We did over 6200 miles touring our '99 Hayabusa through mainland Greece (and some islands) and almost entire land of Turkey. Full luggage system and my wife as passenger. Such a awesome and versatile motorcycle. Soon the bike will reach the 62500 milestone and not a sinle problem with it.
Great post!👍 Watching it, it became finally clear to me how special fast bike riding is, living in Germany and having an unlimited Autobahn just around the corner, going speeds north of 250kmh just as “normal”… keep it going!
The problem is, that isn´t true! ;) Unlimited? Almost died here in germany! There are only a very frew unlimited Roads, the most are limited and in baaaaaaad conditions. I have to ride almost 50 Kilometers before i reach a open Autobahn. 20 Kilometers later....limited. Yeaaahhhhh.....Its not really fun anymore, and you risk your licence every ride.
I find this really entertaining. Particularly the difference between America and Europe. A super bike meet here would not have the same age and maturity as the people in this video.
I remember when the busa came out. Most people in our club had hit 120-140mph on their different bikes then a club friend who was a journo bought one of the press bikes round for us to see what we thought. Suddenly those top speeds became known as "3rd". It was amazing how it could ride very similar to a CBR600 (of the time) yet have so much grunt everywhere. Pulling away at tickover - no problem. Ragging it to the limiter - no problem. They have always been a really sweet road bike and when I got the chance I got my ultimate gen-1 (RZ, run out year). Its the longest I've ever owned a bike and I have no plans to sell anytime soon. I have other bikes for different things but the busa is just brilliant at going very quickly without making a massive fuss of it.
This was awesome. 650hp Busa ??!! And I totally agree with Eddie on the vortex. When it approaches 7 grand time seems to stop around you 🤣. Great video Cheers
Looks like fun. I can't imagine those speeds. I have had 140 mph (indicated speed) on my elderly Honda VTR 1000 on the 1 km straight of the Almería circuit in Spain. Trackdays are fun too.
You have just made my day mentioning the Honda VTR 1000 This bike is one of the greatest Twins ever made Please tell me you have the very rare and very expensive RC51 SP2 basically the road version of the bike that Colin Edward won the 2003 World Superbikes
Thanks! It was a way of Suzuki promoting their new model and us hosting an event where BikeSocial members received extra bonuses like not having to pay to run their bike on the runway. We might have something else up our sleeve for later this year. Cheers, Michael
I love the Hyabusa but also wonder at it’s relevance on the UK roads of today. Like almost all of the hyper sports bikes it’s the temptation to open the throttle which makes these such a risk to the licence! I would love one as a touring bike though. Performance hasn’t really got massively better today for hyperbikes compared with 20 years ago but costs and technical complexity has grown out of all proportion. The fastest speeds I did were on the IoM on 20 year old bikes, albeit not in standard trim. 155 on a brutally grunty aprilia rsv mille over the mountain and the big surprise as on a dyno tuned Honda fireblade RRT foxeye at an indicated 168mph. That felt insane! Modern bikes do get there quicker and do feel more stable but terminal speeds all feel insane once crossing 140mph upwards. Lots of pub heros used to claim silly speeds on their superbikes but the island soon taught me that most of this was pub talk . It is great to see this event and what a super idea! I’d love to see a “run what you brung” event there for open class bikes of all descriptions.
You're certainly not wrong regarding the risk to license. I absolutely loved my gen 2 busa, but lacked the maturity to restrain myself on the road at all times. 197bhp (crank) is difficult to resist when you're presented with an open road and unfortunately afforded me 6 points. My fault entirely but I'd rather not have the temptation anymore 😂
How'bout a cheap speed day: bikes up to £1000, £2000 etc. Just bought a CBR1000 (£400) but might need a few quid spent on it. Advise breakdown recovery & a few mops for the blow ups. Oh yeah rode a Busa when they first came out. Wat a bike innit.
Great video…enough for me to subscribe without ever viewing before…keep on keeping on and look forward to exploring your community. Cheers from Alaska AK49
Very, very good coverage of the recent Busa Bonanza. I'm keeping everything crossed for a competitive quote from Bennetts (to arrive in mere days now) to insure my Blackbird for another year. This won't get me in on any Hayabusa event of course, but lots of fantastic offers to BikeSocial members. This, matched with a reputable company, and such a wonderful team at BikeSocial.. what's not to like. Keep up the great work guys.
