Sold the Harley, Bought a Bus

[dubbs]

a Busa that is..

Sold the Harley to my dad for what I paid for it, so I still get to ride it from time to time (thing sounds amazing) I decided I needed something with a little* more pep and could actually turn.

So I went and found a left over 09 Black Busa for 12k OTD. I thought it was a good deal for the NY area and they also gave me 0.0% for 5 yrs so I said.. eh, why the fuck not.

First impressions.. HOLY FUCK.. I thought my 600 was fast.. wow.. I have trouble seeing and I'm still only doing about 3/4 throttle and limiting the Revs to about 8k or so.

She had 0 miles when I rolled her out of the showroom on Monday.. She's got about 300 miles on her now.. The bike is comfortable, gets good gas mileage (5.5 gallon tank too), is dumb fuck fast, and actually handles well. I haven't really went crazy in the twisties yet (new tires) but So far, I honestly can't tell that much of a difference between this bike and my zzr in the turns. In fact, the busa feels better to me..

I attached a pic.. god damn I love this bike..

[Rangerscott]

Originally Posted by dubbs

a Busa that is..

Sold the Harley to my dad for what I paid for it, so I still get to ride it from time to time (thing sounds amazing) I decided I needed something with a little* more pep and could actually turn.

So I went and found a left over 09 Black Busa for 12k OTD. I thought it was a good deal for the NY area and they also gave me 0.0% for 5 yrs so I said.. eh, why the fuck not.

First impressions.. HOLY FUCK.. I thought my 600 was fast.. wow.. I have trouble seeing and I'm still only doing about 3/4 throttle and limiting the Revs to about 8k or so.

She had 0 miles when I rolled her out of the showroom on Monday.. She's got about 300 miles on her now.. The bike is comfortable, gets good gas mileage (5.5 gallon tank too), is dumb fuck fast, and actually handles well. I haven't really went crazy in the twisties yet (new tires) but So far, I honestly can't tell that much of a difference between this bike and my zzr in the turns. In fact, the busa feels better to me..

I attached a pic.. god damn I love this bike..

I giggled. Congrats on the bike.

[nhgunnut]

Welcome to the world of Busa's You are going to have lots of fun.

[t-homo]

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

I giggled. Congrats on the bike.

funny. i guarantee my friend can outride you through twisties on his zx14.

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by t-homo

funny. i guarantee my friend can outride you through twisties on his zx14.

I bet I can outride him with my ZX6r

Busas are pretty heavy..I think the ZX14 is much more nimble and prolly just as comfy. But...if you like it than thats all that matters.

[Rider]

Love the look and love the color but those bikes are huge. They need to shed 100lbs.

[dubbs]

Originally Posted by Rider

Love the look and love the color but those bikes are huge. They need to shed 100lbs.

I guess on paper the 480 or so pounds dry does seem like a lot, that was my thought going in too, but once this bike starts moving.. it feels nimble as hell. Plus, for me, this bike is strictly for the street, so any difference in corner speed between this and a 600 is negligible.

I plan on using the 600 as a track whore.. gonna take off the reg and ins.. that should pay for a trackday or two by itself.

[nhgunnut]

While I would agree the Busa Class machines will not handle AS WELL as a a superbike (my old 999 for example) Busa's n ZX14 handle very well (so does the B King) Frankly it takes better than the average skill set to make much use of the difference.
While I like the appearance of the Busa better than the ZX14 (Just opinion here) the real advantage of the Busa is the Depth of the Aftermarket. You only need to look at Over200's or Gixerhp's Bikes to find Busa's that handle extremely well. Of course the Olin Suspension and Brembos help. As does the available shortened swingarm , for those of us a bit more budget conscious simple tricks like race tech springs and valves in the forks, and and going up on both sprockets shorten the bike.

[z06boy]

Congrats and nice bike if you don't mind the size but hey...you just got off a Harley so I see no reason for you not to love it.

I didn't used to care much for Busa's HOWEVER after riding one for several days on two seperate occasions I have to admit that I liked it alot better than I would have thought. Yep...I'd own one.

Oh and it had a turbo too...made me smile quite often.

[Rangerscott]

Originally Posted by t-homo

funny. i guarantee my friend can outride you through twisties on his zx14.

And yet i couldnt give two shits about it. My bikes weight is right under theirs so i know how to ride a heavy sport bike. Also by dads unvles cousins sister brothers aunts third umcles twin sister stepfathers grand daughters dog can outride me.