secondbusa
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Hi all, I was a member of this site years ago when I had an '02 Hayabusa and I'm happy to be part of the site again.
I'm planning on going to the drag strip this weekend and I'd like to see if I could get some advice to maybe just calm my nerves. I use to drag race regularly up north and a few times here in NC at 1/4m tracks, but this will be the first time with the Hayabusa and my first time on an 1/8m track. I have an '07 and it's stock (one of the reasons I bought it.) I've got straps on the front and my plan is to just take it easy at the light, since it's been about 5 years since I've raced anything. The bike has MP tires and the only reason I haven't changed them to a Shinko drag tire is they have a little life still left in them that I'd like to use up before I change them. I've had this '07 for 2 years now so I'm definitely comfortable with it, but I'm also pretty competitive so I know I'm going to want to push it, I just don't want to get into a whole whoop of trouble because I got impatient.
My biggest concern is I've been comfortable in the past racing my zx-9 or CBR1k because I know how those bikes will react, but I really have no idea what to expect from this one. I've never been super quick in the 1/4m, but I use to be fairly consistent ... usually 1.8 for my 60' time and about 10.4 @139mph. I took a class quite a few years ago and was part of a racing team with Pro-Star up North (back when there was a Pro-Star organization.) Bracket racing helped a lot with my consistency. So, that's my background, I've done quite a bit of reading here to see how the bike should react ... some info makes me nervous and some helps.
I guess what I'm most concerned about is I've always just strapped the front of my street bikes and I plan on doing the same with the busa. Is that a good idea? Not so good idea? I remember my 1k would wheelie just a little some times even with the straps, but I'm more concerned about the back end of this bike.
Any advice is helpful, thanks!
I'm planning on going to the drag strip this weekend and I'd like to see if I could get some advice to maybe just calm my nerves. I use to drag race regularly up north and a few times here in NC at 1/4m tracks, but this will be the first time with the Hayabusa and my first time on an 1/8m track. I have an '07 and it's stock (one of the reasons I bought it.) I've got straps on the front and my plan is to just take it easy at the light, since it's been about 5 years since I've raced anything. The bike has MP tires and the only reason I haven't changed them to a Shinko drag tire is they have a little life still left in them that I'd like to use up before I change them. I've had this '07 for 2 years now so I'm definitely comfortable with it, but I'm also pretty competitive so I know I'm going to want to push it, I just don't want to get into a whole whoop of trouble because I got impatient.
My biggest concern is I've been comfortable in the past racing my zx-9 or CBR1k because I know how those bikes will react, but I really have no idea what to expect from this one. I've never been super quick in the 1/4m, but I use to be fairly consistent ... usually 1.8 for my 60' time and about 10.4 @139mph. I took a class quite a few years ago and was part of a racing team with Pro-Star up North (back when there was a Pro-Star organization.) Bracket racing helped a lot with my consistency. So, that's my background, I've done quite a bit of reading here to see how the bike should react ... some info makes me nervous and some helps.
I guess what I'm most concerned about is I've always just strapped the front of my street bikes and I plan on doing the same with the busa. Is that a good idea? Not so good idea? I remember my 1k would wheelie just a little some times even with the straps, but I'm more concerned about the back end of this bike.
Any advice is helpful, thanks!
The strap has always worked fine for me... (I'm pushing 280lbs so I have that in my corner as well). 
