Perspective

[Bumblebee]

I was out doing some errands and took the Bumblebee, at one stop the fellow who owns the copper "99 around here came over to chat...(he was without his bike so no pictures of our bikes together sadly...).

We were talking Hayabusa and he put it in a sort of perspective...he has a 23 yr old bike that is still relevant today...he said he was out riding yesterday and one of his coworkers has a newer CBR1K and he was able to blow by him on his old Hayabusa which frustrated the CBR rider to no end...

A few years ago they had some runs at the local municipal airport and other than a tricked up H2 that showed up his old bike was the fastest out there...and it is all stock other than the usual stuff a 23 yr old bike needs like brake pads, tires chains and sprockets....

It kind of puts the phenonium of the Hayabusa into focus....Suzuki really did it right when they designed the bike...it only got better as it got developed....but the Gen 1 is no throw away bike in it's own right....mod for mod, pound for pound, there's not a whole lot of difference between the generations which is a testament to the bike.

 

[JeffSyh]

He got a turbo? Or nitrous? Lol, I've been hearing alot of people dropping support for the H2's brocks performance discountiuned a few exhausts for them.

I love the support for the hayabusa and the mods available, makes it the best platform on the market.

 

[Bumblebee]

He got a turbo? Or nitrous? Lol, I've been hearing alot of people dropping support for the H2's brocks performance discountiuned a few exhausts for them.

I love the support for the hayabusa and the mods available, makes it the best platform on the market.

No, all stock, the only bike that was able to best him was that H2 which was set up as an R model with all the mods done to it he said...

 

[c10]

When you make a Bird very light with a good deal of power , and have a light rider The Hayabusa is just FAST .
Many a super bike tried , and not one ever won . A recent Drag record was posted on a forum . The NHRA list was all Hayabusa's
Not one Kawasaki in the entire list . Speeds 220 ish to 238 mph in the 1/4 mile . Most running Motech or MAx ECU . One Holley ECU .

 

[Tony Nitrous]

Any Busa should have enough horsepower and top end to mean that is not entirely left dead in the water.

However, new bikes have moved on in so many ways. I keep an eye out for Busa’s, I’d like another Gen-2 or even a Gen-1 for the drags or land speed runs, but as a streetbike they are quite dated and basic and lack the refinement of modern stuff. It’s OK to praise their more basic and less complicated design that some folk love, but it doesn’t mean they haven’t been improved on.

Hayabusa is still King of finding big numbers and continues to almost always rule Landspeed, Drags, Dyno Comps, World Wheelie comps etc, but that’s not what everyone’s daily ride is like. Untill the Gen-3 came out I was on a H2 SX SE as a nicer roadbike than a Gen-1 or 2.

 

[Bumblebee]

Speaking of perspectives...

I was cutting the grass yesterday by the street and an HD came by and even with me wearing ear defenders it was loud enough to startle me as he was about 2 feet away....and it was extremely loud...

It pulled into my next-door neighbor's driveway and as I was cutting right near the driveway, my neighbor waved me over...I stopped the tractor and went over....the bike is a new CVO Street Glide with the most obnoxious set of exhaust pipes known to mankind...I think he said he paid some crazy price for it in the neighborhood of $40k.

Of course me being me said for that price it would have been nice if it came with a set of mufflers. He laughed and said you like those eh? I told him I'm surprised he doesn't have a police escort every time he starts it up.

 

[DougE]

Speaking of perspectives...

I was cutting the grass yesterday by the street and an HD came by and even with me wearing ear defenders it was loud enough to startle me as he was about 2 feet away....and it was extremely loud...

It pulled into my next-door neighbor's driveway and as I was cutting right near the driveway, my neighbor waved me over...I stopped the tractor and went over....the bike is a new CVO Street Glide with the most obnoxious set of exhaust pipes known to mankind...I think he said he paid some crazy price for it in the neighborhood of $40k.

Of course me being me said for that price it would have been nice if it came with a set of mufflers. He laughed and said you like those eh? I told him I'm surprised he doesn't have a police escort every time he starts it up.

You got me thinking and it would be interesting to see a comparison between HD and sport bike exhausts noise levels. In my neighborhood, there is an even ratio of HD and sport bikes and most sound the same in terms of loudness. Of course its easy to tell the difference between the v twins and inline 4's.

 

[Bumblebee]

You got me thinking and it would be interesting to see a comparison between HD and sport bike exhausts noise levels. In my neighborhood, there is an even ratio of HD and sport bikes and most sound the same in terms of loudness. Of course its easy to tell the difference between the v twins and inline 4's.

I think it's the deep base "thump" of the V engines that make them so annoying...that includes metric cruisers as well.

I hear the odd sport bike around here and their sound disappears quickly whereas the HD drone keeps going forever it seems...

 

[DougE]

I think it's the deep base "thump" of the V engines that make them so annoying...that includes metric cruisers as well.

I hear the odd sport bike around here and their sound disappears quickly whereas the HD drone keeps going forever it seems...

Makes sense. I actually like that "thump" from the v twins. But I will say that almost all of the HD riders that ride by the neighborhood are the older riders who ride on the weekends. Gradually accelerate so the noise isn't that bad.

I can't stand the constant revving from either HD or sport bike.

 

[Bumblebee]

Makes sense. I actually like that "thump" from the v twins. But I will say that almost all of the HD riders that ride by the neighborhood are the older riders who ride on the weekends. Gradually accelerate so the noise isn't that bad.

I can't stand the constant revving from either HD or sport bike.

One of my former colleagues bought a new HD this year (traded his S1000R) on it...he has the stock pipes and the bike sounds really good, a slight purr with authority but after a few hundred feet, the sound goes away...

I don't know why these riders want that obnoxious noise...at least with a sport bike you shave large weight numbers off with changing out an exhaust.

My Yosh system is fairly quiet unless you get on the pipe, and I rarely get on the pipe and never around town or in built up areas.

 

[DougE]

One of my former colleagues bought a new HD this year (traded his S1000R) on it...he has the stock pipes and the bike sounds really good, a slight purr with authority but after a few hundred feet, the sound goes away...

I don't know why these riders want that obnoxious noise...at least with a sport bike you shave large weight numbers off with changing out an exhaust.

My Yosh system is fairly quiet unless you get on the pipe, and I rarely get on the pipe and never around town or in built up areas.

"LOUD PIPES SAVE LIVES!" either that or they just like the attention. I have a Brock's system because i like the deep sound it makes. I try to be considerate in residential areas by keeping it in low RPMS.

 

[Bumblebee]

"LOUD PIPES SAVE LIVES!" either that or they just like the attention. I have a Brock's system because i like the deep sound it makes. I try to be considerate in residential areas by keeping it in low RPMS.

I was out and had the bike on the pipe a couple times on a few back roads....

When I came home the neighbor had his guest over with his bike...the owner of the bike was surprised I rode and more surprised it was a bike such as mine.

The talk of how fast his bike is kind of dwindled off when he saw mine...