New to me '09

[Bumblebee]

When I get out to the garage again I'll take a peek and a picture...beats me, it looked like carbon fibre, to me. It could have been a wrap as other pieces were wrapped and I peeled them off. Don't know why someone would wrap an air box but weirder things have happened I'm sure...

 

[ItsDooomz]

It would be "weirder" to have a $1300 airbox on a relatively stock bike.

 

[ROADTOAD1340]

Sure as hell wouldn't of been there if you bought it from an actual bike dealership , if that is a Montgomery beauty , it would be a cherry waiting to be picked , or in this case swapped out !

 

[Bumblebee]

Well suck me dry and call me Dusty...it was wrapped...I peeled that sucker off (wasn't easy as it was well done) and it's back to plastic.. I haven't researched carbon fibre air box prices but $1300 sure could be spent on other things.....Don't know what benefit it would be on a bike like this anyway.

I guess I will keep the bike regardless. It's kind of fun to ride.

 

[Karl_1052]

That is my buddies old bike.
He traded it in on a S1000RR.

 

[Jake whitebird]

Like you were gonna get rid of it cause the air box wasn’t fiber?!? Lol come on of course it’s fun to ride. Wait til you mod it..... get a power adder, quick throttle, sprockets....

 

[Bumblebee]

Like you were gonna get rid of it cause the air box wasn’t fiber?!? Lol come on of course it’s fun to ride. Wait til you mod it..... get a power adder, quick throttle, sprockets....

It's all I can handle for now but thanks all the same.

 

[Bumblebee]

That is my buddies old bike.
He traded it in on a S1000RR.

It's part of the family then......

The Beemer is a nice bike, I hope he is enjoying it as much as I am enjoying his old bike.

Do you still have that Gixxer in your avatar?

 

[Karl_1052]

It's part of the family then......

The Beemer is a nice bike, I hope he is enjoying it as much as I am enjoying his old bike.

Do you still have that Gixxer in your avatar?

Nope. Long gone. It lost oil pressure and spun a bearing in 2004, so i replaced it with a VTR1000, which was replaced by the busa in 2008.

 

[Bumblebee]

Nope. Long gone. It lost oil pressure and spun a bearing in 2004, so i replaced it with a VTR1000, which was replaced by the busa in 2008.

Too bad the Gixxer let you down, I had a red and black one back in the day...was yours an 1100 or a 750?

 

[zed2000]

Congrats on the new bike. So here's a list of what has been done to that '09 Bumblebee

I'll start at the tail and work around to the front.


-Hump storage mod
-Under tail expanded storage cutout.
-Rear fender delete.
-DID drag gold chain
-Hotbodies darkened tail lights and smoothed turned signals.
-Smaller discrete passenger pegs
-90 degree gold metallic air valves (front and back)
-Foldaway shifter and brake pegs.
- Yoshimura- 4-2-1 exhaust system with Carbon fiber can.
-Frankenbolt delete, replaced with blacked out bolts.
-Shaped comfort seat.
-Techspec snake skin side and center tank grips
- Frame plugs
-Translogic Quickshifter. (up only)
-Heavier oil weight swap in steering stabilizer
-Heli bars
-HEL Steel braided lines brake and clutch (race set up)
-2009 Brembo master cylinder from Yamaha R1
-2013 Brembo Calipers
-EBC 4.4mm thick front rotors
-EBC Double H sintered pads (front)
-EBC Organic pads (rear)
-HID headlight with Phillips bulb upgrade 4300k temp
-K&N Air filter.

I may have forgotten some stuff, that's the major stuff. I did have a bazzaz with tuner and had dyno'd the bike but that was removed before the trade.

I'm happy someone else has the bike and will take care of her, it's a nice kitted out bike which served me extremely well.

https://imgur.com/a/DaMI2Eo

 

[Bumblebee]

What a great resource to find the previous owner who cared and loved this bike as I now do.
I very much appreciate what you have done to the "Bumblebee" to make it as good as it is today.
I have washed and waxed it often since the short time I've owned it.
At over 50yrs old, and retired, I have nothing but time to give to the care of this bike.

Thanks to Zed2000, I am a member of this exclusive community.

 

[Mathewrussell52]

Nice upgrades

 

[Bumblebee]

I met up with Zed2000 (previous owner of the Bumblebee) and found out he's a great guy and very knowledgeable of Hayabusas.

I also managed to get a boat load of parts off him including the Bazzaz system...I will be installing this soon I figure.

 

[Bumblebee]

I installed the Bazzaz and the bike tries to pull my arms out of the sockets now...what a difference it made. I thought it had power before....

 

[Mathewrussell52]

I installed the Bazzaz and the bike tries to pull my arms out of the sockets now...what a difference it made. I thought it had power before....

One bolt on will get you around 40hp prob need to do that after you get use to that whole 180hp.

 

[Bumblebee]

One bolt on will get you around 40hp prob need to do that after you get use to that whole 180hp.

I think it has more than enough power now for this old guy....previous owner had it dyno'd at 186 hp and 116 ftlbs

Which bolt on would give another 40 hp?

 

[Mathewrussell52]

Turbo

 

[Bumblebee]

Turbo

I thought that was what you were going to say....that's a serious bolt on....

 

[Mathewrussell52]

I thought that was what you were going to say....that's a serious bolt on....

Gotta drill a hole in the oil pan and one for the tank but other than that everything bolts on. It is some work but I always assume if i can do it and scoop fries for a living anyone can do it. Some base kits don’t even touch the fuel system. Not saying it is recommended but they get away with it.