This has been a constant topic among some less fortunate co-workers of mine who own Busa's . I am the only lucky one to own a real bike, the 06 CBR1000RR ( all Black by the way )

anywho, I tell them from what little I know about the busa, it may take me in a straight away, but due to weight, I could have them looking at my rear tires in the twisties.... tell me I'm right, Not sure I want to race my stock just yet... anyone have stories?

 

it really depends on the rider and the racing course (like you stated). a good rider will be faster on the cbr in the twisties and faster on the busa on the strip. but the difference at the dragstrip is not what it used to be. they are really, really close. the busa has been the same since 99 (actually the 99 is the fastest because of a larger airbox, but that's a really minor thing) and the other bikes have taken leaps and bounds in terms of technology.

just keep the racing in the conversation form. unless of course it's on a racetrack. then stomp the crap out of those busa boys!

 

Busa's still turn the 1/4 in the nines so you'd be looking at their taillights -- after another 1/4 he'd be way gone. And forget about it if he's got a nice easy sweeper. But in the twisties that guy on the busa's gonna be putting in 10 times the effort to even keep you in sight. I've owned both and they are both excellent bikes -- they just excel at different things.

 

hey just ask him how many busa do you see racing in AMA ......... or winning for that matter. I think the CBR has done fairly well thanks to Miguel. Case Closed.

 

I can tell you the busa is very tough to get into the 9's in stock form.. I have owned one that went 198mph on gps in under a mile. i never took it to the strip but in top end acceleration you dont have a chance. the bike is way too aerodynamic.

in the turns assuming both riders are equal it goes without saying the busa is a pig. you cannot flick the bike in and out of turns..

if you wanna show the guys on the busa how the RR accelerates run them out of 2nd gear about 7k rpm and shut it down when you click 6th and youll be ahead. assuming your an equal rider and they are both stock bikes or equally modded.. thats the way i beat all the gixxer 1k's i run except i have 2 teeth up in the rear so i can run out 6th also and be ahead of the gixxers..

good luck..

 

Explain this in a bit more detail if ya don't mind ... are you limiting both bikes to just 7K rpms?

 

no i am not saying limit the bike to 7k. i am saying roll the bike out starting at 7k in 2nd gear that way you can get into it full throttle and it wont wheelie and the busa wont be making much more tq than you at 7k. if you run the busa from too low of an RPM its going to get out on you cause it makes somewhere around 100ft lbs tq..

 

The easiest way to beat a Busa is simple, through some curves in the mix....beyond that, in a straightline, maybe you should try the new ZX14...at least that is the same type of bike as the Busa....

 

Hey,

Just some input on this, I went up against a buddy the other day 4 times, Me 1000RR 06' stock, him 2004 busa yoshimura pipes,air filter, he missed the gear in the first race, second from 20km in first beat him by 2 bike lengths, third and fourth time rolling start about 60kph in second and beat him by 2-3 bike lengths. He's also got 40lbs on me for weight hes about 230lbs-ish I am 185lbs. So thats all I have to add I was happy and not surprized at the outcome.

 

Very nice... yeah Im 240lbs... all muscle NOT!!!