When I hear 600 lb 1300 cc motorcycle I think one thing. Highway monster. Where I live in the Arizona desert the roads are all brand new blacktop and straight As arrows for miles. Guys love running these bikes for cruisers. They're decent as far as comfort goes and with some modifications, absolute missiles. I've heard this bike has internals that can handle some power along with easily obtained power from small upgrades. As a corner junkie I'll skip this bike. I'll also be sure to look the other way at stop lights when it pulls up next to me LOL

Now borrow Yammie Noob's turbo busa.

Me too

Road king of sport bikes? That thing is gross 🤢🤮

Daily Rider really needs an all-time leader board with limited spots, that gets updated every season, with the best bikes from every season battling it out to stay on the board.

Damn did he pass riding? Sorry for your loss btw

@@kinkycam11 no man, but thanks. He passed from cancer. And rode until he had the strenght to. His last bike was an R6

Condolences man. Here's to great dads! Miss mine dearly ❤️

I still have my 2000 Busa. In blue and silver too. It's under covers 99.9% of the time but still runs and rides. It's lovely.

Na it it thw Nice ride Busa is almost ass a blackbird you start to look for the remot controll for tv ;) ;)

Hang in there, brother. Best wishes to you.

One day at a time brother, happy to hear you healing

I'm sorry for injury. I had a burst fracture on my L2 falling backwards off a bike. It was just shattered but surgery was successful and luckily I healed

One day at a time brother. You will find something just as bittersweet to be invested in if you havent already

I hope you find someone to weld a metal bar to a pillon seat, strap you onto it and go for a ride!

Analogue is something of a beauty honestly

I love the simplicity of my K3 dash. I just wish I had more data I could scroll through when I think I hear a weird noise 🤣

You need to take use of Suzuki's brilliant top-speed-limiter in conjunction with them these days, though. They're not the easiest to stay accurately on top of. And on the 'Busa, you always go twice as fast as you feel you go...

Yes, the phone screen ones are so lazy and have no style

I need an analog tachometer, digital speedometer is ok but preferably analog as well

ikr! haha. its so silly but also really impressive and fun to watch XD

Sport bike pillions are mostly uncomfortable, so why not make a joke out of it

I always wonder what people he rides by must be thinking...especially those who aren't into bikes and don't know about cruise control.

@@quinnkirlew9892 In combination with seemingly talking to himself.

@@heiner71 an invisible rider in the driver's seat perhaps? All the signs point to it

I'm with you.

This! Dials all the way!!

@@clarkneil1980 Busa Baby!

agreed

Goble goble

How can you tell you seem to be completely illiterate.

He's the coked-up Rasputin of moto journalism.

@@Ijusthopeitsquick shit, but funny comment😆

Have you ever been touring on it? I’m looking at a zx14r for touring and wanna know how touring on the two similar bikes are.

@@H.KH44N my biggest issue with the hayabusa is the high pegs. I’m 6ft 4 and my knees are bent quite a bit. Which is fine most times but I would advise a play about with rear sets for it to try and lower the pegs a little. My friend is 6ft and he is fine with them. Everything else has been great. It’s a sporty style tourer but relatively comfortable and the standard seat is great. Wide and soft. The bars work fine for me but again you can get a riser kit for them which can help if you tend to get tingles in your hands or wrists. I don’t have that problem. My changes have been a Gilles rear set. A puig dark double bubble style screen to aid taking some wind off my helmet. An akrapovic system (not really needed but they look great and help the engine breathe). And a sprint high air flow filter. You could easily buy one and if you are 6ft or under make no changes to it and it’s a good tourer with an immense engine but if you are taller like me there are some changes you may need to make. Range isn’t bad too. I average around 140 miles to a tank but on motorways/highways in 6th gear taking it easy at around 70mph. It will do more than that. Around 170 miles before you run out. It’s not really designed as a tourer but the engine really is addictive. I spent most of my life on 1000cc sports bikes but I’m 52 and can’t take them anymore. But I want a powerful engine and that kind of sports bike feel. That’s the audience for hayabusa that most reviewers don’t seem to get in the videos !

As someone who has owned 0 bikes in my 12 hours of having my bike licence, I'm curious to hear what you might think of some of the current low-mid sized street bikes (duke 390 for example)

@@max90153 if you're a new rider I recommend a Ninja 650. Watch some videos. It's a fantastic beginner bike that is sporty yet not bent-way-over sport bike sporty. You also won't want/need to trade it in for a few years like you would on a 400cc or less bike.

​@max90153 got my GF a duke 390 as her first. Phenominal bike, and much more fun than the lame 650 twins you'll be recommended. I've ridden almost every bike known to man and the Duke line stands as one of the most fun machines I've EVER RIDDEN.

Exactly.

