Bandit 1200 Exhaust

[tone]

PIcs would be great too.....

In this pic you can see where I had problems with #1 down pipe. It hits the engine and doesn't allow proper alignment of with the exhaust ports.

I'm not sure on the make of the pipes in the photo above mate, its obviously aftermarket but is NOT the same shape as stock bandit 1200 downpipes in the indicated area, i'm not even sure it would fit a stock bandit with that bend there to be honest :shock:

[katman]

This is listed as a oem replacement for the bandit I got off the net. The pipe I had bought looked just like it.

Do you have any pics of your bike with the pipe on it?

[tone]

Stock bandit downpipes on my harris :-D

[tone]

Another one :-D i hope it helps

[katman]

Stock bandit downpipes on my harris :-D

Tone,

The angle the pipe comes out of the head in that pic is greater than the gs1100 head. That was one of the issues when I tried to fit one.

Does anyone have a pic of one on a gs1100 engine? I would love to find one that works for my bike.

[tone]

Katman .........pics were posted to show that the downpipes in your own pic is totally different to stock bandit ones & i said i doubted it would fit a bandit so i guess as its so different its not a bandit pipe which would explain why you cant get it to fit

looks more like the exhaust of a water boiler to me mate

[katman]

fair enough, I would still like to see an 1100 with a bandit pipe on it.

I guess it is possible the pipe I tried off a bandit and the one I posted from an ad for a bandit pipe could be wrong.

YOu guys over in the UK deal with many more bandits then us in the West.

[katman]

Tone,

Do you know if you can get stainless bandit pipes with seperate spiggets/spring setups. I am tired of halving to unbolt the header all the time.

I know V&H made some for their pro pipes I think for the GS. I am looking for a set of those as well.

Cheers,

[tone]

Here in the uk i'd look to one of the aftermarket parts suppliers such as

http://www.mandp.co.uk/ or http://www.busters-accessories.co.uk/

i'm not sure wether they ship to the usa but theres plenty of choice there to give you some idea's

for preferance i'd look at the acroprovic exhausts first as the quality is a cut above the rest imo & they have the spring fittings, not a cheap option if you find you need to mod it though

[kichigai]

Fellas, I went to the suzuki dealer to check out the Bandit 1200 exhaust. It had simular downtubes as the GS1100 and went into a 4 pipe collector with two on top and two on the bottom again simular to the V and H exhaust for the GS so I cant see it being much help in freeing up any ground clearance. Now the GSXR exhaust has a different configuration with the 4 into 2 into 1 which has the 4 exhust pipes almost flushed with the bottom. Now I can see this helping with clearance issues.

[kichigai]

Is a bandit 1200 exhaust a 4-2-1? If so, what year should I be looking for?