kneedragger said:
the busa is a gsxr. Hell the busa can take curners granted not as good as a 600 750 or a 1000 but it can still take them. hell if the blackbird is a cbr and the zx-12 is a ninja then the busa is a GSXR. It is just a gsxr that competes on a different type of race like the drag strip or for long road trips.
I think you're off the mark on the one. First of all, why wouldn't the zx-12r NOT be a ninja? The only thing that seperates it from the zx-6r is 600 more cc's. The name is the same.
And the blackbird is a suffix. It's the honda CBR 1100xx Blackbird. Who says that it's not a cbr? Just like the 954rr FIREBLADE, blackbird is just a name for the bike.
If suzuki wanted the hayabusa to be seen as just another gsxr don't you think they would have called it the gsxr1300 Hayabusa?
I think the R in gsx-R is for racing, and by ommitting that or seperating it it means the bike isn't a "race" bike. Both Katana's and Busa's are GSX something's, and both are sport tourers.