Odd confession.
I bought my fourth Hayabusa completely sight unseen. I hadn't even seen a Gen3 in person at a dealer or in the wild, till this one arrived at my house. Likely, that didn't matter.
I knew I was going to buy this bike as soon as Suzuki announced the bike in the summer of 2021. The night before the 'big reveal' I was so excited, I could barely sleep. That excited. But the plan was always to buy a one-year-old model & watch the price come down in a dramatic way that first year. And it did. If you follow my journey, you likely already know this story. After modding my last Gen 2 Hayabusa for sport-touring duties, this will be my fourth Hayabusa. When you buy the same bike four times, there has to be something very special about this motorcycle. I've always said it does all things well.
There were several false starts while watching the price come down over the last year. After months of hunting for a used 2022 titled in California (it’s an arduous process to get out-of-state bikes titled and plated here), I found a black/gold 2022 in SoCal, but the owner had de-badged it and removed the stock exhaust cans but didn’t replace them. Wait, what?
Then I found another bone-stock one-year-old 2022 black/gold Hayabusa with 126 miles on it via Craigs List in San Diego. You read that right, 126. The guy rode it home, and parked it for a year. After making arrangements to purchase it, a day before we were supposed to leave to go pick it up, the seller said they changed their minds and were going to keep it. This was after it sat on CL for weeks with zero interest at $17k.
Then a one-year-old bone stock 2022 black/gold Hayabusa popped up in Oregon for $15k with 4000 miles on it, that was when the price was just right.
Leave it to the Org Family to come through and put me in contact with a seller/org member in Virginia, since you all knew I was looking for something very specific.
The bike in Virginia:
This is the third time I've bought a motorcycle from out-of-state and shipped it to myself sight unseen. I've also bought bikes out of Iowa & Minnesota. Plus used HaulBikes.com three times for all three purchases.
Arriving at my house after waiting almost four months for this bike to transit the nation (long story) from our ORG member in Virginia.
First time I've seen the bike. It's gorgeous & perfect. The bike has 1500 miles on it.
Here's the good news: The previous owner did all the right mods & likely spent $3k on these mods. The entire bike is covered in clear racer tape to protect the finish. You don't notice it till you're real close up.
Factory heated grips are installed
The stock seat is cut/re-shaped
Zero Gravity dark smoke double bubble
1" Riser under the triple tree
Rear fender delete
RG Radiator screens top & bottom
Moore Mafia ECU Flash with QuickShifter Mod
Quad Lock phone mount & wireless charger
And that 4-in-1 Akrapovic carbon fiber pipe. Nice.
Here's my short mod list since you asked:
Bagster (of course!)
Givi Rack & Top Case (sorry purists)
Kickstand mod
Spare fuel MSR Fuel Canister
T-Rex No-cut Sliders
Skene rear Light Kit
Clearwater Darla Lights
Racer pegs
There's going to be more, but I feel like I need to put a couple of thousand miles on the bike and then figure out what else it needs.
The plan for 2023 is to put 15,000 miles on this bike and spend 45 days on the road this year.
I bought my fourth Hayabusa completely sight unseen. I hadn't even seen a Gen3 in person at a dealer or in the wild, till this one arrived at my house. Likely, that didn't matter.
I knew I was going to buy this bike as soon as Suzuki announced the bike in the summer of 2021. The night before the 'big reveal' I was so excited, I could barely sleep. That excited. But the plan was always to buy a one-year-old model & watch the price come down in a dramatic way that first year. And it did. If you follow my journey, you likely already know this story. After modding my last Gen 2 Hayabusa for sport-touring duties, this will be my fourth Hayabusa. When you buy the same bike four times, there has to be something very special about this motorcycle. I've always said it does all things well.
There were several false starts while watching the price come down over the last year. After months of hunting for a used 2022 titled in California (it’s an arduous process to get out-of-state bikes titled and plated here), I found a black/gold 2022 in SoCal, but the owner had de-badged it and removed the stock exhaust cans but didn’t replace them. Wait, what?
Then I found another bone-stock one-year-old 2022 black/gold Hayabusa with 126 miles on it via Craigs List in San Diego. You read that right, 126. The guy rode it home, and parked it for a year. After making arrangements to purchase it, a day before we were supposed to leave to go pick it up, the seller said they changed their minds and were going to keep it. This was after it sat on CL for weeks with zero interest at $17k.
Then a one-year-old bone stock 2022 black/gold Hayabusa popped up in Oregon for $15k with 4000 miles on it, that was when the price was just right.
Leave it to the Org Family to come through and put me in contact with a seller/org member in Virginia, since you all knew I was looking for something very specific.
The bike in Virginia:
This is the third time I've bought a motorcycle from out-of-state and shipped it to myself sight unseen. I've also bought bikes out of Iowa & Minnesota. Plus used HaulBikes.com three times for all three purchases.
Arriving at my house after waiting almost four months for this bike to transit the nation (long story) from our ORG member in Virginia.
First time I've seen the bike. It's gorgeous & perfect. The bike has 1500 miles on it.
Here's the good news: The previous owner did all the right mods & likely spent $3k on these mods. The entire bike is covered in clear racer tape to protect the finish. You don't notice it till you're real close up.
Factory heated grips are installed
The stock seat is cut/re-shaped
Zero Gravity dark smoke double bubble
1" Riser under the triple tree
Rear fender delete
RG Radiator screens top & bottom
Moore Mafia ECU Flash with QuickShifter Mod
Quad Lock phone mount & wireless charger
And that 4-in-1 Akrapovic carbon fiber pipe. Nice.
Here's my short mod list since you asked:
Bagster (of course!)
Givi Rack & Top Case (sorry purists)
Kickstand mod
Spare fuel MSR Fuel Canister
T-Rex No-cut Sliders
Skene rear Light Kit
Clearwater Darla Lights
Racer pegs
There's going to be more, but I feel like I need to put a couple of thousand miles on the bike and then figure out what else it needs.
The plan for 2023 is to put 15,000 miles on this bike and spend 45 days on the road this year.
