TallTom
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I'm 46. Been riding various bikes off and on for nearly 30 years now. Have about 700 miles on my Busa (an 03) and the more you get used to it the more you realize that you have to grow into its capabilities. I had a GSX 1100 that was about 220 RWHP. It was an obnoxious uncomfortable scaringly brutal fast machine. The Busa can be as docile as you like. Where I find you have to be caereful is, not realizing how fast it propels you to speed. The acceleration is continous and constant and so smooth it fools you. You don't realize just how fast and easy it took you to 115 in 3rd gear without even trying to.
It is as fast as my 1100 but it is much more civilised in the way it goes about its business. One of the previous post I wholeheartedly agree with. We spend 90% of our time doing the slow traffic moves rather than the race bred high speed manuevers. The Busa can do it all, but I will admit, it likes to go fast and it makes you pay attention to it. Too much throttle, to quickly and something IS goinng to happen either on the front end or the back end.
It can burn rubber for blocks if you ask it to. It can ride a wheelie in probably 3 or 4 gears (I have never left the ground yet on mine), or it can tool along at 40 MPH and 2500 rpm in 6th gear and all you do is simply wind on throttle and it pulls itself through the low end effortlessly. It is as tame as you want. But it takes awhile to get used to her manners and the urge to twist that throttle quickly sometimes gets the best of you. I had a GSX 750 roll up on me at a light. It was piped and cammed etc. He was feeling pretty good about his bike. Askd how I liked my Busa. I said fine but still new to me. He said I wonder how my bike will do against it. I said well I'm a new rider so you can probably get the best of me. We rolled out of the green light and he opened his up and I twisted the throttle and the 750 looked like it was going backwards in comparison. I wasn't even trying that hard. We rolled up to the next light and he was shaking is head, saying man that was amazing. I said why did you let off? He said I never let off I was doing all I could to keep up. You simply don't appreciate the ease at which you reach dangerously quick speeds.
I have yet to take it past 7500 RPM and only once has it seen WOT in my 700 miles of riding her. That was only brief as the front wheel began to leave the grips of gravity at about 4500 RPM.
This bike is super easy to ride and it is super easy to get dead on if you don't pay attention and respect what it is capable of. Just when you think you have felt the power band you simply crack the throttle some more and she gives you more than you have ever experienced in all your other bikes. I am way more confident now than I was even 2 weeks ago. I am way more confident in the turns now. Way more expectant of the thrust and way more aware of the risk that come with becoming complacent.
She still has more to give me than I have asked of her and right now that keeps me alive. This is not the bike to be macho man on in the beginning. Trust me EVERYONE else on a bike knows what she has for a reputation. Don't let them egg you into something you are not ready for. My g/f LOVES speed. Cars bikes, whatever. She rode on the back and got off and said I don't want to ride it. It is way to fast. I was dumbfounded. She has NEVER said anything was too fast,and I have had her in some fast toys.
Be mature, take your time, get used to her slow speeds and hold on and pucker up as she shows you the rest of what she can effortlessly do. This is NOT a bike that lets you take her lightly. She has way more capabilities than you have right now. Respect that and learn from it.
It is as fast as my 1100 but it is much more civilised in the way it goes about its business. One of the previous post I wholeheartedly agree with. We spend 90% of our time doing the slow traffic moves rather than the race bred high speed manuevers. The Busa can do it all, but I will admit, it likes to go fast and it makes you pay attention to it. Too much throttle, to quickly and something IS goinng to happen either on the front end or the back end.
It can burn rubber for blocks if you ask it to. It can ride a wheelie in probably 3 or 4 gears (I have never left the ground yet on mine), or it can tool along at 40 MPH and 2500 rpm in 6th gear and all you do is simply wind on throttle and it pulls itself through the low end effortlessly. It is as tame as you want. But it takes awhile to get used to her manners and the urge to twist that throttle quickly sometimes gets the best of you. I had a GSX 750 roll up on me at a light. It was piped and cammed etc. He was feeling pretty good about his bike. Askd how I liked my Busa. I said fine but still new to me. He said I wonder how my bike will do against it. I said well I'm a new rider so you can probably get the best of me. We rolled out of the green light and he opened his up and I twisted the throttle and the 750 looked like it was going backwards in comparison. I wasn't even trying that hard. We rolled up to the next light and he was shaking is head, saying man that was amazing. I said why did you let off? He said I never let off I was doing all I could to keep up. You simply don't appreciate the ease at which you reach dangerously quick speeds.
I have yet to take it past 7500 RPM and only once has it seen WOT in my 700 miles of riding her. That was only brief as the front wheel began to leave the grips of gravity at about 4500 RPM.
This bike is super easy to ride and it is super easy to get dead on if you don't pay attention and respect what it is capable of. Just when you think you have felt the power band you simply crack the throttle some more and she gives you more than you have ever experienced in all your other bikes. I am way more confident now than I was even 2 weeks ago. I am way more confident in the turns now. Way more expectant of the thrust and way more aware of the risk that come with becoming complacent.
She still has more to give me than I have asked of her and right now that keeps me alive. This is not the bike to be macho man on in the beginning. Trust me EVERYONE else on a bike knows what she has for a reputation. Don't let them egg you into something you are not ready for. My g/f LOVES speed. Cars bikes, whatever. She rode on the back and got off and said I don't want to ride it. It is way to fast. I was dumbfounded. She has NEVER said anything was too fast,and I have had her in some fast toys.
Be mature, take your time, get used to her slow speeds and hold on and pucker up as she shows you the rest of what she can effortlessly do. This is NOT a bike that lets you take her lightly. She has way more capabilities than you have right now. Respect that and learn from it.
Thanks!
