Congratulations I’m sure you will enjoy your new Hayabusa and welcome to the groupHey Gals and Guys! New owner here. Bought an 06' today and drove it off the lot at 6:30 central. Already put 150 miles on her! Here is my girl. Oh, I forgot to mention. She has 2600 miles on her now.... Yeah that isnt a typo.
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French Silk! I'm about 20 miles southwest of Chicago near Joliet.What part of the country you in?
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HUGE DIFFERENCE! I can turn the bike and it goes where I point it. I need to work on lower back strength to keep a proper riding position to take the weight off my hands and wrists. I bought a tank bag for some storage and rest my left arm on it for some support for now. Any tips on riding position or technique would be appreciated.Welcome, great looking steed and nice to have such a low mileage copy....
I imagine you are finding a vast difference between your HD and Hayabusa...
As for oil changes, I echo @busafan08 .....I use Amsoil synthetic and that is around the interval I use....if you are spending lots of time in the high rev range or live in an area where there is lots of dust and sand you may want to shorten the interval.
I'm pretty fit so the riding position doesn't bother me all except the arthritis in my hands-they ache after a bit...HUGE DIFFERENCE! I can turn the bike and it goes where I point it. I need to work on lower back strength to keep a proper riding position to take the weight off my hands and wrists. I bought a tank bag for some storage and rest my left arm on it for some support for now. Any tips on riding position or technique would be appreciated.
2500 oil and filter. If the bike has a high quality synthetic oil you can go a lot longer.So question, How many miles do you guys do an oil change at?
For me it was my neck and the back of my thighs. It took about two seasons but I have no problem now.Any tips on riding position or technique would be appreciated.
Thanks man, appreciate it. Back and hands felt pretty good today after my 150 mile blast. Bike keeps stalling at idle though. Gonna bump the idle as its just under 1k. Hope that solves it. If not I'll pull the tank and see if there is any rust in her. Great day though. As you can see my Search Fu is strong LOL. Found several threads on the issue I'm having.I'm pretty fit so the riding position doesn't bother me all except the arthritis in my hands-they ache after a bit...
Core strength building like @fallenarch says, I do a regular routine of weight lifting and usually add core strength exercises to the mix such as "wheel roll, supermans, lying leg lifts and scissor lifts" to help get the lower back stronger..
If you don't have them already, Heli-bars are handy or if you want to go the whole hog a set of risers and bars like @c10 had on RJ are a great idea and would make the transition from HD to Hayabusa a little easier.