"Honest Mark" review

[Kzin]

Shoulda slipped you're lighter wheels on too for a more fair

[mark3evo]

7 hours ago, Kzin said:

Shoulda slipped you're lighter wheels on too for a more fair

You would have thought they would have lightened the stock ones as they are a new spoke arrangement 

[mark3evo]

 

[mark3evo]

 

Presenter said....

k8 was more taught like a GXSR should be 

Gen3 more lazy like it’s been to university and now is a little smarter 

[Kzin]

1 hour ago, mark3evo said:

 

Gen3 more lazy like it’s been to university and now is a little smarter 

And won't get out of bed for less than £35k despite having no experience....

[mark3evo]

1 hour ago, Kzin said:

And won't get out of bed for less than £35k despite having no experience....

par for the course 

[mark3evo]

2 hours ago, mark3evo said:

par for the course 

the video presenter spent half his time moaning about the 'shorty' brake/clutch levers on Gen2

i gave a better more "Honest Mark" review 

[mark3evo]

According to York Suzuki ( i had to get my driving licence back) they say already Sold 2 bikes

and another 3 probables which  2 Beemer GS and Madmattt's busa 

 

he say's when this 100 are sold no more this year, when they've gone their gone

[mark3evo]

Enfa can improve his japanese, skip the 0-16 min its a bore

at 16:00 he rides for mile hands free with cruise control   he could have bought a H@#%a Goldwing

 

[ptolemyx]

Had my test ride at Bridge in Exeter yesterday. All the electronic nonsense minimised I gave it a damn good thrashing for an hour. It definitely is still a Hayabusa with that immense grunt from low down the rev' range unlike the "all at the top end" litre bikes. Has more low/mid range than the Gen2 but not by a huge amount. Still need to ping the clutch for 3rd gear wheelies. Riding the twisties of the old A30 (not the dual cabbageway) to Okehampton it went round the bends just fine. I did feel the turn in a bit quicker than my Gen2 but that could be simply down to new tyres. Suspension is a lot softer with loads of sag but coped well with rough and smooth roads, plush and efficient.

You Gen 1 owners are right that the Gen2 was sanitised and lost some of the rawness of the original, well this is more so. Stupidly fast but stupidly civilised with it.

I've said before, and the test ride confirms it; IF I had the money the changes would not persuade me to buy one. Whether Suzuki did right after all in being "practical" and broadly keeping to the established Hayabusa ethos or they should have given us what we dreamed of is debatable. Me, I'm keeping my old  Gen2 and scraping the funds for an engine and chassis upgrade. Plan £5k for a much better bike than a trade in and another £10k for a new 'un.