I have a 2023 Gen3. It is my 6th Hayabusa, and by far the best incarnation.

Busa

I wish I had the garage space. It’s a constant PITA for me! Would love a ‘busa too!

I had a zx14. I could have said the same for any liter bike, but yeah the busa and zx14 is another level

@@qlr949 Yes, because the torque of both this bike is great and give a lot of emotions

@@qlr949 You are correct. They will keel.

Id call my bike Frieza 😂 he always thought he was 99% better than everyone when he fought Goku he was like "Ive only used 1% of my power!!!" lol

1% of its power puts you in moped-range 😅 plz exxagerate moar plz..

Busa

Couldn't agree more. Especially for a daily rider!

Same here. I also click like immediately as I know I'll like it and don't want to forget later on.

Exactly and I don't even like busa's. I think they're outrageous and the most American thing any Japanese company has ever done. I should love it. But I don't. Love what it represents though. Leave it to our boy to give it a proper ride and review

Zack has a superb perspective and communication style that is rarely seen on motorcycle content.

He never disappoints.

That's a refreshing opinion for a YT comment section. If you're on the bike you want, no matter what it is, I respect you. (scooters included) 🙃

I agree. I used to own an ‘05 Busa, got hit by the track bug, sold it, got a K6 1K and club raced/tracked that bike for 14 years. I now have a 2020 Kawi Ninja1000SX for work commute with a mountain twisty ride bike (has some Busa attributes with less power but more amenities/usability thanks to the hard GIVI factory matched cases. For the track, 2016 ZX10R. I don’t see where a Busa would fit into my ride preferences but sometimes I do get curious with today’s iteration. The problem, there are soooo many other bikes out there that do so many other things so well that I don’t have the extra $$ resources allocated for buying a Busa and would rather see what Aprilia, BMW, Ducati, and Triumph have to offer. Heck, I’m still super curious about the recent Triumph Rocket 3R’s. But I still love seeing that the Busa is relevant and this was still a great watch.

@@gtrpimp76 I love those rocket 3s in principal but I could never buy one unless I rode it first. I'm coming off a semi built 2020 R6, so that bike feels like 3000lbs to me. I sure it doesn't feel like that once its rolling, but in the showroom its hard to imagine it handling very well.

I too have zero use for a Hayabusa. Just took delivery of my 6th. Bloody things are addictive...

Good attitude. Mine is the exact inverse. I have no use for any other bike...

I am in that club. Sold my busa of 13 years last summer as I wanted to experience a SuperDuke R. Really love the new ride but miss the busa every day.....

Yup. I agree. Next new bike I get, it's gonna be after saving the cash, because I know if I sold my '22 'Busa to buy something else, I'd regret it so much. It might not be the fastest thing out there, but it's so comfortable and still excessively fast and torquey. 😁

I'm in this camp too. Sold my busa to get and adv. Enjoy the adv but miss busa everyday.

That's the best description I've heard of any Hyper Tourer. I'm a ZX-14 fanatic. But "confusingly approachable" .. is the perfect description. So dangerous and you can feel it. But somehow tamable with the right amount of self control and ultra smooth.

@@GoldenKnights50 Sound’s like the bike can do whatever you want, you just have to not want to do crazy stuff or get out of your knowledge/experience envelope!

​Agreed! ​It's so easy to do. No one could understand it without riding one. @@pentachronic

Is it ok as a daily commute? I’m not a fair weather rider, is the bush ok as a do it all bike?

@@informedcarpet Sorry for the ghost. Mine was my daily commuter and I loved it. Torque all through the power band so need need for constantly shifting. I only found it wanting when trying to keep the speed up in tight twisty corners (35mph marked and below). Don't get me wrong a proper rider on a Busa can have it layed over in a corner far enough to drag the cases, but I wasn't that rider.

I also call my '22 Hayabusa an ICBM, but in this instance that stands for Incredibly Comfortable Butt Missile. 😁 It drinks more fuel than your Gen 2 but if I don't get too wrist happy, I also get over 40 MPG and the tank lasts an almost annoyingly long time before the low fuel light finally turns on. 😁

I own a 2023 Gen3. It is my 6th Hayabusa. I wouldn't own it if it was my only bike, but it is 1 of 3 in my garage. As for fuel....I get in the mid 40's regularly, and I don't pootle about. I totally agree re your comments on having 'a Busa day'. That's the best way to enjoy these iconic machines.

I had a zx14. Only got less than 40mpg jacking around, canyons, or track days.

Hmm I newer got my under 10l/100Km If having fun i got like 70km on one tank ..... Yes erage speed is a bit highe..

