How hard are busas to work on?

[stevenruss]

thanks kromdom, appreciate it

[stevenruss]

steven,
welcome. get a copy of the service manual from the link I posted, you will find the answer to your question in p.380

thanks brother, i appreciate it

[PaulCav]

How difficult is it to repair the reactor on a nuclear submarine? Not very if you know what you are doing.

The reason most people pose this question about working on anything whether it be a multi-million dollar printing press or a motorcycle is they are trying to save what little money they have in today's economy.

In most instances I would encourage someone to try and change their oil or spark plugs. But when I see questions asked like, "Do I need to disconnect the battery before I change my spark plugs?" I retract my original thought.

In order to be able to handle what seem like the most mundane tasks to your average mechanic, changing oil, spark plugs, air cleaner, etc. you need to posses some mechanical / electrical inclination.

For instance having worked on many motorcycles and being responsible for developing training programs for high level technicians who work on sophisticated industrial equipment, I have seen my share of simple mechanical issues become large ones.

1. A person brought me a Katana to work on who told me it was not running properly since he change the oil. It turn out the oil change was not the problem, it was the spark plugs he bought which were the wrong size (too small) so he wrapped duct tape around the threads and thought he had tightened them. He had until the duct tape burned through.

2. A person brought me a Hayabusa that needed an oil change and the engine was making a noise I was told. It helps if there would have been oil in the bike to begin with. The engine was trashed as he never checked it when he bought the bike a year before it was brought to me.

The short answer is, if you are asking if it is easy to work on a Hayabusa, then you may be better off taking it to someone who has worked on them and paying them to do it right so you can ride it and not worry about any new noises you have since you last worked on it.

Motorcycles are great places to learn mechanical skills, but that is if you start when you were a kid and you were trying to get your mini-bike unrestricted. (Didn't we all start here?) Next you moved up to putting an expansion chamber on your two-stroke dirt bike (Was this not the next thing we did?) then you start working on your first $500.00 street bike you bought and eventually you worked on your dream bike, the Hayabusa, when you got it.

Don't start with your dream bike or it will become a nightmare.

Just my observation.

[busa186]

Instructions...use them.

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[Lucid]

Have a buddy on hand that knows his stuff and eventually you'll grow into it. I wouldn't go tearing her down alone. Some stuff in the service manual is left out because they assume that if you're reading it, it goes without saying lol. But this isn't the case with a newbie to working on bikes.

[red1100cc]

here is a maintenance tip that hasn't been brought up.

bring all your mods, and maintenance items to an ORG meet/bash. along with a few cases of beer. then just watch the guys tear apart your bike, while they drink your beer.

[PaulCav]

here is a maintenance tip that hasn't been brought up.

bring all your mods, and maintenance items to an ORG meet/bash. along with a few cases of beer. then just watch the guys tear apart your bike, while they drink your beer.

Now that is an incredible idea... LOL

[MC MUSTANG]

Now that is an incredible idea... LOL

I need to try that!

[jellyrug]

Hard, depending on what you compare it to. But, there is not much that goes wrong, which compromises the hard.

[GMbusa]

My Busa has oil in it? Doh!