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Corbusa · 08-25-2012

I am really torn B/T selling my Hayabusa or not. As with most toys its really had some mods. / Time and $$$ invested .( 200HP on 400 lbs ) I'll never get what I have in it out of it. But I have lost 2 friends on a Busa and another just the other day. I also saw a real nasty wreck on the interstate a few months ago that wont ever leave my memory bank. ( It was bad ) !
So If I make this heart breaking decision can I get some really bad Mods for ? 8K-9K ?
I guess I'd have to change my screen name too

What ya think ?? !

efnfast · 08-25-2012

I quit riding a long time ago. I always wanted to see how fast a bike could go. Fortunately I never owed 200 hp on 400 lbs. Plus I kept falling off.
You probably won't get the money back, but you may get to keep your life. Money well spent. Pus, we'll let you keep the busa part of your name.

Corbusa · 08-26-2012

yea , I'm pretty sure I'll put it up for sale. Thanks for allowing me to keep my screen name

. Thanks for a reply...

boostedmaxPSI · 08-26-2012

I personally have never been a rider but have always enjoyed the look of a good bike. That being said, I too have lost close friends to motorcycle accidents. Too much risk for me personally.

Corbusa · 08-26-2012

heres a picture ( not a good one But ..)

vilant · 08-26-2012

Nice bike. They're definitly dangerous though, and more because of people in cars don't see them coming, until it's too late. Lost one friend, and 2 others were in very serious accidents. If you sell GL, hopefully you get what you want for it.

Corbusa · 08-26-2012

2 mo, I like to share pictures

Its kind of funny at the 12+ minute mark

anyway if someone hasn't rode a rocket this shows what it feels like.. ( just thought I'd share )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD34afEfWzk
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bPbqmeqyl8
I know this isnt a bike site but its still HP and adrenalin .

Corbusa · 08-26-2012

Yea , I dont worry about death , but sitting in a wheel chair and needing someone to wipe my bottom really bothers me for some strange reason ( I don't want to put that on my family ) . So I am looking at a couple vettes on ebay and at the stainless exhaust systems for the ZR.. I figure I could get a 1990 -2000 vette leave it factory and just drive the H*ll outa it , while I have my zr for show and go. Plus I almost have all I need to put a 283 in my S10..
I will miss my bike tho. Its a 2004 with 9k miles , stretched and painted dodge viper blue pearl , tons of chrome and a big bore kit. and FAST !

efnfast · 08-26-2012

Wild video.

SELL THE BIKE.

rhipsher · 08-26-2012

I quit riding after my last major spill at over 120mph. I broke my left wrist and had to have 6 titanium pins 4" long drilled into it with a full cast over it. My right knee cap got ripped out and found. I had to have 3 surgeries on that leg and a skin graph. I didn't get out of the hospital for 3 months. I was still on crutches and had to have a visiting nurse come everyday to change my dressings from the road rash. I was not having a good time at all. But it was 1993 and I was only 23 so at least I had youth on my side. This is my progression from my first bike to the one I almost died on. My first was a Honda elite 80 scooter. With a good tailwind it would do 45mph. Traded that for a 1978 Kawasaki KZ 400 which had a push button start and a kick start your choice. It would do 68mph. Then I moved up to a Sazuki GS 700 ES which would do 120mph. I totalled it in a wet parking lot. Bought another one. Tried to take a corner to fast and went right through a barb wire fence and totalled it and myself. My next bike was a huge move up in performance. It was a 1990 Sazuki GSXR 750 top speed 151mph. That was a fantastic bike. Traded it up to a GSXR1100 top speed 176mph and thats the one I almost bought the farm on. The thing with bikes are that every time you go down on one you get f%&ed up. That street becomes a giant grinding wheel. I've been rear ended sitting at a stop light in a little GMC Sanoma by someone doing 65mph in a full size GMC pickup and walked away without a scratch. If I was sitting at that light on a rice rocked or a Harley I would have been dead. I only drive cars and trucks now.

