Tony nitrous

Busa looks ugly / odd because it was designed to work well,
Not to be fashionable or look pretty.
250mph Land speed racers and 7 second drag Busa's still rule.

Comfort?
Change the bars and you get better leg room, a nicer seat
(Not wide and thin like the Kings)
Foot pegs are a little more rearset but that's fixable.

I ride a high bar Busa and a B-King back to back,
and do big mileage on both. As a tourer the only thing
that the King does better is stop.
My older Busa has crappy 6 pots, no upgrades bring them up to radial spec.

Done 2000k / 1250 miles in a weekend with a happy pillion on the Busa
who refused to go on the King after the first ride.

"What bike" is always a personal taste thing
but for me a Hayabusa is a great option.

UGLY is not relevant unless your more interested in
looking at your bike than actually riding it.

Remember boys and girls.....
"B-Kings and Hayabusa's,
Ali and Tyson didn't win beauty contests"

 

Hayabusa with a raised bars "comfort kit"

All the best bits of a B-King with several better features.
Comfort, tourer-friendly with a sporty edge.

Some of the bikes and riders I know that do
the highest mileage (and have fun doing it)
dong have traditional tourers. "Touring" is more
a state of mind than a bike. If its fun and comfortable
you'll enjoy it more than a loaded down overweight
Barge with below average road manners.

Why I'd tour on a big naked before a Honda ST.

I thought the same.

King is great fun but not a great tourer.
It'll do it but its far from ideal.

I've had ZZR11's and Hayabusa's.
I'm happy touring on a naked bike,
I don't find a need to hide behind Tupperware.

GSX1400 has HEAPS of grunt,
Takes my tank bag and top box,
has good seats and leg room front and rear,
a grab rail and a decent size fuel tank.

ZRX / XJR / GSX14 all tour well and have
some old Skool classic muscle bike style.

Working at building an extension on a mine camp,
400 miles from home down in NSW.

Cold at night, hot in the days.

Been here 9 days so far,
looks like the job'll take another 3 weeks.

In the first week I put in 72 hours!

Accomadation is OK,
food is excellent, all you can eat 3 times a day,
huge buffet or cooked to order.

http://www.themac.com.au/village/boggabri/

Can we not talk about tax'ing vehicles .....  

It's a painful experience for me.

Might be my last day off / day at home for several weeks
so thought I'd better get a last ride in this morning...........

Fri off ANZAC public hol.

Worked Sat, Sunday off.

Monday I start a new job in NSW,
hope to do it in 28 days non-stop, no days off.
It's around 650k / 400 miles South of home !

Bad news is I need to be there Monday afternoon
and I have a local concreting job Monday morning
before I set off.

Girl had posted it as a newbie ride,
She had only just got here 250 Ninja and licence.
She said "speed limit ride" but asked for a couple
of experienced riders to give them tips.

Turned into a free for all !
15 bikes at the meet up and more joining as we went.
Not many newbies.
Poor girl was out of her depth and hadn't got a clue what to do.

I took over and lead most of the way,
then went tail end Charlie as she kept getting left behind.

I like newbie rides, but they shouldn't be organised by newbies!!!

Tagged onto a group heading North this morning.
1st stop they realised they didn't know where they were going!
Ended up leading the ride and took them out around the dams.

Some of the guys on there have joined other forums just to
waste time and stir them up.
There's a few good folk on there but several not-so.

I'm not sure you'd want some of the posters from there on here!!!

Facebook.

Search "Streetfighters magazine"

It's the page that says "Group - 5600 members"

Just seen some pics of your bike on the street fighters mag Facebook page !

Picked up a similar Motörhead T shirt when
I was at Camden Markets in Feb.
Might re-do the pic some time.

35 years apart.........

@madcarper wrote:

that dog looks very cross,    maybe he does not like his picture being taken

  Blue Cattle Dog (as in Mad Max 2)
He's certainly a character !

@madcarper wrote:

shame the hawk did not get the the little grey barsteward fecking imposters are spreading like wildfire and displacing our natural red squirrel.

Tree Rats.....   

Dave !

Have I found just the thing for you.....

@madcarper wrote:

nice one tony I bet it was warm rain though, its orrible ere  cold foggy wet    

Yeah, I only had a dri-rider jacket over a T-shirt
and one thin waterproof over trousers I keep under
the seat. After an hour both had left me soaked.
Cooled me down but wasnt cold enough to complain.

Good job I carry two zip-lock sandwich bags,
One for my phone, one for my camera.

250K's (155 miles) back home from the pub this morning,
rained every bit of the way.

Booked into a motel in a country town in NSW
and in pulls this old girl.....