'95 Bandit 250 long trips

[joshy28]

Can these bikes handle long distance???? I want to travel to welly on it... Its at 8000rpm'ish at 100km red lines at 12-14..

Also, will an upgrade in sprocket improve/feel better when travelling at that 100km 0r new exhaust. feedback on these bikes will be much appreciated.

[Ragingrob]

Yep easily handle long-distance, definitely not made solely for short inner-city trips!

[vindy500]

Can these bikes handle long distance???? I want to travel to welly on it... Its at 8000rpm'ish at 100km red lines at 12-14..

Also, will an upgrade in sprocket improve/feel better when travelling at that 100km 0r new exhaust. feedback on these bikes will be much appreciated.

redlines at 12-14? mine redlines at 17...

[gatch]

yeah man should be a piece of cake, dont freak out at the high sounding rpm at cruising speed, better to have a bit of rpm than to have the revs too low and making the engine labor.

I did 800k in a day on my spada (105kph in top gear at about 9000rpm, redline is 13,500), no worries. Only prob was I'm too big for the bike and had to fill up with gas 4 times..

[joshy28]

redlines at 12-14? mine redlines at 17...

yeah sorry mine does as well. Also it actually revs at 9000rpm at 100km. If this is normal than i will stop worrying about it.

cheers

[marioc]

No problem at all

[Dare]

I find it's fine for trips of 6+ hours, but when ive got off and had a bite to eat then head off again leg cramps etc set in. Probably more me than the bike though.. Engine is happy to cruise at 110+ for hours without much noise/vibes but of course its a naked so wind can be a bit noisy & cold in winter.

[joshy28]

choice..cheers for the info..i will go maybe next weekend

[joshy28]

surely its better than a GN..I took the GN to Rotorua and back..lol that was a mission and a half

[007XX]

surely its better than a GN..I took the GN to Rotorua and back..lol that was a mission and a half

You're a brave, brave individual...

You won't have any issues with the Bandit doing that sort of distances. I've been doing a few trips like that with my VTR 250, and they handle everything you can throw at them remarkably well.

Make sure to write up a little something on how your trip went and include pics

[Murray]

Can these bikes handle long distance???? I want to travel to welly on it... Its at 8000rpm'ish at 100km red lines at 12-14..

Also, will an upgrade in sprocket improve/feel better when travelling at that 100km 0r new exhaust. feedback on these bikes will be much appreciated.

No problems at all. An upgrade in sprocket will make it rev less but acceleration won't be as good. An option for longer trips

[boman]

I changed my front sproket, dropped the revs to 8000 @ 100kph. Better gas mileage too. I rode mine to Taupo with no worries at all. Thats approx half way to Wellington.

[vindy500]

I changed my front sproket, dropped the revs to 8000 @ 100kph. Better gas mileage too. I rode mine to Taupo with no worries at all. Thats approx half way to Wellington.

What did you put on?

[boman]

What did you put on?

I went 1 tooth Bigger on the front. From 13 tooth to 14 tooth sproket. As long as the rear sproket is standard, it made a difference. You do lose a bit of power, but the benefits outweighed the negatives as far as I was concerned.

[DMCD]

My last bike was a 98 250 Bandit and I took it down to Rotorua and Whakatane from Auckland on a regular basis, its not an easy trip without fairings and it feels like you are pushing the bike a bit but it will get you there without issue.

I would recommend taking regular breaks however, even on my CBR with full fairings and a bit more power the wind can get tiering.