pared to modern sport bikes. The
engineers have moved the bars
12mm closer to the rider so you're
not as stretched out as on the
Gen 1 and 2 editions, and while
this will no doubt aid comfort on
long trips, you still feel transported
to another time when you climb
aboard a 'Busa. Has the real Slim
Shady finally stood up?
The motor remains the same
1340cc inline four-cylinder as in
2008, although that's about as
much as the two have in com-
mon. Suzuki has gone through
this motor from top to bottom,
shaving every possible gram
they can from every nut, bolt,
camshaft, conrod, clutch plate,
transmission gear, the crankcase
and crankshaft. Everything has
been re-optimized to get the
maximum performance possible.
The lightened crankcase, for
example, has redesigned pas-
sages that flow 54 percent more
oil than before. The pistons are
lighter by 26 grams each. New,
lighter and stronger valve springs
have been employed, and airflow
into the revised intake tract has
been increased by a tasty eight
percent thanks largely to the
revised body shape.
This is also the first Hayabusa
that's had to contend with the myr-
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