Making the Busa Lighter

Rear subframe in aluminium saves a bit of weight, exhaust is probably the most weight saving and hp gain, hate to say the obvious but lose a few KG body weight, Ive ridden bikes with CF wheels and they so light a good steering damper is a must, you can get Ti axles and change all bolts but you wont lose as much as riding with a half tank of fuel which is free.
 
Thank you all for the help and great info. I think i'm going to have to start saving up for a set of lighter wheels. On the open road the Busa is great to ride. I am just starting to find it a bit of a lump around town. I found a website the other day and to replace all the bodywork with CF would cost nearly £10,000 GBP which i could not afford to do.
 
Martin.UK said:
Thank you all for the help and great info. I think i'm going to have to start saving up for a set of lighter wheels. On the open road the Busa is great to ride. I am just starting to find it a bit of a lump around town. I found a website the other day and to replace all the bodywork with CF would cost nearly £10,000 GBP which i could not afford to do.
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Full replacement fairings are around $3000AUD for full carbon fibre from A-Tech.

Best bang for buck is wheels.
 
Bumblebee said:
This is a Canadian company that makes pretty much everything for a gen 2

Suzuki GSX1300R parts, HAYABUSA parts main Index.

High quality carbon fiber parts for Suzuki GSX1300R HAYABUSA available in various compositions, weaves, finishes and colors.
www.motocomposites.com www.motocomposites.com
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Using there 100% CF panels, it works out at about £7,000 GBP with out the fuel tank. So if you add the cost of a CF fuel tank which is not much off of £2500, So its not that far off of £10k GBP. I just need to claim of the wife life insurance now :devil: Only joking :laugh:
 
Martin.UK said:
Using there 100% CF panels, it works out at about £7,000 GBP with out the fuel tank, with all the extra costs to get it to the UK. I just need to claim of the wife life insurance now :devil: Only joking :laugh:
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That's pretty much why I stopped my CF addiction before it started...

The good news for me is shipping is dirt cheap as it is only a 6 hr drive from here.

As a retired guy, I have far better things to spend my money on these days.
 
Martin.UK said:
I really hate VAT & Duty. Don't they get enough blood out of us already. £10k will soon be just 3 years of gas & eletric here in the uk.
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...and the cost of living is only going to increase....

Makes me wonder how some of these companies stay in business.....I wonder how much CF products for the Hayabusa actually sells?

I personally would have loved to see my bike in entire CF (minus the tank as it's a cover).
 
WuzzaCBXRider said:
I have no idea because $93 a pound seems high to me.
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Hi. You can not put a price on going fast. To go fast you need big power and light weight. I have spent $800 to save 8 oz. It was for Ti brake caliper pistons as I need more weight on the rear tire. As I added 60+ bs with the turbo set up. The hard part so far is getting me on the thin side like 30 to 35 lbs lighter.
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I haven't seen any new content from EJR and Megatron in a while...

It would be interesting at how his development is progressing, he pretty much sets the benchmark for lightening up his bike and power.

Only from a curiosity point of view, it would be interesting to see how that bike you won @PeregrineKeith stacks up against a bike like Megatron or @StreetShark 's beast (seeing as it's similarly set up).
 
WuzzaCBXRider said:
I have no idea because $93 a pound seems high to me.
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Best bang for buck is a battery at $200-300. After that subframe, tank, wheels, fairings, etc all get STUPID expensive. You can spend $15k+ very easy dropping weight but again what’s the goal?

High HP bikes 500+ ADD weight to go fast. Dropping rotational weight is one thing but overall weight is needed to keep the bike on the ground and hookup…

Aero is key at that level trying to go fast FAST!
 
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