i cant stop dribbling

233 · 11 Sep 2010 at 21:35

friend of mine has bought himself a new bike.

Turbo Hayabusa streetfighter with 50bhp nos kit/spondon swingarm/full carbon bodywork and running a daytime mot so no lights at all only a horn and number plate...

my only personal experience is with a tt600 many moons ago, i did think about asking for a shot but figured i would die within 10 seconds.

evil evil thing and sounds like nothing i've ever heard before

Yoshimitsu · 11 Sep 2010 at 22:05

Full carbon bodywork...... What bodywork? lol

233 · 11 Sep 2010 at 22:08

Yoshimitsu said:
Full carbon bodywork...... What bodywork? lol

its all good though, i've bagsied his r32 when he becomes a greasy stain on the road, ^^ commuter bike

Fr0dders · 11 Sep 2010 at 22:40

you can get daytime only MOTs ?

chrisgt · 11 Sep 2010 at 23:05

I had a 1300cc turbo car and that was quick, I dread to think what this is like! Isn't a normal Hayabusa quick enough stock?! lol Nutters!

jon.bda · 12 Sep 2010 at 09:20

MrLOL said:
you can get daytime only MOTs ?

Yup

PardonTheWait · 12 Sep 2010 at 14:00

God, that's ugly.

SHEDDER1uk · 12 Sep 2010 at 14:19

So no lights what about brake lights?

jon.bda · 12 Sep 2010 at 15:48

SHREDDER1UK said:
So no lights what about brake lights?

Nope

jon.bda · 12 Sep 2010 at 15:53

Hector · 12 Sep 2010 at 16:40

You put the bike in for a regular MOT & get an advisory sheet issued which states the bike can only be used during daytime hours, not at night or during times of low visibility.

No brake light is a cloudy issue and the rider is asking to get pulled often. I believe this is allowed under hand signal rules but given that many folk who tend to push these limits do so to be 'cool', one has to wonder if they'd use hand signals which they might view as geeky. Failing to use a hand signal which results in an accident could fall under the 'due reasonable care' law. Which could result in the rider facing both criminal and civil punishment.

There's some food for thought..

SKILL · 12 Sep 2010 at 16:48

Hector said:
You put the bike in for a regular MOT & get an advisory sheet issued which states the bike can only be used during daytime hours, not at night or during times of low visibility.

No brake light is a cloudy issue and the rider is asking to get pulled often. I believe this is allowed under hand signal rules but given that many folk who tend to push these limits do so to be 'cool', one has to wonder if they'd use hand signals which they might view as geeky. Failing to use a hand signal which results in an accident could fall under the 'due reasonable care' law. Which could result in the rider facing both criminal and civil punishment.

There's some food for thought..

I believe the rule states that if you have a brake light you also *need* to have headlights/tail lights, which seems a bit silly really...

Personally if I ever bother to MOT my race bike I'd fit just a brake light unit after the MOT, really wouldn't want to ride on the roads without a brake light, but then I wouldn't really want to ride without indicators or mirrors either

gillywibble · 12 Sep 2010 at 19:11

Mental.

helpimcrap · 12 Sep 2010 at 19:36

i've considered one of these engines in a kit car - would be mental!

in a bike they are mental enough!

apatia77 · 15 Sep 2010 at 10:29

I'd love to have a ride on it, looks like a beast