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Saw another gent posted his Harley build, so I figured I'd post up the evolution of my Hayabusa. I have never posted this online, and this is by far my favorite forum, so I figured I'd share. For a bike, this is awfully low, and "stanced" so I'm happy to share and think it's appropriate.
This project started off as a Father/Son deal. Picked the bike up in NW Michigan, in Spring of '04. Bike was all stock with the exception of a set of HMF twin high mount pipes in carbon.
The old man on the ride back to CNY, rocking my helmet!
Got the bike home safe, and immediately started on the first set of mods. My old man was doing most of the riding and wrenching at this point.
The bike got a set of bolt on extensions (glad I learned from this real quick,) lowered an inch or two front and back, and some other basic performance mods.
At this point, we started going drag racing, and the majority of time, effort, and money was dedicated to my slick and bar bike, here's how the bike started (along side a middle interation of the busa) and how the bike ended up:
After a season of racing with training wheels, I decided that I wanted to focus on the street bike, and street tire racing. A big bore motor, with a nice head and cam package and bumped up compression was acquired, and a full tear down of the busa started. A chromoly swingarm set to 7 inches over stock was added, the frame was powder coated gloss black to match, a new exhaust, and a ton of other small modifications were made, including a set of polished GSX-R 1000 wheels.
Late summer cruise.
My old man and I, me on my bike, him on a customer's busa... (dyno wheel and tire on my bike)
At this point, I made the decision to turn the bike into what I always wanted, a race bike with a plate. I added a full set of cut fiberglass bodywork, cut gsx-r 1000 forks that are much stiffer and shorter than stock busa forks, carbon fibre wheels, rear shock work, upgraded brake rotors, Vortex triple clamp and clip ons, magura clutch and brake master cylinders and levers, hard mounted rear sets, and a bunch of other little things. The motor was brought down to Bob Carpenter in NJ (IMO the best dragbike engine builder in the country) for a full street/strip build and completely gone through.
All finished, need to update with some better and newer pictures:
... now preparing it for the dyno, and saving to acquire a trailer so that I can get to the track to learn how to ride this thing well.
This is 6 or 7 years of my life condensed into less than 5 minutes of reading. I could never describe how much time, effort, blood, sweat and tears went into this thing. I gained a few life time friends, a ton of ****** and enemies, a girlfriend who has stuck with me through thick and thin, and an immense amount of life experience in the process. It's amazing how what is simply a machine can change your life forever. Thanks for reading, and I hope that even though it's a bike, a few folks can get a kick out of it.
This project started off as a Father/Son deal. Picked the bike up in NW Michigan, in Spring of '04. Bike was all stock with the exception of a set of HMF twin high mount pipes in carbon.
The old man on the ride back to CNY, rocking my helmet!
Got the bike home safe, and immediately started on the first set of mods. My old man was doing most of the riding and wrenching at this point.
The bike got a set of bolt on extensions (glad I learned from this real quick,) lowered an inch or two front and back, and some other basic performance mods.
At this point, we started going drag racing, and the majority of time, effort, and money was dedicated to my slick and bar bike, here's how the bike started (along side a middle interation of the busa) and how the bike ended up:
After a season of racing with training wheels, I decided that I wanted to focus on the street bike, and street tire racing. A big bore motor, with a nice head and cam package and bumped up compression was acquired, and a full tear down of the busa started. A chromoly swingarm set to 7 inches over stock was added, the frame was powder coated gloss black to match, a new exhaust, and a ton of other small modifications were made, including a set of polished GSX-R 1000 wheels.
Late summer cruise.
My old man and I, me on my bike, him on a customer's busa... (dyno wheel and tire on my bike)
At this point, I made the decision to turn the bike into what I always wanted, a race bike with a plate. I added a full set of cut fiberglass bodywork, cut gsx-r 1000 forks that are much stiffer and shorter than stock busa forks, carbon fibre wheels, rear shock work, upgraded brake rotors, Vortex triple clamp and clip ons, magura clutch and brake master cylinders and levers, hard mounted rear sets, and a bunch of other little things. The motor was brought down to Bob Carpenter in NJ (IMO the best dragbike engine builder in the country) for a full street/strip build and completely gone through.
All finished, need to update with some better and newer pictures:
... now preparing it for the dyno, and saving to acquire a trailer so that I can get to the track to learn how to ride this thing well.
This is 6 or 7 years of my life condensed into less than 5 minutes of reading. I could never describe how much time, effort, blood, sweat and tears went into this thing. I gained a few life time friends, a ton of ****** and enemies, a girlfriend who has stuck with me through thick and thin, and an immense amount of life experience in the process. It's amazing how what is simply a machine can change your life forever. Thanks for reading, and I hope that even though it's a bike, a few folks can get a kick out of it.
I appreciate that the guys whose cars I look at the most have come and commented. Jorge, and SeanDub, you guys have eyes for details that come right through in everything you do. 
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