How's everyone liking their gen 3s so far
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I've had all 3 generations of the mighty Hayabusa. I remember my 03 model. When I heard it was the world's fastest stock bike, I had to have one. The gen3 is the best one of all the gen's hands down. Extremely flickable and I love the electronics array from cruise control to clutchless shifter both ways. If you put carbon wheels on this thing, it will feel like any 1000cc track bike. The black and gold are so beautiful with sparkles in so many places, even to the mirror frame, clutch cover. The blue sparkles in the black paint are just gorgeous. Love the daytime LED running light too along with the totally different headlight style of bulb location. Kinda a square-looking setup. Also, gen3 has what seems to be better-rolling resistance. I get compliments all the time on how nice our bikes look. Had an older gent, about an 80-year-old checking it out the other day!
Just got this write up in the mail
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Comparo: Hyperbikes, GSX1300R Hayabusa or Ninja ZX-14R SE?
The two remaining Kings of the sportsbike world are the Hayabusa and the Ninja ZX-14R SE Hyperbikes, lets see how they go head to head...
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Great write up...Just got this write up in the mail
Comparo: Hyperbikes, GSX1300R Hayabusa or Ninja ZX-14R SE?
The two remaining Kings of the sportsbike world are the Hayabusa and the Ninja ZX-14R SE Hyperbikes, lets see how they go head to head...
This morning I stopped by to see my buddy at his dealership...he still has contacts within Suzuki and they have found the Hayabusa sales to have stalled out pretty significantly...there are still gen 3s in crates as people aren't buying them. One dealership had 2 2020 gen 2s which never sold even when they priced them at cost. Hayabusas seem to be a tough sell.
Even though he is now a Honda and BRP dealership, he might pick up one of the gen 3s as he is a Hayabusa fan-boy...
Even though he is now a Honda and BRP dealership, he might pick up one of the gen 3s as he is a Hayabusa fan-boy...
Even with a roller and yellow road line paint too....You know you Could paint a gen3 yellow, right?
See, that's cost effective, and you can put the extra towards carbon fiber parts.
Our season is just too short for me to put any more money into basically a toy and to have a $20k+ bike sitting in the garage for upwards of 6 months just isn't pleasing.
After talking to my wife, I'm going to put a little more money into my pick up truck instead of the bike-not sure what yet but something....
Yeah, I totally understand that.
So details on the truck then!
It's a fully loaded (minus sun roof) '16 Ram sport with 63,000 kms on it.
I already have long tube headers on it and a K&N Blackhawk intake along with a flashed ECU but am thinking I will get a Vararam intake and make the fake factory hood scoops do their job by modifying a set of Challenger hood moldings...
I am going to change out the suspension-not sure which brand of strut/shock, springs I'm going to get yet...I have to research that yet.
Other than that, the truck is pretty well set up from the factory.
Not my truck but it will look like this.
I think it will look pretty good under the hood....and it's supposed to add a little power too.Thats the old 6 pack air cleaner..lol know it well
TommyBusa1
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Loving the Busa bumblebee how about you
Glad you are loving your steed...the gen 3s are pretty nice.
Although mine is a gen 2, I am happy with it.
Rubberrabbit
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I´ve owned a lot of bikes in my life, but the Busa is the best so far. The perfect mix for me. Comfortable, easy to handle, a brutal engine but only if you want it so, perfect for my heavy butt. No pain in the back, the schoulders or the Hand knuckles, as i know it from other supersport bikes. The character of the Busa is unique. The 3rd Gen is my frist busa, i was no fan of the previous models. The design of Gen 1 and 2 wasnt my favorite. But now i understand, why the fans love the busa. Shure a gixxer, r1 or fireblade is much more lighter, easyer to handle, but they are not so confident! The season was to short, bad weather, then the accident, not enough time to know her better. Hope to catch up that next year.
