I'm rapidly approaching 47 years old and have owned and ridden big bore streetbikes most of my adult life..to wit?...numerous Honda's, a couple Kaws and Yami's but this Busa is the first suzuki I've owned.
That said?...I'm hearing quite a few horror stories on the busa boards which mostly consist of ate up tranny gears and shifting forks which has me questioning the integrity of my new-to-me '03 Busa's tranny..as in...do I need to be concerned or replacing such things as shift shafts and forks or checking into undercut gears or is what I have as stock reliable enough for the average street jock?..or?...am I just reading to much into it and most of the damage I'm reading about is operator error or just the result of the abuses of lots of repetitive hard drag launchs and/or worked over or turboed/juiced motors ripping the guts out of the busa tranny?
I normally participate in two drag events per year...real informal run whatcha brung heads up dragging with elite bikers at the outlaw drags in deland during daytonas bike week and biketoberfest...outside of that?...I just your average hyper sport tour kinda guy so....what's up?...do I need to worry about or address my busa's tranny before disaster strikes or is the busa a perfectly reliable machine in stock garb for an average street jock like myself?
T.I.A. Bill.
That said?...I'm hearing quite a few horror stories on the busa boards which mostly consist of ate up tranny gears and shifting forks which has me questioning the integrity of my new-to-me '03 Busa's tranny..as in...do I need to be concerned or replacing such things as shift shafts and forks or checking into undercut gears or is what I have as stock reliable enough for the average street jock?..or?...am I just reading to much into it and most of the damage I'm reading about is operator error or just the result of the abuses of lots of repetitive hard drag launchs and/or worked over or turboed/juiced motors ripping the guts out of the busa tranny?
I normally participate in two drag events per year...real informal run whatcha brung heads up dragging with elite bikers at the outlaw drags in deland during daytonas bike week and biketoberfest...outside of that?...I just your average hyper sport tour kinda guy so....what's up?...do I need to worry about or address my busa's tranny before disaster strikes or is the busa a perfectly reliable machine in stock garb for an average street jock like myself?
T.I.A. Bill.