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So, I'm always on the hunt for weird, rare, cool and random bikes. I recently had one of my favorite scores; a 2002 Bandit 1200S. On the surface, not that amazing. BUT - it's got 24 original miles, was never sold, never titled, never registered, and never really ridden. I got it from an older woman who helped her dad close up his dealership 10+ years ago. He never sold it, and it ended up sitting in this woman's garage. She was sick of looking at it, and fortunately enough people know I'm a motorcycle hoarder and I got the call. She was smart enough to store it on stands, and start it once in a while. By the time I got it, all I had to do was squirt a little starting fluid in it and put the jump box on. I've since drained the gas and put in a new battery and it runs flawlessly. I've had a few of these bikes (and a bunch of their motors swapped into old GSXRs) and none have run this nice. I'm pumped!
Anybody else find this cool? I'm not delusional, I know not everyone loves these oil cooled Bandits as much as I do. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it though. I'm going to start the process of getting it titled (only came with a certificate of origin) and I'll likely be selling it. For now I'm just kind of enjoying owning a weird little creampuff. I took it for a short ride (it only had 22 miles when I got it), but I don't want to rack up miles on it.