Something's not right

[Fox Rider]

bandits arnt heavy to pick up from the ground, vtzs on the other hand......

never had my front slide unless delibretly done by myself

250 bandits are very heavy compared to alot of other 250's ive tried. Not the lightest bike anyway, but i might just be used to the motoX bikes

[Fox Rider]

Sounds like a contaminated road. Trev Kirby at Budget knows bandits fairly well so maybe his advice is good too. Seems a straight guy to me. My old bandit went all soggy in the springs at around 20000 kays and had a bad habit of diving around roundabouts ETC at lower speeds. Maybe there is merit in having your front suspension checked there as well.

Yeah, sounds accurate.

My front suspension used to be so soft that when i changed gear it almost bottomed out so we topped it up and made it so it was soft and then it went hard so it didnt bottom out at all so that could have something to do with it?...

Or like alot of people are saying, just a invisible/washed away oil patch.

No paint on this intersection except the lines in front which i didnt hit.

[Wasp]

250 bandits are very heavy compared to alot of other 250's ive tried. Not the lightest bike anyway, but i might just be used to the motoX bikes

my model bandit is 140kg dry, the vtz is 180 and takes more oil and has a bigger fuel tank.

its light.

[moko]

Sounds like a patch of diesel to me,bloody evil stuff.Someone could have just filled up and maybe had to brake hard for the lights and dropped some.We have problems here with bus drivers over-filling and spilling the excess on corners so it`s far from unknown.Bloody stuff is just like ice and unless the road`s wet or there`s a lot of it you probably wouldn`t notice a small spot,dont forget you`ve got a very small contact "footprint" with bike tyres,dosnt take a hell of a lot to turn that into "non-contact".I nearly dropped a GS850 on diesel years back,brand new and only picked it up 6 hours earlier,not a nice feeling,put my foot down which is about the stupidest thing to do but luckily it did the trick.I dropped my bike on ice last December and it was exactly as you say,I was actually just about stopped and it went,diesel feels the same.