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As some of you may or may not know, late last year I had a minor altercation with the ground... As the damage was not too extensive, (and on the track, making insurance claim questionable anyway), I effected repairs off my own bat.

Due to the short sales history of Hayabusas, many parts were only available genuine (e.g. mirrors) but some parts are very interchangeable with other bikes - both brake and clutch levers were available at 25%-30% of Suzuki retail price, non genuine. They were in bags labelled ZX-9 but were identical (except they had 5 settings for the clutch reach instead of 4).

Bargain! The quality was obviously down a bit (a couple metal burs needed filing off before I could slip in the hinge pin, and the adjustment wheel was hard to move) but having saved myself around $120 for the two, I was quite pleased.

Some time later, holding the clutch in while rocking the bike back onto the centre stand, the clutch lever snapped in my hand. I have now forked out the extra, and replaced it with a genuine lever at almost $100, and am thinking of replacing the brake lever.

So, some parts can be replaced non-genuine, but my advice is to consider how important is that part before making a price only decision.

Other tip - I replaced the cracked mirror with flat glass for only $15, as the amount of curvature on the original mirror did not appear to be too great. Likewise, this was a mistake, and I soon bought a genuine mirror, as the difference between the two was only really noticeable once riding.

Cheers, everyone, and safe riding

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Obviously Col from 10/10ths knows what he's doing. So why is it that you trust his figures and yet when another bike done on someone else's dyno - yes...Pete's bike (of Pete's Pitstop done on the same brand of Dyno and, I'm told, with considerable input from Col and John Philips to set the dyno up in the first place) - shows similar figures after similar mods you denounce them as SHAYSTER PONIES or fairy ponies? Wasn't it also you who said you couldn't get those sorts of figures from a Hayabusa without serious internal engine mods?

If anyone is interested I can point them to a dynograph image that was generated from the aforementioned dyno. I didn't think it worth posting another image up here that is practically identical to busababy's. You've seen one dyno graph, you've seen them all.

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A “friend of mine” who has just recently bought a Hayabusa has, on two occasions now, taken his ‘bus out to ‘stretch it’s legs’. At around the 285-290kph mark, my ‘friend’ experienced a sudden shuddering in the helmet area, an experience not unlike being attacked in the head by a construction worker wielding a bloody great big jack-hammer.

After the first instance, my buddy put the whole experience down to possibly not having the chin strap on tight enough, and went out to try a second time with the strap on so tight, my (errr, his) eyeballs were popping out.

On the second run, (knowing what to expect), ‘he’ was a little more prepared when the shuddering returned and took a little more time to observe that the shuddering was also felt going along his back. It almost felt as though there was an aerodynamic anomaly going over the causing the airflow to reverberate (imagine someone trying to massage your back by using two meat tenderisors). – a very technical expression, I know.

Has anyone else had ‘a friend’ experience this type of thing? Any thoughts about a possible cause (I’ve thought of (a) poor rider position, although ‘he’ was completely tucked under the screen when it happened, (b) helmet design, or © fecal matter interrupting the bike’s airflow as it rushed out the undies.)

A few stats are:

Rider – 90 kgs, short (5 ft, 4 inches) – interpretation – Fat Bastard,
Helmet – AGV X-Vent,
Road – Long, straight & smooth (hey, when the opportunity presents itself,,,,,)
Cross winds – none on the day,
Rear seat cover – on.
Bike – stock standard.

Alternatively, anyone else had the same (or similar experience?).

Cheers,

Cruzabusa.
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Hi all,

Finally I got around to get myself a Busa - got a '99 with less than 10.000 km on the clock. Awesome bike...

As I am riding quite a lot in pretty bad traffic (Singapore) I have noticed a power dip at around 2.800 rpm. Is this a something common ? - or does it mean that I should crank it up :-0 ?

As a mere comment, it should be mentioned that I find the Busa engine very different from the Blackbird (I used to ride in Perth): Where the Blackbird appears a little drowsy below 7.000 rpm and then really picks up, the Busa has a deceivingly smooth power delivery (after 3.000 rpm).

With regards to the earlier discussion about 'enough hp' - that's a little like earning enough money and having enough vacation - it will NEVER happen.

Safe flying,
Bested

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what sort of mileage are you guys getting out of front and rear brake pads and which aftermarkets have you tried ??

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Whilst using those make-ur-self print/iron-on tshirts..

paulh

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They have a Copper one as well.
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Chain snapped causing over US$6.000 damages, Suzuki warranty? what do you think. Who ever had the Suzuki part installed, did the right thing, if it snaps I know I wont be up for that kind of money.

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