Someone please hurry up and buy this... 12.5k price drop since it was first listed
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-701239202.htm
It's cheap enough for sure, but WTF would I do with it?
It's a bit like having your own ICBM... lovely piece of high performance kit, but if you ever let it off the leash you're likely to end up fucked
I would buy it for this price if I didn't just spend a shit ton of money on my own turbo project.
As far as why you should own it. JBW explains it perfectly from about 1:35 onwards
Fuck. That's tempting.
On the one hand; I already have more power than I ever use for more than a handful of seconds at a time a handful of times per proper ride. The $6-7k it'd cost to upgrade could buy an awful lot of liquor/hookers/GN125s/Mudbugs/combination of the preceding which would undoubtedly be of more practical use than 400hp.
On the other hand: 400hp.
13.5k. That's gotta be crazy good value right? What're you spending on your turbo build? For what kinda hp?
Spent about 8k so far, need about another 4 to finish everything off. I'm only looking at 260 - 320hp max for the first tune, ride it around like that for a while then pull trigger on a intercooler setup.
Im building the majority of parts myself and calling in favours from friends so am saving alot of cash in that area. I would say 25k+ has gone into that bike when you take everything into account. Guys in the states typically pay up to 40k for a ultra build that can handle 600hp+
Remember that 400hp is only at the top of the rev range at whatever boost hes got gated/controlled. For the most part the lower rev range will be reserved and gentle(ish) like your standard busa. So the bike remains streetable.
I would like to go check this bike out and ask the guy a few questions but wellington is a bit far out of the way
Ok. So over the years I have had quite a few road bikes. Most powerful of these being an 06 GSXR1000. Currently have a vfr800 as a road going bike which I originally purchased as I figured this would give me a kind of "Jack of all trades" ride. I have had this bike going on three years and it has served me well. I always wondered what was the point of these large capacity sports bikes aka Hyperbikes. Always kinda figured its just pure wank factor and wrote it off as having a 1000 previously, I never envisaged wanting anything with even more hp... So a mate has bought an 08 Hayabusa. We went out today for a ride through the Lindis to Tarris and back again. So I took this lil ol girl for a leg of the trip and fuck me! What a bloody ball. That kinda power and torque is totally addictive. Its the first time in many years I truly have had a ride with fits of laughter going on inside the Arai.
So apologies for being a totally narrow minded judgemental asshole. For now I get it. And want it. Think I'll get one. Soon..... But probably a ZX14... Busa looks don't do it for me.
Bump - I've joined the Club
however I am after opinions on some bar risers for a 2008 'Busa (since I commute on my bike) and for those wondering - yes I have taken it Lane splitting, and can fit through all the gaps my 650 could
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the thing I LOVE about my ZX14 when touring is I can sit in 6th gear cruising along @105-110km with 3500rpm on the clock & I can feel the power just sitting there if required a slight twist of the wrist or pressure on the cramp buster & you can feel the power/torque coming on strongly through to 4000rpm after that things just go certainly like riding it...........
I Used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass
I been wondering does my bike deserve the hyperbike handle?
It's a honda X11.(Pic attached)
Weighs 250kg,top speed 260+,power wheelies first and second and a more than capable mile eater.
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