swimming Hayabusa story

[hangman1300]

once upon a time back in 07.
I was at the tail end of a group ride when all of a sudden I found myself coming up on a slower rider in a corner. I could have passed him on the inside but I had never ridden with this group before and didn't know if I would spook him and send i'm off the road. I figured I'd go wide, ( looks like a grass field with lots of run off ) and get back on. I wasn't going very fast, 50 MPH maybe. Well when I get to the shoulder of the road thats when I see that its a steep 10 foot drop to a drainage ditch.
filled 3 cly with water all the way to the throttle plates.I forget how many oil changes it took to get her clean inside again.
finished off the year riding it and with a little over 77000 on the clock and it burning a little oil on cold start ups form valve stem seals. it was time to trade her in on a new one.

 

[hangman1300]

 

[hangman1300]

 

[hangman1300]

The damage

 

[Busa1166]

:down: Guess you smiling cause you were going to get a new one I'd been weeping ... glad you ok

 

[hangman1300]

The rebuild and read to go again.

 

[hangman1300]

Don't you just love a story with a happy ending.

 

[Busa1166]

 

[DEMMYM]

Looks good.



So if you had to do it all over again

Would you pass him.

 

[delbert]

turned out well for you , least you were ok
nice pics

 

[outlawbusa]

Bet that was a heckuva tug out of the ditch~!~

Congrats on the new purchase~!!~

 

[coreywiley]

I liked that all grey look.

 

[SkootRRgirl]

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Man that had to suck big time but glad you are alright Congrats on the new bike

 

[2hip]

Hangman, thanks for posting up...see exactly what you mean about the corner and looking like it was an open field if you had to bail wide....must have been thrilling as you went over the edge...nice downslope and grassy with water at the bottom...you were very lucky to come up smiling...I'll take luck any time...2hip

 

[hangman1300]

had to wait for my full size pickup to pull it out.

Yes I would have pass the guy on the inside.

 

[pack mule]

Glad it had a happy ending

 

[turbobusa2000]

What brand fairings are those?

 

[dadofthree]

Glad you didn't get hurt, all's well that ends well

 

[hangman1300]

Sharkskinz, great stuff.:kem: I still have my race upper, it doesn't have a headlight or turn signals, For Sale.

 

[GeorgiaGixxer08]

maybe the floaties mod to this new busa would be a good idea for you.