I'd invite you. A Blackbird isn't likely to beat a busa in a straight line but its one of the lineage of fastest road bikes. Same with the ZZR1100, ZX-12r and so on.
Nice event, I'd really like to come over from Germany and join one of the future Bonanzas. When I hear the speeds most Busa riders are used to, I always wonder why take the effort to buy such a bike in a country with speed limits? In Germany I can go flat out every day I wish to, so going top speed is not really unusual for me. I think, if I had to cut it at 50% I'd chose another bike like my Gasgas 700 SM. Keep on ridin'!
Great vid. Very enjoyable. I"ve always liked the Hayabusa, such an icon. Also really interesting to hear how well the new one performed on the Dyno too.
@@bennettsbikesocial Great, thank you. I will most definitely have a read. Didn't realise he had one as a long termer & a bit surprised after he was so nasty about it to the nice Suzuki man in that launch interview video lol. ; )
there are a lot of bikes you should ride at least once, the gsxr 1100, the honda blackbird, yamaha fj1200, all the literbikes from every maker, euro the works, any new 1000 or so.. an experience you will never forget specially if you find a nice long straight away and pack it out in 6th, I recommend the salt flats for non riders, a controlled course, its the same experience, it doesn't change much sensation wise, you still get the adrenaline and really feel what its like to go 200mph on two wheels, most all the bikes I listed will get very close and do 200+ with bolt on's. also its a HUGE difference doing 200 whatever with your hands on the bars than it is a passenger, not near as scary cuz you have control, so if you;re a non rider learn how to ride, on salt flats you don't need to be highly skilled but it helps and don't try it unless conditions are optimal fora non rider, any track person, tech or timer will know these conditions, no need to risk it, big headwinds, side winds, rain and such are bad conditions, best is a tail wind . . .
IMO, the kind of legacy, fan following and cult status what Gen 2 Hayabusa has garnered, Gen 3 holds no candles...those who own Gen 2 are really lucky. !!!
As a member of Bennetts AND owning 2 Hayabusas I guess my invite got lost in the post. Shame as this looks like it was a fun day out. So the point of my membership is????????
Hi Paul, we emailed every one of our Hayabusa-owning members/customers who allowed us to do so (via their marketing preferences) in early March, plus we advertised it on our newletter and social media channels for several weeks before the event. Suzuki did too. Wer're sorry you didn't get to see the event notification beforehand, and if we host it another time, I hope you'll be able to make it.
We did over 6200 miles touring our '99 Hayabusa through mainland Greece (and some islands) and almost entire land of Turkey.
Full luggage system and my wife as passenger.
Such a awesome and versatile motorcycle.
Soon the bike will reach the 62500 milestone and not a sinle problem with it.
Yes a great bike.
Best motorcycle engine ever! Best bike ever too!
did you have problems with the fuel pump ?
My respects to Becci Ellis. Holy moly. 😳
More balls than me! I remember redlining the zx6r in top and thinking that was quite enough.
260mph plus on 2 wheels, that serious
9:30 650hp on a bike! My brain and vision can't keep up with my 199hp Beemer 🤯
Nuts isn't it!
Simon Hargreaves, magical times when he was writing for performance bikes. The only mag that mattered.
And now he writes for the only website that matters !😁
@@bennettsbikesocial spot on, a great reply.
A hayabusa turbo is one of my dream bikes.
WTF, Eddie "The Beast" Hall. I didn't know he had a busa, nice!
Great post!👍 Watching it, it became finally clear to me how special fast bike riding is, living in Germany and having an unlimited Autobahn just around the corner, going speeds north of 250kmh just as “normal”… keep it going!
The problem is, that isn´t true! ;) Unlimited? Almost died here in germany! There are only a very frew unlimited Roads, the most are limited and in baaaaaaad conditions. I have to ride almost 50 Kilometers before i reach a open Autobahn. 20 Kilometers later....limited. Yeaaahhhhh.....Its not really fun anymore, and you risk your licence every ride.
