Get the boys to mount a guard of honour, 3 or more 1000F's each side of the church door..................

 

"The worst thing was that the guy treated the bike really badly (in my opinion) he'd put 4 into 1 exhausts on her and had her back firing all the time."

My previous owner (abuser) did this to mine. When she's cold she'll get an occasional small back fire.... not too loud and not very often but gets yer attention. She's otherwise perfect. Wonder if this is why. I wonder how much power is getting robbed from her too.

Why would someone go from 2 to 1?

 

With the right-hand end can gone , it would make the rear calliper more accessible . But I prefer the 2 pipe system , looks more balanced and it was designed for two pipes .

Also with some of the one sided systems you have to sacrifice the centre stand , a big minus . In fact when I was looking for my bike , a one sided system would have put me off . I think price is a factor as well , the one pipe being cheaper , if they're not prepared to shell out for a 'proper' exhaust , what else have they skimped on?

 

A Guard of Honour of 1000f's would be amazing but I don't think her in-doors would appreciate it.

I love the balanced look of the 4-2 pipes. This idiot I saw kept switching the engine switch on and off while the bike was running which had it back firing all the time.

I have racing cans on mine, a pair and they sound really good and keep it balanced. No jetting needed just had to balance the carbs which needs doing again.

Great noise, great look and a fantastic bike in my opinion.

 

I have a single scorpion can on mine and I love the sound, one day I'll get a another and have a link pipe made for the other side.

 

Picked up my first cane about three weeks ago now. I remember going to uni back in the day (about 95) and seeing an 87 parked up in the bike bays there, used to drool over it when I rocked up on my KLR. Always wanted to own one, almost purely for how good it looked, hadn't heard or read anything about them at that stage. Then the opportunity came to pick one up for 2k, 77k kms on the clocks and body work in average condition.

Finally rode it for the first time on Saturday.

Wow, this is what motorcycling is supposed to be like, comfortable with plenty of power and suprisingly nimble handling for a bike of the weight. I have owned and ridden old yamaha xv's, KLR's and XR's, GSXR600, RGV250, RZ250, even a trustly old CB250n superdream, but nothing compares to this bike. It really sits well with me, beautiful size, great seating position. The best feature for me, electric start, after owning so many kick start bikes, the electric boot is a god send.

 

Welcome to the forums, Matt!!
Congratulations on purchasing one of the best bikes ever built.
I can tell you're already in love. I know I still am.

BTW, I just bought an '09 KLR650 a couple months ago.....
Nice bike for running backroads and trails... even capable on twisties.... but it's no substitute for the power and grace of the mighty 'Cane..

 

nice bike and when you get the chance, post a few pictures. Those KLRs are sweet bikes but I have heard so much about oil usage being extreme. Any truth to these stories? Ride safe, JD

 

Hola everyone!!

I guess the main reason to own a CBR is by looking at all the stories and replies from everybody, this is such a great forum I enjoy just sitting here and read all those nice stories.

Mine is similar, I was 18 years old when the first 1987 CBR's made it here in Mexico, I had a couple of Honda scooters before (Elite 80 and Elite 150), I went one day to a Honda dealer close to my house and it was love at first sight, I remember it's huge shape and the visual impact that bike would give you, compared at the time with the smaller Interceptors, FZR's and GSX's, yeah more racing, but with out a soul.

I did a lot of car washes and cleaning the back yard just to take my dad going with me to check on the bike, finally when he kinda accepted buying one, a son of his friend died on a bike accident, so he virtually ripped the check in front of my face.

I promised myself that one day I would look for the perfect CBR, and finally found it 14 years later, a Black and Red in very nice shape with only 30,000 kms in the oddo.

The rest it's been an ever happy story of joy with her.....even my wife says I touch La Colorina more than I do to her

...what you can do about it...it's a CBR thing!!

Cheers everyone!!!
Luis

 

After pineing every day for another bike for a few years we were, at last, financial enough for me to get one. I had a short list including the cbr after seeing one a few years ago. An fj1200 was another contender but just didn't flip my switch like the cbr. After a solid day looking around bike shops and just before 5.00pm I spotted one. It was Friday arvo and the young bloke at the shop was wheeling all the bikes in for the night. He said "sorry mate I'm going home, come back tomorrow". Yeah right!! I'd all but given up for the day when my wonderful wife said "isn't that one over there?"
It was, and these people actually wanted to sell a bike that day. It's a '94 red at the front, white at the back model and had 25,800km on it. I was worried as the kms seemed a bit low, but took a test ride and had a good listen. A deal was struck (once again my wife helped out as she has a gift for that sort of thing) and I rode the 270km home. I hadn't ridden in a few years and had to ride in city traffic straight up, then open highway in the dark, dodging 'roos but we made it. It really is just like riding a bike..you never forget. That was at the end of '05 and I still look at the bike every time I go past it and admire it's lines. It's cold, overcast and windy here today but I still can't wait to ride! I'm hard pressed to think of a better looking bike and I hope to keep this one long term.