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When ever i come across a Busa...
All i see is some dude riding on the back of a whale. Except id want to actually ride on the back of the whale much more than the busa.... Everytime, and it makes me laugh. I might just be high all the time, i mean, i ride a Buell must be high.
 
Quote: GSXRs are good but as you guys have stated.. they have become like a Generic Commodity bike.. they are like Wheat, or white Flour... or processed Cheese ... its just ******* EVERYWHERE!

Someone told me that the GSXR is the only bike they know of that when you leave it alone it multiplies.
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pretty much like mustangs
 
one thing stays the same no matter what you ride there are always people who talk **** about bikes they have never ridden.
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I've ridden Gixxers and Busas before so I can say coming from experience, I didn't like either. :D

The problem I have with the Gixxers is that the center of gravity feels too high like all the weight is on top of the fuel tank. Didn't like the feeling at all. The Busa, what can I say, it feels as heavy as it looks and feels like you're trying to drive a 73 Cadillac Eldorado through the turns.
 
The problem I have with the Gixxers is that the center of gravity feels too high like all the weight is on top of the fuel tank.
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all the suzuki r street bikes feel that way its in the design thats like saying all the xb based bikes feel the same wich they do because its the design or dunlop tires feel the same because of the profile
 
Yes that is correct. All the GSXR's feel like that. That is the point I was making. I do not like the feel of them, all of them that I've ridden and that spans a few different years and displacements. Some people like that feel. Some people also like dunlop tires. I personally couldn't be paid to put dunlops on my bike. Those are examples things I've never liked the feel of so I would never buy them. Doesn't mean someone else doesn't like them, it's just not for me.

I owned a couple Kawasakis and the weight felt more low and centered and I much preferred the feel of that. Same with my Aprilia and the R6's I've ridden. I enjoyed the centered low feel of them all and could ride them much harder and with more confidence than I could on my friend's GSXR's . Where as my friend was more accustomed to the feel of his Gixxer and didn't care for the feel of the Kawasaki's I was on. It's all a personal preference. I personally would never buy a Gixxer based on my experiences. A Busa, I have no need for one and didn't like how portly it felt while riding it, same with the ZX-14. Didn't like either one. but maybe I just don't like bigger bikes.

My XB on the other hand and the 1125CR I rode before, I was in love with and as long as the other Buells still have this same handling feel, I'll continue to buy them.
 
i didnt mind the busa love the zx14 because it feels nothing like the busa.the funny thing is the zx feels lighter the my scg but weighs 150 lbs more.i like the feel of the r1 and r6 over the gsxr
 
I'm a short guy with a short inseam so I just didn't feel comfortable on it. It felt better than a Busa, just way too big for me. I think If I got to spend more time with one rode it more often, I'd get used to the feel. The weight did go away at speed it was just being confident with stopping and holding up that beast. The Gixxer feel and how cheap a lot of the components looked and felt turned me off of Suzuki in general.
 
Im the same way Zero, 5'6" 145-150lbs...I don't like the feel of anything big...I took one look at the Busa and instantly knew that I would not like it.. sat on it, picked it up and I was like "**** noo" rode it around the parking lot and it just felt like a car to me. The power was seductive but just not my thing.. too much size and weight.

To this day one of my favorite bikes ever was my 1988 Ninja600R that I had tricked-out over time. It felt like a really fast Norton, it was raw and didn't protect you from anything.. ****** suspension and the brakes were just basic as hell. I learned a lot from that bike.. just enough technology to go fast and not enough technology to give you any false confidence. Riding that thing, I always felt like I was in big danger of something bad happening.. I think that bike made a better rider though.
 
The Gixxer feel and how cheap a lot of the components looked and felt turned me off of Suzuki in general.
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Actually I feel like the handlebar controls are cheaper on my Buell than they were on my jap bikes. I suppose that's just the cost of an affordable American made bike. To each their own though. I'm not here to say any bikes are superior to others, *cough *cough *Buells are the best, but each bike is designed from different perspectives. I have owned a few kawi's and a few yamaha's in my day an my favorite apart from my last two buells was honestly my '02 r6. The only thing that would make my buells perfect for me is if they had a seating stance like the r6. Buells don't really have that "crotch rocket stance" from the factory. As for me, my riding style doesn't like the powerband of the i4's and I despise the noise. I'm a twin man all the way. God knows the best things on this earth come in pairs *cough *****s *cough *cylinders [smirk]

I dislike all this new gadgetry being put on bikes. Don't get me wrong it saves life in some situations but I believe if you can't safely ride a bike that doesn't have any of that computerized nonsense on it you have no business being on one at all. And yes I understand that they are a very safe feature but I feel they are relied on too much. Plus I feel that it interferes with the whole rider/bike mental aspect. I like being in direct control over my bike rarer than knowing I have to rely in a computer to save my ass lol.

And as for busa's, If i ever wanted to feel like I was driving a very fast hippopotamus and didn't ever have to worry about turning then I would definitely buy one.




Rant over. Please continue as usual.


Oh yeah almost forgot, Buells suck. :p
 
Actually I feel like the handlebar controls are cheaper on my Buell than they were on my jap bikes
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This is no doubt. The switchgear is super cheap but it serves its function. I've known a few people that have been turned off by buells simply from that alone.

I don't care what anyone says, I absolutely love my buell.

Oh wait, no I don't. Stupid ass Buell with their boiling hot frames! :D
 
An AK-47 could be called "cheap" also..but its tough as nails. reliable and very useful on the battlefield... and n the right hands its every bit as effective as the M-16 or the M-4 costing many times more. Its all in how you look at it.

On the street, Im choosing the Buells...its the right tool for me. On the track, maybe I would take something else..

only thing wrong with Buells is that they don't have enough stickers on them...Buells would suck much less if they had a shitload of stickers on them!
 
The cheap American switchgear is made in Japan.

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The more time I've spent with the Buell switchgear, the more I've grown to love it. I love that the horn and starter buttons hang down the way they do. It's just got a good feel when they're pressed.

Sorry for the way this thread has taken a turn Gloomshadow.
 
Yeah, "Praise for Buells".. dear God, what is the world coming to?

Here is one that's gonna burn you up, like something straight out of "Cycle World" magazine.

"Motorcycle Genius John Britton and his revolutionary motorcycle masterthesis the Britton RV1000, CHANGED THE WORLD with its totally rational layout and groundbreaking performance, was well suited to levels of mass production never before seen in the world of Motorcycling. A true motorcycle for the masses worthy of Soichiro Honda. The motorcycling world will miss John dearly, God rest his soul.
Now we are left with only the flawed Genius of Erik Buell with his funky designs, illogical layouts with fuel in the frame and mass centralization all wrapped around the fossilized and obsolete Harley Sportster motor. Not many were made, for a REASON. High prices and wonky handling, limited parts availability and crude switchgear plagued the production line. Buell motorcycles were so bad they nearly broke Harley Davidson's bank. Good riddance, Buell!"

just feel the burn! ha ha
 
evo, Ive carried BOTH in service. They are BOTH good but you have to adapt your tactics with each one of them. AR you use more like a rifle, AK you use more like a submachinegun... an AK up close inside a cinderblock building is amazing! Most Infantry combat happens at under 100M anyway.. only thing holding back the AK is the sights. Put a Red Dot scope on say a AMD-65 and at 50M you can chew through any cover that anyone is hiding behind given enough time and enough ammo, especially with Chicom steel-core ammo.
 
only thing wrong with Buells is that they don't have enough stickers on them...Buells would suck much less if they had a shitload of stickers on them!
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You're absolutely right :D

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