a few pics of todays ride out

[2kwacks]

my bike is booked in for it's first service tomorow, so needed to get 300 miles in today to reach the 600 miles needed for it's first service, so me and my mate on his "one off" hayabusa gold.. set off this morning at 09.30 hrs and toured most of north wales, of course.. our first stop was breakfast at the ponderosa it was a nice day, it was a bit misty on the horseshoe pass but the rest of northwales was quite a nice day only took 3 pics because I was to busy riding

[Bryn]

The green stripes on the Bike really suit it 

[beegee]

 

The green stripes on the Bike really suit it 

[O.C.]

Stunning looking bikes, and the Green stripes do look the business, BUT holy cow those Akros...WOW... they are the muts nuts Dave 

BTW the ZZR is by far the better looking bike of the two...............no really........and yes,  I know I'm biased, but it is 

[2kwacks]

Stunning looking bikes, and the Green stripes do look the business, BUT holy cow those Akros...WOW... they are the muts nuts Dave 

BTW the ZZR is by far the better looking bike of the two...............no really........and yes,  I know I'm biased, but it is 

won't can't argue with the your 3 statements

[100milesaway]

Stunning looking bikes, and the Green stripes do look the business, BUT holy cow those Akros...WOW... they are the muts nuts Dave 

BTW the ZZR is by far the better looking bike of the two...............no really........and yes,  I know I'm biased, but it is 

Yeh, but I reckon you could av im on ya Beeza Rog

[keith]

dont know what it is about hayabusa's . even though they have always had a bullet proof reputation i have always thought thm to be an ugly looking bike,after saying that i dont know if they have the kawasaki's warping disc,seizing adjusters and the other little niggles which kawaski's owners moanabout,i have had nothing but kawasaki's for the last four years. but gess what as i have always said i dont warrant spending 9 & 10 grands on a bike for the time i get to ride now, so i have sourced a 2010 1340 hayabusa in kent i am taking delivery of it on saturday,dont get me wrong i still like the kawaski's  but i am going to give the busa  a go ,i will let ou know what i think between the two,absolutely loved my last 1441 zzr the metallic green colour was absolutely stunning,but i could not stand the crunching into first gear,i always lowered my tickover speed on my previous zzr's and my gtr which really helped with the crunching but i couldn't do that on the latest zzr.hoping for some good weather for this year,but without question this is still the best forum of all.

[Winston Smith]

The Hayabusa is plain fugly, especially with the seat hump.

Mind you the late 90's Suzuki GP bikes were the same ugly shape and it did them no harm!

[2kwacks]

dont know what it is about hayabusa's . even though they have always had a bullet proof reputation i have always thought thm to be an ugly looking bike,after saying that i dont know if they have the kawasaki's warping disc,seizing adjusters and the other little niggles which kawaski's owners moanabout,i have had nothing but kawasaki's for the last four years. but gess what as i have always said i dont warrant spending 9 & 10 grands on a bike for the time i get to ride now, so i have sourced a 2010 1340 hayabusa in kent i am taking delivery of it on saturday,dont get me wrong i still like the kawaski's  but i am going to give the busa  a go ,i will let ou know what i think between the two,absolutely loved my last 1441 zzr the metallic green colour was absolutely stunning,but i could not stand the crunching into first gear,i always lowered my tickover speed on my previous zzr's and my gtr which really helped with the crunching but i couldn't do that on the latest zzr.hoping for some good weather for this year,but without question this is still the best forum of all.

they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder I don't mind the look of the busa now that very well may be because it's not half as butt-ugly as it's owner and this is my ugly mates second busa and he swears by them. but as you know the busa is long over due a new model. suzuki may take the well known saying.. if it's not broke then don't fix it! remember kawasaki never changed the excellent zx7r from the first p1 model to the p7 model except for colour changes, but you know as well as I know that would be complete bollocks because even the excellent zx7r lost out to the newer model suzuki 750 gxsr and even the 600 gsxr in there hey day's.. due to the zx7r old design and heavy bulk, I don't think suzuki reckons that there is enough hyper bike lovers out there to warrant spending money on re-designing a brand new hayabusa instead they have given the same model busa a.b.s and brembo calipers and are are offering new colours, well there going to need to get there finger out if they want to be top again that's for sure, because the new model zzr1400 is going to take some beating in looks,performance and coolness

[keith]

yes you are right two kwacks,i dont know what has happened to me, i couldn't stand the look of the busa especially with that hump,but i seem to have grew a liking for them (but without the hump) i have been looking for a bike since i sold my 1441,just by chance a stumbled across a couple of busa's in the dealers.and they started to grow on me,then the trouble of getting the right bike at the right price ,this is why i have ended up in kent ,2010 2800 miles  on it ,i was lucky to get in first and give a deposit as quite a few people have been trying to buy it from the owner. they seem to sell better than the gtr and zzr ,all the other ones i went for had  sold straight away.but i will have to wait till saturday and see how i adjust,] to it.

[2kwacks]

keith.. make no mistake about it, the haybusa is a excellent machine and seem to hold their prices well, but I'm a kawasaki man through and through but like I say to my mate.. if the zzr1400 hadn't been invented I would have at to settle for the second best now that would be a shame because I don't do second best

p.s don't forget to post some pics of your busa when you get it. by the way...  my mate still has his other busa and his having trouble selling it but unless your willing to sell cheap then it's the wrong time to sell.

[Lonewolf]

So thats where you were today and why you STILL havent answered my text! 

[O.C.]

Yeh, but I reckon you could av im on ya Beeza Rog

Dead right Geoff, they wouldn't see me for dust...but I imagine they would hear me, even some distance away 

BTW the Busa looks like a jelly Mould 

[2kwacks]

Yeh, but I reckon you could av im on ya Beeza Rog

[/qoute] Yeh, but I reckon you could av im on ya Beeza Rog I get more miles to a gallon of petrol than Rog would get miles to a gallon of oil

[O.C.]

mmmmmm, an interesting observation Dave.

Actually the Beezer will do about 50mpg, which considering that its now 52 years old aint that bad especially when compared to today's crop of modern machinery  It makes you wonder why manufacturers haven't improved mpg figures on today's bikes by all that much   

As for the oil well it does drop a bit, but then so do my Triples.thankfully KHI seem to have got the GTR nice and dry, with not a drop to be seen anywhere