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Gidday folks. Yes I am a newbie to this forum and look forward to being a part of this community. I have been a long time Suzuki rider over the past 33 years. Started out on a gsx 250, then went - gs1000s (that one got stolen and written off as did the guy that stole it)then bought gsx1100 (square headlight) sold that went travelling came home and bought a Ducati Mike Hailwood Replica! Sold that one week after buying it and bought gs1100g shafty - great touring. Next up was the original gsxr1100 - bought this one just before first baby was born in fact my wife was ten days over due so I took her for a very quick ride around the block and an hour or so later she went into labour! Traded that over to a new gsxr1100 and did the same a couple of times. When the busa came out I decided that would be the next bike for me but somehow found myself on a BMW. I did some stuff for BMW so for about 12 years I rode the k1200's and went through a few of them. I was spoiled by the luggage system as I travelled a lot and also had to park and fly a fair but so the ease and security of the laggage was pretty bloody good. Unfortunately been bikeless for about 3 years and am looking at getting my long awaited Busa. Found a 2011 model no km's on it for $14990 ride away so I reckon I will jump on that. First thing will be a secure top box (left a post about that) and then change the pipes to something a little more pretty. Of course I will be reading the threads about luggage, rides, touring etc adn doing my best to keep my licence. I am not buying the Busa because it is fast I am buying it because it is a bloody good looking bike, comfortable and enjoyable to ride and also do some long distance.
Cheers
Merc
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welcome mate..
hope you have the same level of fun on urs as I am having on mine...
careful with getting into mods as it will become addictive LOL
BATFINK (aka Tony)
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Welcome and nice bike history! That's one of the best deals I've read about on a genll on here! Jump on it-it's not red (dark pink) is it....lol. Where in Vic are you?
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Welcome to our madness Merc, good to have you aboard. The 2011 sounds like a gr8 price! Not stolen is it! (:-)))
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24-02-2013, 08:23am
(This post was last modified: 24-02-2013, 08:24am by Merc.)
Nah it's not stolen and I cant tell you where I am in Vic as you might go snap the bike up before I can iron my readies!
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Welcome Merc. Always good to have another Vic member in the AHC.
Lots of info around on setting up a Busa for long distance and some popular mods are bar risers and the buell peg mod.
A change in the front or rear sprockets can set you up for the bike to run at lower rpm's for touring.... which is no major performance sacrifice on a Busa!
They are a smooooooth machine to ride, suprisingly easy to handle, and an engine that's built to last!!!! You'll be a very happy owner.
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Im a Busa newby too mate so welcome to the insanity!!
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Welcome Merc. I picked up my '12 model 'busa for $16.5k ride away last week, chuffed to bits with it. I thought that was a great price but $14,990 for a brand new '11 model should be a no brainer! I hope you have secured that bike, i'm not sure they come much cheaper than that.
Cheers,
Delirious.
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2012 Hayabusa in black
2008 R1200GS in silver
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Just an update - unfortunately my job fell over so I couldnt grab the busa for 14990 and that has now been picked up by some other lucky bugger!!! Just as well I guess as I was a little concerned about getting the slower blue model as truth be told I really wanted the faster white colour scheme. Couple of nice looking white ones on the net for sale but until some work comes up I will just have to live vicariously through this forum!
Anyone with a white model, low k's thinking of selling let me know.
cheers
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