i'll keep my VFR

i plan to keep it 10yrs or so.....

That's the best Busa I've seen.........the pipe looks tight

I let a buddy ride mine today.
He said it was surprisingly agile, smooth, easy to ride and comfortable.

I think he also mentioned it was fast. lol

RC51 is terrifically over rated. I've ridden 2 (an 02 and an 04 NH) I thought the bike was very solid and not easily upset in turns but with only a lackluster motor and terrible tach. I bet I hit the rev limiter a dozen times before I was able to feel where the bike was RPM wise. The look and sound sells that bike. Everything else is a liability IMO.

The Hayabusa is a great bike but terribly expensive as a commuter. I had an 02 Hayabusa as my car for a year. 25,000 miles, 6 full sets of tires and a chain and sprockets later.....and that was enough of that.

Loads of fun though!

OMG, and i think the builder of this bike (the shop where it's being sold) is 1 of the most reputable sportbike shops in town, and the it was the owners personnal bike

2003 Honda RVT1000RR RC51[/B]

Ohlins R/T Forks, Ohlins 46 PRXLS Rear Shock, Oz Forged Wheels,

New Renthal Sprockets and RK Chain, EBC EFPA Pads,

Power Commander III USB W/Custom Map,

BMC Air Filters, Sato Ti Slip-Ons,

Dynojet Quick Shifter, Kyle Racing Clip Ons, HRC Quick Turn Throttle,

Corbin Seat, Billet Gas Cap, Hot Bodies Undertail,

Harris Racing Frame Sliders,Stainless Steel Brake and Clutch Lines,

CRG Levers, Brembo Cast Radial Master Cylinder,

Scotts Performance Steering Damper, Carbon Fiber Hugger,

Watsen Design Turnsignals, Puig Windscreen, Carbon Fiber Radiator Fins,

Swingarm Spools, Just Had New BT016 Tires Installed,

Valves Adjusted & Plugs Changed, Oil Changed Every 1500 Miles W/Motul 300V

Looks Like NEW, YOU WON'T FIND A CLEANER RC51 ANYWHERE!!

14,320 Miles

$7,495.00

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Holy F'n Shit. BUY IT.

yeah it;s a VERY sweet bike, but way over my head in terms of what i "need" which reflects in the price.........

all i want is a low priced one w/ reasonable miles, clean, and a nice exhaust......

sexy... but I notice the rear shock the first time... no need of three straight pics of it... :lol:

I'm sure it's over the head of just about what everyone "needs". :lol: Wouldn't stop me though.

If you like it, offer him $5K and leave a contact number.

You never know.

Truth. Or whatever your bottom line price might be.




Man, I want that bike....

well i'm pretty sure the owner sold it some somebody, and that somebody is trying to sell it. now i'm all about low-balling, but $5k is an insult.........lol

and the owner is an aquaintence, so i don't wanna look too stupid. :lol

now i'd pay $6k for it.......and i might throw out that offer....

Too late.

redflip:lol

Throw it out. You never know.

There's another $800-1000 you're gonna need to spend if the owner weighs significantly different than you, and sprung/valved that suspension accordingly.

if i was really worried about that..........and guessing the owner/builder is withing 20-30lbs of my weight, so not a biggie

and this guy weighs what i do

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That blue is gorgeous.

yeah, the gold really shows the blue off........

I've always been a fan of gold wheels. They look good with several body colors.

That's the experience I had the first time I rode one. It was an 05 model and to be truthful...I sort of liked it. :lol:

I've ridden it again since then and still feel the same.

It didn't hurt that it also had a turbo and close to 250 rwhp so once I got used to it...it was kinda fun. :lol

Me getting ready to head out on the beast...

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Taking it out again but this time with the wife on a Duc...

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Damn I love those 999's.

man, now dude's made me a damm good offer, + a $125 throttlemeister thrown in..+ all the adders on his bike, makes it really worthwhile......

decisions decisions.....

Z06boy, PM sent.

