mine needs a turbo. i want it to stand up at 120 mph in sixth gear.

 

Hahahaha! I was just tellin my girl the other day I wanted to take the 1000F for a ride up the road naked one night just to say I did. I think I've mentioned this atleast two times before, but I'll say again: I guess I'm a whipper snapper at the age of 22 and I dread the day the 1000F breaks down for good. It was my first bike and unfortunately I don't think she'll ever be replaced. I completely agree that there is no bike out there that ours can't atleast keep up with.

1000F FOR LIFE!!

 

I love my bike for what it is to me; a sport tourer. Its very comfortable and is plenty capable. I also have an FZ1 which is newer, lighter, and has a lot more power. But at the end of the day, the Hurricane is my love!

 

NNNOOOOOOO!!!

Road rash is bad enough on your arms, but on your man sausage????

 

Hi all, as much as I still can't ride for now this thread caught my eyes & old thoughts. New riders will never have any idea of the class our 1000f's truly have. They never know about bikes before their time. When I first bought my 93 I also had a couple 84 V65 Sabre's for a few years. I had young guys pulling up next to me at stop lights on their crotch rockets looking at my bike & laugh while revving their toys at me with that "I'm going to smoke you" look. When I would wait for them at the next light they would have their eyes out of their sockets & say to me "that's a 650"? When they find out it's not they would have a real stupid look on their faces. It was always fun for me. Goes to show you, new riders don't have a clue on the classics we rode & still ride today.

 

Hell yeah, Joel... the V65 sabre was a sleeper. No noob would expect them to be a 10-11sec ride. Same with the early shaft driven 1100 magnas.

Some people are just idiots, that's all.
One more thing the 1000F does well...... it identifies a-holes.

 

When I beat the sportbikes, I tell them I had lessons. Actually, I have had three Total Control classes, and it makes a big difference. But the best part is when they ask what I have in my saddlebags and I tell them " A couple cases of beer."

 

First, a disclaimer: I love my bike...that's why I still have it (that, and I'm poor), and that's why I'm here.

This keeps coming up, and it's understandable that people want to feel like their bike is still relevant (it is), still cool (ok, maybe not cool, but 'good), and still comparable or even superior to current offerings (it ain't).

Modern S/T bikes are vastly more powerful...the only place a CBR1000F makes 132hp is in the brochure. Like I said, let's face the reality here. the bikes are every bit of 600 pounds (again, in reality, not in a brochure), and make about 115hp on a good day. If we're comparing 17+ year old bikes to modern bikes, our suspension is complete ****. The forks on my bike feel like they're made of half-cooked pasta. The wheels weigh a metric ton compared to modern wheels. Blah blah blah. To say that a 94 (for example) CBR1000F is the equal od a 2010 Sprint S/T is just silly. There isn't anything about it that is even remotely close, IF you are trying to objectively compare specs like power, or how well they handle, etc.

BUT: Who cares? None of this makes the CBR1000F a bad bike. When it was new, there wasn't its equal as far as a combination of power, handling, comfort and versatility. I bought my bike for under $2000, and as of now I still have under $2500 in it, and it's damn near perfect to me. Why? Because I don't ride a spec sheet, I ride a motorcycle. Sure I'd like to graft a set of FZ-1 forks on there (more on this later) and put a shock on it, but the thing works great, is comfy, fast enough to be more than I ever need on the street, and is stone axe reliable.

Cliff notes: the CBR1000F is a really great bike, and it's almost silly how great it is even today given that you can get one for one month's mortgage payment...but it's ridiculous to say that an 18 year newer bike isn't any better in ways that can be objectively measured.

 

This is what I'm talking about. Exackery

 

ok,i have never driven another bike that could be better..but i love my hurricane