I have taken a few pictures of the recently acquired CBR1000. I am posting (I hope) some of them as requested.
I'm not known for doing "shiny" as I more interested in it working well and riding. Having said that I think the bike doesn't look too bad considering it is 27 years old and several owners. I am gradually working my way through the bike checking, refurbishing, replacing where necessary.
I will give a bit of some of the things I've found and what I have done if anyone is interested. First I'll try to post these pictures. (Fingers crossed.)

Regards,
Eddy.

 

welcome to the hurricane section, not a bad looking old girl, make up a thread for the work your doing, we will all be intrested and you will find plenty of help if you need it

 

It is good looking for 27! Thanks for posting.

 

Ed, she looks to be a couple of years old, not 27!!

If the mechanicals are anything like the rest of her, you're on to a winner

Yes, we'd all be interested to hear what you've done to her so far, we're a bit sad like that Also we might be able to help with solutions, or you might be able to solve a problem for us

Well done on the posting of pictures BTW, I'm not the most technically minded so it took me a few attempts before I got it right.

 

Nice example of a hurricane.
Can you update your location?

 

Somewhere in the UK.

 

Welcome Ed, she's a nice looking bike , you are in good company here with a good
few UK members with Hurricanes.

 

The bike probably looks better in the pictures than it does in the flesh.

How I got the bike: It was on ebay in Whitstable, Kent. (Approx 160 miles and 3 hours away.) I arranged to drive down and view the bike. A short ride around the block confirmed that most things worked after a fashion. I made the deal and rode the bike home while my wife followed in the car. The brakes were not great but the engine seemed OK and we got home without any problems other than too much traffic. (The return trip took over 5 hours. )

First thing was to find some information about the CBR1000F and through this forum I was able to download a Honda workshop manual for the later models where a lot of the info was applicable to the “H” and also the Haynes manual that is quite good and also has some bits of info specifically relating to the “H” and “J.”

Questions:

• Does anyone know where I can find more info on the “H – J”? Was there a manual for just this first series of the CBR1000F?
• I can see that things like the fairing, brakes and front forks on the “H” & “J” are different to the later models. Were there any changes in engine specification?

Next post I’ll write a few things about what I found when I started to check the bike over. It might be of interest to others having just bought a CBR1000F.

 

Try here

MC "Black Bears" or here

http://www.carlsalter.com/download.asp?p=1138

CBR1000F 1987 to 1996 Pdf file in Zip files.

Yes there are differences in the stator, carby setup and a few other things of which the fairing is not the least!!. I have both a Mark 1 and Mark 2.

Welcome to the CBR Forum.

Cheers, SB

 

Thanks for the links.
On the Black Bears site I found the Haynes Manual. The carlsalter link no longer works after trying the "captcha" image a few times. The file has probably been removed as he suggests further down on the page.

In 2011 & 2012 I spent a month with relations over the Christmas-New Year period in the Adelaide Hills. Fabulous scenery and some great motorcycling roads. There seemed to be quite a lot of bikes in use. I spoke to a small group on bikes having lunch at a café. They told me they usually meet up early for a ride and stop for lunch around midday as it gets a bit too hot later. It was in the high 30's when I was there. Phew! Definitely not used to those temperatures.
A friend arranged for me to take part in a charity toy run. There were hundreds and hundreds of bikes. A great day out.