That bike is set up right with about $3500 in suspension +another $2500 or so in well-picked goodies (Satos ain't cheap, but are pretty much the best sounding/power producing pipes you can put on them) - and you're gonna worry about maybe $1000-1500 more than a clean stock one? :wtfru:
Oh jeeze - are you one of those "suspension doesn't really matter on the street" guys? :?:


That blue Booofa is mighty tasty looking too - though I'm not a big fan of the gold wheels, even though they to 'work' with the blue.

at 1 point and time in my riding career i woulda cared. nowadays i don't. i do have racetech springs in the ft of the VFR.

but for commuting i'd get it set up as much as possible for my weight, and call it good.

the 'busa OTOH is already set up for my weight w/ ft springs oil and a rear spring.

It looks better with the black(metallic blue flakes in the black paint)

wha ?

that bike is purty! damnit!

Bear in mind, the stock RC is somewhat oversprung & harsh for a 'normal' weight rider, and the full ohlins setup absolutely transforms it into a much better feeling/handling bike - trust me.

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I dont believe you. I'd like to try it out for myself. :lol: Who's got one I can ride?

Well, you could come check mine out, but it got a little extra hot one night.... :(

But with full-coverage that I almost dropped since I'd turned the tag back in prior to selling.... jacko

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DOH !!!! :whatwhat:

Rut row.

Yeah that was a fun time!!! Fuck Fire!

Hey! There's my little curb-monkey! :sw: :nee:

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Collective - If you don't have 'replacement value' insurance - GET IT! Could be the best few bucks you ever spend.

Another note. the RC is the most UNCOMFORTABLE 2-up bike I have EVER been on.

How so? Seat too tall? High pegs?

I would think all sportbikes would be pretty similar in that regard except maybe in the plushness of the seat. :idk:

First off the "passenger seat" is nothing more than a glued on cushion to the cowl and is very hard. The rear of the bike is also very high off the ground so getting on it with leathers took some contortion efforts (but I'm short). The passenger pegs are high up and are uncomfortable (got a few charley horses). The reach to the gas tank (where I like to place my hands) was long so I was constantly streched to hold on and last but not least, the passenger sits so high up you can see right over the drivers head and you are in a ton of wind blast from the wind shield. It was fun for about 15 mins of twisties....then I wanted off.

for a 20 mile round trip commute and nothing much else I would jump all over the RC51. I think the Busa would be great for long ribbons of highway or more comfortable two up trips but who can argue with the look and sound of the RC?

deaf people

Purtier
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The all blue thing is too much

marko, you want to ride one, come to tn, ill let ya take mine out

Ha! The first thing I thought when I saw that pic was, "who in the FUCK did he convince to get on the back of that torture rack?":lol:

Dude, now look what you've done. I will absolutely take you up on that offer. I dont know when I'll get down there but I will definately take you up on that when I do.

and the best part, we have roads to actually RIDE! 17 miles from my house is some great twisties.... and the roads you take to get to them is what most ppl ride for hours to get to

Sonar concurs

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That'a boy.

Holy Crickey whats up w/ ins.

geico $1500/yr
prog. $1600/yr

STATE FARM ftw

Don't get full coverage then. Waste of money on a used bike anyway, IMO. I pay only like $200 a year with McGraw.

I second that!!

For my little ninja 250 geico wanted $1500/year (the bike brand new was $3000), progressive wanted $700 and finally State Farm wanted $240 full coverage. My GSXr 750 with full coverage is $425/year.

Ill gladly 3rd that. My bike with me being 23 with 2 speeding tickets still on my record is $540 a year for full coverage.

would you really not ride a $9-10K high theft bike , w/ liability only? your braver then i am.

yeah i've had state farm before, prolly have to try them again.

Until your bike gets jacked and you are out $7-9K

I'm with ya, brother. Full coverage all the way on that sucker.

Me too! Heck, I have full coverage on my 2000 Bonneville!:lol:

I did not have full coverage on my Zuk. That bitch wasn't worth enough to justify it. As my personal guideline, if the bike is worth over 4 or 5 grand it's worth putting the full shit on.

i don't have full cov. on the VFR, like $70/yr for lia. only.

dairlyand, $868/yr

un-insured motorist which includes med. ins. for me adds $400/yr

I have Nationwide and they treat me well BUT if I was to leave...State Farm here I come.