Listening to everyone speaking about the passion they put into all this made me a lil emotional lol picking up my new busa tomorrow cheers everyone
I find this really entertaining. Particularly the difference between America and Europe. A super bike meet here would not have the same age and maturity as the people in this video.
I remember when the busa came out. Most people in our club had hit 120-140mph on their different bikes then a club friend who was a journo bought one of the press bikes round for us to see what we thought. Suddenly those top speeds became known as "3rd".
It was amazing how it could ride very similar to a CBR600 (of the time) yet have so much grunt everywhere. Pulling away at tickover - no problem. Ragging it to the limiter - no problem.
They have always been a really sweet road bike and when I got the chance I got my ultimate gen-1 (RZ, run out year). Its the longest I've ever owned a bike and I have no plans to sell anytime soon.
I have other bikes for different things but the busa is just brilliant at going very quickly without making a massive fuss of it.
I love this sort of a ride day ... please bring on the Fireblades, the Panigales, the Kwikazfukis, etc
'Busa beat a Lambo this week on another couple of channels that must not be named. Huge win for us bikers.
...wow
Lol
Took my stock 1999 Busa Copper/silver ,gen 1to just over 200mph on what we call a 99mile straight stretch of road in Aus.
Didn't see that coming with Eddie on a bike,would ride out with Eddie any day.
19 seconds, to 260mph, wow. Impressive, an then some 👍
This was awesome.
650hp Busa ??!!
And I totally agree with Eddie on the vortex.
When it approaches 7 grand time seems to stop around you 🤣.
Great video
Cheers
Make it a yearly event, and I'll tour my bike over from Norway and have a run at it.
If there's enough interest, then yes we will!
We are here for this!
The engine of the gen 1 Hayabusa is a special peakey!
it's THE BEST!!
Nice to many busa's for me. Got ZZR1400 performance sport tuned about 211rwhp think we should make it more interesting have a busa vs Zed meet 😀 😉
Now that sounds like a plan!
@@bennettsbikesocial definitely does 🙃
I'm totally game for that need to open up my tuned gen 2 zed
Would love to eat some zzz’s ❤😀
@@Throttle_body1340 game on then 👍🤭🙃
Looks like fun. I can't imagine those speeds. I have had 140 mph (indicated speed) on my elderly Honda VTR 1000 on the 1 km straight of the Almería circuit in Spain. Trackdays are fun too.
You have just made my day mentioning the Honda VTR 1000 This bike is one of the greatest Twins ever made Please tell me you have the very rare and very expensive RC51 SP2 basically the road version of the bike that Colin Edward won the 2003 World Superbikes
I wish we did this in the U S! Great video! Europe is always way ahead!
Thanks! It was a way of Suzuki promoting their new model and us hosting an event where BikeSocial members received extra bonuses like not having to pay to run their bike on the runway. We might have something else up our sleeve for later this year.
Cheers, Michael
Hello from Greece!!! Great post!!!
Great vid. But maybe more Busa, less chit chat? Really wanted to see the differences, the mods, the runs. Felt more like an advert tbh
Eddie would have gone faster but he was dehydrated!🤣
So cool to see Mr. Eddie Hall …..for a bike to Tote That size Man that Fast…I can see why He respects the Busa Strength 👊
I love the Hyabusa but also wonder at it’s relevance on the UK roads of today. Like almost all of the hyper sports bikes it’s the temptation to open the throttle which makes these such a risk to the licence! I would love one as a touring bike though.
Performance hasn’t really got massively better today for hyperbikes compared with 20 years ago but costs and technical complexity has grown out of all proportion.
The fastest speeds I did were on the IoM on 20 year old bikes, albeit not in standard trim. 155 on a brutally grunty aprilia rsv mille over the mountain and the big surprise as on a dyno tuned Honda fireblade RRT foxeye at an indicated 168mph. That felt insane! Modern bikes do get there quicker and do feel more stable but terminal speeds all feel insane once crossing 140mph upwards. Lots of pub heros used to claim silly speeds on their superbikes but the island soon taught me that most of this was pub talk . It is great to see this event and what a super idea! I’d love to see a “run what you brung” event there for open class bikes of all descriptions.
