Hayabusa in a two-wheel world is just like a Cheetah in the world of animals. Only a few motorcycles in the history of two-wheelers has got a place like Hayabusa. With its launch in the year 1999, Hayabusa became one of best performers in the playing field.
The word “Hayabusa” represents a “Peregrine Falcon”, which is Japanese bird that symbolises as a metaphor for speed thanks to its hunting dive at the speed of 290 to 325 kmph, the fastest in any bird.
Suzuki motors brought this giant machine to hunt down the Honda's Blackbird, Honda CBR1100xx, which was the fastest production motorcycle during that time. This ultimate riding machine is equipped with 1340cc, four cylinders, 16 valves engine and delivers the power output of 197bhp at 9,500 rpm and 155Nm of peak torque.
It also boasts Suzuki Dual throttle valve fuel injection system having dual 120-hole and fine spray injectors per cylinder and a ram air intake with large volume airbox. The bike is mated to a six-speed transmission.
Built on a light yet extremely rigid twin-spar aluminium frame, this super giant machine houses a set of sporty suspensions offering adjustable inverted fork up front and a link type, coil spring and oil damped suspension at the rear.
Apart from above things, the bike has so many things to be discussed. We have listed 5 things, which most of the people do not know about Hayabusa.
1. Ghost Rider (Motorcyclist) uses Hayabusa in his movies:
Ghost rider, a Swedish motorcycle stunter, who is one of the most popular flaunter of road rules extensively uses Suzuki Hayabusa and GSX R1000 for his movies. His youtube videos have achieved millions of views.
The Swedish rock band has used various clips from the Ghost Rider movies in their music video “Gotta have faith” from their album “Start from the Dark” in the year 2004.
2. Used in Non-Motorcycle Applications as well:
The lightweight and powerful engine of Hayabusa has been used in non-motorcycle applications as well. The British made Lotus Seven inspired Westfield Megabusa deploys the engine of Hayabusa.
Suzuki was the first manufacturer to use motorcycle's engine in a car. In the year 2001, Suzuki used Hayabusa engine in two of its concept cars, Suzuki GSX-R/4 and the formula Hayabusa, which was an open wheel race car designed for Japanese one-make competition series.
