Lady Busa owner in WA

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Went for the first ride late yesterday afternoon and it was nearly my last. I was on a straight stretch of road and a stupid women in a little red car decides to over take a truck, coming head on I flicked on my high beam and she still kept coming. I didn't want to hit the gravel as I would have ended up a feature on the barb wire fence, I had to slam on the brakes centimetres from the gravel and the stupid women slipped past me and the nose of the truck. Thank go she had a small car otherwise I would have hit gravel and that I would be very unhappy about. My nerves were pretty shattered but I got myself together and kept going. My biggest concern was my tyres as they haven't even had a chance to be run in but thank god they kept me up right. Joys of riding NOT..

Please do take it easy Kylie. The Busa gets to very high speeds, very quickly, and hence takes longer to slow down... also, cars will regularly not notice you, as I'm sure you already knew before your little "incident".

When I got my first Busa 6 years ago, my mate Franko told me, "ride to your ability, not the bike's ability". It's kept me upright ever since. The only thing I'd add to that is, "ride to the average car driver's ability" also...

Glad you kept it upright. Quite a few of us have lost mates, partners, etc, so please be extra careful out there...