After more than half a decade, is it time that we'll part our ways?
You've taught me a lot and we went through even more together...
Memories of the time we spent together can never be erased...
As we part ways, I hope that you can look forward to a better companion who is able to take good care of you. To experience the freedom of the highway, giving a good workout to yourself as well as him.
Not longer is 200km/h the baseline for cruising... No longer is 100km/h achieved in a single gear... No longer is a twist of throttle like a jab of adrenaline into the body...
I remember the time I was still confused on how a simple change of exhaust will affect the power delivery. To the point where the engine was laid out in pieces for a major rework for the transmission to the cylinder block, to the cylinder head...
Having been with you for so long, with all the refinements that we worked through. It'll take a long while before something that will come close to what you are comes along as a stock production bike. It'll be quite hard to look at another Hayabusa without remembering how different you are.
Together, we experienced the hot, the cold, the dry, the wet, the dirt, the dust, the highways and the trunk road. You have even been there on the most important day of my life, my marriage and was featured in the video during the wedding dinner...
Go forth and spread your wing, Peregrine Falcon, or as what we know you as Hayabusa - 隼! Dominate the straights and the bends! Let no other bike show you otherwise. For the stronger and nimbler you; can dance like a butterfly and sting like a bee! Be that Ultimate Predator, my friend!
Good bye, Hayabusa K Spec IITill we meet again!
