Ok, saw there were a lot of posts on this.. So I have not read through all of them, hope I am not re-hashing anything, if so I guess it is just verification.
Welcome to the board canIdream
I am new also.. to the board that is..
First off let me state.. I am 41 years old, and have been riding since I was like 20, had my first accident when I was 21..
I had a 1983 Suzuki GS-750es. bought it brand new in 83, road it up until I sold it to get my Busa.. Within the first week I had my Busa I had made numerous comments to friends and family that I am glad I didn't have that bike when I was 21, and if I did I would have probably killed myself..
and I probably would have..
With that said however, you are not me, and you sound like you have a better head on your shoulders that I did at your age, so good on you. but to be honest with you, common sense and a good head on your shoulders does not make up for experience.
I have not rode a Busa long at all, only 900 miles so far, so there are people on this board WAY more qualified than me to speak about the Busa's. what I can tell you is this.
I was actually a little scared when I first picked my Busa up, I was afraid of all the stories I had heard about the power, about the ability to pull the front end off the ground doing 120mph. So the first day I was paranoid as heck and I was really cautious driving home.
Before I even bought the bike I told all my friends I was just buying the bike so I could have the most bad ass bike on the block, that I had no intentions of racing it, or even taking it to its top speed. I was just into it for the prestige and the looks.. I had no intentions of ever making any modifications to it in anyway.
Ok, 2 months later. Within three weeks I was driving down the freeway, looked around and didn’t see any cars within 5 miles in front of me, a few cars behind me, I said screw it, nailed it and was up to 150 before I knew it, I was extremely impressed at how fast I got to 150 from 70, as soon as I got to 150 I shut it down.
I have a friend who is a CHP officer, I have now asked him how we could get together so he can radar me, he said as long as I find a place that is private he will do it, well I work on a naval air station so now I am trying to figure out how I can get the airwing to buy off on me using their runway on a Sunday when the field is closed so I can "check my speedometer with a radar gun from the CHP"
Dude I am getting ate up, I just read the posts on a turbo on a Hayabusa, I am slipping all over my keyboard from the drool.
I am now trying to figure out where I am going to get the money to start tearing it down and making all kinds of modifications.
I am doing all the stuff I did not think I would do. I have a bug.. I guess it is the Busa bug, it is cold where I am at so I have not been riding much, I shake when I walk by my bike in the garage, I look at it with a longing to ride it.
I have a wife and three boys so from that point of view I kind of like hanging around this planet, on the other hand I have a decent life insurance policy and I believe in God and I know when I die I know where I am going and that my family will be taken care of financially.
Not trying to sound like a toughy or anything and there are probably a lot of you out there will understand what I am about to say, but if and when it is my time to check out of this planet, I don’t much care. Not worried about it at all. I don’t have a death wish and I am not unhappy in life.. Just kind of neutral to if I stay of if I go… hmm sounds like a song lol
So.. that is where I come from and where I am at. The Busa is a lot of bike, it makes you feel comfortable when maybe you shouldn’t feel comfortable.
it has an extremely quick response time AND if you get the bug like I am getting it and like everyone else here seems to have, you will end up tweaking it out even more.
I have talked to numerous Suzuki sales people and other riders in person before and after I bought the bike, they have all pretty much said the same thing, there are very few riders that can out ride the Busa, in other words you need to be a kick but awesome rider to handle its full power and abilities, after riding one for a short time, I think I pretty much gave to agree with that statement.
Now, besides all that, have you checked into the insurance on a Busa for yourself? That was the first thing I did before I even bought the bike, I checked with my insurance company to find out if I could even afford the insurance.
I am 41 years old, no tickets on my record and I have been through 2 motorcycle safety classes. I live in California and my current insurance rate is around $90.00 a month.
So check on the insurances and calculate what the insurance + the bike payment with be per month.
Now with that said, I would recommend this.
Get some used 600 - 750 cc sport bike at the cheapest price you can get.
Ride it around and get used to it, then once you get a little used to it, take a motorcycle safety class and get through a motorcycle safety class. I would then maybe ride the bike for 6 months to a year, then if things are going good and you still want a Busa, then get one.
The reason I kind of laid it out like that is that I would strongly recommend a motorcycle safety course, however I would not recommend being a new rider and taking a 1300cc Hayabusa through it.
The safety course I have went through twice makes you run over 4x4's at around 30 mph. They make you do a rear wheel skid from 20mph, but the roughest thing for a bike that size is having to do tight figure 8's and 45 degree turns only going 4mph.
The last class I went through a few seasoned riders were riding big 1500cc cruiers, out of a class of about 10 guys, 2 of the seasoned riders dropped their bikes and broke pieces off when trying to do the 45 degree turns and the figure 8's
If I had a Busa and dropped it during a motorcycle safety class I would be sooooo bummed. And these guys were bummed.
Bottom line, you know yourself better than anyone, I am sure there is a small faint voice somewhere inside that is giving you the best advice.. Just follow it.
Good luck have fun.. be safe.