I’ll look into those but I need a good half inch.
What did you do to your other motorcycle today ?
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I’ll look into those but I need a good half inch.
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I rode the VFR home. It was at a shop for almost exactly two years. The mechanic, a great pro, initially indicated that he could take care of everything. But obviously his other business is more important.
Gleefully this ends any and all relations with shops with regards to my bikes. I have been unable to give away cash around here.
Unfortunately I have no bike in riding condition and a second bike to go through thoroughly myself. The final results of my skill building will be flourishing, but this interim has provided extremely aggravating lessons.
Gleefully this ends any and all relations with shops with regards to my bikes. I have been unable to give away cash around here.
Unfortunately I have no bike in riding condition and a second bike to go through thoroughly myself. The final results of my skill building will be flourishing, but this interim has provided extremely aggravating lessons.
I have to finish both of mine too, neither is working, through no fault but my own.
I will have my Goldwing back on the road in a few weeks, after I get the time.
My Gsxr1k can wait.
As for your Busa, and the VFR, you have tools now, and we are here to help you however that we can.
Chin up sir, you can do it.
Sorry to hear it. I will do my best to do work on my bikes, even if it takes a while to get done. Unless there is an engine rebuild required I think I can do most stuff.
Looks to be in perfect shape......you did well.
1998?
1999?
Always strange to see Fireblade graphics on them, as they were never called that in the U.S. market, only a CBR900RR, and the same for the 600's
Has the exhaust been powder/ceramic coated black? That would have been silver here.
Regardless, that is a great looking piece of history, congrats.
Thanks. And it is in very good shape for a 31 year old bike. And completely standard.
Looks like a time capsule.....must have very low kms on it.
Thanks.
1993.
I do like the graphics. The US model was a bit more boring in my opinion.
Only in the third year did the exhaust become silver. And yes, mine has been resprayed once.
Looks as though you have some other desirable bikes in there with it.....
55000 km
The owner claimed that the bike almost never saw rain.
That's actually more kms than I thought it would have judging by the condition....the previous owner must have been very particular with how he looked after it....well done him.
Yes, my shed is starting to become a bit too small with 6 motorcycles. Although I'm looking forward to the next one..
Been there, got that tee shirt...now I'm down to one and loving it.....Yes, my shed is starting to become a bit too small with 6 motorcycles. Although I'm looking forward to the next one..
I kind of miss the collection but know they are in a better place now....
Yes, 1993, better angle of the fatter tail in that picture, now I can see it.
It's a beuatiful bike, takes me back, I was 16, and love bikes of that era, as I could drive then and the big 4 from Japan all had big cc bikes that I dreamed of owning.
There was some type of cop show in the U.S. a couple years earlier called 'Nasty Boys', and the Japanese guy on it had a new CBR900, one of the first years of the double headlight...I would watch the show only to see it on the show's intro, and hope to see it in the episode, as ther was at least a small clip of him riding it in most episodes, lol
Memory lane...thank you sir
Check it out BB, they even have one for you, down here in Oz
1997 Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (919) Only 10 grand
I put the new rear shock in my Goldwing, and removed the rear wheel for the first time, so I could remove the aftermarket Centramatic wheel balancer(fits between the wheel and the rotor), and I'm going to balance it on my static stand.
I had to jack the rear end up really high under the rear shock, while balancing the bike with one hand, and push the wheel out with my foot...that was sketchy fun, I'll get an extra set of hands to put it back on.
I have new rear brake pads too, so having the wheel out makes it easier.
It supposesdly got a new rear valve stem with the new back tire before I got it, and it looks like it ...which is good...because I can't break the bead on this tire!
I have given up, I was going to put in a new 90° stem(fortunately it has a 90° stem in it already, but I had bought a new pair)
The wheel lips are extra tall on GW wheels, and the Rabaconda broke the bead on the old front tire when I put a new tire on recently...but this back one...it won't budge.
I'm 175 lbs, and all my weight does nothing. I'm going to get one of my 250 or 300lb friends to try it, if not, oh well, it will stay on for now.
And if they can't break the bead, when it comes time for a new tire...I will use a reciprocating saw, lol, cut 2 big slices down close to wheel, pull out a big section of tire, and use side cutters to cut the bead.
I also had the pleasure of removing the lugnuts with a 1/2" breaker bar.
Two had about 30' lbs...the other three had about 300' lbs, I had to use a 3' pipe on my breaker bar, straddle the bike backwards and hold the rear brake with my left foot...gotta love morons with tools.
At least I've made some progress.
I had to jack the rear end up really high under the rear shock, while balancing the bike with one hand, and push the wheel out with my foot...that was sketchy fun, I'll get an extra set of hands to put it back on.
I have new rear brake pads too, so having the wheel out makes it easier.
It supposesdly got a new rear valve stem with the new back tire before I got it, and it looks like it ...which is good...because I can't break the bead on this tire!
I have given up, I was going to put in a new 90° stem(fortunately it has a 90° stem in it already, but I had bought a new pair)
The wheel lips are extra tall on GW wheels, and the Rabaconda broke the bead on the old front tire when I put a new tire on recently...but this back one...it won't budge.
I'm 175 lbs, and all my weight does nothing. I'm going to get one of my 250 or 300lb friends to try it, if not, oh well, it will stay on for now.
And if they can't break the bead, when it comes time for a new tire...I will use a reciprocating saw, lol, cut 2 big slices down close to wheel, pull out a big section of tire, and use side cutters to cut the bead.
I also had the pleasure of removing the lugnuts with a 1/2" breaker bar.
Two had about 30' lbs...the other three had about 300' lbs, I had to use a 3' pipe on my breaker bar, straddle the bike backwards and hold the rear brake with my left foot...gotta love morons with tools.
At least I've made some progress.
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Yeah these pics look familiar! I took my rear to a regular auto tire shop. Let them skin it. They were putting in a new car tire anyway. It chucked up just like a car rim.
Good time to grease the spline teeth in the hub. And grease the driveshaft splines.
The hub isn't completely free if water. Those splines do get seized without grease.
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