You're certainly not wrong regarding the risk to license. I absolutely loved my gen 2 busa, but lacked the maturity to restrain myself on the road at all times. 197bhp (crank) is difficult to resist when you're presented with an open road and unfortunately afforded me 6 points. My fault entirely but I'd rather not have the temptation anymore 😂
I love my gen 1 hayabusa
Absolutely me too.
Guy Martin also trying to reach 300 mph here at Elvington in just one mile. I hope he achieves that goal.
We were hoping he'd make it along to our day...
How'bout a cheap speed day: bikes up to £1000, £2000 etc. Just bought a CBR1000 (£400) but might need a few quid spent on it. Advise breakdown recovery & a few mops for the blow ups. Oh yeah rode a Busa when they first came out. Wat a bike innit.
Great post! Didn't expect to get reeled into it all, but couldn't stop watching. Great fun, it must've been!
Watching Hayabusa topic is love to watch king of speed
Great video…enough for me to subscribe without ever viewing before…keep on keeping on and look forward to exploring your community. Cheers from Alaska AK49
Good to see a few familiar faces there with Trevor still leading things
Very, very good coverage of the recent Busa Bonanza. I'm keeping everything crossed for a competitive quote from Bennetts (to arrive in mere days now) to insure my Blackbird for another year. This won't get me in on any Hayabusa event of course, but lots of fantastic offers to BikeSocial members. This, matched with a reputable company, and such a wonderful team at BikeSocial.. what's not to like. Keep up the great work guys.
I'd invite you. A Blackbird isn't likely to beat a busa in a straight line but its one of the lineage of fastest road bikes. Same with the ZZR1100, ZX-12r and so on.
Should do it with all those 185mph zx6r owners on facebook marketplace 😂😂😂
Nice event, I'd really like to come over from Germany and join one of the future Bonanzas.
When I hear the speeds most Busa riders are used to, I always wonder why take the effort to buy such a bike in a country with speed limits? In Germany I can go flat out every day I wish to, so going top speed is not really unusual for me. I think, if I had to cut it at 50% I'd chose another bike like my Gasgas 700 SM.
Keep on ridin'!
I’m for a yearly Busa v’s Zed meet.
We'll take that on 😉
My kind of people! Greetings from Texas 👋
Looked like a great day , I'd loved to be there one day 👍🏼
Wish Suzuki would do smthg like this in the states! But great event brothers!
I won’t diss the mighty Busa.. but I prefer my ZX12R 😉 Cool video though 👍🏼
I ♥️ my Hayabusa 😎
Love Eddie Hall! Friggin funny SOB!
Please make this an annual event!!
Nice one , need to start hanging out with the big boyz
I've just joined the 'busa club! 2014 black n' grey. Bog standard. For now. 🤣🤣
Nice one, great watch, wish I'd been there.
Let me know when you do a faster session for the zzr1400
So no on board footage of going down the runway🤷🏿♂️😕🙁
Great vid. Very enjoyable. I"ve always liked the Hayabusa, such an icon. Also really interesting to hear how well the new one performed on the Dyno too.
Here's Simon's latest article with his long termer: www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/reviews/bikes/suzuki/hayabusa-2021
@@bennettsbikesocial Great, thank you. I will most definitely have a read. Didn't realise he had one as a long termer & a bit surprised after he was so nasty about it to the nice Suzuki man in that launch interview video lol. ; )
20 MIN INTERVIEWS AND 1 MIN RIDING
What a treat! Would love to have a go on one.
I was just contemplating a Hayabusa and then this video comes out. Is this a sign?
Ha! Let us know if your contemplation turns into a purchase. Maybe we'll see you at the next one. Cheers, Michael
sign to get a zzr1400 😂😂😂
182 bhp 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Just thinking,running the engine with a turbo,stage 1,2,3,or nitro,how does that effect the life span of the engine,due to running hotter???
I ❤ my gen 111 busa in Oz, what a machine. The Ledgend lives on ,nice bike🤙😁💪
That lady has some balls for sure...
