What was your path to the Busa?

[Twobrothersbusa]

Mine started very innocent with a stroll down Honda lane....

CB750K - Sold it for a truck.
CB900C - Sold it for ???
CB900C - Bought another one.
2003 Honda Magna - should have never sold this one.
2006 ST1300 - Keeper. Perfect mix of sport and tour.
2008 GSX650F - Ruined me on Honda's. Suzuki's gearboxes are slick!
2008 Hayabusa - Ruined me on all other bikes.

Glad to have that off my chest. Whats your story?

 

[Rayabusa0818]

A long hard ride from 1964 to 2005

But I still love lots of Bikes

 

[ToyKraz]

1995 Katana 750 - Wrecked it
1998 Harley Fatboy - Sold it
1999 Bourget Python Prostreet - Traded for a 1923 T-Bucket and cash
2003 War Eagle Custom - Traded for a Z06 vette
2004 Custom Built Prostreet - Sold it
2006 Hayabusa - Current bike

 

[DEMMYM]

Mini bike
honda 50
honda 70
honda 125
honda cb350
yamaha 450
suzuki rm 100
suzuki 750
honda shadow 500
suzuki hayabusa.

 

[ditchdr]

Archdale Blvd to Dorchester Rd, left just past the air port into Yamaha Suzuki of Charleston.

 

[VaBusa]

...turned 30, had my first son, hadn't ridden anything on two wheels beyond a 10-speed, felt the sudden urge to ride a motorcycle to prove I wasn't just a Mom or wife, I was looking to be a kid again LOL

2001 883 Harley
2003 Hayabusa

'nuff said

 

[WWJD]

MSF class... just for the heck of it. HOOKED!
Yamaha 650 Maxim $400
Kawasaki Ninja 1000a FASTMOG! $2700
Busa. Done. CHECK, PLEASE!

 

[shawnski]

67 mini honda
71 yamaha 250 dirt bike
72 husqy 400 dirt bike
72 honda cb750
83 yamaha 400 ltd
85 kaw zx6 ninja
87 kaw zx10 ninja
87 yamaha fj1100
92 suzuki gsx1100
97 suzuki gsxr750
99 yamaha r1
2000 hayabusa
2000 kaw zx12r
2002 hayabusa le
2002 zx12r
2005 hayabusa
2006 suz gsxr1000
2006 zx14
2007 zx14
2008 hayabusa

 

[flybybusa]

Mini Bike (Tote Goat)
Honda trail 90
Honda cr 125
Honda Interceptor 500
2004 Hayabusa
2008 Hayabusa

 

[UncleSteve]

1965 Yamaha 125 DIRT
1973 Suzuki 125 DIRT - learning how to wheelie through the gears took a toll on this one.
1972 HONDA 250 DIRT
1976 HONDA 750 STREET car turned left infront of me - repaired.
1971 HONDA 750 STREET went down from a front flat in TN 1978 near Cookville - repaired next day back on the road
1978 KAW 650 STREET
1980 SUZ 1100
1982 SUZ 500 DUAL STREET/DIRT
1984 YAM FJ1100
1986 KAW ZL900
1993 VMAX
1996 ZX11
1994 GOLDWING
1999 ROAD KING
2003 BUSA
2006 BUSA
2008 BUSA

May have forgot one or two, might be off on the year of some of the bikes, never really counted them before.
It has been a few years.

 

[Twobrothersbusa]

wow, what a collection we have here! All these lead to the busa...

 

[shawnski]

wow, what a collection we have here! All these lead to the busa...

yab... there is really nothing better than busa out there for the money and performance etc...etc...

 

[EarlyBird]

1972 Honda CB 350 (Blew up)
1996 Yamaha FZR 600 (Sold)
2001 Aprilia RSV 1000 (Sold)
2002 Gsxr 1000 Blue/White/Silver (Wrecked)
2002 Gsxr 1000 Red/Black/Silver (Still own)
2008 Hayabusa Blue/Black/Gold (Still own)

 

[MelodicMetalGod]

Lot's of interesting and varied paths to the Hayabusa by y'all. Here's mine:


1973 Honda CB350 - Taken from me by a left turning DC cab!

1972? Honda CB200 - Temporary "something to ride" bike for my courier job in DC. Worst bike I've ever owned or ridden, hands down!!! uke:

1983 Honda Nighthawk 650 - Maybe my favorite standard - had to sell for school money (bad choice!). Live and learn.

1982? Yamaha Seca 550 - Nothing special except that it almost killed me with a tank slapper at 75 on the DC beltway. Ultimately, sold it for school money (this was a very GOOD choice!). Did live and did learn.

1985 Suzuki GS550ES - Owned and ridden since 2006. Pretty amazing bike for a 23 year old scoot. Doesn't compare with modern stuff in many ways, but dollar for dollar it's tough to complain...but I kinda did, just a little bit and...

2008 Suzuki Hayabusa GSX1300RK8 Orange & Black - Bone stock. I've been neglecting my GS550ES. What can I say other than "What's not to love?"?

 

[Djxtrodinaire]

2000 GSXR 600
2001 TL1000R
2002-2007 Girlfriend - Marriage House
Oct 2008 Busa

2009 M109R ?

 

[lavinrac]

'92 Kawasaki Ninja 250 <- Big boy bike Not sure went to college and it was gone when I got back. assume Sold.
'98 GSXR 600 (Not sure who borrowed it from me last)
'00 Katana 750 ??? (Sold
'02 GSXR 1000 (Sold)
'05 BUSA LE (stolen)
'06 BUSA (wrecked)
'08 BUSA


there is always to occasional let me borrow your bike from friends... assorted cruisers and sportbikes....

 

[Butter Bean]

1999 Honda VTR 996R Superhawk
traided in for
2002 Honda CBR 954RR
sold to buy
2006 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic Elacrta Glide (touring bike for me and wife)
added 2006 Honda CBR 1000RR

(wife had baby, no longer needed full size touring bike)
Traided HD for 08 Busa dressed for touring

currently have CBR for trackdays and acting like a hoolagan.
and the Busa for touring....... and acting like a hoolagan .

 

[sleepless_red]

MSF class in August of '05
Used '01 R1 (very first bike)two months after taking the class
Traded in the R1 for a Brand New '07 Busa September 27, '07

 

[pcosho]

yamaha yz 80 age 9
1985 kawasaki klf 185 bayou atv age 12
1986 kawasaki ninja 600r age 18
1987 yamaha fz 600 age 20
2006 hayabusa 1300r age 35

 

[kc7dji]

Never rode a bike till 2006 and then....

Bought 2006 BLVD C50T (still have it)
Traded F-150 for Busa a few weeks ago (November 2008)

The busa is amazing but I must say it scared the beejeezus out of me the first time I rode it.

I'm hooked, ruined, and wanting more.

In 2005 I threw the BLVD in a ditch and broke my collar bone. Now I drive actually looking where I'm going.

That's my story.