I do like the white Hyabusa's.
Saw this one last Sunday
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sorry speedy but they are still ugly ;) and sorry for anyone who owns one. ive ridden and worked on a few in the past, quite a docile bike round town but a beast on an open road :shocked:
:popcorn:
Took a Hayabusa (eye abuser) out for a test ride last year, not comfy enough for me but very nice to ride.
Too lent over for me, I know I wouldn't enjoy one.
Mine I bet the best thing about sitting on one is you can't see it from there.
Calling Mr Nitrous, Mr Nitrous can you please report to the White Hyabusa thread, thank you. :popcorn:
"Eye-Abuser" that's a cracker, not heard that before, reckon it'll be a pommy thing, they create names for everything, like the twin exhaust 14's, they call them a wheelbarrow!
I had one but it had blue instead of red on it. I put some Helibar risers on which made it a bit better and I think I lowered the pegs as well. I had twin Yoshi carbon fibre cans on mine and had it dyno tuned. It had 191 hp at the rear wheel, plus I geared it down for quicker off the line. It was farken fast and I nearly got myself into trouble a few times. I decided to sell while I could breathe lol.
Yeah, I love them! Always had one or more since 2004. Currently got all 3 Generations.
...the white one is similar to the one I bought recently. An early Gen-2, 08-12, non-ABS, non-Brembo. The most powerful out of the crate Busa and a fraction lighter than later ones.
Love 'em or hate 'em, they are the benchmark for big horsepower bikes. Even when new stuff comes out with more horsepower nothing can touch a Busa for a big horsepower build. H2's etc don't even come close.
Worlds fastest modded streetbike?
Worlds fastest modded stock wheelbase bike?
900+ hp from a modded bike motor?
Dozens of other records.
Proper big bore Thug bikes.
I always like the quote "Tyson and Ali didn't win beauty contests"
A couple of my old ones...
(https://i.ibb.co/ydpnGj5/FFBCBCFA-460-E-4558-AEA8-232-CFEA6-D176.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ckwcMnt)
Current ones...
(https://i.ibb.co/5FkSJLX/C4-A0-F9-B9-27-F7-4-E36-88-BA-5825-A68-BB10-D.jpg) (https://ibb.co/tXzv1Dw)
I like lots of other Suzuki's, GSX14's are great, as are GSXR's, Bandits, old GSX's etc etc, but Busa's really are in their own class. Even now the only comparative rival the ZX14 is being killed off the Busa lives on and continues to develop and break records.
(https://i.ibb.co/bdJyJGj/CBB98-C54-896-C-4-BD5-894-D-884-E511-F7-A2-D.jpg) (https://ibb.co/f0vKvTV)
I tried to buy another on Monday, clean tidy Gen-1 with a dead motor, I have a spare engine ready to swap into it, sadly I got outbid. Always happy to find a home for another Busa.
(https://i.ibb.co/wYsCBNS/8-D1-ADCF7-3009-4-B91-ADC2-0-A5838-DB4-F83.jpg) (https://ibb.co/JCQ2mRv)
A quick 400k / 250 miles to get a coffee on Monday morning.....
(https://i.ibb.co/2YdKKWr/769950-AB-616-A-4-A32-B278-D9097-F91-E1-BB.jpg) (https://ibb.co/dJDKKjv)
It's a lot easier to change the bars, seats or pegs on a Busa to make it fit or be more suitable for the rider than it is to get any other bike do what a Busa can. Sooooo easy to cover big distances, handle OK for its size, never short of a bit of go, tough old bikes.
There are 2 bikes out to beat this record. Both Hayabusa's. No H2, Y2K etc etc gets close.
(https://i.ibb.co/dGKQy4d/25-D71-ECD-4441-40-CD-8848-B16605527114.jpg) (https://ibb.co/wM6K1h9)
As a Gen-3 owner I follow a lot of the Gen-3 racers and tuners builds with some interest.
Chris Moore recently ran an 8.0 quarter and is trying to get into the 7's with a stock (600hp) wheelbase bike. Smashing all previous stock wheelbase records.
