Wow you have a good one there..... she was dragging you out you lucky git I was off last week but I had the kids to look after so only got out for a bit on Sunday, still great to be out and free for a bit. I think it will get a lot of use this year the blade is fantastic 1 up but it was never designed for 2 the blackbird is perfect for it and like i said glad you were both out enjoying yourselves
Great looking bargain there. I had 2 of them back in the day, 1st one I wrote off (still blame the linked brakes) with only 100mls on the clock. Great mile munchers. Nice one
Oi!! As Stevebetts said, whats wrong with a 'Busa? The carb Blackie is better on fuel than the FI version, and this example is bloody nice. But why the downer on 'Busas? I loved mine, it handled and went like an armchair with an exocet up its bum! I only got rid of it coz i found i couldnt get my rocks off below 130mph. Not enough brian space left to ride on the roads like that AND look for coppers. We would have been either dead or playing "Mummies and Daddies" in Walton nick, you know, "Do you want to be the Mummy or the Daddy?" "Er, if i have to, i'll be the Daddy" "Well come over here and suck Mummys c**k" We really didnt want that!
Yes you do! Theres photos of people dong daft things to all sorts of bikes. I#m too pissed to look for them at the moment, but the original statement still holds true "Whats wrong with a 'Busa?". The Fast Bikes boys thought they were great over the D2566 from Menton to Sospel (Bin there done that one, several times, a right laugh), and a 'Blackie was there too. In its defence they did say that the 'Blackie was the best at wheelies though! Or "The Mothership" as they called it on the test.
OK, (a quick re-think) whats wrong with the 'Busa apart from the the standard screen, the brakes and the clutch? I think i'd better shut the feck up about now!
No amigo, you're right. Perhaps I didn't explain my remarks clearly enough in my original post. The Super Blackbird was the first of the high profile, hyper tourers to break onto the scene and possessed a serene, understated classic simplicity that kept it below most laymen's radar. You had to really know about the bike's specs and performance to truly appreciate what it was capable of and, therefore, to most people it would waft, silently by with hardly a second look. When the Hayabusa exploded on the scene, the styling of its aerodynamics straight from the factory already lent itself to catching the eye of a certain genre of customiser, who would automatically enhance those characteristics to the extreme. In the same way that we, as sports bike riders, will enhance our bikes and our 'look' to mimic the racing bikes that we long to emulate and cruisers will strive to make their 'iron horses' modern day versions of the cowboys frontier steeds. It's just that it's hard to ride a 'Busa in big floppy shoes and a red nose.
That was a very accurate and erudite answer Kpone, it is hard to ride a busa in big floppy shoes and a red nose! The gear shift hurts your feet and your visor wont close up properly.
To tell the truth i just wanted the fastest production bike on the planet for just over 3 grand, in 2004. I couldnt refuse the deal.
An associate of mine who collects bikes bought a really nice Hayabusa with a candy apple paint job with Kanji text on it. Good quality but just starting to lean towards 'Biker Boyz' territory. Then within weeks he caught the virus and bought a stretched one too.
Just managed to blag some hard luggage for the blackbird off of the evil bay. Looks like a long trip is defo on the cards.
That's what I'm hoping Ken. I've got 2 weeks to take off during the summer, and I quite fancy taking a tour back up north to the Isle of Skye and beyond. Last time I went up it was too much of a rushed journey as I only had 2 days to get there and back. There's far too many places to see and visit to rush it. Plus if I get lost up there it's not that great a loss
I've got a customer on Scalpay who keeps offering me free board if I go and set his printer up for him, but I think it's a bit too much of a schlepp on the bike. LOL.
If you have the time mate, you could make a proper road trip of it. Yorkshire Dales, Lake District, Scottish Borders, West Coast of Scotland, then on to the Isles. Ahh bliss
Agree Ken. That's why I said if you had time. Stop off at each place for a few days for some R&R before setting off for the next. If only there was enough time eh
