Untill you've had a leg over an Italian pony....you really are talking out your ****. Nothing personal, just my experience. I'm on my second Duc and can say that there is no direct comparison possible with a Japanese mount. Oh and that seat....its not for parking a size xxxl a$$ on for 4 hours.....its specifically designed to allow the pilot to easily transition from one side of the machine to the other, and is a brilliant design in that respect.(Luvanicebum @ Jul. 04 2007,10:01)Exactly what I was thinking...(JINKSTER @ Jul. 04 2007,08:28) gee...$24K and it looks like they almost put a seat on it too!
i guess my thinkings opposite of a lot of folks here...i love my busa for it's kickazz powerband...amazing agility and handling for a bike of it's mass & weight and?...it's all day long riding comfort..sorta like an ST1300 except way sexier, far more powerful and actually handles..therefore?..i have found my utopian streetbike in my busa...now?...if i wanted a trackbike?...i'm looking at something like a $4K R6 that ain't gonna hold me back or pi$$ me off if i toss it a time or two...but not a $24K F4...yet another fine example of "garage jewelery"...ready to be parked righjt next to an unridden duc in some rich boys stable..so he can snap pix to post on the net and say..."look what i got".
cynical...aren't i?
L8R, Bill.
Then when they do ride it, it's the local 500
with no helmet and leather birkenstocks.
hey...jus so ya don't take me wrong here i appreciate everybody doing all the posting and sharing of tech info and pix of newly released and unleashed powerbikes...i get to learn a lot here by folks doing so...so the next question i would pose is stuff like...(Jet Li @ Jul. 04 2007,08:21) I just thought this was interesting reading given that the Busa and Zx14 engineers (Japan) have been going head to head and suddenly, out of nowhere (Europe) comes this F4 claiming to blow both of em off the track.
Still love my Busa and do not plan on changing.
well?..that may be...(though i have ridden numerouse liter twins and 1 friends duc998 before)..but what i allude to here is some of the more ellusive issues...such as...(cosmo @ Jul. 04 2007,08:41)Untill you've had a leg over an Italian pony....you really are talking out your ****. Nothing personal, just my experience. I'm on my second Duc and can say that there is no direct comparison possible with a Japanese mount. Oh and that seat....its not for parking a size xxxl a$$ on for 4 hours.....its specifically designed to allow the pilot to easily transition from one side of the machine to the other, and is a brilliant design in that respect.(Luvanicebum @ Jul. 04 2007,10:01)Exactly what I was thinking...(JINKSTER @ Jul. 04 2007,08:28) gee...$24K and it looks like they almost put a seat on it too!
i guess my thinkings opposite of a lot of folks here...i love my busa for it's kickazz powerband...amazing agility and handling for a bike of it's mass & weight and?...it's all day long riding comfort..sorta like an ST1300 except way sexier, far more powerful and actually handles..therefore?..i have found my utopian streetbike in my busa...now?...if i wanted a trackbike?...i'm looking at something like a $4K R6 that ain't gonna hold me back or pi$$ me off if i toss it a time or two...but not a $24K F4...yet another fine example of "garage jewelery"...ready to be parked righjt next to an unridden duc in some rich boys stable..so he can snap pix to post on the net and say..."look what i got".
cynical...aren't i?
L8R, Bill.
Then when they do ride it, it's the local 500
with no helmet and leather birkenstocks.
Now having said all that let me also say: If I could keep only one bike in the stable, it would be my Busa. IMO the Busa is the "Swiss army knife" of sportbikes. Fast, comfy, stable and stone cold reliable.
Go easy there Jinkter that list of mods is reminding me of what the 08 don't have .(JINKSTER @ Jul. 04 2007,11:16)yepper...it sho is!
and the worst part is that most of that extra dough being paid is for the benefit of having chosen "euro styling" over "race functional"
jus think what you could do with a brand new $10,000 G1K just rolled off the floor with....the extra $14,000 dollars you saved...custom race bodywork and paint...Ohlins and brembos all around...custom race instrumentation/dash...$3K worth of motor work...a custom GP Exhaust from hell, custom race leathers/lid to match and enough left over for a stable of tires on CF rims...or?.....
an f4 (which will never be "modded" ) anwill remain just another expensive toy that...in stock configs?..."never will do MORE THAN 193mph"....see whaddi mean vern?
or maybe i'm just a suzuki zealot.
L8R, Bill.
nice bike for sure and if it was in my budget i would definatley have one. i am turning my zx-10 into a stock compression 1078 cc bike for under 4 grand including parts, labor, and tune. should get at or close to a 20 hp gain with head work, bore and stock cams with this set up. this should get me into the low to mid 180s at the wheel with close to stock reliability and driveability. this should be enough to hang with any of the new bikes out there regardless of cost except maybe that moto gp ducati with lights and that turbine bike for a total cost of under 14 grand.(Kento-Moto @ Jul. 04 2007,09:43) I'll take 2 please!
Dude, that's only an hour and a half ride on the busa, go for it(DaCol. @ Jul. 05 2007,00:23) I love the MV, and I don't care how much more it cost than a GSXR. Infact, if the closest dealer wasn't 275 miles from me, I would have one as my Busa's Significant Other
Yeah, but it's through Kansas, and their State Troopers have ABSOLUTELY NO SINCE OF HUMOR(dadofthree @ Jul. 04 2007,21:27)Dude, that's only an hour and a half ride on the busa, go for it(DaCol. @ Jul. 05 2007,00:23) I love the MV, and I don't care how much more it cost than a GSXR. Infact, if the closest dealer wasn't 275 miles from me, I would have one as my Busa's Significant Other
But what would you do with 3 600cc bikes
maybe you need to "keep your dreams in perspective" but for the vast majority of folks here?...our wallets and basic walk'in 'round sense force us to leave dreamland behind and deal with "reality".....life on lifes terms..meanwhile?...if ya asked me whad i'd do with 3 600's?...(DaCol. @ Jul. 05 2007,10:41)But what would you do with 3 600cc bikes? If Ya got to ask, you don't want it. Just like me looking at Big Dogs at their Factory, not my kind of bike, expecially at a starting price of $36,000
. But then, they only sell 5,000 + units a year to someone
. Making the Owners at Big Dog go home with a
on their face.
So, just how many 600cc bikes could these owners have now
Ya just got to keep your dreams in perspective
