What Did You Do To Your Busa, Today?

Okay was concerned for your will power going from no bike to two brand new 1 thousands.

lol, thanks man, but that abs...is total bs.
I know they have it, but it didnt register in my brain while I was riding.
I went straight to a great set of triple S curves where I always scrub in my tires.
I couldn't figure out why I was so out of form, even being rusty. And why I slowed so much with a touch of the front brake. The brakes aren't aggressive, rather lazy actually, zero dive, and the best way I can describe would be like opening and dragging a chute.
Like I was on a ride, not me riding the bike.
The lack of any feel is awful.
The bike stayed completely level, and other than leaning a little, felt like it rode itself, I just gave it gas.
Made me want to go into a safe space and b*tch slap a bunch of crybabies, because unless you're at TT or GP skill level, wfo the whole track, the "shouldn't be near a motorcycle" crowd are the only other ones benefitting from that garbage.
I don't Ever, Ever...f'n Ever, see myself buying another new bike, unless everything else is fabulous, and I can pull a fuse and defeat the abs.
The engine may be good, isn't broke in yet, and I only put a few miles on it, and even though everything new is choked up to some extent, the wow factor just isn't there.
I'll stick with my plan for a '12 model gsxr1k(favorite color between 09-14), and it's a mechanical bike with FI...no fancy farkles.
 
A short while ago I stopped by the local coffee shop as I saw my buddy there. There were several HDs sitting around and I had to park amongst them.

A couple of the HD guys came over and checked out the Busa. They had never seen one and were impressed. They asked me how fast it would go and I just told them a bit faster then their HDs.

I was just about to leave when a uniformed cop walked over to check it out. He was pretty impressed and is now on the hunt for one for himself. I may get lucky and get another Hayabusa in my area after all...

What a day.
 
Fitted up my silver bottom Ohlins yesterday , set the cold sag settings today , will be making adjustments next ride in the hills .
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Fitted up my silver bottom Ohlins yesterday , set the cold sag settings today , will be making adjustments next ride in the hills .
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Lookin' very sexy, so why did you change your forks Toad?
Just got bored? Had a few spare sets of Ohlins forks lyin' around and thought you'd do the ol' switcheroo?
Is it the comp. and rebound settings you will mess with when out for a ride in them thar hills?
I guess you'll set them at 'standard' settings as a base reference point and make adjustments on the fly?
Do share . . . :popcorn:
 
Lookin' very sexy, so why did you change your forks Toad?
Just got bored? Had a few spare sets of Ohlins forks lyin' around and thought you'd do the ol' switcheroo?
Is it the comp. and rebound settings you will mess with when out for a ride in them thar hills?
I guess you'll set them at 'standard' settings as a base reference point and make adjustments on the fly?
Do share . . . :popcorn:
Well , I changed them back to these , my new set , because I wanted to balance the swingarm a bit bro , the other set are working beautiful , as I expect will these . Both sets of front and rear have been freshly serviced , so either are ready for use . I checked them and set for cold sag , and then set the rebound and compression to Ohlins recommended base settings . Next I will ride with a mate to make another check when the oil is warmed up , and I can then fine tune from the recommended setting +/- 4 clicks as desired .
 
I measured up my bike today, to check the fit into the Suzuki packing crate I scored from work.
At some point I will pack it up and send it on a trip to a foreign land by ship, then fly to meet up with it and ride some. . . .
Ya gotta start somewhere, so I'm starting with a dream and taking the first step.
Is it that easy? Just ship the bike where ever and ride? I would think in the good old USA there would be a mountain of red tape to wade through.
 
Well , I changed them back to these , my new set , because I wanted to balance the swingarm a bit bro , the other set are working beautiful , as I expect will these . Both sets of front and rear have been freshly serviced , so either are ready for use . I checked them and set for cold sag , and then set the rebound and compression to Ohlins recommended base settings . Next I will ride with a mate to make another check when the oil is warmed up , and I can then fine tune from the recommended setting +/- 4 clicks as desired .
Are they basically identical sets (other than black legs) or are they sprung differently for track or street?
 
Is it that easy? Just ship the bike where ever and ride? I would think in the good old USA there would be a mountain of red tape to wade through.
No, it's never 'that easy' Arch, there will be red tape, and a lot of it no doubt, but I would dearly love to have an adventure soon, and as I said, ya gotta start somewhere . . .
My friend says he wants to buy bikes in the US and bring them back, but I would love to actually take my own beloved '99 Busa there, and have the satisfaction of riding the bike I am so familiar with, after 4 years and 45,000kms.
The logistics of the export/import will be enormous but I do know a few Kiwis here that have done it already, and can help with vital information to speed things up a bit and smooth the path.
I have an old friend that I trust to mind my house and my dogs for the period of time I would be gone (6 weeks?) so it's falling into place piece by piece.
 
Not related to motorcycles but many years ago a Kiwi soldier showed up at our base as part of a Commonwealth transfer program.....He ended up wearing our uniform and was/is a great fellow...

I got to know him very well and referred to him as "Kiwi" He said he left because his mother is Canadian and he wanted to live in "her" country.

Thread Jack over....
 
We must have passed at some point. I went Chicago to Motogp, then NOLA, Alabama and into Georgia, back to Bama and rode around Little River Canyon NP, and I’m now in hotel outside Barber Museum. Tomorrow’s the museum and then up to Deal’s Gap. I’ll write about my trip when I’m done. 15 days on the road with the Busa.View attachment 1597903
Depending on the route you choose, you may be riding past me as well.
 
@mabupa said you ain’t cool unless you got speed bleeders. So I ordered them and installed today! And stopped by the body shop to check on my fairing and under tail.....and looking great may be able to pick it up today

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I was sad to see mine on the gsxr1000 monoblock calipers I just removed to install the brembos I bought from @fallenarch . I need to do some research to see if it’s the same thread pitch and maybe I can swap them over, but knowing brembo stuff, they are probably not interchangeable. :confused: I’m so used to them, that I screwed up my brake bleeding twice, because I kept forgetting that I need to hold the lever until i tightened it back up. I’m glad to see you got some though :thumbsup:
 
I was sad to see mine on the gsxr1000 monoblock calipers I just removed to install the brembos I bought from @fallenarch . I need to do some research to see if it’s the same thread pitch and maybe I can swap them over, but knowing brembo stuff, they are probably not interchangeable. :confused: I’m so used to them, that I screwed up my brake bleeding twice, because I kept forgetting that I need to hold the lever until i tightened it back up. I’m glad to see you got some though :thumbsup:
HAH, I actually purchased one of the mityvac handheld bleeders a few months back. I had an issue on a test run last week though where I lost my clutch (guess it sucked some air) and said screw it.....Miguel was right If I have to bleed out on the side of the road, speed bleeders are the way to go LOL
 
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