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Paint job and leathers

I spent most of the weekend thinking about paint schemes for the project Hayabusa and after much trial and error I settled on what I thought was the best design. I showed my design to Anthony and he said no [...]

Project Hayabusa

Project Hayabusa

I spoke with Alex in Marketing today to discuss current progress and time scales. I advised that after much discussion with Anthony (and a test ride) we have settled on a Suzuki GSX1300R K8 Hayabusa to use as the Swinton [...]

The Busa it is!

After test riding a Hayabusa, Triumph Sprint ST and the KTM, the Hayabusa is much more comfy then I first thought and am now unsure if the Blackbird is the best option (after all, the Hayabusa was made to be [...]

Decisions decisions!

Decisions decisions!

I contacted a few more dealers asking them to call me if any Blackbirds turn up but no luck. I then considered other potential bikes which could be used instead. I looked at a few naked bikes with Anthony which [...]

Search for a Blackbird!

Search for a Blackbird!

Today I am going to try to look for the actual Blackbird which is going to be used for this project. The first issue with this bike is that it has recently become a discontinued model, which means it will [...]

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