(https://i.ibb.co/nqGwdtR/46495484-FA19-4-D86-8-D4-D-D9828-B38-B8-B5.jpg) (https://ibb.co/cKByfVx)
I'd love one for sure, alas, worst disease known to man, no money.
Quote from: Nic on Friday, 02 June 2023, 01:54 PMI'd love one for sure, alas, worst disease known to man, no money.
I'm an addict !
Don't drink, smoke, gamble, don't do drugs, don't have kids, rarely buy new clothes, drive base model cars, downsized my house... but bikes... can't resist them !
Quote from: Batkwaka on Friday, 02 June 2023, 07:56 AM, not comfy enough for me but very nice to ride.
Quote from: Hooli on Friday, 02 June 2023, 08:29 AMTo lent over for me, I know I wouldn't enjoy one.
Huge amount over options to raise the bars, lower the pegs, change the seats etc. I've always said Suzuki should have done a Busa-GT, a direct rival to the H2 SX SE but without the Kawasakis many issues, with more relaxed riding position, taller screen and factory luggage, but as they never have, there's grown a vast amount of aftermarket options to change a Busa in that direction.
As the Busa has two top yokes, lower one connects the fork legs to the steering stem, higher one holds the bars, fitting a spacer between the two and raising the bars is very common.
(https://i.ibb.co/6mKhDCx/F138-D8-BE-2354-4-FF9-A881-CE6-C43-EA523-C.jpg) (https://ibb.co/DtBXw2y)
forte5 sx 0 60 (https://statewideinventory.org/kia-0-60-times)
(https://i.ibb.co/1fF8JCp/C80-BEF16-4-C0-E-4-E6-E-9-E44-F813815-E4-EB9.jpg) (https://ibb.co/WWmgprd)
... or change the higher of the two top yokes to one that takes traditional bars...
(https://i.ibb.co/s1ZNnZp/C84684-CA-064-A-4-C0-C-B25-F-18-DADDF8-A774.jpg) (https://ibb.co/my32k3r)
They are awesome ride for sure. Im just too old and crusty to suit one. Amazing motor. Sometimes, rarely, i wish 14 just had a couple of thou revs more with a few more bhp.
I've ridden them since they started, first edition was an absolute beast. They've become more controllable with each iteration. More & more power for a stock bike incredible engineering by Suzuki.
I owned a B-King for a number of years, it was a very naughty motorcycle 😈😈
Quote from: grog on Friday, 02 June 2023, 05:42 PMIm just too old and crusty to suit one.
I'm 60 this year. Worsening arthritis, a hernia, a lazy valve in my heart and a few other issues from work and bike related mishaps.
I could probably find a bike that suits my old bones better, my 14 certainly does ! ... but I enjoy it while I can as I might not get the choice in the future.
Any recent pic's of 'Fang' Tony? (yer wee pup)
Quote from: Tony Nitrous on Friday, 02 June 2023, 07:46 PMQuote from: grog on Friday, 02 June 2023, 05:42 PMIm just too old and crusty to suit one.
I'm 60 this year. Worsening arthritis, a hernia, a lazy valve in my heart and a few other issues from work and bike related mishaps.
I could probably find a bike that suits my old bones better, my 14 certainly does ! ... but I enjoy it while I can as I might not get the choice in the future.
we are so alike Tony, im 60 in 3 weeks, have a leaking heart valve (after my heart attacks) and suffer from rheumatoid arthritis :bugga: and we have the same name :grin:
Quote from: KiwiCol on Friday, 02 June 2023, 08:09 PMAny recent pic's of 'Fang' Tony? (yer wee pup)
Roof (Rufus)
He was 1 last week. 22kgs. Don't think he'll be as big as my last boy, he ended up at 30kg of muscle.
This one is different, fast and lean, he's caught a rat and a rabbit and I've had to keep him away from the wallabies and ducks.
He's getting better as he gets older, guards the place, guards the Ute, was real easy to house train, just got a ridiculous amount of energy, even by Cattle Dog standards. Even my neighbour said... "He's not right is he!". I'm very familiar with the breed, but he's just wired 24/7. Brand new house and I leave him alone for 2 minutes and he tried to rip a door frame out to get something outside.
