May 17, 2007
1299cc, 4-stroke, four-cylinder, liquid-cooled, DOHC, 16-valve
Have any of you ever ridden one of these?
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May 17th, 2007 at 10:41 am
Glad to see you gleaning useful input from the new LOW list for a change (grin). Hey, that certainly is “not my father’s Hayabusa”. Like straddling the space shuttle.
May 17th, 2007 at 11:04 am
stan: Is Suzuki hitting a new low?
May 17th, 2007 at 11:17 am
I can’t imagine anyone wanting to. When you see them on the road the drivers look agonizingly uncomfortable. How could anyone stay in that forced position for more than 10 minutes. I’d take a real motorcycle over a crotch rocket any day.
May 17th, 2007 at 11:43 am
dayo: They probably look agonized because they’re only going 65 mph when 165 mph would feel about right.
May 17th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
No CM, I said they looked “uncomfortable”, agonizingly was the descriptive adverb. I was referring to their body position, stretched out forward at about 81 degrees to the vertical.
By the way, you’re way too old for one of those. ;-)
May 17th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
I ride a TL1000R, it is quite comfortable with one wheel in the air.
May 17th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
dayo: Just in time for my mid-life crisis though!
May 17th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
No, but I am taking delivery of a Triumph Bonneville on Monday.
May 17th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
Dan: How much hair do you have left?
May 17th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
All of it, I’m 24.
Hope this isn’t my mid-life crisis.
May 17th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
Dan: Lucky devil… well it could lead to your end of life crisis if you don’t wear a helmet. ;-)
May 17th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Steeler’s QB Ben R rode one, w/o helmet, smack into the side of a car. His face recovered but his accuracy did not. Let’s hope this year is different. Go Steel!
May 18th, 2007 at 2:20 am
I wouldn’t bend over even if I was paid to. let alone paying to bend over! ;)
How fast you reckon this thing can go during rush hour in one of the major Chinese cities?
May 18th, 2007 at 4:53 am
Thought you might be interested, CM :)
May 18th, 2007 at 5:36 am
yin: Thanks for the link. I like it when the front wheel finally touches down at 140 mph — clearly a 200 mph speedometer doesn’t cut it. Here’s a video of a turbocharged Hayabusa.
May 18th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
one moseying groundhog would take care of the guy in the vid. i really don’t get the speed thing but then again i’m female.
May 18th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
scoot: It’s the possibility of one moseying groundhog that makes it so appealing, and get the hell out of the passing lane already, honey. ;-)
May 26th, 2007 at 1:26 am
I’ve almost killed myself with half the cc’s. You need an iron grip just to keep the bike from taking off without you. And, forget moseying critters. A stiff crosswind will work just as well.