at 53 years old?..finally?..i could give a rats azz about keeping my finger on the pulse of what's the badest machine that can be rolled off a showroom floor for several reasons..good reasons...reasonable reasons..lol..as follows...
1. Once it's rolled off the showroom floor?..all bets are off..cause the seasoned guy out there on his turboed ZX9R forgot all about reading your "spec sheet" as he sucks your new superbike through his blower and out his waste gate...or the young punk on the gsx750r hits his button and passes by you like you were stuck in traffic! LOL!
2. I bought my beloved '03 Oren Ishii GenI Busa in '05 with a scant 1640 miles on her odo..i take more pride in the fact that she's still in one piece after 7 years of ownership and hard riding by me..you can't buy that feeling.
3. Alls i have is a BMC Race Af, PCIIIUSB with a full system Akro w/ CF Can and a GiPro Gearshift Indicator/A.T.R.E. and there's not been a single moment that the thought "Damn! Wish I had More Power" ever went through my mind and she still shocks and amazes me whenever i call upon her oh so generous and ever willing powerplant and finally?..
4. The GenI Busa is "THE ICON BIKE" of my times...it didnt just break the records...IT ABSOLUTELY SHATTERED THEM...and everything since it's release has been baby step improvements at best..barely edging it out here and there..barely significant improvements let alone "earth shattering" as was the release of the GenI Busa which had everyone from kindergarteners too housewives familiar with what became the household term "Suzuki Hayabusa"..everyone knew what a busa was and nothing more need be said.
Is beamers S1000RR a bad mofo?..you betcha..but i cant help but wonder how many S1000RR owners will blow their engines the day they run into a GENI/STAGE1 Busa.
I can honestly say i'd fall into a deep acute state of depression if one day i were to walk into my garage to find that someone stole my beloved GENI Busa and left some top-end abstract wonderbike in her place..i wouldnt even wanna ride it..and i'd prolly walk right back inside to throw myself facedown on my bed for a good cry..over the loss of oh so fond memories that could never be replaced..and that's "love" gentlemen..L8R, Bill.