@@BibtheBoulder If you're running low octane fuel, it will get a lot more gas mileage. High octane burns slower. I got 60 mpg out of my 2nd Gen, just from driving it with 3 month old fuel that sat in the bike for 3 months in a very hot garage. The octane evaporates out of the gasoline first, when the fuel is sitting in the gas tank. I got 60 mpg on the 3 month old fuel, then it returned straight back to 43 mpg with fresh gasoline in the tank, driving all the same roads. Using 93 octane will yield about 5 mpg less than 87 octane. But it's too risky running 87 octane in hot weather. In cold weather, 87 octane is probably fine since the intake air charge is cold.

Owning a busa and a savage, you’re loving the dream! Personally looking for a savage for my 2nd bike since it’s so dang simple of a machine. Nice to hear you still want to ride it even with the busa next to it!

@@Angryeddie14 The simplicity was one of the reasons I got the Savage. I can fix it with a hammer and some duct tape, and I don't need a degree in microchip engineering should the electrics fail. Just one carb, one cylinder, a few valves and belt drive, and I can't mess up the suspension settings as it doesn't have any. The Savage is easy to ride in town, but the busa is much, much better on the highway and on long road trips. Just now I dream of spring. Southern Finland has plenty of snow, cold weather and no riding for a few months yet. My car is also a Suzuki, a Swift 4x4, that will have to do for now.

@@MKnife I own a Gen3 Hayabusa. Am currently in the market for an NC750X-DCT to join it. My Gen3 is my 6th Hayabusa.

MKnife you have 92,000 miles on your bike? 150 thousand KM (150,000 km)? You wrote 150.000. I'm not familiar with that format. Did you have to change any valve shims, or replace the timing chain, or do any major repairs to the engine in the last 13 years? How does the engine sound with the high mileage? I have a 2008, and it seems like the engine is so overbuilt, it would last forever, I notice the oil is crystal clean after 4,000 miles.

@@Ritalie Yes, 150000 kilometers. No major repairs during all this time, the valve clearances are still well within specs and the cam chain tensioner does not rattle either. There has however been a bunch of electrical problems, including the ignition lock wiring failing, it cut out ignition on full right steering lock. So I had to replace the complete lock assembly. And there have been other occasional issues with wiring in the rear subframe, wires shorting against the frame due to vibration and such. But nothing really major. The engine still sounds as great as ever, especially with its twin Yoshimuras.

I too bought an all-black Gen3. Got mine in Feb 2023. Just approaching its first service. This is my 6th Hayabusa and by far the best incarnation of the lot. Just love the cruise control.

It's really important to know that Kawasaki's niche is copying others, and then making the engine bigger and more powerful. Expect Kawasaki to build another extremely ugly ZX-14 with horrendous insect styling, that tries to copy the Hayabusa, but fails mierably. They will build something, because their company charter is to try to "one up" the other successful bikes with a bigger motor and more horsepower. They've been doing this since 1973 with their Z1 900cc bike, which had 82 horsepower compared to the 67 hp of the CB750. Then the ZX-12, bigger than the Blackbird 1100. Then the ZX-14, bigger than the Hayabusa, with a 1440 cc engine, compared to 1340cc Hayabusa, but couldn't get the same torque as the Hayabusa, because the Hayabusa is magical.

Without doubt !❤

And yet, how many people actually use the hayabusa for serious touring? Just curious 🤔 luggage options are seriously limiting

@@rohanr26 I wouldn’t. But you would be surprised. I’ve met a few guys in the alps using them while we were all on bmw gs

@@rufusmctavish1164 I tour on mine. I have swapped bikes too while on tour (as you do) and everyone is mightily impressed with its all-over ride-ability as folk generally think it is a one-trick (speed) pony.

Z1300 please.

Now that’s saying something, we live in a ultra sweet time for having fantastic bike choices

If you do I'd like to see you do Uturns on an inclined street like you did with the BMW, would look crazy cool.

Which impressed you more… the Busa or the 23’ Zx10R

Busa

Or the M45....

How tall are you? An earlier poster stated that he has a bit of knee problems with his 6ft4 height.

@@heiner71 I'm 6'1-1/2'' with a 33'' inseam.

@@baymoto553 Thanks. This thing would definitely be too tight for me. I am curently riding a Versys 650, which is not too bad and I even lowered the pegs on that one by 1.5" to make it bearable 🙂

You are greedy. I have only owned 6.....lol

@@BibtheBoulder lol

@@big10hunter42 Think I may have misunderstood your comment? I think you mean you've owned 7 bikes? I thought you meant 7 Hayabusa's...I have actually owned 6 Hayabusa's...

@@BibtheBoulder this is my first Busa. In order of ownership I’ve had : Katana 600 (first street bike), SV1000, Gsxr 600, Gsxr1000, drz400sm, Kawasaki z900, and now the Busa. I liked the lighter bikes for wheelies, but I’m loving the Busa. I can see why someone wouldn’t want to own anything else after having one. Sounds like you are in that camp.

