First bike - HAYABUSA - God help my brother

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black mariah · #61 Post by **black mariah** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:09 am

Slightly (totally) off topic, but am I the only one that thinks the 'Busa is the ugliest damn thing on two wheels? It looks like a friggin' slug...

isnowbrd · #62 Post by **isnowbrd** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:48 am

black mariah wrote:Slightly (totally) off topic, but am I the only one that thinks the 'Busa is the ugliest damn thing on two wheels? It looks like a friggin' slug...

No, you're not. Thankfully my brother's is two-tone silver. Silver makes almost any vehicle look nice.

jstark47 · #63 Post by **jstark47** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:51 am

black mariah wrote:Slightly (totally) off topic, but am I the only one that thinks the 'Busa is the ugliest damn thing on two wheels?

No, you're not the only one, 'Busa's are uuuuuugly!

Andrew · #64 Post by **Andrew** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:53 am

That's the price to pay for aerodynamics. I don't think that people buy them for their looks anyway...

jonnythan · #65 Post by **jonnythan** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:57 am

I think it looks way cooler than any other sportbike I've seen.. but I don't really like sportbikes all that much.

black mariah · #66 Post by **black mariah** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:59 am

Andrew78108 wrote:That's the price to pay for aerodynamics. I don't think that people buy them for their looks anyway...

If aerodynamics were the reason for the bulbous monstrosity that is a Hayabusa's plastic, then why don't MotoGP bikes look like that?

jstark47 · #67 Post by **jstark47** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:59 am

Andrew78108 wrote:That's the price to pay for aerodynamics. I don't think that people buy them for their looks anyway...

Heh, heh, heh....... Flying Bricks are uuuuuugly, too!!!!

Andrew · #68 Post by **Andrew** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:03 am

jstark47 wrote:
Andrew78108 wrote:That's the price to pay for aerodynamics. I don't think that people buy them for their looks anyway...
Heh, heh, heh....... Flying Bricks are uuuuuugly, too!!!!

Watch it!!!

If aerodynamics were the reason for the bulbous monstrosity that is a Hayabusa's plastic, then why don't MotoGP bikes look like that? Laughing

No clue, and I really don't know if that's exactly why the 'busa looks that way. Just a guess.

isnowbrd · #69 Post by **isnowbrd** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:06 am

Andrew78108 wrote:I really don't know if that's exactly why the 'busa looks that way. Just a guess.

No, you are correct according to Suzuki. But black mariah makes a good point that I never thought of. MotoGP bikes are faster than the Busa and don't look like slugs.

Relsek · #70 Post by **Relsek** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:17 am

Andrew78108 wrote:That's the price to pay for aerodynamics. I don't think that people buy them for their looks anyway...

About a year before I bought mine, I didn't even care for sportbikes at all. I didn't like the plastic look. I guess it was a slow progression. I found that I liked spirited riding more than I did poking along holding up traffic, and when I found out what you could get for $10,000 in a sportbike compared to what you could get for the same price in a cruiser, the decision was easy. I do not regret getting it. I like the looks, although the riding is the real joy, not looking at it.

Kevin