Be cautious!
Those liter bikes often end up as your "Favorite" bike!
Be cautious!
Those liter bikes often end up as your "Favorite" bike!
Awesome! You picked the bike that can do everything that the Busa can't.
UPDATE:
So, as much as I hate to say it, I actually enjoy riding the 1000 more than the Busa. ???
The thing takes so little effort to ride, it's ridiculous. My Busa is quicker in a straight line, but the 1000 does EVERYTHING quickly. It stops, goes and turns quickly. It takes no effort to ride whatsoever. Riding the 1000 feels very natural. It seems all you have to do to change direction is look in the direction you want to go and the bike goes there. It's ridiculously flickable and stops on a dime. In fact, it's stops frighteningly quickly. It's nearly put me over the bars a few times without me even coming close to mashing on the brakes. If you don't have the visor down on your helmet when you jump on the front brake, your eyeballs will end up on the windscreen!
I'm not a big guy (about 5' 8" and 150-155lbs), so the GSXR fits me very well. I took the Busa out tonight for the first time in a week or so and it felt HUGE. Coming off the 1000 and onto the Busa, you really get a feel for how big the Busa actually is. Even though the Busa is lower than the 1K, it feels long, wide and heavy compared to the liter bike. Cumbersome is the term that comes to mind.
The one big drawback to the GSXR is because it handles, goes and stops so well and feels so damn light on it's feel, it makes you want to ride it like a friggin hooligan! You have to have your self control set on MAX before you throw a leg over the thing.
UPDATE:
So, as much as I hate to say it, I actually enjoy riding the 1000 more than the Busa. ???
The thing takes so little effort to ride, it's ridiculous. My Busa is quicker in a straight line, but the 1000 does EVERYTHING quickly. It stops, goes and turns quickly. It takes no effort to ride whatsoever. Riding the 1000 feels very natural. It seems all you have to do to change direction is look in the direction you want to go and the bike goes there. It's ridiculously flickable and stops on a dime. In fact, it's stops frighteningly quickly. It's nearly put me over the bars a few times without me even coming close to mashing on the brakes. If you don't have the visor down on your helmet when you jump on the front brake, your eyeballs will end up on the windscreen!
I'm not a big guy (about 5' 8" and 150-155lbs), so the GSXR fits me very well. I took the Busa out tonight for the first time in a week or so and it felt HUGE. Coming off the 1000 and onto the Busa, you really get a feel for how big the Busa actually is. Even though the Busa is lower than the 1K, it feels long, wide and heavy compared to the liter bike. Cumbersome is the term that comes to mind.
The one big drawback to the GSXR is because it handles, goes and stops so well and feels so damn light on it's feel, it makes you want to ride it like a friggin hooligan! You have to have your self control set on MAX before you throw a leg over the thing.
only bike i would really trade the busa for is a newer GSXR1000 literally...hmmm i just keep thinking....
New GSXR...
lower pegs
heli bars/risers..
same power....less weight..better ergos.. mmmm
UPDATE:
So, as much as I hate to say it, I actually enjoy riding the 1000 more than the Busa. ???
The thing takes so little effort to ride, it's ridiculous. My Busa is quicker in a straight line, but the 1000 does EVERYTHING quickly. It stops, goes and turns quickly. It takes no effort to ride whatsoever. Riding the 1000 feels very natural. It seems all you have to do to change direction is look in the direction you want to go and the bike goes there. It's ridiculously flickable and stops on a dime. In fact, it's stops frighteningly quickly. It's nearly put me over the bars a few times without me even coming close to mashing on the brakes. If you don't have the visor down on your helmet when you jump on the front brake, your eyeballs will end up on the windscreen!
I'm not a big guy (about 5' 8" and 150-155lbs), so the GSXR fits me very well. I took the Busa out tonight for the first time in a week or so and it felt HUGE. Coming off the 1000 and onto the Busa, you really get a feel for how big the Busa actually is. Even though the Busa is lower than the 1K, it feels long, wide and heavy compared to the liter bike. Cumbersome is the term that comes to mind.
The one big drawback to the GSXR is because it handles, goes and stops so well and feels so damn light on it's feel, it makes you want to ride it like a friggin hooligan! You have to have your self control set on MAX before you throw a leg over the thing.