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thats what the 1999 busa was built for.From what Rickey has said it was purpose built for straight line acceleration. I am interested in what the mags will say in a full on comparison. But there again opinions can be bought. We'll see when the real world gets a hold of them.
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why would I buy this bike over either an old ZX14 or Busa? You still need a $1000 exhaust swap and then what do you get? What really sucks is this isn't going to push Suzuki into anything. The current Busa with a few things from the parts bin can compete with the new ZX14R.
I was expecting more.....
thats what the 1999 busa was built for.
So...wtf was Kawasaki supposed to do? Wait until a new Hayabusa came out and then release the 14R? Release it in 2012 silently or maybe only compared it to a 1999 Katana? The whole "It's only a little faster, therefore I can buy a 2008 Busa, slap some aftermarket on it and do that cheaper." isn't untrue, but I thought people compared to stock to stock. Honestly, what mag or company is NOT going to compar their bike against similar others simply because the other bikes aren't less than one year old. I guess we'd better throw those old CBRs and R1s out the window in the lastest superbike comparos! They're more than 1 year old and shouldn't be compared to the 10R or S1000R! After all, you can take that R1, slap this that or the other thing aftermarket on it and be faster than the new bikes! ??? Really?
Guys, the Hayabusa will be back to match or beat this bike in 2013/2014 with a GSX-R 14xx. It is funny to see the 'nothing special' remarks when this ZX-14R will be considered the Gen II ZX-14 and they changed MUCH more on it than Suzuki did for the Gen II Hayabusa that so many people were crying like babies when they saw for the first time. Gen II Hayabusa comments: "This is it?" "It looks the same, nearly!" "I'm faster than this thing on my Gen 1 with aftermarket!" "Oh god! The brakes are still subpar! WTF Suzuki?!" "Why buy a Gen 2 when I can stroke/bore/fuel kit my Gen 1 lol?!?" "Oh god, that tail light looks horrible!" "This isn't Gen II this is Gen 1.5!"
So...wtf was Kawasaki supposed to do?
It is funny to see the 'nothing special' remarks when this ZX-14R will be considered the Gen II ZX-14 and they changed MUCH more on it than Suzuki did for the Gen II Hayabusa that so many people were crying like babies when they saw for the first time. Gen II Hayabusa comments: "This is it?" "It looks the same, nearly!" "I'm faster than this thing on my Gen 1 with aftermarket!" "Oh god! The brakes are still subpar! WTF Suzuki?!" "Why buy a Gen 2 when I can stroke/bore/fuel kit my Gen 1 lol?!?" "Oh god, that tail light looks horrible!" "This isn't Gen II this is Gen 1.5!"