Wow. Someone should do this in USA too
Becci is an amazing human!
total BSers! i have a massive Hayabusa. it will easily snap a riders spine on ecelletationm
What a great fun event ! Big Eddie Hall will have a devil of a job tucking in 🙂
He could probably get a class handicap on power/weight and not be made fun of lol
Gas gas 👊🏻✊🏻
great vid guys!!!
hoping to get the license upcoming spring and get me a busa, even though many says its unnecessary as noob :/
@YammieNoob would love this...
there are a lot of bikes you should ride at least once, the gsxr 1100, the honda blackbird, yamaha fj1200, all the literbikes from every maker, euro the works, any new 1000 or so.. an experience you will never forget specially if you find a nice long straight away and pack it out in 6th, I recommend the salt flats for non riders, a controlled course, its the same experience, it doesn't change much sensation wise, you still get the adrenaline and really feel what its like to go 200mph on two wheels, most all the bikes I listed will get very close and do 200+ with bolt on's. also its a HUGE difference doing 200 whatever with your hands on the bars than it is a passenger, not near as scary cuz you have control, so if you;re a non rider learn how to ride, on salt flats you don't need to be highly skilled but it helps and don't try it unless conditions are optimal fora non rider, any track person, tech or timer will know these conditions, no need to risk it, big headwinds, side winds, rain and such are bad conditions, best is a tail wind . . .
Suzuki should have made the 3rd gen with a turbo or supercharger as standard
Great event. Let’s do that in the Netherlands too
Much love brother to you both
just great!
You wait for a Bus then loads come along.
FastestVID on YT , Love seen Becci explain all in&out's about LSR #hayabusawhatelse
I owned a gen 1 busa that ran 198.45 mph here at Ellington in 2013 - fastest time of the day
#elvington
Greetings from busa Greece
So gutted I couldn't make it, pleeeeease do it again next year!
I feel spoiled....I have literally topped out on every freeway I live near.
Want a Tl1000s or r meet would be fun a but nice busa s
Wow ❗✌🏻
Six HUNDRED and FIFTY hp on a BIKE!!??!!
What. The . Fuck!
World's fastest granny indeed!
IMO, the kind of legacy, fan following and cult status what Gen 2 Hayabusa has garnered, Gen 3 holds no candles...those who own Gen 2 are really lucky. !!!
Duh. The Gen 3 just came out in 2021. 😆 The Gen 2 launched in 2007. It has had time to go down in price and change owners multiple times.
I own a gen 2 special edition Dino 200mph. 198 bhp
Why didn’t they show her racing?!
WoW!!!!
650? Thats nuts😂OMG
0-264mph in 19 seconds 😎
Very interesting 👌
19 secs to get to 260MPH ! Wow
0 to 264.1 Mph ( 425 kmh ) in just 19 seconds, but guy martin here reached 270.965 mph ( 436 kmh )in just 16 seconds.
I didn't get an invite I have a busa 😭😭😭😂
650 HP Thats a good starter bike
264 mph is 387.2 ft. per second.....zooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm~
Eddie Hill lol on that slow gen 3 lol
Not the most ethnically diverse attendance was it?! 😂
My gen 2made200mph. 198bhp on dino
Ahh Eddie Hall lmao The only bike that fits him.
Lol... the Busa is an out dated heavy weight, if not for high-speed straight run, why have it. Now with Superbikes having way more power who needs it!
Me, now shut it
@@Ghost-fc6oh lol...so, you shall have it, good luck with that.
Hello guys ❤️
At 188 it’s hard to breathe what does 264 feel like sheesh
Just blablabblabalbalablabla
Harley heartbreaking 💔
Was there anyone under 60 there? Looked like an oap convention.
White is so beautiful......😊for women 😊 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
As a member of Bennetts AND owning 2 Hayabusas I guess my invite got lost in the post. Shame as this looks like it was a fun day out. So the point of my membership is????????
Hi Paul, we emailed every one of our Hayabusa-owning members/customers who allowed us to do so (via their marketing preferences) in early March, plus we advertised it on our newletter and social media channels for several weeks before the event. Suzuki did too. Wer're sorry you didn't get to see the event notification beforehand, and if we host it another time, I hope you'll be able to make it.