I had a 1000 before and sure i miss it sometimes, they are very powerful and fun to ride, but i got bored really quickly from it,,, plus now my busa is faster than any 1000(worked a lot on it), but its really not the power im after, its the overall feel and use of the bike,,, busa is 1000 times better on long rides or if you want to cruise+you can still go really fast if you want
I hope you do that with the Busa too
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Used to.... now with the BSTs I need to be more careful
Yeah, that's alot of cash, but I wouldn't be able to help it
, i'll just give it sometime and do it bit by bit 
I had a 1000 before and sure i miss it sometimes, they are very powerful and fun to ride, but i got bored really quickly from it,,, plus now my busa is faster than any 1000
Just wrote all this and realized I may be hijacking your thread about you're AMAZING new wheels. They look f'in spectacular! I'm insanely jealous!!
Yeah man. I'm on a pretty much stock '99 and I was riding with a kid on a stock 08 gxsr 1k, and I could keep up, but man it was ALOT more work on my end...
I went from cruisers to the 'busa and it felt light for awhile, till I really started runnin with other guys on smaller bikes.
I think it's an amazing machine, and I've got a long way to go in mastering it.
But I'm thinking I'd be get more bang for the buck out of something that weighs 100lbs less cranking out the same power right out of the box.
But, I got a pretty good deal, on an awesome bike, and it's mine!
Maybe I'll tear into it this winter and put her on the slim fast diet!
It's either that, or buy a track bike. If I go dumping a ton of money into the 'busa then I'll get to paranoid to take it to the track... although I did get new insurance today and they said I'd be covered on track days!!! wooohoooo So long as it's not actual 'racing'
... Covered on track ...... wow 
,,, the insurance companies here won’t do it no matter what,,, too many hot heads :batman: ,,, another problem with the 1000 is that every 2 years they update (they didn’t this year due to the financial situation) but if u buy the best 1000 on the market today,,, next Dec you'll find a better specd one, or at least as good with a fresh looks... I’d say get a track bike and this way you can mod the hell out of it without worrying about noise levels and DMV. Going down the light weigh route is like opening Pandora’s box,,, it just keeps on getting more and more expensive.
Nothing was needed on the suspention side. BST only recommends suspention adjustments if you face any issues with it... i just felt i could drop the PSI a bit but as is handles very nicely
