Used to be... but 187bhp and 264kg this day and age doesn’t even cut it compared to modern thou’ machinery... I get that you want to believe it isn’t so but physics doesn’t lie I’m afraid.
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So what exactly makes these modern liter bikes so much faster? I know they are lighter than a busa with similar power, sometimes more. Is it possible the modern engineering that went into the head/cams? I've never been one to base an opinion on a motorcycle from out the box specs alone. Since my first bike I've always looked up parts to upgrade one way or another, looks, performance, accessories etc. Do you think with the slightly lightened rotating assymbly, reworked head and cams, aftermarket exhaust and a good tune will put the busa where it needs to be to compete with liter bikes?
I think it's utterly pointless comparing a road legal racing bike with an out and out, two seater sports Tourer.
The Hayabusa is a victim of it's own success....it held a certain reputation for many years and when that reputation is at jeopardy, emotions are high.
Well put. During a time fighting for alpha position of the hyperbikes, the Hayabusa took the crown. Then fended off the Kawasaki as long as it could. We’ve been waiting for the big comeback, but instead got a great well rounded modernized euro5 compliant gen2. Was it a financial crisis that squashed the big changes? Is a factory turbo kit in the works? Who knows. I had 6 bikes before my 08 Busa. I had her for 7 years and I’ve had 7 bikes since selling in 2014. I was so excited/ dissatisfied at the same time with the gen3 release. For the price, your socks should be blown off.
I don't know that they're SO much faster, but often faster in a rollon race. It's been so since I got into this in 2008. I think it has a lot to do with the higher rpm they have always been able to achieve with the smaller motor but obviously there had to be some advances made in other aspects of the 1000 c engines. They make more hp now and they're 75 lbs lighter. If a busa could rev to 13~14k rpm, maybe that would help turn the tables along with some engine changes but I don't see that ever happening. The ZX-14R would have made an engine like that if higher rpm were a practical solution. Instead, we have turbo. Got-Busa? is right, if you really want to go fast, a hyperbike is the answer but the busa needs some work. I wish Suzuki would have taken care of it for us. They do it for their liter bikes, why not their busa?
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I stand corrected re: the Pro Street list.
