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Hey, all. Moving up to Hamilton, Ma. this summer, glad I found you here.
My issue is an 02 Bandit 1200S, it's a consignment bike I bought in Virginia, it's sitting at the dealer waiting for pickup. Owing to family obligations, I'm stuck in Florida for a couple of more weeks. The bike was bought new out of the crate in 2005, but the guy was afraid of it, wife didn't want him on it, so there it sat until this spring when he consigned it to his buddy that's a salesman at a Honda/Suzuki dealer. It's got three thousand miles on it, looks and is like brand new, got it for 4 grand. It's got the stock chain and tires.
While it's sitting there waiting, I had them put the EBC organic kevlar pads in the front brakes, and I've decided to have them put Dunlop Roadsmarts front and back, I figure the stock tires are all gassed out by now even if they have plenty of tread. Good decisions so far?
I'm also wanting to replace the chain with whatever is the best and most DURABLE chain and sprocket set. I figure tires and chains, price is no object as long as the price is buying quality. Problem is, being a shaftie-rider all my life, I don't know squat about chains, except that price is no object and quality counts. My style is two-up, mostly slabs and touring and while I'll hang in the twisties, that ain't my main goal, it's just cruising distances, and mostly straight up and down riding, somewhat at speed. The first trip on the bike will be from Northern Virginia to Boston area, in fact.
So I figure I got the tires and brakes squared away, what's my best, price-is-no-object stock-spec setup on the sprockets and a chain?
Thanks to all who'll entertain my ignorance