Newbie - things to look for

[Mark_S]

Hi guys

As I stated in my newbie thread, I was the owner up until last week of a Blackbird which had and incident with a Volvo and one of it's employees.

Well as of Monday my Bird is gone and I am without a bike. I have been thinking long and hard and I am thinking of 3 different bikes, 2 of which are of the lines and are the Hayabusa and a ZX12R, the 3rd is something I have always wanted to own, but my head tells me it's not practical and it's a Ducati.

I have found a ZX12R down in the southern highlands, NSW and it's a 04 model with 18,000 k's for $9750. Nice looking bike, but the rear seat does not look that comfy for the wife. I have to look after my better half

I have sent a few querys off via Bikesales.com.au on 2 Hayabusas for sale in Sydney, both 05/06 builds with 30,000 on the clock.

To be honest here, I love the look of the Busa and I have always felt it is a natural upgrade from my Blackbird.


Now for my questions.

On the bird 30,000 was seen as just broken in (mine had 84,000), is this the same with the Hayabusa? My guess is it's the same.

Are there certain things I need to be looking at on the bike which is a common issue?

I do most of the spanner work myself and know my way around cars/bikes, I was just hoping for a few pointers on what is important to look at and what issues to look at.

Any help/advise would be great.

Thanks in Advance

Mark