Well if I were in your dilema ( If getting a second bike is considered a dilema ) I think I would go for the 09 Busa. Not sure if there were any problems with the 08 ( first year out ) but if there were they would have fixed them on the 09. Just my opinion here, but I really dont like the look of the ZX-14 all that much. One thing I wish they would have done different on the 08 is the rear end, I still havent gotten used to those bug eyed tail lights. ( Didnt mean to offend anyone ) except maybe for the guy that wrote that article. Anyway Im sticken with my 07 last year of the original and my 98 Chevy Pick up also last year of a body style.