AztecKanji
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Hello All,
I am new to the Busa world. I have wanted one for years and finally made the purchase of a used 02 with almost 12k miles. I've been poking around this forum and am hoping there is someone out there who can help me. I have been riding my busa for about 2 weeks now and have put a couple hundred miles on it. On the 4th of July I rode to some friends house and it freakin downpoured on my bike and there was no cover in sight. It slowed after a couple of hours and I rode home which was about a 15 mile rife in some decent rain and had no problems. I made it home, garaged my baby and apologized to her. The next day I got up and my wife and I attempted to ride her to the casino here in Kansas City for some buffet breakfast. When I started her up she stalled out after about 10 secs of running. I started her up again and she ran for a minute and I put it in 1st gear to maneuver out of my driveway and it died. I started it up again and let it run for a few minutes and then I began to hear a knocking noise coming from under the plastics maybe from the headers or somewhere close? I dont know what the hell is going on but I'm pretty scared. We ended up riding to the buffet anyway to see if it would just kick out some rain water and go away, and the ride was fine. But when we returned home I could hear it knocking again at an idle. Thats the only time it knocks is at an idle. Does anyone know what this could be? I don't want to take it to a dealer and have him licking his chops to tell me its something so much more expensive when its not. I have removed the side fairings and dusted out a lot of small gravel and sandlike pebbles. I read somewhere on here that there are drains for when it rains that will expell the water but I do not see them anywhere? Any help is appreciated. Also, I was thinking about changing the oil and filter myself while I have everything off. Any suggestions on oil and filter? It appears to be pretty easy to change. Drop the oil plug and drain it. Replace it and put in the new oil?
I am new to the Busa world. I have wanted one for years and finally made the purchase of a used 02 with almost 12k miles. I've been poking around this forum and am hoping there is someone out there who can help me. I have been riding my busa for about 2 weeks now and have put a couple hundred miles on it. On the 4th of July I rode to some friends house and it freakin downpoured on my bike and there was no cover in sight. It slowed after a couple of hours and I rode home which was about a 15 mile rife in some decent rain and had no problems. I made it home, garaged my baby and apologized to her. The next day I got up and my wife and I attempted to ride her to the casino here in Kansas City for some buffet breakfast. When I started her up she stalled out after about 10 secs of running. I started her up again and she ran for a minute and I put it in 1st gear to maneuver out of my driveway and it died. I started it up again and let it run for a few minutes and then I began to hear a knocking noise coming from under the plastics maybe from the headers or somewhere close? I dont know what the hell is going on but I'm pretty scared. We ended up riding to the buffet anyway to see if it would just kick out some rain water and go away, and the ride was fine. But when we returned home I could hear it knocking again at an idle. Thats the only time it knocks is at an idle. Does anyone know what this could be? I don't want to take it to a dealer and have him licking his chops to tell me its something so much more expensive when its not. I have removed the side fairings and dusted out a lot of small gravel and sandlike pebbles. I read somewhere on here that there are drains for when it rains that will expell the water but I do not see them anywhere? Any help is appreciated. Also, I was thinking about changing the oil and filter myself while I have everything off. Any suggestions on oil and filter? It appears to be pretty easy to change. Drop the oil plug and drain it. Replace it and put in the new oil?