It seems to be on par with what was expected price wise here in the eu(Gen 3).Personally I love the old school aesthetics of the Gen 1.
When I first saw the Gen2 I hated the tail section design, but it's kinda grown on me now..not too bad.
The Gen 3 I like the front of it but don't like the tail either, way too wide and low for my taste. I like the LED lights and blinkers, really cool.
One thing I can't get to grips with is the price of the Gen 3, it's $29K plus on road costs($600). . . . too rich for this Kiwi.
Of everyone on this forum, i though you would appreciate brutalism.The Gen 1 is aesthetically brutal.
Of everyone on this forum, i though you would appreciate brutalism.
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ken
Sort of...Yeah, I thought ‘brutal’ (was) a bit…brutal in describing the gorgeous Gen 1.
The gen 2 has the same mod items available for it as the gen 1 so I guess if that is your criteria, the gen 2 is in that lump as well...The gen 1 has the worst chrome mods I've ever seen, like cheap truck stop chinese chrome yuck so I'd have to go with gen 3 for not having much cheap chrome options on the market yet.....
Yup.... I hate what the place "all things chrome" does to Busa's, I hate wide tire mods and I hate spikes everywhere but people buy it and rock it so each to their own, but I'll never be like "hey nice bike".The gen 2 has the same mod items available for it as the gen 1 so I guess if that is your criteria, the gen 2 is in that lump as well...
It won't take long before all this is available for the gen 3.
The Hayabusa is the most modified sport bike on the planet.
Speaking of "All Things Chrome" they've already done multiple gen 3s...Yup.... I hate what the place "all things chrome" does to Busa's, I hate wide tire mods and I hate spikes everywhere but people buy it and rock it so each to their own, but I'll never be like "hey nice bike".
I know.................Speaking of "All Things Chrome" they've already done multiple gen 3s...
Brutalism is an Architectural style from the '50s. It was aggressive and imposing, and always controversial. I think that's very much what the first Busa was. There weren't many people who didn't have an opinion of it and it was one of the most polarizing designs ever in motorcycling. Brutalism gave way to modernism in the '60s and is considered something of a fad now.Sort of...
I'll let Arch explain it.
It wasn't everyone's "cup of tea".Brutalism is an Architectural style from the '50s. It was aggressive and imposing, and always controversial. I think that's very much what the first Busa was. There weren't many people who didn't have an opinion of it and it was one of the most polarizing designs ever in motorcycling. Brutalism gave way to modernism in the '60s and is considered something of a fad now.
I think the designers of the first Busa designed it in the wind tunnel and weren't too worried about anything else. I think they were committed to doing exactly what the wind told them to. In the search for a bigger audience, the Gen 2 got a more mainstream tail and the Gen 3 even more so.
So I was using the term "brutal" less as criticism and more as the apparent actual design approach.