Hello all

Im looking to buy a cbr 600rr 2004 on and would like some advice from fellow owners please.

ie
things to look out for, reliability etc

Plus im 6ft3 and wondered want the ride would be like on a reasonably long distance?

Thanks in advance for your responses

 

These bikes arent comfortable on ANY long distance ride. But welcome and best of luck finding your 04 RR.

 

I doubt you will find it comfortable on a long ride, but being 6'3" you might find it comfortable stopped at a stop light standing up...

Good Luck on finding a bike.

 

I'm 6'-2" and am as comfortable on the 600RR as I could be on any sportbike. In other words, you'll find that Honda fits a wide variety of human frames and builds, better than most manufacturers, but if you are buying a bike specifically for long distance riding I'd look at the VFR or an F4i.
I've gone out for a couple 100 mile rides on the RR, and that's about as much as I am comfortable doing in one stretch.
As far as looking at bikes, all I can advise is ensuring that proper maintenance intervals have been kept, the bike has been garaged (minimal rust), and the title is clean and not salvage.

 

+1 to what Bell said. I rode my06 RR on a 2800 mile trip 2 weeks ago and talk about uncomfortable. But maybe the new Corbin seat i bought will take care of some of that. ( Thanks Bell ) But if youre lookin for a lil more comfort and close to the same performance the F4i is the way to go. Plus if you like to give people rides and stuff like that the F4i banana seat is much more comfortable compared to the RR's little patch of foam they call a rear seat.

 

I've ridden as far as 300 miles in a day without too much discomfort, though I will admit, my *** was pretty sore the last 50 miles or so. However I'm 5'9" so that probably has a little to do with it. Anyway, if you haven't already done so, try to find a bike like the oneyou want and sit on it to see how it feels, this type of thing is pretty subjective after all.

 

Teehee I made 620 mile trip to VA beach on my F4i a few weeks back, was pretty comfortable the whole way =]

 

Even your F4i was that uncomfortable?

 

Uhm no. lol. 620 miles there, then 620 miles back. Wasn't uncomfortable at all.

 

Sorry i typed that last post wrong. I meant to say: Your F4i was that comfortable for 1280 miles roundtrip. I think my RR was uncomfortable within 200 miles of leaving. Surprising how much of a difference the small differences make.