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28-10-2009, 11:20pm
Hello,
My wife Lynny and I (I'm Andrew) dont own a busa as yet. We have had two bikes since we married four years ago (twenty five years too late as we were high school sweethearts
) and we always ride together.
Our first bike was an SV1000S, a brilliant Suzuki that I really loved. An '04 model, it was one of only five navy blue bikes that were imported, apparently by mistake, that year. Strictly for reasons of safety, the exhaust baffles were removed straight away, a fortunate consequence of which was that I had a vee twin grin a mile wide every time I hit the starter. We lived in Geelong at the time and how we never got one speeding ticket, especially given the stupid 80kph limit they've put on the Great Ocean Road is something we still marvel at
Unfortunately, after many fun miles my darling wife developed a little arthritis in her neck and ripping around on the SV just wasn't the same.
Not wanting to give away riding together we sold the SV. Luckily, the rarity of the bike meant that we got slightly better than our money back and could therefore afford to look at something a little more comfy. And whats more comfy than a fully dressed cruiser with a huge screen, big seats, foot boards and more luggage room than a Toyota Tarago? At the time I wouldn't have known a cruiser if I got run down by one so it was only after a lot of searching that I decided (and price had a lot to do with this) on a '98 Kawasaki VN1500 Nomad. We found a good one in Sydney, flew up and rode it home.
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We have added a Vance and Hines full exhaust (once again, strictly for safety reasons )
The thing is, we're a little sick of it. The screen is neither here nor there as we both wear full face helmets, the luggage (top box) is good for stashing the helmets at the cafe's but not critical as Lynny and I are day trippers, the foot boards are comfy but I cringe a lot when cornering and the weight of the thing (337kg DRY) is something I thought I would get used to but now realise that I dont want to. The clincher tho is that it doesnt have anywhere near enough power, and after my much loved 105rwhp SV, I miss it.
So... I'm thinking that we need a busa. Custom pillion seat for my girl, nice set of very safe pipes, some fresh springs to match our combined weight with a very high tech, three way adjustable rear shock that can dialed from super twitchy when we blast up the Kings hwy to the top of the hill to very comfy for general cruising. And lots of power.
Anyway, we're looking forward to meeting and chatting with you all and getting more aquainted with the busa as we consider selling our cruiser for something with more bite!!
Cheers
Andrew and Lynny
My wife Lynny and I (I'm Andrew) dont own a busa as yet. We have had two bikes since we married four years ago (twenty five years too late as we were high school sweethearts
) and we always ride together.Our first bike was an SV1000S, a brilliant Suzuki that I really loved. An '04 model, it was one of only five navy blue bikes that were imported, apparently by mistake, that year. Strictly for reasons of safety, the exhaust baffles were removed straight away, a fortunate consequence of which was that I had a vee twin grin a mile wide every time I hit the starter. We lived in Geelong at the time and how we never got one speeding ticket, especially given the stupid 80kph limit they've put on the Great Ocean Road is something we still marvel at
Unfortunately, after many fun miles my darling wife developed a little arthritis in her neck and ripping around on the SV just wasn't the same.Not wanting to give away riding together we sold the SV. Luckily, the rarity of the bike meant that we got slightly better than our money back and could therefore afford to look at something a little more comfy. And whats more comfy than a fully dressed cruiser with a huge screen, big seats, foot boards and more luggage room than a Toyota Tarago? At the time I wouldn't have known a cruiser if I got run down by one so it was only after a lot of searching that I decided (and price had a lot to do with this) on a '98 Kawasaki VN1500 Nomad. We found a good one in Sydney, flew up and rode it home.
We have added a Vance and Hines full exhaust (once again, strictly for safety reasons
) The thing is, we're a little sick of it. The screen is neither here nor there as we both wear full face helmets, the luggage (top box) is good for stashing the helmets at the cafe's but not critical as Lynny and I are day trippers, the foot boards are comfy but I cringe a lot when cornering and the weight of the thing (337kg DRY) is something I thought I would get used to but now realise that I dont want to. The clincher tho is that it doesnt have anywhere near enough power, and after my much loved 105rwhp SV, I miss it.
So... I'm thinking that we need a busa. Custom pillion seat for my girl, nice set of very safe pipes
, some fresh springs to match our combined weight with a very high tech, three way adjustable rear shock that can dialed from super twitchy when we blast up the Kings hwy to the top of the hill to very comfy for general cruising. And lots of power.Anyway, we're looking forward to meeting and chatting with you all and getting more aquainted with the busa as we consider selling our cruiser for something with more bite!!
Cheers
Andrew and Lynny