man_on_an_island
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Got it yesterday. Loving the colors! Yoshis next
25 Anniversary edition
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man_on_an_island
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Thanks Bee. Have this one in the garage too. It’s got a ‘Moore’s Mafia’ tune and Yoshi full system. Sounds epic and goes like an F16 but maybe a little too much for the neighbors :-)
Nice pic....eye candy...congrats...!!!
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Welcome @man_on_an_island. Cool bikes! Got Triumph too? What else?
You are in New York and on an island? You must be on that island where that shark ate those people?
You are in New York and on an island? You must be on that island where that shark ate those people?
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Hello guys. Good to hear from you all - you seem like a very friendly bunch of folks. I’ve got a few bikes including 2 Ducs (Panigale V2 and a Hypermotard SP - I work at a Ducati dealership ) a BMW R1250RS and the Trumpet speed twin that was in the last pic. It’s really a ridiculous number of bikes but we don’t have kids so had to find some way to throw our money away haha. I think I’m going to sell the silver bike as two identical models in the garage is a bit nuts even for a fiscally irresponsible loon like me.
I went for a Busa as I love the inline four sound and feel and all my other bikes were twins of various configurations. What else do you guys ride (if you do)?
I went for a Busa as I love the inline four sound and feel and all my other bikes were twins of various configurations. What else do you guys ride (if you do)?
I have an '07 Suzuki Drz400 dual-sport, and an '03 Gsxr1000.
I also store, mod, and maintain a friend's '18 Gsxr1k since it was new, and get to ride it as my own.
Alot of us here have other bikes.
I also store, mod, and maintain a friend's '18 Gsxr1k since it was new, and get to ride it as my own.
Alot of us here have other bikes.
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Love the Drzs, one of the techs at the dealer has one. V cool bikes.
Sounds like a lot of fun....I have a good friend who has no kids and spends his money on cars (Mustang and Challenger mostly now), he and his wife seem happy enough....
I was up to a stupid number of bikes at one time and whittled my fleet down to just one.....thankfully....having multiple bikes was a nightmare for me as I never had time to ride and maintain all of them as I seemed to be always deployed somewhere...
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I have two sport tourers, a 1999 VFR800 and the busa. I think inline 4's are boring as every car has them, but they are the sport bike reality. Oh well I guess I can live with it...
...they just need 6th gear
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The only real beef I have with the Busa is a perceived lack of engine braking. Coming from my recent history of twins (parallel, flat and v) it feels like the bike hardly deaccelerates at all when I close the throttle. When I saw that there was an engine braking control option I thought ‘ oh ok that explains it’ and assumed that selecting it would add to the engine braking braking but then realized that it takes what there is away haha.
Unless i have totally misinterpreted the way it works of course…
Unless i have totally misinterpreted the way it works of course…
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I bet that was a blast! Especially with the supercharger chirping away! I’m fond of big Kwakas. My first big bike was a Gpz900r back in the late 80s. Ahhh good times.I got to ride this a few days ago.It's a beastie.
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To get maximum engine braking, turn the exhaust brake to 'Off'. There are also EB settings 1 (most engine braking with the exception of just turning it off) to 3 (least engine braking).
The process is explained on page 2-60 in my '23 owners manual.
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Thanks 02SE1, yeah mine is set to off. Just doesn’t feel like there is much engine breaking. Appreciate the feedback tho.
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