New Bandit 12 at midnight wednsday!

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New Bandit 12 at midnight wednsday!

#1 Unread post by High_Side »

According to MCN there will be a new Bandit 1200 released at midnight wednsday....Maybe Mashby will sell me his "old" one cheap now :lol:

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I got dibs on his bike.... back off, Dude. :laughing:

I wonder how new it will be? The old bike was still in the hunt, A total re-do could be interesting.... :humm:
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I woke up this morning and MCN has no trace of the new bike or the old story on its site.....hmmmm... Seems odd, but it was there....really it was!(the story anyway)....

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#5 Unread post by BuzZz »

Diaapionting, for sure. I do like the slightly newer looks, but compared to what they could have produced........ 'tis a shame.
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#6 Unread post by TechTMW »

Yeah ... that's more than they've done to the ninja500 in decades... :twisted:
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I WANT!!!! the unfaired version!!!!!! Even a 650 Banit unfaired I'd take :D

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#8 Unread post by jmillheiser »

Umm the Ninja 500 did get a major update for '06. Its becomming the Ninja 650 which is the faired version of the er-6n and WILL be comming to north america. Just went down to the local Kawasaki dealer and they said they are supposed to get em in november

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#9 Unread post by jmillheiser »

still would like to see a completely new Bandit with a Gixxer based engine that has FI

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Re: New Bandit 12 at midnight wednsday!

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High_Side wrote:According to MCN there will be a new Bandit 1200 released at midnight wednsday....Maybe Mashby will sell me his "old" one cheap now :lol:
Missed this one Bruce.And to answer your question ummmm...No.I think the new one looks cheap.However I think the VTR could do with being replaced with one of these.And will you stop working so we can go for a ride!!!!!!!!
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