End of the Suzuki Bandit

[chadams]

Sad to read the bandit has gone liquid cooled and injected for 2007. The oil cooled motor has been tops and traces its roots back to the mid 80's. A big shame suzuki is dropping the old oiled cooled..

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/22september06_suzukis.htm

[alfiestorm]

Atleast it looks like Suzuki have produced one of the tidiest watercooled motors i have seen in a long time should make a good base for watercooled fighter unlike many others which are just pig fuggin ugly co's they were never meant to be seen.

The air/oil cooled motor still lives in the gsx1400 it just styled on the outside to look like the original gsx engines or it was the last time i delved into it's specs.

[8D]

[suxukifreak]

The motor.

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/104216973845668.jpg

[suxukifreak]

The power curve? ;)

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/104216973822427.jpg

[Deano]

Looks like a newly styled w/cooled gsxr11 motor.

still running the cam chain in the center

Wonder how close the cylinder spacings will be. could be a good donor for an injection set up

[Brookesy]

Emissions, Emissions, Emissions...
Water cooling and injection are a byproduct
Wish they'd kept the friggin fins on the CB13 engine though
I reckon they'll sell a few of the Bandits too... engine looks ok to me

[RUSS M8]

I reckon it looks alright. For emmisions EFI and liquid cooling are the go, so if you gotta have em... Anyways, the best EFI bikes I have ridden are the modern Gixxars (600/750/1000), all a great, perfect throttle response, clean injection everywhere. So if they get this new Bandit like that, should be good!

[Tony Nitrous]

quote:Originally posted by chadams

Sad to read the bandit has gone liquid cooled and injected for 2007. The oil cooled motor has been tops and traces its roots back to the mid 80's. A big shame suzuki is dropping the old oiled cooled..
http://www.motorcycledaily.com/22september06_suzukis.htm


I seem to remember posts on this forum a while back where i bet
Suzuki would kill off the last of the Carb'd / air-oil cooled motors
in the near future (and NOT just use the 1400's injection)
It shouldnt come as a shock. Why do you think Hardley Dangerous are pushing the V-Rod / Night Rod so much. Soon it will be hard to find a non-injected non-liquid cooled bike in the showrooms. Most manufacturers spec to the strictest mass market, USA and EU.

Shame. The air/oil cooled gixxer/Bandit motor was a bloody gem,
Then again I remember the end of the Air-cooled 1135's with the
same feelings.

Tony.J.

[Razorback]

Its kind of a shame because the traditional big inline 4 oil cooler is all but gone now. But Im not too sad because after riding quite a few 2002 and onwards injected bikes in the last few years I have to say its hard to replicate the response and power delivery on a carbed engine without blowing a fortune.

You cant beat the feel and sound of the older motros for sure, but the new performance is like a drug lol ;)