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I've been testing/reviewing Gary's Hayabusa Microfiche CD this evening and can say that it is a very nice production indeed. I was expecting an adequate job but this CD is a very well made and professionally done job. The CD is nicely labeled - no plain jane vanilla wrapper here. It has a nice pic of a Busa on it as well as a couple of small sample pics of the fuel tank and rear upper tail section diagrams of the Busa on it. While containing all of the Hayabusa Microfiche available from Suzuki the CD also comes with a few extra bonus surprises like various Hayabusa jpeg pics, TLR, TLS, Misc bike pics (a few babes too!) AND the TLR [The Learning Channel] Extreme Machines Busa video.[thanks Jeff W.?] Having the TLC Busa video on CD will free up over 16 meg on several of my PC's! I also noticed the Y2K Red/Gray factory photo AND the BLUE/SILVER factory photo was included in the Busa pic section. Wasn't someone looking for that Blue Y2K factory pic? The entire layout is VERY user friendly and extra steps have been taken to make it so. For instance - Acrobat reader should be used for easiest access to the Microfiche diagrams but it also works well with the photo galleries. Thumbnails of the current gallery align the smaller left hand column allowing convenient point and click access of each individual jpeg which is then displayed full size in the large main viewing window. A text menu with main catagories is available in the left hand column when accessing the Busa microfiche diagrams. Sub-catagories are accessed via pull down menus by a simple click of the mouse. Main catagories for the Microfiche access include: Preface, Color Chart, Service Publications, Part Number Listing, Indexed and Grouped. Clicking on the Index catagory drops a long pull down menu with a multitude of different sections/areas of the bike like : speedometer, tail lamp, starter clutch, cowling body, electrical, crank balancer etc etc [in alphabetical order] This provides for quick and easy access to the microfiche you need without going though all of them. After clicking on the needed area the microfiche is automatically displayed in the main viewing window and those areas with multiple pages are all available just by clicking on the right margin bar [scroll bar] of the main viewing window. (1 page per click in regular view) I specify regular view since zoom-in and zoom-out functions are built in to the Acrobat reader. So are print and find functions. In other words you can zoom in on small parts and print if needed. It took me about 1 minute to locate a couple of fairing fasteners I've been needing part numbers for. Each diagram contains the reference number, part number, description and quantity. Reference number is used to indicate the part itself in the diagram which is pointed to by a single integer(reference number) The Acrobat reader is included on the CD in case you don't already have it or don't have internet access on the PC you use the CD on. Also - each and every image [including the microfiche scans] on the CD is also provided in jpeg format for use with other image viewers in case you need to cut, paste, modify, add text, crop etc. This CD should be an ***et not only for regular maintanance/part replacements but especially for those into modding their Busas. Having access to the exact part numbers will also allow me to use mail-order and internet part sources for extra savings over regular dealer prices. The microfiche scans are crisp and clear. I'm using 1024x768 on my 20" monitor and it looks fantastic. This isn't Gary's first time to produce this kind of CD for a bike and his past experience shows. Thanks for allowing me to test the Busa microfiche CD Gary.
The link to purchase or view samples of Gary's Hayabusa microfiche is :
http://www.fj1100.com/hoc.htm
The link to purchase or view samples of Gary's Hayabusa microfiche is :
http://www.fj1100.com/hoc.htm
