good evening all,

It has been a while, work and family ( 2 teenage daughters( scaring off wanabe boyfriends) ) kept me busy.

Shadow, Steve,Sprock glad to see you are still here and I saw we have another french speaking member, bienvenue Alain!

I have been riding a bit but not as much as I wanted, the 88 is presently at 151242kms, and running great camchain is perfect no rattle except for a minute after start up while the oil pressure builds in the tensionner chamber, and after that all ok. I tried to do the valves but they did not budge from the last time. So it is running perfectly. I am now at 15500kms on a set of Avon storm ultra 2 and they still look good maybe another 2000kms on them and they'll retire which means I will have done two seasons on them!

An event , I was invited by my local Honda dealer to display my bike as they were celebrating their 3 years opening and also Honda was celebrating their 50th year In Canada. Got lucky as I arrived with the bike they cleaned and shined her, what was funny is that they asked me to put it beside the VFR1200F. I found that the shape of the fairing in front is a bit similar,, by the way I passed our message to the representative of honda, that what was wrong with the VFR was that it did not have an inline four and that they should design a new cbr1000f the same that they did for the new cbr600f in Europe; I got a strange look as if i was an heretic!LOL

And finally I tried the new Ninja1000sx , you know what it is fun responsive and all but the CBr1000f really has a jewel of an engine! Alsways ready and smooth and what a great sound.

Gimme news can't wait to hear what happened while I was away!


Carl

 

Howdy Carl!

That's really cool that Honda displayed your bike.

Why can't they just listen!! I want fuel injection! Hell, all they would need to do is take the original 1000F motor and add a better CCT, fuel injection, adjustable clip-ons, and a bit more modern fairing.... and maybe a storage compartment.
It would be the perfect bike! Honda so stupid sometimes.

Btw... nice to hear from you.... even if you didn't say hello to me. hehe....

 

At least you Canuks get Honda's CBF1000F, which isn't available in the US.

 

Looks like a cross between a Triumph Tiger and a KTM.................with a bit of Varadero for good measure....

And 'allo, 'allo Mon Fre're - good to see you again !

 

Hey:

@Dragon & Trout, I agree with you both and they could do it with stuff they already have/had on hand, no need to retool a whole new model. They could take the CB1300F SFI motor add Gear drive (No camchain) , put in a 6 spd tranny, ramp it up to about 175 hp with carbon, stainless, and/or titanium exhaust. Add forks from the new VFR1200 with real ABS as an option, and wheels/brakes from CBR1000RR, Keep it chain drive. Copy the old frame/to alloy, add an alloy (VFR800) SS swingarm, make the alloy rear subframe removable, keep it all light but strong. Make the body work/fuel tank of the 93-99 bikes in carbon fiber/alloy or a more durable lightwieght ABS/urethane plastic. All led lighting/ dual HID headlights. adjustable/extendable/ impact foldable stainless mirrors, folding levers all around, for brakes, shifter, and clutch. Have a optional sport rack, and top box/side bags. Put in a compartment for stuff, that is easy to get to with gloves on. Have both digi and analog guages with GPS, no key only a proxi card with a good quality built in alarm/anti theft tracking/reporting system. Have 3 ECU modes full power,fuel economy and combo modes. Keep the looks and comfy seat and add multi adj bars and footrests. Give it sporty graphics/colours and paint. Add a couple of power acc plugs. No rust, practical, fun, big powerband and old Honda dependable, sell it for about $10-12,000 USD. Call it a CBR1300F Hurricane, market it as such and I think you would have a great bike that would sell WW. Use the same engine add 2 Cylinders and bring back a CBX/R Limited Special Edition muscle bike as well. Standardize parts between all models as much as can be done.

Dub

 

Honda seem to be on their own planet - when have you ever heard of them listening to what WE want ?
I like the fairing pockets on the RF900 Suzuki - ideal for wallet, mobile phone, keys etc.
Lose some weight, and add some horsepower - oh yes please !
And redesign or do away with the bl...y camchain and tensioner.
I could even do without the folding levers (but they would be nice) and the single side swingarm
But a good set of triple pot brakes would go down well.....

Or I s'pose I could go and find a late model Blackbird and fit more upright bars like the 1000F ...........
most of the mods Dub suggests were on the 'Bird or available as aftermarket extras.
But I still wouldn't trade what I have for anything else currently available (except maybe a 'Busa)

 

I like the way you think, '88. lol..
I'd love to see the sssa. Oh yeah.

 

Hey cbr1988, Don't forget to keep the comfy seat, all new bikes nowadays look too small and thin in the seating department.
I would put a deposit on one today!

 

Hey:

I'll edit and add comfy seat and multi adj bars and footrests.

Dub