First bike - HAYABUSA - God help my brother

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isnowbrd · #41 Post by **isnowbrd** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:39 am

What noob crash thread?

rapidblue · #42 Post by **rapidblue** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:52 am

I meant to say a n00b crash thread, i'm sure I've seen a few kicking around on this forum.

Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:30 am

rapidblue wrote:I meant to say a n00b crash thread, i'm sure I've seen a few kicking around on this forum.

Actualy any crash thread will do... one from someone who's been riding for a while will be a reallity check that no one is immune to it.

Nibblet99 · #44 Post by **Nibblet99** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 4:04 am

Well I guess you've probably tried most things by now.

I hope that he rides safely, and luckily...
and should anything happen, that its relatively minor and scares the "poo poo" outta him.

Who knows... he may come off in the first few feet and scare himself silly, not even making it to the freeway.

Out o finterest, where did he buy it from? private sale? dealership?

Andrew · #45 Post by **Andrew** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 4:14 am

And let us know how it turns out.

dieziege · #46 Post by **dieziege** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 5:09 am

And, to inject a dose of reality... there are millions of bikes on the road in the USA and every year only about four housand riders die... admittedly most of them went out and bought a gsxr/busa/whatever a week before... but still the odds are only 1 in 1000 that you'll actually have a "well he's dead now" story to tell. Quit worrying so much and go out and ride some safe rides with him if possible.

Sculelos · #47 Post by **Sculelos** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 7:25 am

dieziege wrote:And, to inject a dose of reality... there are millions of bikes on the road in the USA and every year only about four housand riders die... admittedly most of them went out and bought a gsxr/busa/whatever a week before... but still the odds are only 1 in 1000 that you'll actually have a "well he's dead now" story to tell. Quit worrying so much and go out and ride some safe rides with him if possible.

Yep and if your quoting statistics....

about 75% of riders will crash (or drop thier bike).
about 60% of wrecks happen in corners... about 30% happen in intersections.

Plus I read somewhere that if you have a bike over 500cc you are 16 times more likely to die on it if your new.

Relsek · #48 Post by **Relsek** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:12 pm

isnowbrd wrote:At this point, the sale is final. Is there anyone that owns a Hayabusa that has any advice? Its difficult for me to convince him how dangerous it can be because I have never ridden one.

Yeah, I have one. I would suggest that until he gets used to the power, that he shift low in the rpms, and don't try anything other than get the bike home on his first ride. He really needs to work his way up to doing the fun stuff that only a hayabusa can do.

If he has the internet, direct him over to http://hayabusa.org, they will help him keep his machismo in check.

Kevin

isnowbrd · #49 Post by **isnowbrd** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:39 am

Here's an update. He was able to safely get the Hayabusa home. A friend with a license rode it out of the cities. I was at his house when he got home and then I took the Busa for a ride.

I wanted to see what that bike could do, so I didn't take it very easy. When I pulled back into his driveway and got off the bike I was shaking pretty bad. All I said was "I can't believe you got this thing as your first bike".

The next day we rode 200 miles and he did really well. He only killed it a couple times, and never accidentally lifted the front end or lost traction on the back end. I think he's keeping the rpms below 4k. We went another 100 miles yesterday with no incidents.

Having ridden a Hayabusa now, I would say it’s an amazing bike...for an expert rider. I think in a few more years on my 600 and I'll be ready to consider something like it. I hope my brother is still riding his then.

VermilionX · #50 Post by **VermilionX** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:41 am

isnowbrd wrote:Here's an update. He was able to safely get the Hayabusa home. A friend with a license rode it out of the cities. I was at his house when he got home and then I took the Busa for a ride. I wanted to see what that bike could do, so I didn't take it very easy. When I pulled back into his driveway and got off the bike I was shaking pretty bad. All I said was "I can't believe you got this thing as your first bike".

The next day we rode 200 miles and he did really well. He only killed it a couple times, and never accidentally lifted the front end or lost traction on the back end. I think he's keeping the rpms below 4k. We went another 100 miles yesterday with no incidents.

Having ridden a Hayabusa now, I would say it’s an amazing bike...for an expert rider. I think in a few more years on my 600 and I'll be ready to consider something like it. I hope my brother is still riding his then.

cool!

if he takes it easy, he'll be less likely to be in an accident.

i wanted a busa... until i saw it in person.