America (where I grew up, BTW)  will never cease to amaze me. Spending months and thousands of US $ to (in effect) 
mess around  with a perfectly decent Hayabusa? ("Decent" as in power, chassis, brakes, roadholding, value-for-money- etc.)
 
How can such a conservative population as yours have such eccentric tastes when it comes to bikes
 
ROCK ON! Jamie