08-25-2012	#1
Corbusa Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: TN Posts: 577	to sell or not to sell I am really torn B/T selling my Hayabusa or not. As with most toys its really had some mods. / Time and $$$ invested .( 200HP on 400 lbs ) I'll never get what I have in it out of it. But I have lost 2 friends on a Busa and another just the other day. I also saw a real nasty wreck on the interstate a few months ago that wont ever leave my memory bank. ( It was bad ) ! So If I make this heart breaking decision can I get some really bad Mods for ? 8K-9K ? I guess I'd have to change my screen name too What ya think ?? !

08-25-2012	#2
efnfast Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Dunbarton NH Posts: 7,542	Re: to sell or not to sell I quit riding a long time ago. I always wanted to see how fast a bike could go. Fortunately I never owed 200 hp on 400 lbs. Plus I kept falling off. You probably won't get the money back, but you may get to keep your life. Money well spent. Pus, we'll let you keep the busa part of your name.

08-26-2012	#3
Corbusa Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: TN Posts: 577	Re: to sell or not to sell yea , I'm pretty sure I'll put it up for sale. Thanks for allowing me to keep my screen name . Thanks for a reply...

08-26-2012	#4
boostedmaxPSI Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: TEXAS Posts: 171	Re: to sell or not to sell I personally have never been a rider but have always enjoyed the look of a good bike. That being said, I too have lost close friends to motorcycle accidents. Too much risk for me personally.

08-26-2012	#6
vilant Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: PA Posts: 770	Re: to sell or not to sell Nice bike. They're definitly dangerous though, and more because of people in cars don't see them coming, until it's too late. Lost one friend, and 2 others were in very serious accidents. If you sell GL, hopefully you get what you want for it.

08-26-2012	#8
Corbusa Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: TN Posts: 577	Re: to sell or not to sell Yea , I dont worry about death , but sitting in a wheel chair and needing someone to wipe my bottom really bothers me for some strange reason ( I don't want to put that on my family ) . So I am looking at a couple vettes on ebay and at the stainless exhaust systems for the ZR.. I figure I could get a 1990 -2000 vette leave it factory and just drive the H*ll outa it , while I have my zr for show and go. Plus I almost have all I need to put a 283 in my S10.. I will miss my bike tho. Its a 2004 with 9k miles , stretched and painted dodge viper blue pearl , tons of chrome and a big bore kit. and FAST !

08-26-2012	#9
efnfast Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Dunbarton NH Posts: 7,542	Re: to sell or not to sell Wild video. SELL THE BIKE.

08-26-2012	#10
rhipsher Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,314	Re: to sell or not to sell I quit riding after my last major spill at over 120mph. I broke my left wrist and had to have 6 titanium pins 4" long drilled into it with a full cast over it. My right knee cap got ripped out and found. I had to have 3 surgeries on that leg and a skin graph. I didn't get out of the hospital for 3 months. I was still on crutches and had to have a visiting nurse come everyday to change my dressings from the road rash. I was not having a good time at all. But it was 1993 and I was only 23 so at least I had youth on my side. This is my progression from my first bike to the one I almost died on. My first was a Honda elite 80 scooter. With a good tailwind it would do 45mph. Traded that for a 1978 Kawasaki KZ 400 which had a push button start and a kick start your choice. It would do 68mph. Then I moved up to a Sazuki GS 700 ES which would do 120mph. I totalled it in a wet parking lot. Bought another one. Tried to take a corner to fast and went right through a barb wire fence and totalled it and myself. My next bike was a huge move up in performance. It was a 1990 Sazuki GSXR 750 top speed 151mph. That was a fantastic bike. Traded it up to a GSXR1100 top speed 176mph and thats the one I almost bought the farm on. The thing with bikes are that every time you go down on one you get f%&ed up. That street becomes a giant grinding wheel. I've been rear ended sitting at a stop light in a little GMC Sanoma by someone doing 65mph in a full size GMC pickup and walked away without a scratch. If I was sitting at that light on a rice rocked or a Harley I would have been dead. I only drive cars and trucks now. Last edited by rhipsher; 08-26-2012 at 12:31 PM.