Hi. My name's Mark from Columbus. I ride what was once a brand new, unmolested '01 Bandit 1200. Until day 2 of ownership - then the modifications began. Every time I think I need a new bike, I just mod something to make the old Bandit a bit different. In the 16 years and 50k miles I've had it (it's an "it", not a "her"), nobody has put a wrench to it except me.
I really don't enjoy touring and avoid the superslabs at all costs. I have a trip planned to the NC, TN, GA, SC mountains in Sept for the 4th year in a row. Yes, I trailer down & back but ride all day when I'm down there. Last year we rode over 1000 mi of twistys in 3 days - 425 mi on one day almost never in top gear.
I found you guys from a link at the Mid-Ohio trackday page and I've been thinking of doing a trackday but not sure I want to invest in the required gear. Modding the bike, I have no problems with!
I've ben a member on a couple of Bandit forums (fora?) for years and photos are "strongly encouraged" there so here's one from the parking lot at work last week.
Seems like a good bunch of folks here and I look forward to hanging out.
