I have never had a street bike that wasn't a Indian (1948) or a harley my entire life and I'm 57 now and had many bikes. Wanted more excitement from my rides so enter the 2004 hayabusa, I have to lower the pegs first then let it roll. Here is a couple pic's of it. And the bike has 651 actual miles on it, I bought it from the original owner who kept it in his living room.
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kim windsor
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Congratulations and Happy Thanks Giving to all
From one old fart .
From one old fart .
Helluva find! Beautiful color.
Slowstang305
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OMG I would have loved to own that. Congratulations!
FtLaudBlkGT
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Was this purchased out of south florida?
TExactly, this year I also managed to get a cupper/silver from 1999 with only 3480 miles. It also stood still for a long time, but that was noticeable. There was no longer any question of brake and clutch fluid, it was just like crumble cake.
Wow that’s a rare find with so low miles. Congratulations!
It sure was.
Very nice.
It sure is, in this topic a few pictures. Enjoy
https://www.hayabusa.org/forum/threads/finally-after-a-long-search…-copper-silver.203685/
FtLaudBlkGT
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It definitely looked familiar. I met the seller and he was telling me about this bike particular bike.
The owner had several bikes including a drag bike, do you remember the sellers name?
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Welcome to the forum @FtLaudBlkGT. You currently busa shopping?
That is a great bike, obviously, just be very cautious of anything rubber on, stored inside or not.
Valve stems, brake caliper and mastercylinder seals, brake lines can easily corrode.
The brake fluid can also eat everything and/or gum it all up.
Tires are a must too, they may look great, but they are almost 19 years old.
Oil and coolant should be changed too.
The chain could have tight links, and hopefully it was stored without gas in it.
In no way am I trying to rain on your parade either, it's just that I have run across a few gems like this over the years, and age can do hidden damage.
And going around a curve or even 60mph on the highway is not where you want to find out something old gave up on you.
A friend bought an 07 cbr1k in I think 2013, 2014, under 1k miles, beautiful bike.
I touched one valve stem and it fell off, I then plucked the back one...leaving him with 2 flat tires, lmao!
You should have seen his face, lol.
I asked him how long he thought they would have lasted? Or if he would have preffered to find out without me touching them.
Regardless, congrats on a great bike, just check it over well, and if you're comfortable on it, you're gonna love it.
Valve stems, brake caliper and mastercylinder seals, brake lines can easily corrode.
The brake fluid can also eat everything and/or gum it all up.
Tires are a must too, they may look great, but they are almost 19 years old.
Oil and coolant should be changed too.
The chain could have tight links, and hopefully it was stored without gas in it.
In no way am I trying to rain on your parade either, it's just that I have run across a few gems like this over the years, and age can do hidden damage.
And going around a curve or even 60mph on the highway is not where you want to find out something old gave up on you.
A friend bought an 07 cbr1k in I think 2013, 2014, under 1k miles, beautiful bike.
I touched one valve stem and it fell off, I then plucked the back one...leaving him with 2 flat tires, lmao!
You should have seen his face, lol.
I asked him how long he thought they would have lasted? Or if he would have preffered to find out without me touching them.
Regardless, congrats on a great bike, just check it over well, and if you're comfortable on it, you're gonna love it.
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