givinr
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Hello all, I am new to this board and this is my first post. I must say this is a great website, and I have spent many hours just browsing through all the posts. One topic that I find to be common, is steering uninitiated riders away from considering a Busa as their first machine. Well on this topic, I have top say I disagree with at opinion.
First off, I have about 12 years of riding under my belt, and my first bike was a 89 GSXR 750. At the time as most of you know, that was one of the baddest machines money could buy, but by todays standards, any 600 would destroy it. I chose to take a riding course back then and 2 things my instructor said have always stuck in my mind:
1: it only goes as fast as your right wrist lets it
2: pretend you are invisible all the time.
FYI, I am in Canada so my speeds will be in K/ph...sorry.
I dont care what you buy nowadays, gixxer 600, R6, any of the litre bikes, they are all running 100 K/PH in the mid 3's, or better and most are capable of 270+ kph . The biggest laugh I get is when I see guys buying the new Gixxer 750, thinking that this machine in some how safer than a busa or any litre bike. A 2004 GSXR 750, will outrun or keep up with a 99 R1 or the previous gen Gixxer 1, worse yet these things are feather light and generate a false sense of confidence in corners. Yes a Busa is capable of 300 K/ph but that is the only element of the bike I would say makes in any more of a danger than the smaller 600's, 750's, and 1000's. Any "experienced" rider would tell you that the busa is a very forgiving and easy to ride motorcycle. Pulling the front wheel up on a busa is a task in its own, requiring a concerted effort, and it is almost laughable seeing guys do it. The balance point on the bike is so high, that by the time you are only half way there you think the thing is going over backwards, so natural instincts will make most new riders kill the throttle long before they are in danger. Where as the shorter wheelbase stuff will bite you....fast!! Also, I find the lghter stuff tends to encourage guys to stunt more. The Hayabusa reputation alone will make most new riders respect it, and the ones that wont.... it doesn't matter what you put them on, they are bound to be a statistic any way. Going down at 299 on a gixxer 750 or 300 on a busa, I really dont think it makes much of a difference. As for the size and weight?? go back 15 years, and a busa would be no heavier than the 750's of those days. I guess my opinion on the whole issue is, is it really going to matter if you hand a guy a loaded .357 magnum as opposed to a .44 magnum?? No matter what, if he points it at his head and pulls the trigger the end result ultimately will be the same.
I figured since I went off on my reponsible riding and saftey tirade, I might as well post a pic of me pulling one up in a T-shirt at the bottom.....lol.
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First off, I have about 12 years of riding under my belt, and my first bike was a 89 GSXR 750. At the time as most of you know, that was one of the baddest machines money could buy, but by todays standards, any 600 would destroy it. I chose to take a riding course back then and 2 things my instructor said have always stuck in my mind:
1: it only goes as fast as your right wrist lets it
2: pretend you are invisible all the time.
FYI, I am in Canada so my speeds will be in K/ph...sorry.
I dont care what you buy nowadays, gixxer 600, R6, any of the litre bikes, they are all running 100 K/PH in the mid 3's, or better and most are capable of 270+ kph . The biggest laugh I get is when I see guys buying the new Gixxer 750, thinking that this machine in some how safer than a busa or any litre bike. A 2004 GSXR 750, will outrun or keep up with a 99 R1 or the previous gen Gixxer 1, worse yet these things are feather light and generate a false sense of confidence in corners. Yes a Busa is capable of 300 K/ph but that is the only element of the bike I would say makes in any more of a danger than the smaller 600's, 750's, and 1000's. Any "experienced" rider would tell you that the busa is a very forgiving and easy to ride motorcycle. Pulling the front wheel up on a busa is a task in its own, requiring a concerted effort, and it is almost laughable seeing guys do it. The balance point on the bike is so high, that by the time you are only half way there you think the thing is going over backwards, so natural instincts will make most new riders kill the throttle long before they are in danger. Where as the shorter wheelbase stuff will bite you....fast!! Also, I find the lghter stuff tends to encourage guys to stunt more. The Hayabusa reputation alone will make most new riders respect it, and the ones that wont.... it doesn't matter what you put them on, they are bound to be a statistic any way. Going down at 299 on a gixxer 750 or 300 on a busa, I really dont think it makes much of a difference. As for the size and weight?? go back 15 years, and a busa would be no heavier than the 750's of those days. I guess my opinion on the whole issue is, is it really going to matter if you hand a guy a loaded .357 magnum as opposed to a .44 magnum?? No matter what, if he points it at his head and pulls the trigger the end result ultimately will be the same.
I figured since I went off on my reponsible riding and saftey tirade, I might as well post a pic of me pulling one up in a T-shirt at the bottom.....lol.
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