Well Daytona Bike Week has come and gone and I thought I'd reflect on some things I learned during DBW while motoring on my Busa. For many, many Bike Weeks I have travelled by my BMW's so riding the Busa down there was a unique experience. Let me share just some of them.
When you pull up at the stop light next to some youngesters on their whatever sportbikes
they take one look and don't even think about it! The bike has a rep!
If you think the Sport Touring factory windshield is anything but an appearance item you'd be wrong.
At a constant 75-85 down I-95 you get a lot of buffeting. The ZG/DB is a better choice if you don't want your chin on the tank. I cranked it a couple of times in the 150's and it was work.... if you don't get caught I-95 can be a beautiful thing!
It isn't a fuel mizer my average was about 39 mpg at about 75 mph.![bowdown :bowdown: :bowdown:](https://www.hayabusa.org/images/smilies/bowdown.gif)
I did a couple of Atlantic Coast to Gulf Coast runs about 380 miles and the stock seat was not a problem but I couldn't do a Saddle Sore 1000 or Burn Burner 1500 without some seat assistance.
The Heli Bars helped alot..good mod. Center stand was even a better mod. If I had one reoccuring comment it was hey I didn't know Busa's had centerstands!![bowdown :bowdown: :bowdown:](https://www.hayabusa.org/images/smilies/bowdown.gif)
Mechanical woes yes I had a few. Blown Headlight (who knew you had to go from the bottom pulling that cover?), bad battery(had a battery tender on it all the time?), defective clutch switch which took a couple of hours to find. How ermbarrassing not to know the damn thing had a switch by the clutch lever? Sucked ... found the wiring schematic in my brand new shop manual which was 50% off at Cycle World of Daytona. That's right just $38 and tax. Found the switch in the diagram and said awe sh*t.. looky here. My friends were glad for they did not have to push me any more which didn't work anyways.
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Finally the Busa's were out in great numbers and just like the BMW guys we always nodded to each other. Very cool fraternity we have here.
Took a couple of days to really start pushing her around the bends (if you want to call anything a curve in Florida) but I started to get the handle of having to counter steer with a lot more pressure than I am used to using standard flat or slightly curved bars. Clip on style/type bars make you push her around like you're racing her. Gotta get the weight shifted more when entering the bends.![bowdown :bowdown: :bowdown:](https://www.hayabusa.org/images/smilies/bowdown.gif)
From inside the pits at Daytona during Pole Qualifing it was net to see Ben Bostrom take it by one, one hundredth of a second which became prophetic because he won a tightly contested 200. It wouldn't of been nearly that tight if they didn't run the 200 like it was a NASCAR race. If Ben got out in front there would eventually be a caution to close things up. Couple of non fatal crashes and one odd one where two bike hooked together coming into the pits. Almost a fist fight there...
Finally it was nice to have a good looking , nice running bike that has way more power than I ever could use successfully. I'd like to hear from anyone else who was down there.
Wardie
When you pull up at the stop light next to some youngesters on their whatever sportbikes
![rofl :rofl: :rofl:](https://www.hayabusa.org/images/smilies/rofl.gif)
If you think the Sport Touring factory windshield is anything but an appearance item you'd be wrong.
![rofl :rofl: :rofl:](https://www.hayabusa.org/images/smilies/rofl.gif)
It isn't a fuel mizer my average was about 39 mpg at about 75 mph.
![bowdown :bowdown: :bowdown:](https://www.hayabusa.org/images/smilies/bowdown.gif)
I did a couple of Atlantic Coast to Gulf Coast runs about 380 miles and the stock seat was not a problem but I couldn't do a Saddle Sore 1000 or Burn Burner 1500 without some seat assistance.
The Heli Bars helped alot..good mod. Center stand was even a better mod. If I had one reoccuring comment it was hey I didn't know Busa's had centerstands!
![bowdown :bowdown: :bowdown:](https://www.hayabusa.org/images/smilies/bowdown.gif)
Mechanical woes yes I had a few. Blown Headlight (who knew you had to go from the bottom pulling that cover?), bad battery(had a battery tender on it all the time?), defective clutch switch which took a couple of hours to find. How ermbarrassing not to know the damn thing had a switch by the clutch lever? Sucked ... found the wiring schematic in my brand new shop manual which was 50% off at Cycle World of Daytona. That's right just $38 and tax. Found the switch in the diagram and said awe sh*t.. looky here. My friends were glad for they did not have to push me any more which didn't work anyways.
![tongue :p :p](https://www.hayabusa.org/images/smilies/tongue.gif)
![tongue :p :p](https://www.hayabusa.org/images/smilies/tongue.gif)
![tongue :p :p](https://www.hayabusa.org/images/smilies/tongue.gif)
Finally the Busa's were out in great numbers and just like the BMW guys we always nodded to each other. Very cool fraternity we have here.
Took a couple of days to really start pushing her around the bends (if you want to call anything a curve in Florida) but I started to get the handle of having to counter steer with a lot more pressure than I am used to using standard flat or slightly curved bars. Clip on style/type bars make you push her around like you're racing her. Gotta get the weight shifted more when entering the bends.
![bowdown :bowdown: :bowdown:](https://www.hayabusa.org/images/smilies/bowdown.gif)
From inside the pits at Daytona during Pole Qualifing it was net to see Ben Bostrom take it by one, one hundredth of a second which became prophetic because he won a tightly contested 200. It wouldn't of been nearly that tight if they didn't run the 200 like it was a NASCAR race. If Ben got out in front there would eventually be a caution to close things up. Couple of non fatal crashes and one odd one where two bike hooked together coming into the pits. Almost a fist fight there...
Finally it was nice to have a good looking , nice running bike that has way more power than I ever could use successfully. I'd like to hear from anyone else who was down there.
![cheerleader :cheerleader: :cheerleader:](https://www.hayabusa.org/images/smilies/cheerleader.gif)