New Hayabusa

[froudy]

I know of one sitting in a caravan park next to the ocean. Hardly any use but rusting away. Bloke wont sell it as he reckons hell fix it one day. Never will. Such a waste.

That really annoys me too. Like you said, he'll never fix it and it'll end up being uneconomical for someone else to do it when he finally decides to let it go.

It'll eventually get advertised as a "Rare barn find with low miles"..In other words..SCRAP

Tidy 1200 there @Globalrider
The last of the "Proper Bandit's" before they turned them into water boilers and killed them off.

[grog]

Annoys me Froudy. I made an offer 12 mths ago, lots of cleaning, not many new parts, lots of polishing. Was just on the verge. By now probably too far gone. Our ocean/humidity just wrecks things. I know of a Laverda Jota, same story, just sits under his open to weather house. 20 yrs ago was ok, now just rooted. Such a classic just wasted. Frogwits.

[Mick_J]

MZ ?

Yes mate, 1000cc, very rare in the UK, in fact in the world.  It's really good fun to ride.

[Tony Nitrous]

They are actually very good bikes and far better than the spec sheets and some narrow minded folk make out.  Certainly not a step back from a Gen-1 or 2.



Mine. 




"Haters gonna hate". 

[grog]

Hullo Tony, been a while.

[KiwiCol]

Hi Tony, great to see you back!

That an upgrade to the H2 then? or as well as . . .

[seth]

back @Tony Nitrous 

[Tony Nitrous]

Hi Tony, great to see you back!

That an upgrade to the H2 then? or as well as . . .

H2's gone now. I thought I'd use it more when I retired and left Brisbane but it wasn't suitable for what I'm doing and where I am now. Shame, I did like it and it went real well and had stuff I wish the new Busa had.  I thought about keeping it but I've bought another modded GSXR as well as some other stuff and wasn't sure why I had the Kawasaki gathering dust, and it had a few things about it that weren't really what I wanted.  It was a fun and interesting 3 years but we needed to go our seperate ways.

[Tony Nitrous]

Big sporty Suzuki's traditionally came with both a pillion seat AND a single seat cowl.  My Gen-1 did, my B-King did, it was normal.

Now Suzuki have decided the cowl is a $317 optical extra, and it's the first new bike I've had in decades they didn't even put a tank pad on.  Both fixable but you shouldn't have to.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

They still haven't moved away from ginormous exhaust cans either....I get the whole Euro emissions requirements thing, but other manufacturers seem to be able to design a can that's a bit more aesthetic.

[Tony Nitrous]

They still haven't moved away from ginormous exhaust cans either....I get the whole Euro emissions requirements thing, but other manufacturers seem to be able to design a can that's a bit more aesthetic.

My Kawasaki had a 4 into 1 and still had a much smaller can.
My past Busa's all had / have Yoshi cans but I'm going to hold off a while.
If it's within budget I'd like a 4-2-1 full system.
You can't do 4-1's on Busa's or B-Kings other than drag race sidewinders.

Yeah, the stock cans are awful.

[grog]

Agree totally, had a look in show room new GSXR1000, really couldnt believe can size. Salesman kept muttering on about changing it to Akra, re tuning etc etc. Dollar figures were like a politicians wages.No wonder Suzuki going broke.

[Hooli]

They still haven't moved away from ginormous exhaust cans either....I get the whole Euro emissions requirements thing, but other manufacturers seem to be able to design a can that's a bit more aesthetic.

Lack of room underneath? Other makes I've looked at seem to have lifted the gearbox & hidden the cat etc under there. I assume the 'busa hasn't got a new engine, just a tweaked one so it'd reduce ground clearance too much?

Just thinking aloud so might be totally wrong.

[Tony Nitrous]

They still haven't moved away from ginormous exhaust cans either....I get the whole Euro emissions requirements thing, but other manufacturers seem to be able to design a can that's a bit more aesthetic.

Lack of room underneath? Other makes I've looked at seem to have lifted the gearbox & hidden the cat etc under there. I assume the 'busa hasn't got a new engine, just a tweaked one so it'd reduce ground clearance too much?

Just thinking aloud so might be totally wrong.

The Gen1, 2 and 3 Busa's and the B-King always have a 4 into 2 system to fit around the bottom of the engine. Then either twin cans or a 2 into 1 section. There's no room under the motor.

You don't see Busa 4-1's unless they are dragbike Sidewinders.

[Tony Nitrous]

Having owned one for 3 years and now owning the other, this doesn't really tell the whole story,  the extras the H2 comes with, or the faults and issues it has, but it's still an OK comparison of the only 2 Jap bikes in the Class now.