45 Days on a Gen3 Hayabusa - 2023 Pashnit Touring

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Although trying to keep the kids together for a group photo is near impossible. Isn't there 17 of you? We'll have to try this again when we find the rest of the group.

 

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4000 ft below us. Peering over the edge is straight down.

 

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Here's where we're headed next for lunch, the Ahwahnee Hotel

It's fall & almost no water in the waterfalls, in spring during the snowmelt, these things are crazy

Balance Rock.
Ya know those old timey photos from the 1880s, they've got pics of people out there dancing on that same rock.
Park Service kinds frowns on that these days.

 

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The Point is my favorite place in the park. Where you’re standing, during the ice age the surface of the glacier was a thousand feet above your head. Incredible view.

 

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My brain remembers the Gen1 as the lighter bike. Maybe it's not and the threes gens are all the same platform, same weight, wheelbase, motor, etc, but I could toss the Gen1 around like it was a toy. Maybe I was younger (after all, that was 20 years ago) and more aggressive in my memory of the Gen1. My knee dragging days are in the past in my younger years so no plans to work up to that with the Gen3. It takes a bit of practice to work up to that confidence level to ride like as fun as it is. The Gen2 also was a knee drag machine, all day long.

Main difference with the Gen3 is the Cruise Control. Dumb as it sounds. I use it all day long, plus to get all these backwards shots while riding. I had a Throttlemeister on the last five motorcycles, it works exactly as designed, but an electronic cruise feels like lightyears jump to a modern motorcycle compared to the sheer brute rawness my Gen1 had. Let's make an obvious observation that the Gen3 is the more advanced of the three Gens and for someone like myself that only uses the bike for tour & travel, the little details like cruise, a temp gauge (snowflakes, flying birds, go far, go fast! LOL) and heated grips feels like light years we've advanced.

However, the teething problems the Gen3 has with the Hot Start Issue are really inexcusable in my view though combined with zero response from our Suzuki Overlords as if there isn't an issue (we'll act like it doesn't exist & it will go away) that affects a strong percentage of the Gen3s, some have it, some don't, just make the issue worse. I can live with the recalls - I finally got mine for the brake master cylinder and I need to take care of that. My Gen3 does exactly what the recall describes. Pull the brake lever for the first half of its travel & nothing happens. Really Suzuki? First year bikes have recalls, that's the nature of the business.

But overall, it's really to me about the styling and the look. The Hayabusa has always had a very distinctive look going all the way back 20 years to my blue/silver '00. Very first time I ever saw a Hayabusa in 1999 I knew I had to own that bike (I had a ZX-11D at the time). I've always been enamored with the way this bike looks. And I love the look of the new Gen3, even despite how many people whined and cried about it when it was first announced & the spec sheet released, it's perfect for me and the type of riding I do.

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But stay tuned, to some new coming! <insert maniacal laughter>

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New bike, wrap, paint job, aftermarket fairings or …………?

 

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Buddy of mine sent me this pic: He couldn't be on the tour but was flying over the Sierra Nevada range at the same time we were at Glacier Point.

Different perspective on Half Dome.

Not 30,000 ft

 

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Collecting up the kids, okay ya seen it? Who's ready for lunch?

 

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If you plan ahead ,it's kinda the perfect photo spot for sure!

 

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Glacier Point Rd is a dead end, so it's back the way we came

 

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Dropping into Yosemite Valley

Mile long tunnel through the mountain

 

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Glacier Point Rd is a dead end, so it's back the way we came

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That new road sure is nice though eh?

 

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That new road sure is nice though eh?

It's super smooth! Brand new all the way to Glacier Point!

 

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When you drop into Yosemite Valley, it's a canyon, but the walls on either side can go up thousands of feet

 

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If you stop and look up at the granite walls, you'll always see little colored specks moving in the middle of these sheer walls. Those are climbers. Yeah, you do you, I'll stick to this motorcycle.

 

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When we get to the Ahwahnee Hotel, with this many bikes, we just take over the place.

 

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The inside of the Ahwahnee Hotel is really a neat place. It was built in the late 1920s and reflects the style of that time.

 

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But we quickly learned the Grand Dining Room was closed for renovation.

This is what we missed. It's cool with 20 ft windows and views of Half Dome right outside the windows. The ceiling above is 34 ft.

 

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Adapt, Improvise, Overcome. That's our saying, right?

Plan B is a smaller dining room on the other side of the building.

As long as we feed the kids, I think we'll be okay.

You have how many in your party?

Can I have that as an appetizer please?

Trust me, it was worth 12 bucks.