hayabusa is the most powerful

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The 'busa has a massive reputation. I'm always meeting other bikers at the Motel. When I say I ride a busa the standard comment is "Those things are insane - and so are the people that ride them, death machines"

- but I beg to differ.

I think the reputation is totally wrong. And to prove it just look at the average busa rider.

They aren't twichy like the latest sports bikes, now the original R1's were just plain mental!

The busa is well behaved, the throttle isn't snatchy or twitchy, and it can be ridden with no effort at all in any situation.
My brother in'law had a ride of mine the other day and was very tentative - because of the reputation. I told him that it was really very sedate unless you really push it. Just respect it and it is a really well mannered cruisy bike. He was used to a cruiser, and loved it.(might have a convert me thinks) He said he could feel the power, wasn't game to really crack it open, but never felt intimidated and commented just how easy it was to ride, but did comment that the speed crept up way too fast.

- The beauty is that you can ride it on "auto pilot" with the hangover from hell, and it will look after you, but IF you push it My Hyde comes out (all be it - nice and progressively) and gives you the potential the disintegrate all the competition.

I don't think I could live with all these wanna be 'busa beaters.

+1 That's exactly what I think of my Busa and it amazes me how many people say how crazy there experience was when they rode a Busa [wheel standing with just a brush of the throttle, back tyre frying up changing into 3rd gear etc etc],what they are really telling me is "they are full of it and have never really ridden one".
I also agree that some of the sports bikes are just physically to small for me, I don't find the Busa to be a heavy bike to ride at all and I find it easy to handle in traffic aswell.