(https://i.ibb.co/7VPxh7V/386077-F4-7-E18-40-E5-8240-9-D0-CF557654-E.jpg) (https://ibb.co/WFZNCSF)
(https://i.ibb.co/3sJW8dJ/01-E50948-74-C5-4844-AE18-526430-B934-CE.jpg) (https://ibb.co/FWPJf3P)
(https://i.ibb.co/nk0bhPg/02-C2-BE14-B544-4-E7-B-8346-5-D113-D9-C5627.jpg) (https://ibb.co/JkdKX3B)
(https://i.ibb.co/Sr5PVqJ/CAFC3-FD2-7371-434-F-B181-612-C109781-E3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/gVm3ts6)
I swear if he was a kid I'd be having him tested to see what he'd been taking... :happy1:
(https://i.ibb.co/fX4yGpb/69-A4-EA1-E-4-D41-4-EA4-BCAF-E017-E775162-C.png) (https://imgbb.com/)
My wife took a while to warm to him. For a while he refused to accept she outranked him. He opened her arm up and bit her badly a couple of times and it took some serious "educating" to sort him, but he loves her now and she's OK with him too. She has promised me we will NEVER have another pup though!
He's a handful but I love him.
(https://i.ibb.co/FYHdP85/8882-B8-A8-6-AF5-49-D6-9-DC8-6-B1-FA849-E431.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Jp3Shrv)
he sounds a bit like my German shepherd when he was younger !!!! he's 8 now and a BIT quieter :rolleyes:
Quote from: GSXKING on Friday, 02 June 2023, 07:14 PMfirst edition was an absolute beast. They've become more controllable with each iteration.
Yeah, pretty much.
The second Gen's had more power and still didn't have much electrical toys, no ABS etc to start with, so still a bit dated now, but as they went on they got better brakes, better fueling etc. The original wasn't the fastest or most powerful but in comparison to later models some folk see it as being more "raw" or basic.
They are awesome ride for sure. Im just too old and crusty to suit one. Amazing motor. Sometimes, rarely, i wish 14 just had a couple of thou revs more with a few more bhp.
Grog, cams and a pipe.
You'll get exactly what you asking for. Extra 35 bhp and all it pulls all the way to redline.
I know you don't need help since you're a mechanic or something similar.
But you'd get the bike you love with a "couple of thou revs more with a few more bhp"
I've considered nitrous and I even bought a turbo, but I just think it's great as it is with those improvements.
Might be worth considering.
Just sayin'.
Quote from: Teufel on Sunday, 04 June 2023, 09:44 AMGrog, cams and a pipe.
You'll get exactly what you asking for. Extra 35 bhp and all it pulls all the way to redline.
I know you don't need help since you're a mechanic or something similar.
help? I'd need help with the money :cry2:
Quote from: hard road on Friday, 02 June 2023, 10:19 PMhe sounds a bit like my German shepherd when he was younger !!!! he's 8 now and a BIT quieter :rolleyes:
:onya:
(Very old pic)
(https://i.ibb.co/2WB1nqF/6-F3-A5-B04-A0-D8-403-D-B20-A-C65-EEFB9-D02-C.jpg) (https://ibb.co/LYfXkS0)
Teuful, i agree with you, just the cost.
Quote from: grog on Friday, 02 June 2023, 05:42 PMThey are awesome ride for sure. Im just too old and crusty to suit one. Amazing motor. Sometimes, rarely, i wish 14 just had a couple of thou revs more with a few more bhp.
Yoshi cams mate, yoshi cams.
But back to the busas.... lovely.
Quote from: VladTepes on Tuesday, 06 June 2023, 12:19 PMYoshi cams mate, yoshi cams.
Yes we know mate, but the cost :rolleyes:
I priced it up, me doing the work, cant even find a shiny cyclone for sale, black only. Wouldnt like that. What i found. ST1, $1051. Black Cyclone, $2000, Dyno, $400. PC to tune, hard to find, maybe $500. Oil, filter, sealer or new gasket, added $100. Being modest, around $4100.Not sure if ive missed anything.
Quote from: grog on Tuesday, 06 June 2023, 06:49 PMI priced it up, me doing the work, cant even find a shiny cyclone for sale, black only. Wouldnt like that. What i found. ST1, $1051. Black Cyclone, $2000, Dyno, $400. PC to tune, hard to find, maybe $500. Oil, filter, sealer or new gasket, added $100. Being modest, around $4100.Not sure if ive missed anything.
shims?
