Carpenter Racing 1441 kit for Gen 3

[Bumblebee]

You could've said my Blackbird I used to have was no CBR as well but the me and the guy that led most of our small group rides, he was on a YZF1000R (not an R1) would be waiting on the guys on 954's 929's Gixxer750's and so on when the road straightened out. It's fun to take a bike like this Gen3 and have guys say "I had no idea that pig could corner like that" lol

If you had two equal riders both on a GSXR and a Hayabusa...once the road became complicated with twisties, the GSXR would dominate....it's specifically designed for that.

After owning and racing several generations of GSXRs, I can firmly state the Hayabusa is no GSXR. It's good at what it does though and I appreciate it for what it is.

 

[bigboy]

Glad I only paid $16,850 for mine but it still doesn’t change the market. Go to any other premium brand and you’re spending almost DOUBLE sometimes more than for what the Busa offers.

For the same price or less, I can build my Busa to my needs/wants and walk away from those other bikes if that’s your desire. I just prefer the comfort and complete package the Busa still offers 20+ years in at a decent price.

These are all US prices so $3-5k+ more in Canada for a stock bike and then you’ve got to mod it. Don’t get me started on the Ducati exhaust $5-8k for just the exhaust system…

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DEEEYUUM these prices are nutz

 

[bigboy]

I had a chance to buy a 2009 for $9500 with 6k miles so even though i think the gen 3 is gorgeous it suffered from the same problem the new bikes have....the electronics have skyrocketed the prices of these bikes.

The seem to have intended to attract more people to bikes who otherwise would not have because of risk. But all it did was make sportbikes more difficult for the average Joe to own.

Personally I never understood people buying a crazy fast bike only to turn up the safety electronics to 11. If you can't handle your bike without them maybe you should buy a slower bike lol.

I'm with Casey Stoner on this. I think the age of electronics have done a lot of damage. Adding THOUSANDS to the price tags of bikes. In motogp taken away a bit of mystic of watching our heroes display ungodly skill.

Yeah I have another bike with electronics and I keep it turned off....I wanna feel the RAW machine