I aksed my dealer about the sales, we have a very good relationship, so he spoked freely. After the announcement, he did not expect much. Germany.....thats no country for supersport oder hypersport anymore. The seelings fo these bikes are laughable, not like in the 90´s, where you find a Sportsbike on every corner. Even the younger ones no are are fanatical, when it comes to Retro or Nakedbikes. The bikes should look like bikes from their grandpas! They want high handle bars, nakeds or maybe bikes like a African Twin. Totaly boring......and its a bad joke if a 20 year old boy tells you. "Ohhhh goooood sportbikes? With these handle bars? They are bad for my back.......these bikes are for the eternal yesterday ones". Sorry at these moments, i have the feeling to hit somebody. They are a generation of wimps.......
So nobody expect good seelings, but at the start of the sales, they sell the busa very well! The Dealers where very surprised. The last new suzuki models like the SV650X, SV1000XT or special the Katana...where absolute flops. The Katana was sold only 42 times in Germany over 3 Years! Thats not what i call success! They sell in the frist 2 month round about 250 Bikes. Thats very much, for japanese bikes in our country. where KTM or BMW are the kings of sales. The buyers where between 30 and 50 years old, you dont find younger ones among them. But now.......the bikes standing in the shops like grandfathers clock, like all sportbikes after a short period of interest. My dealer sold 4 Bikes, at least that are 4 bikes more than hey sold Katanas!
We have 76 Bikes in germany, ready to buy....and the lowered the price massive! Very good deals, but nobody cares. When you look at India for example, the Busa is sold out.......they celebrate this bike like a icon. Until today i thougt, in the States the Busa is a sales success too??
I aksed my dealer about the sales, we have a very good relationship, so he spoked freely. After the announcement, he did not expect much. Germany.....thats no country for supersport oder hypersport anymore. The seelings fo these bikes are laughable, not like in the 90´s, where you find a Sportsbike on every corner. Even the younger ones no are are fanatical, when it comes to Retro or Nakedbikes. The bikes should look like bikes from their grandpas! They want high handle bars, nakeds or maybe bikes like a African Twin. Totaly boring......and its a bad joke if a 20 year old boy tells you. "Ohhhh goooood sportbikes? With these handle bars? They are bad for my back.......these bikes are for the eternal yesterday ones". Sorry at these moments, i have the feeling to hit somebody. They are a generation of wimps.......
So nobody expect good seelings, but at the start of the sales, they sell the busa very well! The Dealers where very surprised. The last new suzuki models like the SV650X, SV1000XT or special the Katana...where absolute flops. The Katana was sold only 42 times in Germany over 3 Years! Thats not what i call success! They sell in the frist 2 month round about 250 Bikes. Thats very much, for japanese bikes in our country. where KTM or BMW are the kings of sales. The buyers where between 30 and 50 years old, you dont find younger ones among them. But now.......the bikes standing in the shops like grandfathers clock, like all sportbikes after a short period of interest. My dealer sold 4 Bikes, at least that are 4 bikes more than hey sold Katanas!
We have 76 Bikes in germany, ready to buy....and the lowered the price massive! Very good deals, but nobody cares. When you look at India for example, the Busa is sold out.......they celebrate this bike like a icon. Until today i thougt, in the States the Busa is a sales success too??
Hayabusa Wannabe
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There were massive sales in the mid-2000s. Wikipedia shows 10,000 Hayabusas sold in the US in both 2005 and 2006. The economy of 2008 annihilated the overall vehicle market. Eventually as sales came back the adventure bike completely took over, just like where you are. When I shopped in 2019 few dealers had any Hayabusas. If I recall correctly I did not see a brand new one locally but one or two used ones with ugly accessories and costing too much. I got lucky and found an owner of a 2019 who seemed to have a lot of remorse; said he was afraid of it. If I had not gotten that I may have had to drive two hours away to get a new one. Who knows but today the gen 3 is probably eye candy that brings lookers but some of the dealership stories here seem to indicate that there will be no significant revival.
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