My first bike a Busa....am i a moron?

I have to disagree with everyone. I don’t think any bike above 650cc or so is a good starter bike. I’m not going so much on the engine size, but rather the sheer bulk of the bike. I’d recommend getting something a little smaller and put a few k on it before jumping on the ‘Busa. While you may respect the bike enough to go easy on the throttle, it will be an expensive lesson the first time you get a little off balance in a parking lot or at a light and drop it. Maybe look at an SV650 or even an older used machine. I just want you around long enough to enjoy your new hobby.

Just my .02 cents, you can all let me have it now.

…I’m putting my Flame-retardant suit on.
 
If you buy an H as your first bike you are a moron. If you buy something less, like most have suggested, you are not a moron (at least about buying your first bike). I think that's what you wanted to know.
 
Got to pee so bad I can't spell.....
Should just go ride the Busa, it scares the piss out of me everytime I ride it...

GOT MILK? :)
 
SOLCALBUSA: I absolutely agree with Gary, and here's why.

If you have no seat time on any bike at all, it will take you 5,000 miles to build the mental synapses that make every control input TOTALLY INSTINCTIVE, even if your have very high natural motor skills and hand-eye co-ordination.

Until you achieve that state, you will be using your brain way too much and the delay involved in responding to even a small crisis can can get you into an accident.

The reason new riders pay so much insurance is that the actuaries know that 50% of new riders will be involved in a claimable personal injury accident in their first 2 years.

I strongly recommend that you develop your riding instincts and find a comfort level on a bike that will forgive mistakes more readily that a Hayabusa.

It is INEVITABLE that you will find yourself in a panic mode on several occasions during your first year.

Panic is a lot more controllable on a 75 horsepower bike than a 175 horsepower bike.
 
Gary - You're probably right of course but we have found that the posters asking questions like these don't usually listen anyway and already have their mind made up. So we've become resigned to providing pointers/advice assuming a Busa will be the purchase choice anyway.
 
Gary brings up a very good poing BUT It being bigger & faster than any other bikes means one thing. You just have to be more careful longer than others, not that you cant ride it.

It really comes down to your attidude and demenor in extreme activities. I would consider myself to very aggressive AND I started out on a 1100 for my very first bike. I am still alive :) If you are some what conservative I woulds think a 750 or smaller would be enough. It also depends on where you live, what type of riding you will be doing and what charateristics you need from the bike.

Mind you I started on a 1100 my first test wasnt to see how fast I could go in the first 60' either. I rode around on the bike and learned how it reacted to me & different things I did. I had my 1100 to the dragstrip within months, but my first pass was 12.0 :( HEHEHHEhehe I eventually got it down to 10.7 consistently give or take a tenth.

The point of the times is that as my riding skills improved so did my ability to ride faster, So take your time & learn the bike.

Please!! take a motorcycle riders safety course !! it will be the best $50 buck you ever spent, I think your life is worth that!

Good Luck with what every you get !!!!!
They can all kill you.


[This message has been edited by speed (edited 13 September 1999).]
 
SoCalBusa,get the bike if the price is right,but first I would take a motorcycle safety class,buy or rent a cheap motorcycle and practice riding around the local streets.If you are not paying $11,400 out the door price for a 2000 Hayabusa you are not getting a good price,this is what I payed in Northern California San Jose/SeaSide area for a 1999 Hayabusa,but I payed cash for my bike.Good Luck and if you get your Hayabusa take your time on the bike.
 
This is a good point, safety class & a smaller bike like a 600 or 650 is a good start. After 26 yr. of riding and racing like most of us, you tend to learn the hard way.. But it gets pricey & some times it hurts for months.. been there done it.
 
Oh ? I though all lessons learned well had to hurt of months heheheheheh :) Just kidding

The advice I got was go used cuz your gonna drop it if its your first bike. I went used and glad I did to.

But do what you want because after all your the one who has to write the check no us :)
 
First 2 bike I totaled in the dirt, over sevral yrs. So when I got to the street I new how to crash. That help alot. But I have also had A bike taken out from under me on the street. OUH!!
But the hard nocks with the other bike made me a better rider today..
 
SoCalBusa, just remember that you are 26 yrs old now but when you jump on your first motorcycle you could revert to a being a 19 yr old! That's pretty much how I remember my first motorcycle experience starting out at age 25. And I was riding the extremely powerful '75 Honda CL360 (maybe 25 hp?)!
 
I'm over 40 now with 26 yrs of riding. my first bike was a 90, my how bikes have changed. now with my friend we find our selfs going 150mph to 160mph with power to spair..
 
You could also learn how to box with Mike Tyson, just watch those ears…I've had cars intentionally go for me just cause I was on a bike. Weather you're on a Hayabusa or a moped; you better get it straight who's bigger.

"Take a motorcycle riders safety course"


[This message has been edited by maui (edited 13 September 1999).]
 
Yes thats true, a freind is going on his 3rd class. And 2 of us are working on his riding tech. he has a 600 before moving up.. But time will make a better rider along with what he has learned..

[This message has been edited by mrabusa_h (edited 13 September 1999).]
 
I'm 23 right, and got the Busa as the first bike, and everything goes great so far (like 1000 miles). I'm very happy I bought it as the first bike, otherways my ego would have never allowed me to sit on anything else, however, you need some incredible attention, instinct and reflex, mistakes with the throttle can pay you brutally.
 
One of the first Busas sold at my shop came back in with in the first 600 mile with major damage. New rider, but I also see the same thing happening as with the Honda CBX, allot of people got hurt or killed..
Ride with caution & respect your instincts
 
HHweheheh The 3rd Hayabusa from Honda Suzuki North in Dallas,TX was sold to some squid who literally could not ride a sport bike but claimed he had ridden ZX11's.

AFter almost crashing into some bikes in the parking lot, he got it on the street and flipped it LESS than 1 block.

HEHEH I think his mouth was bigger than his brain.
 
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