Annual model release date

[TonyTripleA]

I've heard that they are expecting to arrive around December .
No real changes except colour scheme & maybe a red one too ??

Loved the blue but notice that the white is back for 2012... nice.

Did the Putty road yesterday (an iconic ride north of Sydney) and had a ball... despite the last fifty kms in the rain. As I mentioned earlier I did take advice on tyres and threw away the brand new bridgestone 015s, replaced with metzeler M5 and no regrets (well the bank balance has plenty of regrets but nothing new there). Very impressed with the tyres, I had power pures on my old CB1000R and they were "twitchy" in the wet, particularly the front was very twitchy in fact. M5s were absolutely confidence inspiring (not that I was pushing as I was running the bike in).

The only disappointment is with myself... this bike obviously has more potential than I do, so I'm taking a gradual learning curve with it.... although I feel very "secure" on it, especially in bumpy off camber turns, I just have that realisation that its a lot of bike if I get something wrong. I've already found slowing down takes more time than I think and a lot more than speeding up!!! So planning ahead is now the lesson I'm working on. On the other hand this thing is very happy to accommodate a change in line or radius without drama. In fact, I find the busa a relaxing ride... well until I look at the speedo!

Looking forward to the MotoGP ride next week... I'll say g'day to any busa riders down there! The busa bash is a bit difficult timing wise but I'll try.

Cheers, and thanks for the advice.

TonyAAA