I have full coverage on everything.

I use Statefarm I pay 231 full coverage my 05 Busa with Turbo and a 250 Deductable. On my 08 B King I pay 236 with the same 250 Deductable

Dayum...maybe I'll call them sooner than I was thinking. :lol:

I don't think that you can get cheaper motorcycle insurance, bro. I could actually save some money if I moved my car to Nationwide but I like having both in the same company. I do my renter's with them too.

I have Nationwide for my homeowners and my and my wifes cars. They suck as far as I'm concerned. I should switch...but I'm too lazy. They were fucked on MC insurance...couldn't even come close to any other company...and that was with the multi policy discount.

See my experience with them seems better. They were a he11 of a lot cheaper than Geico or Progressive.

Two other companies...Amica and Erie Insurance were cheaper on everything else BUT not the bikes.

I checked a few more that were about the same or higher that would cover the bikes....but it wasn't worth moving since I've been with them for years and have a ton of $hit to move so it wasn't worth it.

I did not get a quote from State Farm for some reason but looks like I should have.

State Farm won't insure bikes unless you've got a car on the policy...which is why I'm not with them. But I should switch over. Nationwide was almost 3x as high on MC insurance for me. And like I said, that was with a long time customer with multi-policy. I told them to get bent.

Gotcha...and don't blame you...that is crazy.

I was gonna make a claim on my homeowners with them and they said my rates would increase 21% for the next 3 years if I made a claim. So I didn't make the claim. :lol: I really dont like Nationwide and should probably stop giving them my money.

Come to think of it I've NEVER had to make a claim with them on anything humm...

Wait till you do...:lol:

:hitfan: :lol:

The laughing emotcon may turn into a crying one at that point. :lol:

You said you weren't going to spend that much

if i bought an RC i wouldn't but know i'm leaning towards an '08 busa

good choice

got it down to $802/yr for F/C thru state farm

adding uninsured/underinsured is an extra $140 yr, main thing is it would bring down my deduc from $1000 to 250 if i were hit by an unins/underins driver and it was their fault.

not gettin that.

:lol yeah but unless it's Helen Keller they'll still know it looks good. LOL

you can feel the rumble... it takes a soulless zombie not to love the rc....

and the rc engine is so detuned you need to throw a pc on it with a good map, a good exhaust and perform the free mods to make it even better

if anybody knows Castertroys ph #, tell him to drop me his phone # or check his facebook.

i'll be in greensboro to P/U the bike 9/11

ok, if its the rc your looking at, look up the flapper mod and perform it before you even ride the bike... its that important!

Pick up what bike? He doesn't own one of those bikes.

He's saying he will be in his area..

got ins. down to $801/yr for full coverage.

maybe there are no reasonable busa's in TX lol

http://www.hayabusa.org/forum/gen-ii...icking-up.html

dude flew to LA sat. morn, rode bike all the way back to ft worth. TX , 1400+ mi in 1 sitting......lol

starting to get excited about the bike.... :dn:

when you going for it?

flying out there this FRI :)

meetin up w/ troy fri.... :)

Just wait until you see all the posts on the busa boards recommending it as a good beginners bike. Your head will esplode.
lol

go big or go home!

lol i've seen a few.........just feeling the water over there before i "open" up lol

but as usual most of the "recommending" are new riders themselves.

An obviously, they know better what a new rider needs, as they arent biased like us guys who's been doing it for years?

But then again, who am I lying to, my fist bike was an rc51 :lol

or maybe a guy who teaches new riders how to ride..........and watches them crash 125s often......:lol

woo woo throttlemeister installed......

the instrument pannel of the 'busa never fails to look great to me

Considering how big that nose is, you certainly hope there'd be a good instrument panel there :lol:

with all that grunt they should have a seat belt too.

tom i fly out......:boobs:

and then you fly home.

Congrats on your choice and good luck with the ironman run back to Tx.

:lol: good point