Yeah Nic, missed them. Around $12 each. At least another $100.
Quote from: grog on Tuesday, 06 June 2023, 06:49 PMI priced it up, me doing the work, cant even find a shiny cyclone for sale, black only. Wouldnt like that. What i found. ST1, $1051. Black Cyclone, $2000, Dyno, $400. PC to tune, hard to find, maybe $500. Oil, filter, sealer or new gasket, added $100. Being modest, around $4100.Not sure if ive missed anything.
My 14 was $2500 with a Cyclone full system, dyno mapped PC3. it needed clocks and has other damage but what paid was less than the bits he'd bolted onto it. Luggage, Pazzo's, fork brace, PAIR blanks etc. if it was a nice example I'd look at a set of cams, but not sure it justifies it for what I do.
No the secret is:
- have a bloke on a GSX1400owners.org forum selling a set for an unmissable price.
- know a bloke who generously offers to do the install for free, including the modifications required.
- have same bloke upload the map he has on his similar bike to the PC3 I already have.
and get it done for what was an affordable price.
Fortunately I already had a full akro kit on the bike. Thanks to
@Bov I haven't had it dyno'ed to get a setup that perfectly matches my bike, but the cost of a dyno-tune is so high that I'd have to be confident they could set it up to get a fuel saving if I was gonna be able to justify that money. Why? Because it uses as much fuel as my wife's Mazda so the range has gone to shit. And that's at revs below the 6-6500rpm when the Yoshi cam profile really does its thing.
Anyway this probably belongs in a Yoshi cam thread.
Again, nice hayabusa!
Quote from: VladTepes on Tuesday, 06 June 2023, 12:19 PMBut back to the busas.
Started removing some of the unnecessary stuff.
Long hero bolts and damper weights from the pegs, front reflectors etc etc. Grab rail and rear pegs have already gone, I'll look at some lighter exhaust hangers and bar ends. It's all little bits but picking up the box they are going in together they are significant.
Had a run into the city and got a blank key coded to the bike, only having 1 key on a bike with an immobiliser makes me nervous!
Funds are a bit low so I'm more likely to be doing little cheap jobs for a while, rather than a full system or RCC turbo! I do have enough to weld or replace the BTL which really should be a priority.
Today...
(https://i.ibb.co/711X92T/FD1-F1-AE2-B825-43-B5-A3-B5-93-A08-B91-B02-B.jpg) (https://ibb.co/3CC7JB8)
Chatting with a more serious drag racer he confirmed I have the right bike for what I'm doing. The Gen-2 is more powerful and a better base to work from than the Gen-1 or Gen-3, and the early Gen-2 (mine) has a little less weight, clutter and complication than the later Gen-2 "not that special ABS" version.
As THE bike of choice for performance and horsepower builds for the last 24 years the amount of go-faster aftermarket stuff is absolutely huge, sadly, the amount of money currently in my wallet isn't !
Quote from: VladTepes on Wednesday, 07 June 2023, 12:32 PMNo the secret is:
- have a bloke on a GSX1400owners.org forum selling a set for an unmissable price.
- know a bloke who generously offers to do the install for free, including the modifications required.
- have same bloke upload the map he has on his similar bike to the PC3 I already have.
and get it done for what was an affordable price.
Fortunately I already had a full akro kit on the bike. Thanks to @Bov
I haven't had it dyno'ed to get a setup that perfectly matches my bike, but the cost of a dyno-tune is so high that I'd have to be confident they could set it up to get a fuel saving if I was gonna be able to justify that money. Why? Because it uses as much fuel as my wife's Mazda so the range has gone to shit. And that's at revs below the 6-6500rpm when the Yoshi cam profile really does its thing.
Anyway this probably belongs in a Yoshi cam thread.
Again, nice hayabusa!
Quote from: VladTepes on Wednesday, 07 June 2023, 12:32 PMNo the secret is:
- have a bloke on a GSX1400owners.org forum selling a set for an unmissable price.
