How about the constant side wind that you’ve been bracing against for miles and then it lets up completely? I rode side saddle for miles down I-5 one day.
Going fast / the human element
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I remember following behind a guy on a smaller sport bike....(an EX500 Kawasaki) in my pick up truck and there was a wicked constant cross wind that had him in a perpetual lean angle....he must have been tired when he got to where he was going...
TallTom
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Every bit of this above. And even then, it's not foolproof.
Also, at these speeds any little adjustment equates to a lot of response range.
Also it's frightening how stable the Busa is. It absorbs road imperfections without a complaint. You overthink them pretty easy if you let it.
I've been maxed out maybe 4 times total. You really need to have a good grasp at just how much distance you cover in a second. Chyt happens faster than you can process if you keep your head to close to where the bike is.
In one of those 4 times, somehow despite precautions, a small rock, maybe the size of my thumb down to the 1st knuckle, (guessing) from somewhere was moving in front of me. Perhaps kicked up by another bike. Heading and boincing in the same direction as the bike but much slower. Bike contacted it. Nose cracked all the way across and lights all shattered.
So yeah you keep e v e r y t h I n g tucked in.
michael parris heuberger
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Hi I road in a hurricane on my way to take my friends 51 foot sail boat out to ride out the storm. So the boat would not get recked up aginst the pier with the big waves. Winds were from 60 to about 110 MPH. I went to a shop called Bennys to buy swim goglges so I could see with the wind blowing the water off of the 15 to 20 foot waves. Every one there wete buying oil lamps and flashlights. Just an othet normal day for me. And other good story when the bracks on our big rig locked up. Ever drive 80,000 lbs with no brakes at all? We did.
michael parris heuberger
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Hi. Anyone want to know how we stoped 80,000 lbs?
Do tell........
michael parris heuberger
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Hi. Down shifeted than I jumped our and put a 12x23 piece of wood betwern the wheeles.
OldBusaGuy
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So far, I've only had my Busa into low triple digits. But I can tell you one thing. It is like being strapped to an arrow. I've never been on any bike that was half as stable as the Busa is. I do wish there was someplace within a practical riding distance that I could legally open it up without needing to worry about other vehicles getting in the way, like the Bonneville salt flats or an airport runway.
202mphbusa
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Never go faster than you are comfortable
I have buddies that do 180 in the 1/4 but complain 215 in a mile and a half is too fast
Me the 1/4 is way more violent
And 220 my recorded heart rate does not even climb.
I have buddies that do 180 in the 1/4 but complain 215 in a mile and a half is too fast
Me the 1/4 is way more violent
And 220 my recorded heart rate does not even climb.
Different strokes for different folks
I used to think the track day folks were crazy when I started drag racing, and they thought we were crazy lol
I’m definitely doing some land speed stuff, too old to do those empty (preferably) freeway high speed runs, and too lazy to run from the cops haha
I want all the strokes
I used to think the track day folks were crazy when I started drag racing, and they thought we were crazy lol
I’m definitely doing some land speed stuff, too old to do those empty (preferably) freeway high speed runs, and too lazy to run from the cops haha
I want all the strokes
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