS. I noted that the rpm's were almost the same as the GS, just 100 or 200 less in top gear.
It seemed pretty flickable for what I could do under the 'Demo constraint conditions' but I do think the GS has a lighter feel. It definately was quicker, no question, but not that you would lose your grip on the bars. Wait a minute - I almost forgot the seat. It IS COMFY. I could ride a long way on that seat without having to do too much squirmmin'. The seat and bars are adjustable on the 2005 - a little anyway.
Anyway the experience of feeling the smoothness and sound of the IL 4 was an eye opener. In a BIG way!   The comfort and additional power - all good. I know now that I will be moving up to 'something' in the not-to-distant future. If not this year then for sure next.
Ride Safe
Dandy D
(my baby is still in the shop - almost a week now, trying to find a clunking in the trans or somewhere?? Getting annoyed with the shop taking so long :x )

[Cal Price]

The thing about the Bandit is not so much speed, there are LOADS of quicker 600s, it has been around for a long time and is generally regarded as being "Bulletproof" certainly engine-wise, in it's way like the GS. Part of the reason is the tried-tested and slow to change engineering and partly because the first 600 Bandit engines were based on an earlier 750 which is why going up to 650 has not presented any problems. It has a big following here and a lot of 900-1000++ bikers started with Bandits, it has the right feel.

I was in my local dealer last week and saw a heavily discounted Bandit which I assumed would be a 600 but it turned out to be the 650 version so there are some bargains to be had. Similarly I was in a Honda dealership yesterday and they are heavily discounting the CBS600 including the ABS version so I suppose this just underlines the fact that there are a LOT of 600/650 bikes out there.