extended wheelbase

[proud dad]

I've never run 450.I can see now I need to do some more exploring.Have you ever run 135 south of Brownstown?I always wondered if that ride was any good,or should I say roads.

 

[johnnycrash]

Just my spin on things, if it makes you happy to do it, go for it, but don't delude yourself into thinking it will make the 'busa a better bike.

Stretching mine 4 inches and lowering it 2 made a night and day difference in how it launches so long as I have a fresh Shinko on there. I spray at the top of first now with 225 hp.  With stock wheelbase and height I couldn't spray til third with only 190 hp.  So to me and what I'm interested in, stretching it made it a MUCH "better bike".

I'm in the midwest so it's pretty much all flat and straight here so the compromise in handling was worth it to me.  Besides, if I was still into corner carving and track days like I once was I'd buy another liter bike.  I mean, if you are really THAT concerned about the handling prowess of your busa then maybe you bought the wrong bike anyway.

 

[raydog]

It seems some of this discussion skips over the ability to adjust ones bike to the particular "use of the day". Like I said in posts 15 and 23, puting on a 0-6" arm doesn't reduce my use choices....it increases the choices. Example, if yesterday I just got back from a fun coastal mountain ride with my Nor Cal friends, today I get a call from a local friend that says, "let's go to the drags Friday night"...all I do is extend my arm, put my long chain on...and go have fun. There's nothing wrong with a "specific use Busa" for sure, BUT there's nothing wrong with a Busa that can be a competent actor on various stages as well! Raydog