OldBusaGuy
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About a year ago, I picked up a 2004 Hayabusa with 6,200 miles on it for a good price. It didn't run and had a lot of extra stuff with it. They guy told me that he had been riding it and let it sit for a winter and when he went to ride it the next summer, it didn't want to run right. So.. he put a new fuel pump in it.... and two new sets of injectors... and three sets of plugs.... and a new fuel pressure regulator... and probably a few thing that I forgot. He also had a brand new rear fender eliminator kit and license plate mount for it and a power commander.
I finally found time to try getting it running a few months ago and found that the injectors were plugged up. After messing with them for a while and not having any luck getting it to run any longer than a few seconds, I found a guy that works on them in his home garage totally by chance. (someone that picked up a Marketplace purchase knew a guy type thing)
I dropped it off to him and two hours later he messaged me and told me that he got it running and "it runs strong". He has access to a machine that ultrasonically cleans them while it pulses them. He also told me that he has access to a machine that flow tests them and did all twelve injectors, the set that was in the bike and two spare sets.
When I dropped it off, I asked him if he does tires and he said that he did, so I asked him what kind of tires he recommended. He told me that he runs Pirelli's on his bike, so I ordered a set off of Amazon and had them sent to his house. I also asked him about the peeling chrome on my rims and he told me that he could powder coat them. I had them done in chrome powder coat, and they look pretty decent. He also replaced the bearings while he had the wheels off as he needed to remove them for the powder coating process. And he did an oil change while he had it and put new sprockets on it to get it back to stock gearing. The old sprockets were down 1 on front and plus two on the rear. Old sprockets and chain were pretty much new when I got it.
And for all of this, he charged me about $400. I feel like I hit the lottery after being bent over by stealerships for everything that I've ever had done at them, like the $690 bill that I got for my 20 hp Honda outboard tune up at a marina.
I also had him rebuild the carbs on a XS100 Yamaha and a Seadoo and a Kawasaki Lakota quad. I hate gasohol.
Then there was the 35 mile ride home on it. My almost 70 year old hips weren't very happy when I first went to put my feet on the pegs, once I finally found them back there. When I pulled up to a red light and put my feet down, I started to think that maybe I was going to have to flag my younger brother down that was following me and have him ride it home because my hips weren't happy, but after riding for a while, it seemed to be less of a problem.
When I hit the X-way, I hit the gas and was pretty amazed at the power. It's way beyond my XS1100 Yamaha and fun to ride. This was also my first time on any cafe racer style bike, and the handling was very different from my Yamaha and even more different that on my 97 Harley Roadking.
We have a drag strip near our house and I'm thinking that maybe next summer, I'll take it down there and see what she'll do.
Today was a good day indeed.
I finally found time to try getting it running a few months ago and found that the injectors were plugged up. After messing with them for a while and not having any luck getting it to run any longer than a few seconds, I found a guy that works on them in his home garage totally by chance. (someone that picked up a Marketplace purchase knew a guy type thing)
I dropped it off to him and two hours later he messaged me and told me that he got it running and "it runs strong". He has access to a machine that ultrasonically cleans them while it pulses them. He also told me that he has access to a machine that flow tests them and did all twelve injectors, the set that was in the bike and two spare sets.
When I dropped it off, I asked him if he does tires and he said that he did, so I asked him what kind of tires he recommended. He told me that he runs Pirelli's on his bike, so I ordered a set off of Amazon and had them sent to his house. I also asked him about the peeling chrome on my rims and he told me that he could powder coat them. I had them done in chrome powder coat, and they look pretty decent. He also replaced the bearings while he had the wheels off as he needed to remove them for the powder coating process. And he did an oil change while he had it and put new sprockets on it to get it back to stock gearing. The old sprockets were down 1 on front and plus two on the rear. Old sprockets and chain were pretty much new when I got it.
And for all of this, he charged me about $400. I feel like I hit the lottery after being bent over by stealerships for everything that I've ever had done at them, like the $690 bill that I got for my 20 hp Honda outboard tune up at a marina.
I also had him rebuild the carbs on a XS100 Yamaha and a Seadoo and a Kawasaki Lakota quad. I hate gasohol.
Then there was the 35 mile ride home on it. My almost 70 year old hips weren't very happy when I first went to put my feet on the pegs, once I finally found them back there. When I pulled up to a red light and put my feet down, I started to think that maybe I was going to have to flag my younger brother down that was following me and have him ride it home because my hips weren't happy, but after riding for a while, it seemed to be less of a problem.
When I hit the X-way, I hit the gas and was pretty amazed at the power. It's way beyond my XS1100 Yamaha and fun to ride. This was also my first time on any cafe racer style bike, and the handling was very different from my Yamaha and even more different that on my 97 Harley Roadking.
We have a drag strip near our house and I'm thinking that maybe next summer, I'll take it down there and see what she'll do.
Today was a good day indeed.
