Firstly, I'd like to outline my riding experience, adding a little more meat to where I'm coming from. So...
May 2013: I start riding at age 21. First bike was a bone stock '09 R6. Picked it up with roughly 9K miles and rode it till about August 2013 before trading it with roughly 16K miles.
August 2013: I pick up my just traded for '06 GSX-R600 (lowered, stretched, -1/+2, Yoshimura exhaust and 750 plastics). Rode it till November 2013 when I straight up sold it. Put roughly 5K miles on this bike.
November 2013 - April 2014: No bike, nothing interesting happening.
May 2014: Pick up my current '08 R6S. One owner, mint condition and less than 8K miles. Rode it regularly until January of 2015 until I bought my 'Busa. It currently has just under 20K miles.
January 2015: Acquire my first bike bigger than 600cc and my first Hayabusa (2006 MY). Park the R6S like the redheaded stepchild it is.
So basically over the course of about one year and eight months, I've put roughly 24K miles on various 600s without dying. So what do I do to celebrate? Go and buy the fastest and nastiest bike $4,500 will get you (hint: 2006 Hayabusa).
What do I immediately notice different about this bike from my previous 600s? It's a lot heavier through the corners but will go no matter what gear or RPM you're at. And those are really the only two points I can talk about at this time. If you thought the initial feeling of speed/power was great on your new to you 600, just wait until you open up a Hayabusa (or ZX-14R or any liter bike I'm assuming)! I rode it for a few days and couple hundred miles before riding two up with the wife (despite possessing a full motorcycle license and MSF endorsement). But once I did, that's where the power advantage really shined. Downshifting was a thing of the past. I'm about certain this thing will leave a stoplight in third gear from zero. The one modification I can't wait to make to it is an upgraded gel seat. I've rode my R6S to Myrtle Beach twice at 245 miles one way, and while it didn't kill me nor was it particularly uncomfortable, I would of much rather taken my car (obviously, having made the trip twice).
So hopefully this will shed some insight into what going from a R6/GSX-R600/CBR600RR/etc. to a Hayabusa is like. Basically, it's a night and day difference that almost requires relearning to ride through anything other than a slow straight line. As always, ATGATT, keep the shiny side up and ride smart!
May 2013: I start riding at age 21. First bike was a bone stock '09 R6. Picked it up with roughly 9K miles and rode it till about August 2013 before trading it with roughly 16K miles.
August 2013: I pick up my just traded for '06 GSX-R600 (lowered, stretched, -1/+2, Yoshimura exhaust and 750 plastics). Rode it till November 2013 when I straight up sold it. Put roughly 5K miles on this bike.
November 2013 - April 2014: No bike, nothing interesting happening.
May 2014: Pick up my current '08 R6S. One owner, mint condition and less than 8K miles. Rode it regularly until January of 2015 until I bought my 'Busa. It currently has just under 20K miles.
January 2015: Acquire my first bike bigger than 600cc and my first Hayabusa (2006 MY). Park the R6S like the redheaded stepchild it is.
So basically over the course of about one year and eight months, I've put roughly 24K miles on various 600s without dying. So what do I do to celebrate? Go and buy the fastest and nastiest bike $4,500 will get you (hint: 2006 Hayabusa).
What do I immediately notice different about this bike from my previous 600s? It's a lot heavier through the corners but will go no matter what gear or RPM you're at. And those are really the only two points I can talk about at this time. If you thought the initial feeling of speed/power was great on your new to you 600, just wait until you open up a Hayabusa (or ZX-14R or any liter bike I'm assuming)! I rode it for a few days and couple hundred miles before riding two up with the wife (despite possessing a full motorcycle license and MSF endorsement). But once I did, that's where the power advantage really shined. Downshifting was a thing of the past. I'm about certain this thing will leave a stoplight in third gear from zero. The one modification I can't wait to make to it is an upgraded gel seat. I've rode my R6S to Myrtle Beach twice at 245 miles one way, and while it didn't kill me nor was it particularly uncomfortable, I would of much rather taken my car (obviously, having made the trip twice).
So hopefully this will shed some insight into what going from a R6/GSX-R600/CBR600RR/etc. to a Hayabusa is like. Basically, it's a night and day difference that almost requires relearning to ride through anything other than a slow straight line. As always, ATGATT, keep the shiny side up and ride smart!
