Review of katana ownership...

[FJRider]

of the suzuki as it passes you......

does your Suzuki overtake ... ???????? that has to be a rare bike you have...

[smoky]

You had a Katana 400?

In the late 80's I had a 650 then a GSX 1100 SR wide wheel, a 92 from memory
I briefly had a GSX 400 that I got running, thrashed then got rid of (too small).

There's no bike better than another. Open your mind.

Open my mind?
Surely you don't think there's no bike better than another??? If you do then i suggest you mind is so open it's spilled out!
What's all this bullshit that there aren't crap bikes around???

Anyway I loved the Katanas, but the 98 1200s bandit is a better bike to ride in my opinion. And yes i do think there are better bikes than the bandit as well.

[James Deuce]

In the late 80's I had a 650 then a GSX 1100 SR wide wheel, a 92 from memory
I briefly had a GSX 400 that I got running, thrashed then got rid of (too small).




Open my mind?
Surely you don't think there's no bike better than another??? If you do then i suggest you mind is so open it's spilled out!
What's all this bullshit that there aren't crap bikes around???

Anyway I loved the Katanas, but the 98 1200s bandit is a better bike to ride in my opinion. And yes i do think there are better bikes than the bandit as well.

I haven't ever ridden a bike I haven't enjoyed.

The Katana 400 is a decade later interpretation of the original Katana 1100. It's brakes and suspension benefitted from that extra development time. The engine isa retuned GSXR400 lump and would probably give the 750 air cooled Katana a run for its money in the right hands. There's no such thing as a "wire-wheel" Katana either. It's simply a modification confined to the Antipodes.

The Bandit 1200s and Hornet 900s are the antithesis of an exciting bike - for me. I find them bland and uninspiring without significant modification. However, I would happily spend my days pedaling one around wherever it would take me.

I get disturbed by how easy it is for others to casually dismiss someone else's cherished ride as "crap" or that dismissive egocentric my bike is "better" than yours.

Totally ludicrous. Your bike is "better" because it suits your expectations of motorcycling "better" than Joe Blogs' LS650 Savage would. Joe may be having more fun than you though.

I fixed my own attitude problem by riding as many different bikes as possible as often as possible. Irrespective of breakdowns, stationary drops, and niggling issues with finish or ergonomics, I never get off a bike without finding at least 10 good things to say about it.

[smoky]

There's no such thing as a "wire-wheel" Katana either. It's simply a modification confined to the Antipodes.

WIDE wheel - not wire wheel
It was certainly a nickname for it when I had one

The Bandit 1200s ... the antithesis of an exciting bike - for me. I find them bland and uninspiring .....

I get disturbed by how easy it is for others to casually dismiss someone else's cherished ride as "crap" or that dismissive egocentric my bike is "better" than yours.

Totally ludicrous. Your bike is "better" because it suits your expectations of motorcycling "better" than Joe Blogs' LS650 Savage would. Joe may be having more fun than you though.

climb off your high horse dude - firstly I never said his bike was crap, didn't even criticise it - I LIKE KATANAS
I made a very relevant comparison between two suzukis I have owned, that are similar in size and power - I like the bandit better
I don't give a shit if you don't like me expressing my opinion

I fixed my own attitude problem by riding as many different bikes as possible as often as possible.

So you presume I have an attitude problem because I like a bandit better than a Katana?
And that I haven't ridden enough bikes? How do you even know how many bikes I've had or ridden?

[avgas]

There's no such thing as a "wire-wheel" Katana either. It's simply a modification confined to the Antipodes.

Thats pedantic, but true.
Using that theory
- There is no Moriwaki Kawasaki
- no Yoshimura Suzuki

Personally i would rather hang onto my childhood heroes and leave them in god like status - how you live your life is up to you.

[James Deuce]

how you live your life is up to you.

No it isn't. I'm married, with kids and a job.

[McDuck]

You had a Katana 400?

There's no bike better than another. Open your mind.

You mean there is no bike better than a katana 400?

[Bonez]

You mean there is no bike better than a katana 400?

Nah, Jims just confused. It happens more often when you get old .
http://www.suzuki-katana.net/index.php?p=1_103
Glad you like your wee Kat.

Probably as much as I like my GB no dought.

I've got one bike I have a love/hate relationship with. Do you know of any therapists that can help me out?

[portokiwi]

I am still a big fan of the KATANA.

[AD345]

an old lady in a morris minor??

In the right hands a Morris Minor is a fearsome piece of automotive engineering

[Katman]

There's no such thing as a "wire-wheel" Katana either. It's simply a modification confined to the Antipodes.

We'll have to agree to disagree on that one Jim.

[Bonez]

We'll have to agree to disagree on that one Jim.

With good reason. See my link above .

[Katman]

With good reason. See my link above .

That link refers specifically to the Australian wire wheel Katanas which, as stated, only differed from the standard Kats in having the spoke wheels.

The NZ wire wheel had slide carbs, braided lines, different cams, different clutch, different front calipers and an exhaust with a larger diameter outlet (the mufflers are stamped with original Suzuki markings and weren't fitted on any other model in production at the time - except maybe for the 'black pipers').

Edit: Sorry Bonez - should have read the whole page on the link before posting. Just noticed the last paragraph says the same thing as I just have.

[varminter]

I have a Katana 250 does that count??

[Katman]

I have a Katana 250 does that count??

Depends how well you taught it.