I bought my '96 cbr 600 f3 about a week or 2 ago, and it rides ok but it sometimes boggles when I put it in first gear and it will turn off. I don't know what it might be, any ideas? I'm thinking about taking it to the local Honda dealer and getting a tune-up done, but I also need to replace the fork seals since one of them is broken and leaking. They quoted me about $650 for the seals and tune up, but I ain't got enough right now, so my question is which one should I do first. Can I do the tune up and then after some time the forks? Which one needs my attention more? thanks

 

Both are substantial tasks. We have no idea how mechanically inclined you are, so that's hard to answer. Do you have the proper tools, equipment and knowledge to raise and fully dismantle a bike?

The tune-up (carb cleaning, etc) is going to be the first thing you'll want to do with an old bike to troubleshoot that bogging problem. A tune-up on that thing is an 8 on the difficulty scale, due mainly to it's use of carburetors, which you need to also disassemble and clean, and the need for specialized gauges and tools to recalibrate them. If you're OK with that, then that's absolutely the first thing you should do. After that, fork seals (which is going to require a triple-tree stand or motorcycle jack).

Mechanical knowledge aside, there's always the "what's your time worth?" argument. If a weekend is worth $650 to you, then I'd say pay the man.

 

I would take the carbs off and clean them then have them sycned. The take the forks off and either do them yourself or take them just the forks.

 

Well Johnny, I'm not that mechanically inclined and I don't have the tools to do this job, so I think I will start with tune up then wait for the carbs. Any idea what the bogging might be? thanks

 

"Tune up" IS the carbs. That's why its so expensive, it's a LOT of labor. The bogging could be a lot of things, but step one is clean the carbs, because that's far and away the most likely culprit.

Sooooooo, there you go.

 

Cool thanks Johnny