Respect to anyone who uses 85% throttle on a Hayabusa. 50% is generally more than enough...

And a 6th gear and a slightly better dash (tach, fuel gauge, geae indicator). That's really all they need.

@@0202pmurT exactly.

The 14R is much faster and comfier, but I like the look of the Gen 3 'Busa more, which is the main reason I got one.

yeah, Yamaha, Kawasaki, and Honda (especially Honda) don't have solid engineering? ur-durpee-dhur... do you even examine the thoughts you have...or do they just fly out your head uncontrollably? Don't be naive. You have to know that Suzuki is the least respected large Japanese motorcycle company from a quality perspective in relation to manufacturing, engineering, and design. don't get me wrong, being the 4th (or 3rd) best motorcycle company in the world is amazing, and Suzuki's are amazing, world-class motorcycles, but they are still the 4th or 3rd best Japanese motorcycle company by almost any metric one could conjure up.

@@oliverdurgen5953 ????? Try boosting ANY other bike to 700hp. Then haul down the road (preferably track...) at 220kph. Then lean the bike over in a sweeper. With a bump or 20...... Honda builds nice bikes as well. But no bike currently made by anyone, is as rock solid even well ABOVE top speed, and not just in a straight but even in a, big-radius but still, bent line, as a 'Busa. The H2 SX may ultimately be faster, but only steady state. It's noodles and less confidence inspiring trying to turn at high speed, less confidence inspiring on the brakes..... Even the beloved ZX14R, while still solid, is not a 'Busa. The Busa's twin spar frame must use sections lopped directly off the towers holding up the Golden Gate Bridge or something (maybe that's where the weight comes from....). It's a bike which is capital S Solid like nothing else out there. And, beyond just mechanical solidity, it's also engineered and refined and tweaked and honed, then refined and tweaked and honed some more, repeatedly, over and over; specifically to be solid.With the result that it is calm. Calmer. Calmest. Nothing upsets it. It may carry you into a wall at 180. But it will, more likely than not, do even that calmly. That's why, even as far out of its element as being flat tracked in mud by Zack; it's still calm and composed. Not saying there aren't possibly other qualities of other bikes which may ultimately be more important to some/many/most. But if SweetShot gets "good rider feelings" predominantly from from Solid; it's o wonder the 'Busa is his bike of choice.

@@oliverdurgen5953 why do you sound offended? I never said any of the other brands aren't well engineered all I said Is Suzuki is well made and it shows when you ride their bikes, I've ridden a lot of other brands and they are great in their own way also but I do think Suzuki rides the best. You should get one when you're old enough lil homie maybe you will realize for yourself

Only bike I ever rode that you can't pin the throttle for 5 full seconds in any gear on a public road...

Because it's subtle. It's not screaming, it's not vibrating like a guitar string, it's not waiting for the revs to get north of 10k. It just puts out boatloads of useful torque everywhere on a smooth curve on the graph. It never hits, it never bogs, it's always there and progressive. The bike is big and smooth, it sucks up the road imperfections. It's like a Bentley, not a Camaro.

@@exothermal.sprocket Definitely more like a Bentley...let's just hope it proves to be more reliable than a Bentley...

@@BibtheBoulder Suzuki is stone-axe reliable.

😄

Watch Moore Mafia videos you can buy a new busa and have a turbo with warranty. 400 plus horsepower and everyday rider useable.

The bare model of the Goldwing could still fit Sport Touring with a higher revving engine.

Everything I know of the GW says touring bike, sport never entered the equation.

I can’t even imagine trying to ride that bike full tilt in the traffic y’all seem to have over there.

@@sterlingroberts6240 And in the insane heat. Not sure about the newest version, but I doubt 1344ccs of latent insanity will ever be remain cool for long, when faced with the equivalent of idling around in Vegas midsummer at high noon. Its weight, quality suspension, low'ish COG and length, probably makes it unusually comfortable for the often bumpy roads, though. As opposed to lighter, sharper sport bikes, it just refuses to be knocked about by less than track smooth roads. That's a good bit of the reason why so many like to sport tour on it in the US.

Amen Brother!

Literbikes are in the same 9.XX seconds range of any Hayabusa and Kawasaki ZX14… check out OutSpokenTiger to see how it’s down to the rider not the bike. Hayabusas and ZX14s only pull away after 4th gear but you’re neck and neck with any literbike especially the BMW S1000RR

@@okinawanah3463 you missed my point. I'm saying that in an ideal race scenario the hayabusa might not really seem faster, but in everyday riding that massive torque advantage at normal operating speeds is where they end up making a good case for themselves.

Plus it still dominates most LSR events with the addition of a turbo. And then there is the dragstrip too.....