Returned after 4 years

chrisso

chrisso

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It's great to be back!

I used to post here around 2020 when I'd restored a Gen 1 Hayabusa and thanks to this forum I ironed out all the bugs and got it running perfectly. I then traded it in for a Gen 2 Super Duke R, which I loved and gave me 22000km of near trouble-free riding. What a bike! Well, I just traded my Super Duke for a Gen 3 Hayabusa, so I've gone full circle. The dealer gave me a great price for the KTM - much more than I expected. When I took out the demo gen 3 Hayabusa, I had memories of the brutal power of my previous stock gen 1, so comparing them was interesting. I could definitely 'feel' the DNA is still there, but what a damn improvement overall. The way it pulls from nowhere and just keeps going and going - utterly intoxicating. It's got the same old clunky gearbox, but I think Suzuki's done a brilliant job tuning in the low-end torque. The quickshifter going up is good (definitely didn't experience the lag some people have posted about), but autoblipping down seems way off, like it's clunking into gear. That didn't deter me though, and I'm glad the front brake master's been sorted. Hopefully I pick up my new warp 1 ship in the next couple of days. I also currently own an L6 GSXR1000. I'm looking forwards to learning all I can about this bike. I've already downloaded the manual from this excellent forum.

Peace
 
Here's pics of my old gen 1 Hayabusa (now in someone's collection), and my current gixxer and SDR. Will post a pic of the new Hayabusa when I pick it up hopefully this week.

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Welcome back

I bought my first Busa, a Gen III, last February and the one thing I like most about the bike is how it pulls in any gear. I don't have any complaints about the quick shifter up or down but I'm not a super aggressive rider so for my style of riding the QS is adequate.
 
Bumblebee said:
Let her know I have a primarily yellow one and people still either pull out or attempt to turn left in front of me.....

Hell, they pull out in front of school buses because their noses are in their phones....

The color don't matter....
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Very, very true. By law, bike headlights are permanently on here in Aus, and idiots still pull out, so agree that the colour does squat. But in order for me to get the funds together, I had to give a little in order to get what I want - that meant agreeing to white!
 
chrisso said:
Very, very true. By law, bike headlights are permanently on here in Aus, and idiots still pull out, so agree that the colour does squat. But in order for me to get the funds together, I had to give a little in order to get what I want - that meant agreeing to white!
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Ya gotta do what ya gotta do.....

Headlights are on here all the time as well......I even have an HID headlight that will burn your retinas and they still seem to not see me....

My wife doesn't care what color my bike is as long as it gets me out of her hair and the house.....
 
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