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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:09 am
by black mariah
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...

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:48 am
by isnowbrd
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.

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:51 am
by jstark47
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!

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:53 am
by Andrew
That's the price to pay for aerodynamics. I don't think that people buy them for their looks anyway...

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:57 am
by jonnythan
I think it looks way cooler than any other sportbike I've seen.. but I don't really like sportbikes all that much.

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:59 am
by black mariah
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? :laughing:

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:59 am
by jstark47
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!!!! :mrgreen: :twisted:

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:03 am
by Andrew
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!!!! :mrgreen: :twisted:

Watch it!!! :boxing:
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.

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:06 am
by isnowbrd
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.

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:17 am
by Relsek
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