I never thought putting her back together would have been this much work, anyway here she is

 

New rubber please. The battleaxes have almost killed me on several occasions.

 

Very nice, bike looks great. Out of curiousity, are you stationed at Ft. Sill?

 

Most 'busas I've seen look fugly. Yours looks good! The angles make it look real good.

 

is that polished aluminum or chrome? i dont know my shiny surfaces.

it does look nice. but a turbo under the fairing would look nicer.

 

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that my friend looks to me like chrome!

*Blang**Blang*

 

Goddamn how long did it take to do the swingarm? That **** is pimp man

 

a word of warning I have read several posts on several fourums about people croming stock busa rims and haveing them fail (crack and out right breaking) so be carefull.

 

Thanks for all the replies, yes I am station at FT Sill , the battleaxes should be gone by the nd of this month"they SUCK" yes it is chrome , and "BUSA1300" are saying the wheels themselves are breaking or the chrome? either way I would like any info or links on the subject , thanx again guys

 

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Which model?? I've had no issues with the 012s on my bike.

 

Loving the bike, always wanted a busa... guess I'll have to stick with the liter bike for a while

 

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i'll chime in here even though i am no expert. the rim material is pretty thin and when you get it super hot then lay a layer of chrome material on it, it can cool and set up unevenly and this will cause stress points in the rim itself. throw in the harsh environment of spinning and vibration and thermal cycling and its very likely BUSA1300 is talking about the rim itself failing, not the chrome flaking off etc.

 

Clean blinging busa! Keep the shiny side up on that beast

 

Thanks guys , and I will most def. try and keep the shiny side up

 

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012s, 010s and 020s are fine. It's the 45s and 54s that I hate. Basically older oe stuff.

 

Its different but smooth.

 

Man, me and you are 1 in the same.. I also have a 1992 hbrid hatch... h22.. and i curently own a Vtr1000.. I love the bike, but have been DYING to get a busa for the longest time...

What year do you recommend?? Anything i should look for when buying one??

Thanks man..

 

thats pretty weird huh. There are not many big differences between the years of the busa , mainly colors and the fact that the first ones didnt have a speed governor , other than that ,if you plan on buying a new one try to search as hard as you can for a good price , some places grossly overprice them . I paid 9700 fro mine and in some places I've heard of them as cheap as 9400 , yet they are places selling them for mis 11's to low 12's because of the demand for the bike,just dont settle and search, if you are getting a used on make sure you check for all of the obvious like prior wrecks , no knocking or smoking and last but most important that the title is clean , the rates that bikes are being stolen is CRAZY , other than that keep pimping

 

Ya,, here is my bike now as it sits.




I love the bike i have now. Its fast, sounds great, but i have ALWAYS wanted a big super bike. Plus, out of ALLL the bikes i sat on, the gsxr1000, zx12r, R1, 954RR, the Busa was the only one my wife felt comfortable on the back of... Plus she could flat foot it.. So that kinda sold me..

 

The accutual wheels not the chrome only after having them chromed I will try to find posts they have been on several boards.

 

I'm doing mine now... it takes forever... if you dont' have time and patience, get someone else to do it... and I have an F4i so I have to strip the powercoating too

 

Sweet bike!!! Hate to be the one to clean it

 

here is one link to a discussion on chromed stock rims breaking.
http://www.sportbikes.net/foru...d+rim

http://www.cycleforums.com/for...break

 

Cool , I would think I should be fairly safe , no stunna here , just ride it like it was meant to be, Thanks for the info

 

NP there are a couple more but they were active quite a while ago and i can't seem to find them. Hope you never have a problem with them.