Could go up, or could go down a level from here on in thoughJonno wrote:This thread is Ticking along nicely.....
ZX12R VS Hayabusa
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Vivek's Ninja 250 would make a mockery out of any Hyabusa !!!!! Man that thing is dang fast!!!!
As for a Barge, it wouldn't get near it! 
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Re: ZX12R VS Hayabusa
Here is a photo of the above mentioned beast slayer ....
You have to be very patient waiting for these rare breeds to show up, then you have to be quick to snap a photo as they dissaper lightning fast
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true Jonno.....Jonno wrote:...........
You have to be very patient waiting for these rare breeds to show up, then you have to be quick to snap a photo as they dissaper lightning fast
GOTTA LUV the 12R!!
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BooooooooooooooooooooooooPan wrote:MODERATORS, please delete the replies or the whole thread if it gets too out of hand...
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Re: ZX12R VS Hayabusa
i own a 12r with full system and lots more the bore to strock ratio is similar to the 10r.the busa and 14 have a massive strock whitch give a ton of torque and power at the lower end of the RPM's+ wide power band the 12r is a very rev hungry and peaky bike with a full system you have to keep the rev's up compared to the othersSmitty wrote:you obviously have not ridden a ZX12R then....MAXUMIS wrote:the 12 is not like a 14 or busa it's a peaky bike but your beast bet is to test ride each bike to suit your own satisfaction
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Re: ZX12R VS Hayabusa
this thread is a no brainer...
go get a 12....simple

go get a 12....simple
Ofcourse its....... "black"
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I believe the correct answer to all things in life (based off all the information I can find on this forum) is to buy a ZRX
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Re: ZX12R VS Hayabusa
every time you say taking a ZX12R onto a racetrack is a waste of time, Santa kills a baby kitten !Smitty wrote:.......taking one onto a racetrack is a waste of time money and rubber.....

Mmmmm Phillip Island on a 12 !! I did 2 days there back in 2009, barely wore out the l/h side of a Pirelli Supercorsa (almost nil wear on the front Pilot race) - left the odd darkie in my underwear, used about 30? litres of juice - and saw God once or twice chasing Stevo and MickLC into T1 .....that bike *loved* Phillip Island. If ever a track was designed for a big roadie (even a Busa track bike would go well down thereSmitty wrote:....I did a trackday at PI with the 12...it wore out both sets of tyres.....left lonnnng black marks out of corners and used nearly 3 tankfuls.......it was a pig going into T1 its weight (braking from around $2.50)......just makes it unpleasant....a 12R is not a bike for a racetrack........
Eastern Creek - even better. Smitty, the MFP12 can run 47's all day at the Creek on slicks - the current Dunlop slicks have now done 2 days at the Creek and another day at Marulan - and are barely worn. Even Santa can get his knee down at the Creek !

But I have to agree with Pan about one thing here - those guys out there who have never actually ridden one of these bikes on a track - a 12 or a Busa - are really not coming from an 'informed' position. Its just guesswork. I know for a fact that a 12 can easily be ridden at a track - at speed - as long as it is set up properly. I would like to see this Busa at a track just to see how it goes myself.....
besides that - 12's rule the Wastelands, which is all that really matters anyway !
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Re: ZX12R VS Hayabusa
Depends what floats your boat. I have ridden a Busa (03 model), went from an sv1000 to it. What I noticed was it was massive and felt bloody heavy. When I jumped back on the SV it felt like a toy. The Busa had a surprising amount of torque from down low, not as much as the SV but enough, Whas was really noticebale and the big difference was it would keep pulling high into the rev range, typical of an IL4.
Having never ridden a 12 or a 14 I can't compare but can only go by what a friend said, the busa has more torque down low, however for ridability he thought the Triumph sprint was more user friendly on the road. To either bike.
Having said all that the track is a different animal. My current ride a GSXR750 I can happily cruse around between 5000 and max 8000rpm on the road, a little higher in the tight stuff, but take it to the track if I am not up around the 10,000 mark it is gets left behind.
Reality either bike for the road will do more than what most are capable of, and as friend said to me it is not how big your dick is, that's your girlfriends problem.
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Having never ridden a 12 or a 14 I can't compare but can only go by what a friend said, the busa has more torque down low, however for ridability he thought the Triumph sprint was more user friendly on the road. To either bike.
Having said all that the track is a different animal. My current ride a GSXR750 I can happily cruse around between 5000 and max 8000rpm on the road, a little higher in the tight stuff, but take it to the track if I am not up around the 10,000 mark it is gets left behind.
Reality either bike for the road will do more than what most are capable of, and as friend said to me it is not how big your dick is, that's your girlfriends problem.
Nick