I've swapped engines in smaller bikes, so I have good mechanical ability. How long do y'all estimate it would take to swap out just the main frame on a CBR600F3 96'? Am I looking at an afternoon? Weekend? Several weekends?

 

About 4 minutes, 45 seconds.

This dude is pretty well versed in all things mechanical just by looking at the shadow movement in the video it appears to be around 2 afternoons starting from a bare frame and not including the initial teardown.

 

That's super helpful! Thanks man

 

Does anyone know which year frames will swap with a 96? I'm guessing 95 as well, but what about 2000? Or 98? Or 94 for instance?

 

I would think if there are any differences in any of the f3 generation frames it would be minimal. I do believe that was the last generation of the steel frame so after that I don't think it's going to be a direct fit.