2005 hayabusa

[yakky]

Re: 2005 hayabusa

As you can see, the Busa is no longer king of the hill, but that is the way it is. What was once considered extreme is now mundane in the quickly evolving motorcycle performance wars. The new class of 1000cc superbikes all put out more horsepower and weigh roughly 100-125 pounds less the the big Busa.

While the busa won't win any magazine 1/4 mile races stock anymore, she is still the king of high speed and eats up the 1000's past 130ish. The aerodynamics have yet to be topped by another bike. There are some nuts running around with triple the factory horsepower by adding a turbo and making some really insane runs. I'm curious to see if Suzuki ups the ante before the busa is 10 years old.

[TH0001]

Re: 2005 hayabusa

I witnessed a race between an R1 and a Busa on 417 (I ride with both guys) from about 100 to 150 ish, and the R1 was far ahead when they both let off. They swaped riders, and both agreed the R1 acclerated much harder.

I'm not bagging on the Busa, hell all bikes are cool in my book. Its just I never understood those who have owned them. Have you ever seen that video of Ghostrider and his 399 HP Busa doing 200 mph wheelies?

[yakky]

Re: 2005 hayabusa

I witnessed a race between an R1 and a Busa on 417 (I ride with both guys) from about 100 to 150 ish, and the R1 was far ahead when they both let off. They swaped riders, and both agreed the R1 acclerated much harder.

I'm not bagging on the Busa, hell all bikes are cool in my book. Its just I never understood those who have owned them. Have you ever seen that video of Ghostrider and his 399 HP Busa doing 200 mph wheelies?

Yeah, ghostrider is insane. I'm 6'3" so there aren't many sportbikes that I can ride comfortably.