Feel the speed in a Hayabusa outfit

A Hayabusa feels shatteringly fast from the relatively high position of the rider’s seat. Imagine what if feels like from that Tarmac-level outfit?

Sidecar firm boss Phil Ball has been dreaming of creating it since the bike was launched in 1999.

He contacted specialist engineer Ken Mimms and the result, distributed by Ball’s firm, Superbike Sidecars (SBS), of Hampshire, is a real head-turner. Now there’s a limited-production run – they’re up for sale at £14,500 each.

The sidecar is mounted to the bike at five separate fixing points, via a steel sub-frame.

This bolts directly onto the bike’s frame around the headstock and on either side of the engine.

The original frame doesn’t need to be cut, or altered in any way. The passenger sits on a separate metal chassis, sheltered by an aerodynamic, hardened glass-fibre shell.

While most of the Hayabusa has remained stock, the forks have had to be removed to fit the 14-inch split-rim alloy wheel. One-off leading link forks replace the original, beefy 43mm inverted units.

The swingarm is stock, but the rear wheel is not. It’s identical to the front and takes a 185-section car tyre.

Ball reckons the handling and grip is superb. He said: ” You can nail it and put all the power down without being flipped off the back. ”

The conversion is £7500 if you have a donor Hayabusa. SBS is on 01425 617163.