Hi everyone. I don't have a 'busa yet, however, I am getting one as my graduation present after finishing my MBA. I've got a year to go, but, I might sneak it in 6 months early. I've been looking very hard at both the ZX14 and the Hayabusa, and I am pretty certain my fact finding and research is over.
This forum has already saved me, I'd guess, about 1200 dollars. I research and read everything. I was actually going to get a 'Busa 2 years ago as a first bike. So, I did a little research, which led me here of course, and read some of the posts as a guest about 'buying a busa as a first bike.'
Well, to make a long story short, I decided a busa as a first bike would probably be a mistake. What sold me on that idea is the expensive fairings which would inevitably take a beating from a new rider
So, about a year and a half ago I bought a 1999 Bandit 1200 as my first bike.
The guy I had bought it from drove it to my house and I remember looking at it in my driveway thinking, how hard can this really be? So... I google how to ride a motorcycle.
clutch... ya ya ya... brakes... yea okay... check.
So I go out, turn the key, start it up, fantastic. Put her in first, and she dies.
I did that a few times and call the guy up and tell him the bike doesn't work as advertised. He recommends that I take the MSF course and recommends that I put the kickstand up, which, in retrospect is a fantastic idea. This, of course, works.
So, I walk it out to the street, put the key in, start it, put the kickstand up, put it in first, and work the clutch and the throttle, and I am off and away...
until my very first turn, where I run wide, into the grass, stomp the back brake, ass slides out and I am down sliding through my neighbors yard.
Goggle didn't say **** about turning.
Anyway, I took the MSF course a week later. Had I gotten a 'Busa as a first bike, the damage would have been a hell of a lot more expensive. As it was, the only damage was to my ego.
Anyway, I just wanted to say hi and that the advice that I've read here has been pretty solid... I'm glad I listened.
This forum has already saved me, I'd guess, about 1200 dollars. I research and read everything. I was actually going to get a 'Busa 2 years ago as a first bike. So, I did a little research, which led me here of course, and read some of the posts as a guest about 'buying a busa as a first bike.'
Well, to make a long story short, I decided a busa as a first bike would probably be a mistake. What sold me on that idea is the expensive fairings which would inevitably take a beating from a new rider
So, about a year and a half ago I bought a 1999 Bandit 1200 as my first bike.
The guy I had bought it from drove it to my house and I remember looking at it in my driveway thinking, how hard can this really be? So... I google how to ride a motorcycle.
clutch... ya ya ya... brakes... yea okay... check.
So I go out, turn the key, start it up, fantastic. Put her in first, and she dies.
I did that a few times and call the guy up and tell him the bike doesn't work as advertised. He recommends that I take the MSF course and recommends that I put the kickstand up, which, in retrospect is a fantastic idea. This, of course, works.
So, I walk it out to the street, put the key in, start it, put the kickstand up, put it in first, and work the clutch and the throttle, and I am off and away...
until my very first turn, where I run wide, into the grass, stomp the back brake, ass slides out and I am down sliding through my neighbors yard.
Goggle didn't say **** about turning.
Anyway, I took the MSF course a week later. Had I gotten a 'Busa as a first bike, the damage would have been a hell of a lot more expensive. As it was, the only damage was to my ego.
Anyway, I just wanted to say hi and that the advice that I've read here has been pretty solid... I'm glad I listened.
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Your story made me giggle... And I'm glad to finally meet 
a MAN who listened to common sense for once!
