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Had a little go on a mates Bandit 1200 nearly 20 years ago. They are very quick. They used to be everywhere, the 600 and 1200. I managed 130 in the first 5 minutes without any trouble at all. Not a scary bike either. The guy whose bike it was used to spend most of his time on one wheel, he dropped 2 pillions at traffic lights in the time I knew him.
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A month or two ago he had offered to give me a pillion ride on it some time, and luckily it has a topbox (daily work bike for instructing) so I’m unlikely to fall off the back... or rather, when I do I’m taking all his stuff with me. Not had the chance yet.
He was remarking it’s been a long time since he went out just to enjoy riding, rather than as a job. We agreed once we’re on the other side of the festive season, we go for a few hours with me on a 600 and swap bikes halfway.
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Dad had another lesson today, but it was cut short because of torrential rain. Fair play to him, he’d been out for an hour running errands and still stuck with a second hour in the rain before saying enough was enough. He seems to like the CRF250, and doesn’t know any better so rides the knobblies on-road without any great fear.
Since it was cut short, he went home and I chatted to my instructor for a while. He let me roll around the enclosed area on the Bandit 1200.
Didn’t even bother twisting the throttle, wow, can’t believe how much it pulls in first gear just slipping the clutch!
Suppose some time I’ll just have to sort a big-big bike.