| | | | Road Test : 2007 Suzuki Bandit 1250SA-Solid as a rock! |  Written: 04/09/2007 : 10:50. Read 11412 times (44/day). | | The integrality of this filed article is for Premium Members. | The name Bandit will forever be associated with Suzuki. For a moment we thought that Suzuki would sacrifice the popular name for the GSR. But that was before Suzuki re-launched the whole Bandit range with upgrades and new engines.
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In the competition of being the most practical motorcycle in the world the Bandit 1250S would score very high. In its hooligan past this was not so much the case, but with a fairing, centre-stand, upright seating position, ABS brakes (the SA-our test bike), dirt-cheap price tag and last but not least a rock solid ever lasting power house of an engine.
Nothing about the 2007 Suzuki Bandit 1250 sells it to me as much as that fantastic torque response from very low rpms. So that’s where I’ll start, with the big 1255cc liquid-cooled in-line four. The old 1200 was a simple air-cooled engine, also known for its torque. But the all new 1255cc liquid cooled Bandit engine overshadows the old one by miles! Nothing is the same and Suzuki couldn’t have done a better job with the engine itself.
The power delivery however could have been supplied with higher quality fuel injection because there are hiccups from small throttle openings. I do get the old familiar bungee feel from the throttle on/offs. Not pleasant at all for nurturing the throttle at low speeds. So to hell with it, I just give it all where the four massive cylinders greedily suck in air and fuel to produce a very satisfying torque curve and drive. This is where this gem of an engine really works well, on full throttle from as low as 3.000rpm. So rather than first and second gear stuff in town, the new Bandit 1250 is perfectly suited for cruising in high gears on the motorway where the torque is instantly ready to do a massive push past the heavies and other traffic without gearing down. The muscular aspects of the 1250 is quite deceptive too as there are no big blurb sound from the engine as with a big twin, just a massive smooth car-like push forward. The gearing has been made low for strong acceleration too so it’s all happy times using the engine. With a ridiculously low compression ratio of 10.5:1 the engine is so very unstressed and can probably be upgraded for another 10 years before it is replaced. I expect this Suzuki engine to be talked about as one of the most reliable motorcycle engines built in the future (as time will tell off course…). As this is the beginning of a ne ...
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