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Hey guys! I just got a 06 Busa that has had a lot of work done to it... stretched, lowered, exhaust, new fairings.... Just wondering if anyone has any tips on riding a bike that has been stretched short of experience and time in the saddle.... My main bike is a 2000 Katana so I'm used to the weight, but the stretch is really throwing me off and making me worry and take turns a lot slower and more careful than I usually do... and sorry if this has been asked before, but the search kept giving me an error. Posted pics of both the busa and my usual ride.

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Welcome, good looking bikes.

Time and experience will be your friend in adjusting to riding a stretched bike...either that or get a stock swingarm and return it to a stock riding position so you can get into some corners. That is unless you plan on drag racing it...

My older son has a black '06 Suzuki Katana like yours...I let him ride my bike and he came back with a huge smile on his face....
 
Thank you, that's what I was thinking...

Just need to spend some time in an empty parking lot it seems.... lol.

And I've entertained the idea of racing it, just simply because I have the Katana as my regular ride and only take the Busa out when I want an adrenaline rush or someone was talking trash. Lol. That and the guy that I got it from couldn't tell me everything that had been done and I haven't spent a weekend tearing her apart to find out. The fairings have built in speakers and a sub, and there's a little switch on the handlebars that I don't know what it does yet...

And I bet he did! I'm thinking if mine wasn't stretched out she would handle the same and just have a lot more power behind her.
 
The anti-squat is probably WAY WAY off with an extended and lowered bike leading to unloading the front on corner exits.

I suspect most customized bike rider don't open the throttle upon exiting a corner for them to notice any ill effects.

LOL
cut and paste from,


"While a certain amount of squat loads the rear suspension and improves traction, too much can unload the front wheel and have you running wide on the turn exit..."

cheers
ken
 
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Hey guys! I just got a 06 Busa that has had a lot of work done to it... stretched, lowered, exhaust, new fairings.... Just wondering if anyone has any tips on riding a bike that has been stretched short of experience and time in the saddle.... My main bike is a 2000 Katana so I'm used to the weight, but the stretch is really throwing me off and making me worry and take turns a lot slower and more careful than I usually do... and sorry if this has been asked before, but the search kept giving me an error. Posted pics of both the busa and my usual ride.

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Welcome to the org... nice looking bikes u got :thumbsup: As far as your stretch out doesn't look too stretched but it will definitely handle a lot worse then a regular wheelbase and busas aren't the easiest thing to corner to begin with. If you wanna take it thru some twisties of suggest a stock swingarm if your just trying to go fast in a straight line and keep it somewhat of a show bike which seems to have been someone's plan with having a radio then keep the extension. But like you said your gonna have to practice to get used to it and it won't ever be a corner carver with that extension. Feel free to post a pic of that switch we've got some real knowledgeable people around here and they've figured things out thru a simple pic many times and any questions you have in sure sometime here knows the answer.
 
Was raining all day today so I left both of them parked, will post a picture of the aftermarket switch tomorrow.
 
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