Please try to do a good review - I'm looking at the Pilots too.

Personally I look at the stewardessii,  some of them are nice... and they have 'that rep' lol. .

But you go ahead and perv on the pilots Rich. . I'm sure they won't mind! :-p

The mile high club is always looking for new members . Besides if youre pervin on the pilots, who flies the aircraft . Anyhoo enough of a thread jack, back on topic for me lol

I've run a pilot front on my old gixxer and loved it, that's why I ordered these. They're premium sport rubber so I don't expect but 4k for the rear. I did 6k on my gsxr and the front still had life left.

Ill put up a review after I get my chain and brakes fixed up so I can push it more. For now they're great. Quick turn in, hold a line well, and warm up quick. And bonus for me, I mounted but didn't balance since we don't have a machine in the shop I'm in for motorcycle wheels to balance and they don't feel to need balancing so win for me!

I'm 2 weeks and a few hundred miles into the pilots now, and loving every second!

We were slow in the shop yesterday, so I hit my bike with a little quick detailer I had in my toolbox. I really need to paint the exhaust until I can get my new pipe lol

So I finally got a day off to really go through and detail this bike. So got her washed down, waxed up, spent 2 hours with a powerball on the headers with some chrome polish, and hit the muffler with some fresh paint to fix how crappy the thing was looking from the P.O's botched paint job!












Brake pads showed up today as well Haven't been able to ride in 2 days because I misjudged when my paper thin pads were gonna go metal to metal lol

NICE!!! 

Thanks!

New pads were installed sunday, and then it rained monday But either way, what I thought was my master cylinder being shot and reacting very unpredictably and causing the lever to stick and bind, turned out to be the calipers. When I had them apart I greased the caliper slides and the clips that guide the pads and now my front brakes are drama free. Smooth, predictable lever action 

And now this bike needs to take a back seat to life... Good thing it's ready to be a commuter. Steering gearbox in my truck is in the process of taking a shaZam!, but more importantly, I'm signing the lease for my first house away from the parents tomorrow 

Another new bike huh!!?? Haha

Looks great!! Bet that beast has a little more power than the GS and your SV huh?? Haha.

Haha yup, and soon another! My SV would wipe the floor with this Bandit 

But in a few months my tax return + this bike will be turned into a nice, fuel injected sport bike. Either a 636 or a 600RR I think then my mad spree of changing bikes can end because I'll finally have what I've been trying to get since I was 18!

I would suggest you save and get what you realllllllly want. I have both a 2003 ZX6R and a 2003 CBR600RR, and I would have rather saved for the 09+ zx6r or the 07+ cbr600rr! Dont get me wrong, I love them and they are great, but the more you look at the newer ones and the technology they have, the more you want them. Just a little tid bit of information!

I'm still deciding which one to go for. I'm going to buy the new bike in cash since I hate owing money and don't want to pay a lot in insurance! So until I make my decision, I'll be sticking with the bandit and saving money.

636, 600RR, 05+ SV650, I've got a few I'm drooling over.

I know the 650 isn't exactly in the same class as the other 2, but under 100mph it's just as fast as the 600s and a little more comfortable. And I think they look sexy 

Being a grown up sucks sometimes! Now I can't just spend all my money as soon as I get it on what I want 

Reality aside, the Bandit is continuing to treat me well. Carbs synced, valves adjusted (not in that order) and fuel screws set, plus a new chain. Runs absolutely perfect now 

Or so I thought! Damn thing broke down on me Friday morning. 5th day at my new job, and I had to call in and break the news to them I was broke down. Ugh. Ended up getting there 3 hours late, but luckily it went alright and I didn't get in any trouble. Anyways, something clutch related is broken right now. Felt like the cable was fraying going down the road, and finally ended with a lever that had no feel and didn't pull the cable. Got it to the side of the road, and turns out my cables fine. It seems like where the cable connects to the pushrod clutch actuator piece on the sprocket cover came undone somehow. So either something broke and I need a sprocket cover, or the cable managed to slip off a bent piece back there. I don't know.

I'll break into it tomorrow after work. I've meant to the past couple days but A) it's been pouring and B) my hex set is in my toolbox at the shop across town, so I need to bring that home. After I pull that sprocket cover I should know what I'm working with. And ebay informed me that a new sprocket cover is $35 for new old stock, so I'm not worried 

So took the sprocket cover off and found a slew of issues.

A) nut holding front sprocket on isn't there (knew this already, trying to find one currently.
B) the place the cable clips into was ground down a bit which weakened it enough to break. Presumably from the chain rubbing on it because the sprocket wasn't held in right where it needed to be.
C) the push rod from the clutch actuator into the case is bent. Still need to do more research to find out if it's supposed to be bent, but I feel like it's not.

So I need a clutch mechanism (or sprocket cover if I can't find the actuator on it's own), a sprocket nut, and a clutch push rod.



Awesome.