If so what were your first mods and how do you like your bike ? , Its my first bike but this motorcycle thing is waaay more serious than cars are to me right now, don't get me wrong I love my hatch but this is CRAZY addictive





Modified by 92hybridhhatch at 9:55 AM 10/8/2003

 

Your first bike is a busa?!?

 

Yeah man , I didnt want to say I should have 6 months down the line so I went for it

 

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You've got some ***** kid

 

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I we didn't want to tell you, you shouldn't have

 

My first car was a Lamborghini Diablo...Don't hate

Unreal. I am intimidated by anything over 600...and I have ridden before. Man.

 

I've been unfortunate enough to ride a busa a couple of times and I hated every minute of it when i wasnt straight up. The thing hauls *** in a straight line but thats about it. Turning is slow, streering is heavy, and slowing down the heavy beast isnt fun. I'd take a gixxer1 anyday over it. Slap on a some new tires with a 180 rear and yer set for canyons and tracks. And if I wanted a straight line beast i'd probably take a zx12r just because I think the busa is hideous.

 

My first mod if you dont count taking off sll the warning stickers was a built motor, 5 months after I bought it. Motor done by Lee Shierts of Lee's Proformance. 1360 Kit cams, valve springs, ported, tapper bored throttle bodies and a couple other thing. The motor made 205Hp @ rear tire with short stacks and 195 with mixxed stacks. Next mod was a Double bubble windscreen.

 

So I guess you like yours too , and I understand the guy who says it doesnt handle , but to each his own and I am not a kneedragger by any means , hell it took me a few days just to make a right turn, I was good to the left but turning to the right scared the crap out of me like I was going to drop the bike everytime , thanks for all the comments

 

They handle pretty good for a big bike it takes some getting use to. They are not a light weight bike as far as handling. They take a lot more input to get them to turn but they will and handle fine. I have passed some 600's in the corners and keep up with alot of other bikes, gixxer 1Ks ect. I have scrapped my body work in the corners at the track, it was no missle on the track but it handle fine for the street.

As far as liking my bike, I have kept this bike longer then any of the other bikes I have owned that should say something. I have owned it since it was new in july of 99. If you havnt owned any other bikes and even if you have becarfull until you get use to it or you will end up on the ground.

 

Cool bro , thanx for the input , I was thinking frame sliders and an exhaust and undertail to begin with , what exhaust do you recommend?

 

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first of all did anyone tell you not to buy a busa??? thats scary i hope you have good health insurence and wear your gear.

 

I'm speechless, hayabusa as first bike, speechless I say.

 

I'm speechless, hayabusa as first bike, speechless I say.
i dont think people really know what there getting in to
keep a really close eye on the speedo they tend to rise really fast considering they can be a 9 sec bike very easy
**** i would start off with a 600 then after i know im a better rider keep it to play with and just move up and hows your life INS hope you have a good plan
Pio

 

also wear your rabbits foot and have a 4 leaf clover on your person at all times cause if you want your bike or yourself to be in thew same condition within the next 6 months your going to have to be real lucky. do you have any friends that ride. you know that a 600cc bike is going to be much faster with a somewhat exprienced rider than a 1300cc bike with a novice rider. the learning curve on a 1300cc pig like that is waaaay toooo long. i suggest you buy a f2 and put the busa in the garage til you know how to ride.

new bumper sticker
friends don't let friends buy busas as a first bike.

 

I dont think the bike matters as much as the level of maturity of the rider , 50% of motorcycle wrecks are caused by either excessive speed or carelessness on the part of the riders , the other 50% is caused by unaware or careless car drivers and that my friend can happen on a busa or on a moped . I asked a ton of people
about a BEGINNER bike and most of the experienced rideres said that there was no such thing , see the sticky post at the top of this very forum a bike is only as fast as you take it , and if you ride beyond your limits then beginners and experienced riders are prone to suffer the consequences . Thanx for the concern though

 

Get what you want but we are just trying to look out for you. If you haven't taken the MSF course first. And no matter what, ALWAYS WEAR GEAR or you'll learn the hard way like this guy http://www.cmyoung.com/bikewreck.html

 

Quote: "I dont think the bike matters as much as the level of maturity of the rider , 50% of motorcycle wrecks are caused by either excessive speed or carelessness on the part of the riders , the other 50% is caused by unaware or careless car drivers and that my friend can happen on a busa or on a moped . I asked a ton of people
about a BEGINNER bike and most of the experienced rideres said that there was no such thing , see the sticky post at the top of this very forum a bike is only as fast as you take it , and if you ride beyond your limits then beginners and experienced riders are prone to suffer the consequences . Thanx for the concern though "

I personally think it is 70% rider and 30% bike. If someone wants to be crazy and go fast and all that stuff they can just as easily kill themselves on 600 or even a 250. But someone mature enough to comprehend the danger and this and that could handle a bike and not get to much over themselves. But problem with biggers bikes is that every mistakes you made are amplified. So you just have to be super carefull. As if you were handling somesort of bomb that can blow up anytime...
I was going to say something but decided not to because I found out you were in the armed forces.... Now it doesn't mean your automatically responsible and mature but I was hoping you were, and after reading some of your post you sound ok.. I tend to agree though that a hayabusa is pretty big for first bike. If you would have went with 600 you would have learned much faster and have better skills that you could have translated on the busa... but than again lots of people told R6 was to much bike to start on and I did. So far so good and I consider myself a good rider for the amount of experience I have.
Anyway I highly recomend the MSF class.
Ride safe and have fun.

O and as far as answering your question for mods... First thing Id do is get rid of that mudflap..... and than maybe some flushmounts. I don't think Id do much performance wise... maybe a new can if you have $$$ to blow..

 

They do only go as fast as you twist the throttle but on a busa with that much HP and torque it is very easy to get in troble very fast. The advantage to learning on a smaller more nimble bike is that you truly can learn to ride it. They are much harder to get in troble with as far as handling and easier to control ( a weight and power factor). And I will even admit they are fun to ride around town and in the curves, where you dont have to worry about side stepping or sliding the rear end. I don't ride much in the city anymore with the guys so This bike suits me fine. But when I do I have to exercize thottle control a lot. Theyre big heavy bikes compared to most and even though mine will out run them It still takes an effort to stop it. also I dont know who you have been asking about a begginer bike but ( they either arn't very experinced, have never ridden a busa or are not that smart, not meaning to insult anyone but its the truth)

 

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Agreed. My 929 was my first bike and its pretty stout.

 

the larger the bike and more flickable the bike is(r6 is very flickable) the more your mistakes will cost you. in lamest terms your mistakes are less amplified on slower bikes. you may have a good head on your shoulders and you may be very rseponsible, but something is going to happen on the road and it will happen quick. on a smaller bike your going to be able to react easier and faster( if you over correct or over react it will be less amplified). an exprienced rider will be able to react the same on both small and large bikes.

 

Cool , I understand all of the statements and opinions Thanks and good lookin out , I will be taking the MSF course on Tuesday

 

I'll be at your funeral... enjoy wheeling in every gear.

I would only buy this bike if I did alot of freeway riding, so I can do 80-180 pulls. Not practicle imo for most normal riders.

 

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Agree!
and lemme know the date!

 

thats not cool at all, i wouldnt tell anyone that i was lookin forward to attend their funeral , but if thats the way you feel then I'll be sure to send out the invites