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Friday, November 6, 2009

Suzuki Hayabusa GSX1300R



Adaptiv TPX Alarm & Laser Detector

The Adaptive TPX Alarm put out by Adaptiv Technologies is new on the bazaar and the aboriginal alarm detector that I'm acquainted of that was advised by motorcyclists for motorcyclists. Adaptive offers several mounts to fit assorted bikes (the busa arise aloof inserts into the council head) additional can be acquainted anon into a GPS or Comm arrangement for absolute integration. The alarm is baptize & shock aggressive audition all frequently acclimated badge alarm bands. While I use a Comm sytem aback riding, it additionally has a wireless angle advantage and an LED active opti




Avon Storm ST Tires

Tires are generally one of those things that will breach a allowance with a accumulation abounding of committed riders. Everyone has their favorites, and rarely can we agree. Suffice to say, afterwards all these years of riding, traveling and modifying the Pashnit Busa, these accept to be some of the best tires I've anytime used.

Some years back, I was application a 'Supersport Race' admixture and was activity through a lot of tires. At one point, I had to alter them every 30 canicule while arch Pashnit Tours during the acme of the bout season. My aberration is liklely that I was application a actual bendable admixture tire, and benumbed the bike hard. The busa eats tires they say. Maybe 2500 afar at best to a set.

The acknowledgment has been in the anatomy of the Avon Storm ST sport-touring admixture tires. Annoy technology gets bigger every year, and the latest absolution from Avon has it application two altered compounds- one of the average for beeline band travelin', and a altered admixture for the acquaintance application while leaned over. Now I'm active about 5000 afar per annoy set, so about three rides. Appealing captivated with that, and can acquiescently reccommend the Avon ST's. I was best afflicted with the rear annoy that had no squaring off. Aloof an alike abrasion all the way down- alike for a bike with this abundant application at the rear wheel. And btw, I commonly alternating amid a 200 & 190 alternation rear annoy and accept I can't alike feel the difference, admitting what the arbiter says.

Note that the Avon Azaro ST annoy is discontinued and this is its successor. The Avon Viper Action is their acknowledgment to a softer admixture aerial achievement tire.





Bike-to-Bike Advice System

Thus far, I've been badly admiring with the Autocom. It's not cheap, but maybe the "get what you pay for" aphorism applies here. Back I'm arch guided tours best of the benumbed division on the Hayabusa- accepting a top affection advice arrangement is a must-have. Afterwards a bit of homework, acclimatized on the Autocom. While there are several versions- I bought the best basal bike-to-bike system. It's aloof a bore like the one at right, afterwards all the hookups for CD, radar, or passenger. It ran $250 & again you additionally buy the 2-way radio- the Kenwood Freetalk XL for $200. Military brand with a 5 mile range.






Galfer Beachcomber Rotor - rear

Afterwards I absurd the rear rotor from calefaction accession and about austere off the anchor pads- I bare to accomplish an upgrade. There I was announcement bottomward my admired abundance road- and my rear anchor abdicate working. Blast. At aboriginal I had no abstraction what aloof happened- this never had happened. But the acute calefaction of my aisle braking acrimonious up the aqueous so much, it was baking central the lines. Not good. A few account later, it cooled bottomward and aback on the action trail. So replaced the anchor pads addition that was the problem. It happened again- this time it austere off the anchor pads entirely- which were alone 3 weeks old- and absolutely absurd the rotor too.

Time for a beachcomber rotor and HH Sintered Antagonism Pads. The agitation seems to acerbity on this artefact and I absolutely don't apperceive the answer. Do they work, probably, do I apprehension the difference? Not really. Accept I austere up any added brakes pads or rotors. Not a one. Can I lock up the rear at any time. You bet.







GIpro Accessory Indicator w/ ATRE

The GIpro Accessory Indicator has been a accepted mod with adolescent Hayabusa owners and for acceptable reason. Riders adulation accepting the accessory indicator army on the birr and there's no added headed bottomward the freeway in 5th accessory any longer. Additional in the twisties aback you hit that access speed, you'll apperceive what accessory you're in as you ability out of the backward apex.

Not alone is the GIpro a accessory indicator, but it additionally has an ATRE congenital in. ATRE stands for Advanced Timing Retard Eliminator and I've accounting an absolute webpage including FAQ's about this device. Click the articulation beneath to apprehend up on acclimation yourself a GIpro additionally additional apprentice why this accessory is so accepted with Busa owners. Household name even. Note to get the account of a TRE on 2008+ Busa, you'll charge the X-TRE






Hump Mod

The bulge mod in Busa circles is replacing the 4 bolts on the base of the rear hump. Ig sells this for a brace bucks as a amalgamation deal. Aloof abolish the old bolts, and alter with either the 'wing style' or 'cylindrical style'. Do this and accretion a bit added amplitude for a set of additional gloves or map.

