Hi Guys
Just joined a couple of weeks back after having recently purchased a one owner -00 Busa from Germany. I guess this colour scheme came in 99 (?), so it might be a 99 registered in 2000. Good looking bike that is very close to original and in good nick (minus the dent in the original can, which is already swapped).
I'm originally a "two stroke nut" (An RD500 in the picture and also a Honda NS400R hiding somewhere in the garage....), but I do fancy a good 4-stroke!! :-) There is actually a -98 Fireblade in there somewhere also.... The Busa has been sitting in a German garage for a while (I believe), and has been on a trailer home once already. Suddenly stopped on the highway. Sort of like killing the engine with the kill switch.... Eventually started again, running rough for a minute then stopping again.... and again.
Been using the .org a lot the last couple of weeks for problem-solving. Running through all electric possibilities (kill-switch, stand switch, tilt-switch etc) and also looking into the well-known fuel problem on the very early Buses with external pump. Filters, o-rings etc coming in next week.
The bike pulled like a f.... train before it decided to quit on me, and it will do so again!
Thanks for letting me in! Really do enjoy all the info you guys have gathered on here for all to enjoy.
Yes, mate; I got pie! There's a tiny bit of Atlantic to cross, but being a professional pilot you should have no problem. I'm a pilot too, by the way. Sikorsky S-92 helos, flying offshore to the Norwegian oilfields.
Thanks, and so true!! I'm however "used to" refurbishing 30+ year old two-strokes. The cost of that is absolutely nuts compared to pretty much anything. (And in the end you're finishing off something that in the next decade will be fun.... and slightly unreliable...
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