First Busa

[Lamb busa]

If you have that much riding experience, the Busa is more than a pleasure to ride.  It is not uncontrollable like a 2 stroke power band.  It is very linear and easy to ride fast, in control, on the twisties.  It has so much low end power that you don't need to rev the hell out of it to get it to exit with excitement.

 

[mjn]

Thanks so much for all the advice. It sounds like when tire replacement time comes, the power pilots are the way to go. I pick her up tomorrow, got 2 days off........cant wait!
Mark

 

[BusaAdmirer]

The busa has a really smooth and consistant power delivery.. through all gears.. gettin out of corners is fun.. the bike just seems to steady itself on a little bit of throttle out of a corner.. rear tyre slippin ain't much of a problem on this bike..

Also busa being a "sports tourer" is one of the easier bikes on the arse of the rider.. its one of the most comfy bikes..

 

[BigDawg_03Busa]

Good throttle control, good tire pressure, good warm up of tires & good weather conditions you'll be fine (especially with your riding experience). Power delivery is so smooth you'll have to be in 1st gear and get you rpms to 6-7k coming out of that curve to get a serous breaking. Happing hunting, for what you desire there isn't a better bike.

BD

 

[manatrader]

Many good post here, I'm on my 3rd set of tires and more so than the tires it's the throttle control. I have broken the rear loose coming out of corners, have slid the rear around corners too, the bike is very predictable even after you do mod's to increase its perforamce. For the corner you will find the biggest draw back to the busa is how it enters the corner. It's heavy so you carry a lot of speed and need to dish it off and because of the low center of gravity it's a bit slower to turn, but its great to ride on all day long, unlke that 929.

 

[Bulldog 333]

I wasn't too confident when I had the stock tires on. I took it pretty easy getting to know my "Bus" and, did bust loose the rear a few times always intentionally. They lasted 3500 miles and, I don't do freeway or burnouts just backroad twisties.
My advice is in line with others here as far as keeping the R's down below 7K when powering out hard.
I use very little rear brake, just enough to help the suspension settle in prior to corner entry. Learning to scub off speed ahead of time without being to abrupt was my biggest obsticle. These bikes carry a lot of momentum into a corner when not managed correctly.
Last weekend while chasing other liter bikes down in the twisties and, passing them I finally got my Diablos to let loose.
It was kind of a victory gesture on my part that I did and also to put some distance between me and them. I was exiting a set of S's and, on the last one where the road straightens out for a ways I romped on it real hard in second at around 6K and poured the coals to her as to stretch out my lead and got her to powerslide quite nicely.
Later on while we were taking a water break, my friends kept saying how awesome it looked from behind and, how weird it felt for them to be left that far behind that quickly by such a heavy sport touring bike.
They were on Gixxer 1K's and, two ZX10's

 

[mjn]

Holy shid!
I thought this thread was buried and gone by now!

A little update;

I've had her about a month now and your info was right on. It's got 800+ miles on it now and I've broke the rear loose leaving a corner a couple of times (on purpose) and am getting a pretty good feel for it. It'll take me awhile to get completely comfortable on it, but I love it! Still have some unused tread on the front, but I'm using all of the rear. Problably won't use all the front until a track day..kinda stupid to push it that hard on the street.
So far I am happy with the b56, and at the rate it is going away, will probably put on another one until the front is thinner.
Dayum, what a machine!

Thanks so much for all the input. It is greatly appreciated.
ride safe
Mark