Explain please
well i was just putting it out there i mean yea i get out of 1st gear at 1-2k rpm cuz i WAS a noob and i would hear the engine get loud so i would shift up. but WOW, thank you all of you for even posting lol i felt like a pro riding past the rpms of the gear B) haha but for real im glad i found this website (y)
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I'm not sure on the exact RPM but I have been told that the F2 won't start charging the battery until past a certain RPM (guessing about 4000-6000). I don't worry about it since I ride well past that (The F2 starts to really get going only past 8000rpm).
This has been discussed mostly in threads about storing the bike over the winter where some riders thought it was a good idea to turn the bike on every few weeks and just let it idle in the garage.... ended up with a dead battery if I recall correctly since idling the bike (usually just below 1500 rpm) doesn't charge the battery. The point of all this is that you may NEED to rev your bike higher when riding to avoid killing the battery.
You won't overheat your bike if you keep the RPM below the redline AND are moving air over the radiator (ie. don't rev to redline while sitting still). Assuming your bike is in basic working order.
PS. how are you shifting out of first at 1k rpm? If this is the performance level you are used to on your cbr 600 please be extremely cautious/careful when you actually use the engine/power these bikes have if/when you follow the above advice to shift at higher rpm. You may be more than a little surprised and you don't want to rear end someone.
This has been discussed mostly in threads about storing the bike over the winter where some riders thought it was a good idea to turn the bike on every few weeks and just let it idle in the garage.... ended up with a dead battery if I recall correctly since idling the bike (usually just below 1500 rpm) doesn't charge the battery. The point of all this is that you may NEED to rev your bike higher when riding to avoid killing the battery.
You won't overheat your bike if you keep the RPM below the redline AND are moving air over the radiator (ie. don't rev to redline while sitting still). Assuming your bike is in basic working order.
PS. how are you shifting out of first at 1k rpm? If this is the performance level you are used to on your cbr 600 please be extremely cautious/careful when you actually use the engine/power these bikes have if/when you follow the above advice to shift at higher rpm. You may be more than a little surprised and you don't want to rear end someone.
PS Victoria represent :P Glad to see another garden city rider on here. I don't see alot of the old CBRs in town, sadly.
haha yea man its awesome and i just put in my new clutch lever/brake lever they're pretty cool i had the old clutch lever and i guess the actual cable is so messed up that i never knew what it really felt like to have a good clutch till now the guy sprayed some **** in the wiring cable so it's loose like it's supposed to be i guess i never knew that lol. and yea man i love my F2 i see these guys on those nice bikes and all that but mine is so sexy with my twin brothers exhaust i love the way it sounds
and i have a question, i've seen people put those cbr 1000 fairings on their F2 by cutting here and there but what other fairings can I put on a 1993 F2?? like what other model is compatible and i will not have to do any cutting at all?
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I am also sad to see the number of old CBRs dwindling in town... a few years ago I would see them around but now it is only me
(and you I guess). I've had 3 F2s through the years and an F4i but I went back to the F2 as it is such good value for money and I actually understand how a carb'd bike works enough to do my own repairs. Adrenaline M/C coop?
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Not too many people go from a newer bike to older... Good on ya. FI definitely has some advantages over carbs, but I'll talk the serviceability and simplicity of carbs any day.
I'm not a member at adrenalin, but it is the first place I go to when I am looking for gear or accessories. Probably will order my new tires from them as well. I was there at their open house in the fall, doubt you were there cause it was all just yammies and gsxr's
I'm not a member at adrenalin, but it is the first place I go to when I am looking for gear or accessories. Probably will order my new tires from them as well. I was there at their open house in the fall, doubt you were there cause it was all just yammies and gsxr's