You can get the division about-face accouterments aloof about anywhere, but I'd rather accord my $$ to a adolescent busa owner. Afterwards all, it's aloof 12 bucks.

Note how accessible the Bulge Mod is for autumn the Geza Cover.






Oberon Billet Aluminum Footpegs

These are some of coolest and rarest footpegs I accept anytime seen. Sourced from England- these aerial affection CNC machined footpegs advance cornering approval and are ultra-lightweight. Fabricated from Mil-Spec adamantine anodized 6065 T-6 Aluminum- they attending absurd on the bike and absolutely cull your absorption to the footpegs.

They appear in assorted colors to bout your bike aloof perfectly. They assume readily accessible in Europe, although I don't apperceive of a US supplier to buy them stateside. I bought the dejected set of 4 absolute from the Oberon website. (Another accepted peg mod for busa owners is Buell pegs which will lower your pegs by 2".)






Priority Lights Module

I assuredly gave in and bought this the added day. This bore turns your absolute about-face signals into active lights. Why all motorcycles don't appear accepted with this feature, we'll never know. But a bore does abide to fix this.

Plus it rewires the about-face signals to act as anchor lights aback you hit the brakes. Yes, the about-face signals still assignment on top of this feature. About $50 buys this bore and absolutely helps to ablaze up the rear of the bike while braking.

There's added than one adaptation of this bore and both appealing abundant assignment the same. You can buy one that doesn't accept the anchor ablaze affection for archetype The absorbed actuality is to be added arresting from the rear. Some of the best mods, are the ones you can't see.

Note this bore will ablaze your about-face signals all the time so it may not be accordant with aftermarket about-face signals, undertails. LEDs, or BMW CAN-bus.





Powerlet Products

This accomplish food assorted electrical connectors for whatever your charge may be.

I capital to hardwire a ability accumulation for my video camera. So afterwards affairs the DC Inverter from Sony- I bare to bung the ability accumulation into something. Powerlet makes this cigarette lighter appearance connecter, which affairs into the array terminals.

You can additionally see in the account at far appropriate the adapter for the Widder electric vest- there are two of them aloof in case you accept a passenger. If you charge to wire in any array of electrical annihilation to your motorcycle- from alarm detectors, GPS to abetting ability supplies- Powerlet Products makes absolutely what you need.





Supersprox Stealth Tri-Metal Sprockets

All in the following of added horsepower, beneath weight- access SuperSprox. Another acceptation allotment from Europe area they've been about for some time, these sprockets are said to aftermost 3x best and abate weight by 50% over banal animate sprockets. Note that aback you alter sprockets, it's commonplace to alter both AND the alternation at the aforementioned time.

The armpit reads: Supersprox-stealth was developed for adapted superbikes. Bikes blame out 600+ horse power, area aluminum sprockets can't handle the torque delivered through the alternation drive system. Supersprox engineers conceived and developed the aggregate of the two abstracts in 2000-2001. Supersprox accept counted 7 apple titles back that time and the 2007 Dakar assemblage acceptable (Cyril Despres) KTM team, all await on Supersprox-stealth. Sometimes alleged Tri-Metal or Lord of the Rings (not to be abashed with Twin Ring) but we alarm it





Tires

Another affair that will breach a room. Riders generally column on bulletin boards - what tires should I use- and for the aforementioned bike you'll get ten answers. If you are cerebration about affairs a Hayabusa- aggregate you've heard about it bistro tires is true. But this has a lot to do with your benumbed style. I accept replaced tires as abundant as every 3 months aback cutting up the miles- and the ones at appropriate are $250 a set.

I accept a addiction to acquisition article that works, and aloof stick with it. The aboriginal brace thousand afar on the bike- I capital the stickiest tires I could buy abbreviate of slicks or antagonism tires.

The Busa is a ample motorcycle with a lot of mass, and a amazing bulk of horsepower. Sticking to the alley during my claimed break-in-period fabricated a lot of sense.

I went through a lot of Bridgestone 010's- these are marketed as a chase annoy by some moto-suppliers so they aftermost several thousand afar (they are additionally discontinued). A accepted band-aid is to put an 020 on the rear, and an 010 on the advanced which is what I accept now. Like to accept that adhesive annoy up front. So acquired to the 014's and went through a brace sets of those. Currently active Avon ST action touring tires