Hyperbike ownership

[Crasherfromwayback]

Are you sure mate? Looks like the exact handle bar and dash configuration I walk out to each morning.

Looks and sounds more like a big Kawasaki to me.

[Drew]

I rode my bike today. How fucken werid is that?!

[Madness]

Are you sure mate? Looks like the exact handle bar and dash configuration I walk out to each morning.

True? I thought it looked a bit shit to be honest, almost Chinese-looking. I thought even the earlier ones had the chrome bezels around the dials.

I must have been wrong.

[Crasherfromwayback]

True? I thought it looked a bit shit to be honest, almost Chinese-looking. I thought even the earlier ones had the chrome bezels around the dials.

I must have been wrong.

It reminded me of a ZZR11/1200.

[Madness]

It reminded me of a ZZR11/1200.

Either way, the cunt couldn't ride his way out of a paper bag soaked in custard. The riding got worse as the video went on.

Back on topic. Anyone want to trade a ZX12-R for a KTM 950/990? Hyperbike ownership aint much fun on 85 points.

[Drew]

It reminded me of a ZZR11/1200.

Google Hayabusa dash. It's what it is, no question.

Owner can't ride for shit judging by that vid, and his brake and clutch masters will weep fluid unless he replaces the screws with countersinking ones.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Google Hayabusa dash. It's what it is, no question.

Owner can't ride for shit judging by that vid, and his brake and clutch masters will weep fluid unless he replaces the screws with countersinking ones.

Yeah maybe what threw me off was the colour of it. And yeah...noticed the cyl cap screwss.

[Drew]

Yeah maybe what threw me off was the colour of it. And yeah...noticed the cyl cap screwss.

Oh yeah, the poor rider/mechanic, is also a fuckin fag for having painted his clock surround!

[Gremlin]

Anyone want to trade a ZX12-R for a KTM 950/990? Hyperbike ownership aint much fun on 85 points.

It ain't going to help your licence... just spends a lot more time on one wheel.

Only your right hand controls your licence

[Madness]

It ain't going to help your licence... just spends a lot more time on one wheel.

Only your right hand controls your licence

You've commented recently about an experience on a Blackbird pootling along at licence-losing speeds unbeknown to yourself. I'm sticking to posted speed limits these days (most of the time) and OMFG it's boring on a ZX12-R. Time for a change.

[mossy1200]

I got touch wood zero penalty points and a zx14. Must ride it one day.

[Gremlin]

You've commented recently about an experience on a Blackbird pootling along at licence-losing speeds unbeknown to yourself. I'm sticking to posted speed limits these days (most of the time) and OMFG it's boring on a ZX12-R. Time for a change.

I completely agree. Thankfully, it was 136 (still finished off my remaining demerits though). I would have actually been better off on my ZX10R I had at the time, except it was having issues. At least you felt the speed better.

Wanting a 950/990 isn't the solution though (I went from ZX10 to 990SM). It took a few months of very painful adjustment, being focussed on the speed limit before things got more normal.

5 years on, and I still want to ride a ZX14, K1300R etc... but I know I really shouldn't. Got used to not having that power...

[Madness]

Wanting a 950/990 isn't the solution though (I went from ZX10 to 990SM).

Not so much looking for a solution - if I was I'd be buying a GN250. Looking to stoke the fires of fun & enjoyment, something the ZX12-R only seems to give me at >140km/hr these days. Besides, I've never had a twin & this could be the last "proper" bike I get before I retire into Harley-Davidson ownership or incontinence, or both.

[300weatherby]

My post wasn't really a commentary on the ability of a busa, more of an amusing story. There was definitely an element of ability at play, he was rushing into corners trying to put distance between us but then couldn't accelerate through the corners due to the SRs, if he'd binned it it would have happened at corner entry where there was the greatest distance between us and I was fully expecting it to happen so I doubt I would have followed suit.

It does speak to the attitude of a lot of busa owners though, little technical ability but they just have to have the fastest bike out there.

I very rarely use the full performance of my R6 on the road, WOT produces for more power than is ever required on the road and I have only had it over 220 a couple of times.



The standard knobblies on the DR are really good, very sticky, I don't push my luck too much under brakes but through corners I find they have really linear grip so very easy to push to the limit on any surface, they don't last long though (2000k for a rear if I'm pushing it) and they are quite expensive.

A lot of Busa owners wind up on one because they have bought into the ledgendary icon (something that the Blackbird or Kawasaki will never achieve )that the Busa has become, some straight from their licence gaining Gn250. A point some miss, is that the Busa is one of the most powerfull, NOT, one of the fastest, any gear you like, at any speed you just wind a little more throttle and away you go without effort. It is the power that gets them into trouble because it is really deceptive and then suddenly the corner arrives........ On your DR you have to work for it, so there is more focus and less suprise or panic and rush- inclined to think there should be a graduated licence system that stops people jumping straight onto Busa/GSXR1000/R1 type bikes, without passing a practical course that includes unexpected suprises that test thought process and control.

Busa's rock, but everybody on whatever they ride usually think their ride rocks too, be less interesting if we all rode the same bike.

[The Reibz]

True? I thought it looked a bit shit to be honest, almost Chinese-looking. I thought even the earlier ones had the chrome bezels around the dials.

I must have been wrong.

Yeah that dude has sprayed his one. Most I have seen are carbon fibre, except for the nigga spec chrome ones in the states.
On the subject of chrome, there is a entirely chromed busa in the states. They actually found a way chrome plastics, added like 30kg to the weight of the bike. Pretty farkn stupid but its what the owner wanted.

Any turbo bike riders hanging around on here?


Aint my cup of tea by a long shot but that blue bottle on the swing arm looks fun