Hayabusa owners

**Big Dog** · 20th April 2006, 22:02

Rock on! sounds like an excellent ride!
not sure i am Man enough to ride down 50km of gravel at 70kmph on a bus.
Good to hear at least one of the bus drivers on this site can actually use it the way it was intended.

**200BUSA** · 20th April 2006, 22:38

04 busa first reg april 05 i have had new since then i got the last one of summerfest special,great bike-now done 15700km still original front bridgestone and changed the rear bridgestone at 6200km to a Metzeler Roadtec Z6 a fantastic tire,has a hard centre and soft sides,great grip.Good in the wet to.I struck a false neutral yesterday on the way back from Picton,it just didnt want to slip into 6th.I get the busa seviced at Sportzone Suzuki-great bunch of guys there.I get a quote before they do service - saves a few dollars as labour costs add up quick.12000km service was $290 Next service gets a K@N filter then new cans,then TRE but as it sits it is plenty fast enough(to many cops).It is a great cruising bike and i ride it every day to work.

**200BUSA** · 21st April 2006, 12:34

The Australian Hayabusa owners club website is really good for info and good for a laugh-check it out sometime.

**200BUSA** · 21st April 2006, 12:53

www.ozbusa.com

**busadayz** · 23rd April 2006, 22:26

Any body here with a Busa taken it around pukekohe track, if so any one got any lap times/ thoughts on how it went???

**terbang** · 30th April 2006, 13:11

Just did 1800 kays (2 up) in the wet on a Avon Azarro ST.. Good tyre in the wet and reliable to the "Edge" in the dry and its wearing well with lots of life left in it..? Highly reccommended..

**Marmoot** · 1st May 2006, 16:50

Originally Posted by busadayz

Any body here with a Busa taken it around pukekohe track, if so any one got any lap times/ thoughts on how it went???

There was one nice philipino KBer (I dont remember his nickname) with his silver Busa.
Quite impressive on exiting the castrol (mind you I was on SP1 at that time). Managed to beat him only by braking a bit later n entering the hairpin. That Busa sure does fly on the track.

**Marmoot** · 25th June 2006, 00:13

ARGH....my first time hit the false-neutral when changing from 4th to 5th.........

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ah well.......carry on........

**terbang** · 25th June 2006, 13:05

I've hit a couple od false neutrals on mine in the last 8000 kays. Not a big problem really mainly caused by a lazy left foot. I have a TRE fitted to mine and it smothes things out nicely. At 8000k I reckon Ive only got at least a thousand or so kays left out of the front tyre its doing the 10 oclock 2 oclock thing badly now. I dont like front end slips and am thinking of matching the rear Avon with a sticky Avon on the front..?
any ideas..?

**sAsLEX** · 25th June 2006, 13:27

Originally Posted by terbang

any ideas..?

motohaus do a 1000k trail on new avon sets, just got a viper on the front of my bike

**nadroj** · 19th August 2006, 20:19

Just put a new set on today & looked back to see how long they were on.
Front was worn worse on the right hand side & lasted 17,500Km.
Rear was punctured on the Wakanaki sheep fest ride by sharp grit stones, plugged & semi nana'd to 8,500Km with another 1500-2000 left in it if it hadn't been punctured. I reckon thats bloody good value for one of the best tyres on the market especially when the new ones were mistakenly quoted at cost price and although I offered to pay a fair price they declined and accepted the quoted price only which incuded fitting and balancing.

**sAsLEX** · 19th August 2006, 21:15

Originally Posted by nadroj

were mistakenly quoted at cost price and although I offered to pay a fair price they declined and accepted the quoted price only which incuded fitting and balancing.

But I bet you go back therer for years to come! A lot of businesses need to relise that.

**terbang** · 20th August 2006, 11:06

I'm now on Avons. The front is a Viper Sport and after a slippery coro loop I am sold on it as far as performance is concerned. Will keep you up on the longivety of it..?
The rear is still the Azzarro ST which has now done 7500kays and is a good compromise between performance and durability on the back of this monster. Its about 80% worn and I might go to the Viper on the back next to match the front. Just clicked over 10,000 kays since Feb..
Lotsa bike there and lotsa grins..

**M1CRO:Me** · 20th August 2006, 20:25

In keeping with the Hayabusa owners.. Here is my latest Mods

**cuppa** · 26th August 2006, 16:37

Originally Posted by busa pete

hi we have a fulse neutral between 5 & 6 when oil gets a bit old the first oil change that we did was ween we got the bike at 11700 km we found fine grindings atatched to the magnet in the sump plug .we put castral gtx turbo in it this has been good but need to change now. I run pilots and got 8000 km from rear with more left in it before the brake fluid insadent. the front is at the same point not round but not a triange some were in between .will you be atending THE GATHERING IN TURANGI[

Hi Busa pete
have you ever had a problem with a crack in the sump pan.And were would you pick up a new one cheep