CBXRider
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BB is north alright but waaay farther east.
May 1st 2025 Hayabusa.oRg going offline for good
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BB is north alright but waaay farther east.
dcnblues
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dcnblues
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Ahem. If memory serves the Gen 1 was the quickest accelerating production vehicle in the world (1/4 mile times) from 2000 to 2008. Then Gadson cheated with a strapped down but stock ZX14, and I don't think the Gen 2 ever took the title back.
There were more people on that other forum run by Dennis(?), but that forum went the way of the dodo too. Relatively inexpensive turbo kits still make the Busa the quickest King of the beasts on the planet, with the possible exception of a couple of electric cars, I think? I haven't kept up. But I don't think Chris Moore has a quicker bike than his Turbo Hayabusa gen 3. I don't think anyone does, as it holds the stock wheel base quarter mile world record...
Bumblebee
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I remember reading historical documents and diaries where people traveling on horse back would hang bells on their saddles to ward off bears.
I also remember being in BC conducting mountain ops training and seeing lots of bears....and big bears too....
I recall one evening it was getting to be dusk, when standing in a location we saw nothing until when we switched on our NVGs, not too far away was a big bear....when it moved, it was completely silent......they are ambush predators and good at it...
Hayabusa Wannabe
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What items are most commonly found in bear scat? Bells and hot pepper.
Bumblebee
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Remember everyone in those days were well armed and knew how to use their guns.....
People wore lots of bear-skin coats in those days.....
I would think shooting a grizzly would require the nerve for it to get close, close enough for head or chest shots, and with multiple rounds of a big caliber.
I've seen alot of black bears were I live, a few in excess of 600lbs(super fattys, dumpster divers, lol) and most just ignore you or run away.
But just seeing grizzlys on tv, I cannot imagine encountering something that huge, fast, and powerful in real life.
I wouldn't go in the woods without a Desert Eagle .50 with a spare magazine of some high grain nasty rounds...and hope that the first 7 would be enough.
I'm glad they don't live anywhere near me, lol
Bumblebee
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Yes, they are certainly a different animal than a black bear even though they are in the same family.....those grizzlies can get huge....
When we were in grizzly country we carried shotguns with slugs as well as our primary weapons. Even then they said to shoot the shotgun and then get the hell out of there.
LC4CARL
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One of the texts I was reading said that you may not see bears, but that they are there and they will see you.
LC4CARL
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The old joke about how two guys were in bear country. One carrying a .22.
"What are you going to do with that?" says the first man.
"Shoot you in the leg and run like hell." says the second.
Bumblebee
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A Newfie told me a similar joke....
"Two guys were walking in the woods when all of a sudden a bear appeared......one guy stopped and started putting on some running shoes that were in his backpack......the other guy "said you aren't going to try and outrun that bear are you?" The other guy said "no, I'm going to outrun you..."
kml
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Top tip;
If you are hunting grizzly bears with a hand gun, it's best to file off the front sights.
That way when the bear takes the gun away from you and jams it up your ass it won't hurt as much.
LOL
cheers
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I saw a few in Winter, WI where I used to live. One ran across the road in front of my truck. The first one I saw on the hiking trail was huge. It was a couple hundred yards away and all I saw was the rump sticking out in the trail. I watched it for close to minute thinking it must be someone dressed in black hunched over at the edge of the trail. I kept walking towards it thinking it might be someone in need of help. When the whole shape just disappeared into the brush, it dawned on me that that probably was a bear. I kept walking toward where I saw it go in the woods which was kind of foolish in retrospect. I guess I wasn't sure what it was. Glad it was gone when I got there. There was one huge paw print in the center of the trail where the ground was soft. The second bear I saw on that trail was a lot smaller. As I came up over a rise in the trail, I could see it looking at me. It was standing up, apparently to get a better view of me. Remembering the last incident, I stopped. The bear dropped down on all fours and went in the woods. I turned around and walked home. A bear about the size of a large dog could still be very dangerous. Vague memory of my youth in Michigan, I was in a thickly wooded area with lots of tall ferns. I saw something moving away from me through the brush. I could barely catch a glimpse of it. Dark in color is all I remeber. I just stopped. I think my dog may have been with me. The really scary thing is that from the movement of the brush, it looked like there were a number of smaller unseen creatures fleeing along with it. Probably was Mama and babies. I've had a good amount of bad luck in my life but it's held out when I needed it most.
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I recall as a kid, I'd be picking black berries on one side of the patch and a bear would be eating on the other side...he didn't bother me and I didn't bother him.....
Years and years later in the military we were bivouacked in an area where lots of bears inhabited.....I recall the trash bins were in cages and you'd often see 3 or 4 bears hanging off the cage trying to get at the bins.....or waiting a few minutes for one to pass by when you were heading to the latrine......
The last base I was stationed has a black bear as a mascot because there are so many around the area....
Years and years later in the military we were bivouacked in an area where lots of bears inhabited.....I recall the trash bins were in cages and you'd often see 3 or 4 bears hanging off the cage trying to get at the bins.....or waiting a few minutes for one to pass by when you were heading to the latrine......
The last base I was stationed has a black bear as a mascot because there are so many around the area....
Glyn
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Sad to see it go, I registered here 21 years ago. The amount of knowledge that is on this site is tremendous. I have chatted with and met some great people due to this site. Thank you Captain, for all you have done. I hope that an answer to keep the site up can be found, but I understand that things change.
Let's be careful out there
Let's be careful out there
LC4CARL
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My uncle was a forest ranger in the Sierra Nevada's. As the story goes (one of many); my aunt went to collect my cousin from the sand box for lunch only to discover she had a black bear as a companion.
So many stories. OMG. The oral history. I used to just sit and listen. Often the same story, but maybe with something new. It was just a respite for the two of us to share the moment. I hope that I am missed as much as my uncle is.
So many stories. OMG. The oral history. I used to just sit and listen. Often the same story, but maybe with something new. It was just a respite for the two of us to share the moment. I hope that I am missed as much as my uncle is.
I have always been more of a participant than a poster in the motorcycle community.
What the Hayabusa brought into my life is incalculable, and the Org was a huge part of it .
As a last post I can only say thank you to the Captain for making this community possible .
Hope to see everyone on the road .
What the Hayabusa brought into my life is incalculable, and the Org was a huge part of it .
As a last post I can only say thank you to the Captain for making this community possible .
Hope to see everyone on the road .
phalse
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...but, I pretty much just got here =/
maybe the only practical response to all this is to try to get google to pull their head out of their ass. easier said, i'm sure.. it seems like its fairly easy to gather up data showing theres a problem on their end, maybe thats something at least.
maybe the only practical response to all this is to try to get google to pull their head out of their ass. easier said, i'm sure.. it seems like its fairly easy to gather up data showing theres a problem on their end, maybe thats something at least.
Cruising180
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Maybe try reaching out to Suzuki directly and see if they'd be willing to do anything? To lose 25 years of information like this would be a tragedy.
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