I hear you on that. It is the same around here when I rode the street, now I am a track junkie and I get my fix there. The Kawis are some nice bikes, especially since a few years back, they had some help from Suzuki.LowCel;3009496; said:I thought about getting the busa since it and the zx14 are equivalent. I went with the 14 for four reasons, first it is much more comfortable. Second, insurance is 1/3 as much as for the busa. I pay $440 a year for full coverage. Insurance on the busa would be over $1100 a year. Actually, insurance on any GSX-R is absolutely ridiculous. Way too many squids ride them and end up in a casket. Third, everywhere you look you see a squid on a busa or another gsxr. Forth, most people out there have no idea what the zx14 is capable of, I like that.
Don't get me wrong, I believe that the busa and other gsxr's are amazing machines. There is no arguing the fact that most newbies go straight for a gixxer though and way too many of them end up going down on the ride home. Just about every time you hear about someone dieing on a crotch rocket down here they were riding a gixxer. It has nothing to do with the bike, they are awesome.
With that said, the new R1 is very, very tempting!
The Boosta (BUSA) is a nice bike, I haven't had the chance to ride the 14, since I don't like riding the streets anymore, too many squids, I can just imagine the grunt and power.
I had a chance last year to endurance a 636 and that thing was a hell of lot more comfortable than my gixxer, and the midrange was crazy. Kawi has mad a good turn in bringing their bikes back up to speed.
I still want to ride the R1, I rode the first R1 and never got back on one, because I hated the riding position. It is worse than the gixxer
ENOUGH ON BIKES....BACK TO THE TANK