- know a bloke who generously offers to do the install for free, including the modifications required.
- have same bloke upload the map he has on his similar bike to the PC3 I already have.
and get it done for what was an affordable price.
Fortunately I already had a full akro kit on the bike. Thanks to @Bov
I haven't had it dyno'ed to get a setup that perfectly matches my bike, but the cost of a dyno-tune is so high that I'd have to be confident they could set it up to get a fuel saving if I was gonna be able to justify that money. Why? Because it uses as much fuel as my wife's Mazda so the range has gone to shit. And that's at revs below the 6-6500rpm when the Yoshi cam profile really does its thing.
Anyway this probably belongs in a Yoshi cam thread.
Again, nice hayabusa!
I'm not sure fuel consumption is a consideration when upgrading with Yoshi cams etc etc as long as it produces a more spirited ride I think it Is money well spent 😝😝
GSX, i wouldnt have thought a lot of difference if Vlad riding below 6k. Others with ST1 will have the Knowledge. Vlad, youve done the job, book a dyno.
Quote from: grog on Wednesday, 07 June 2023, 07:08 PMGSX, i wouldnt have thought a lot of difference if Vlad riding below 6k. Others with ST1 will have the Knowledge. Vlad, youve done the job, book a dyno.
or give the st1 yoshi cams to grog, pay it forward mate....
Umm, no. :P
You blokes prob all seen this but i enjoyed, hope someone does. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmVqrnXWVXU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4RyqDIOlqs
Quote from: grog on Friday, 09 June 2023, 06:23 PMYou blokes prob all seen this but i enjoyed, hope someone does. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmVqrnXWVXU
Looks like the busa has flat tires :confused1:
Video made by Video Produced by Assetto Corsa Racing
Simulator (a video game producer).
I thought that too Andre, some of the shots when the busa is cornering, the tires look flat. Can't of been though else they would be destroyed in very quick order.
BigCC's new Gen-3 turbo kit.
Sean was saying it's not chasing ultimate power (they have a couple of 900hp Busa's) but are trying to use the factory ECU / IMU that lets them keep a lot of the bikes tech and not use a race / stand alone system.
I love how stock it looks, apart from the fat link pipe and clutch cover it's a pretty sneaky sleeper...
(https://i.ibb.co/YPRQkph/0-AA2-FA4-E-D083-4-EAA-891-E-B9-D66-EBAB266.jpg) (https://ibb.co/S5synRB)
Another 450k / 280 miles this morning.
Not a bad way to spend a Monday morning in Winter.
(https://i.ibb.co/pnTGjC0/FA2501-CD-C977-4288-9699-8-AA6-E9-F32626.jpg) (https://ibb.co/DLFsf3V)
For you Tony. https://www.visordown.com/news/new-bikes/suzuki-hayabusa-25th-anniversary
Quote from: grog on Tuesday, 04 July 2023, 06:16 PMFor you Tony. https://www.visordown.com/news/new-bikes/suzuki-hayabusa-25th-anniversary
Yeah, Suzuki put up a post on all the owners groups and pages saying What do you think?
I said Not impressed.
For 2 years they have been sending Gen-3's out with billet folding levers, billet oil caps and chain adjusters, free covers, free mats, touring screens, heated grips, crash bungs etc etc. This bike is supposed to be special and it's just paint and a sticker. It's not as nice as all the bikes in the last 2 years.
Suzuki say it's "Special" as it has a logo on the huge cans that most folk bin and a Busa logo on the chain that's a consumable.
Even some nice can's like the later GSX14's Yoshi would have been nice.
There have been several "Special Edition" or "Limited Edition" Hayabusa's before this "Anniversary Edition" every single one is just a different colour and a sticker. Never anything of note.
thats very sad/bad Tony. Deserves better than that.
Quote from: Andre on Saturday, 10 June 2023, 12:59 AMQuote from: grog on Friday, 09 June 2023, 06:23 PMYou blokes prob all seen this but i enjoyed, hope someone does. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmVqrnXWVXU
Looks like the busa has flat tires :confused1:
Video made by Video Produced by Assetto Corsa Racing Simulator (a video game producer).
Yeah plus it's not smooth, the bike lurches and falls too much to be real.