I was, like many others, dissappointed by the lack of a gen 3 also. I sat here in anticipation of a release that would blow my socks off and felt let down when it didn't happen. Then I sat and thought about it a little. What suzuki achieved way back in the days when injection on a bike was rare was nothing short of amazing. Making power is easy, using that power effectively is the trick. Suzuki did what must have seemed like the impossible and redefined and in a lot of ways invented an entire genre of motorcycle. Sure by today's standards the tech is outdated, the style hasn't changed in almost a decade, and there are a good number of other bikes quicker off the line, or can carve a corner better, but does that really matter? Nothing in factory tune can ever be faster then a busa, that's the law now, and anyone can modify a bike to make it quicker then something else, people have been doing that for years. That's not a reflection on the manufacturer but the rider and riders can be both incredibly loyal but also unique. Just because someone out there made a kawi or a Honda faster then my busa doesn't mean my busa is garbage, it means they decided to make it that way and good for them. I recently bought a ninja 636 and love that bike to death but it's built for a different purpose, I use it in the city where a big boy bike is a little less enjoyable, harder to manuver in tight places and when I fully release the clutch I'm not speeding. I would never jump on the ninja and go for a 2 week tour of the west coast, or cross country, or load up the bags and take it out camping like i do with the busa. It was built to be a badass touring bike, something that you can ride comfortably for long hours at a time and not be screaming at 7,500rpm like a 600 class, or be huge and bulky like a bagger or a goldwing. As a genre defining mix of sport and touring it took a very long time for anyone else to build a factory equal and they needed a bigger motor (and a smaller penis) to do it. I am no longer upset with suzuki for not making a new hayabusa, I'm appreciating the hayabusa that I already have. The only people that I meet on a semi regular basis that comment on how old the design is and poke fun at the fact that there hasn't been an update "in forever" are cruiser guys, and let's face it, that's not even worth the energy to reply to.