Bought My First Bike!
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Bought My First Bike!
This is my first bike and so far it seems like a great bike to learn on. Small quick and nimble. And very comfortable..
Its a 1993 Honda CBR600F2 with only 15,000 miles.
The only thing done to it is a D&D slip on and a stage 2 jet kit. I am also running Race Gas in it..
Been riding it all day. I love it!! ..
So what you guys think? I paid $1600 for the bike..
Nik
http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/j...nt=Bike003.flv
Its a 1993 Honda CBR600F2 with only 15,000 miles.
The only thing done to it is a D&D slip on and a stage 2 jet kit. I am also running Race Gas in it..
Been riding it all day. I love it!! ..
So what you guys think? I paid $1600 for the bike..
Nik
http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/j...nt=Bike003.flv
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Nice 600 ...love the paint work, looks real good 
and 1600 sounds like a great buy too...
You may want to drop the high octane mate ... its unnecessary and in fact may be harmful to your engine ..
Honda's are made to run just fine on low octane from the factory ...
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and 1600 sounds like a great buy too...You may want to drop the high octane mate ... its unnecessary and in fact may be harmful to your engine ..
Honda's are made to run just fine on low octane from the factory ...
Welcome to the CBRF ..
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Need a Workshop manual? Grab one from one of these links :-)
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http://blackbears.ru/index_en.php?get=manual
http://www.carlsalter.com/motorcycle-manuals.asp
# NEW TO RIDING THE ROADS ?
READ THESE POSTS by Jules :-) ....They may save your life !
https://cbrforum.com/forum/riding-skills-88/corner-fast-dont-crash-important-update-pg4-body-steer-63523/
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Thanks for the welcome and the links. I'll give them a look..
Do you have any links or literature for the high octane thing? Coming from a Drag Racer back ground. It seems anything with almost a 12:1 compression ratio would benefit from race gas. Especially at high rpms....
I actually noticed an immediate improvement in throttle response. And it seemed like the bike pulled harder through out the entire power band.. Maybe it was a placebo effect?? But I'm pretty definite I know what I felt... But if its hurting the bike I won't run it....
Nik
Do you have any links or literature for the high octane thing? Coming from a Drag Racer back ground. It seems anything with almost a 12:1 compression ratio would benefit from race gas. Especially at high rpms....
I actually noticed an immediate improvement in throttle response. And it seemed like the bike pulled harder through out the entire power band.. Maybe it was a placebo effect?? But I'm pretty definite I know what I felt... But if its hurting the bike I won't run it....
Nik
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This is my first bike. But I've heard a LOT of other bikes with different pipes. IMO this is the best pipe I have ever heard. Hands down. Its perfect. Its not annoyingly loud. But just loud enough to make the bike sound like it means business. And it has an amazingly deep throaty sound at idle and low rpm's. I love it! Its perfect IMO.
I know video's showing off the sound of a pipe suck. But you get an idea of the idle sound from this short video I took with my camera...
http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/j...nt=Bike003.flv
Nik
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08-23-2009, 07:43 PM
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Thanks for the welcome and the links. I'll give them a look..
Do you have any links or literature for the high octane thing? Coming from a Drag Racer back ground. It seems anything with almost a 12:1 compression ratio would benefit from race gas. Especially at high rpms....
I actually noticed an immediate improvement in throttle response. And it seemed like the bike pulled harder through out the entire power band.. Maybe it was a placebo effect?? But I'm pretty definite I know what I felt... But if its hurting the bike I won't run it....
Nik
Do you have any links or literature for the high octane thing? Coming from a Drag Racer back ground. It seems anything with almost a 12:1 compression ratio would benefit from race gas. Especially at high rpms....
I actually noticed an immediate improvement in throttle response. And it seemed like the bike pulled harder through out the entire power band.. Maybe it was a placebo effect?? But I'm pretty definite I know what I felt... But if its hurting the bike I won't run it....
Nik
Some high octanes are hash on engines because of some of the additives to make them higher , as you would know mate ...
All Honda's have a high comp ratio , and yer will take the stuff fine ....
I only meant that it really is not necessary to run it , to make them perform to there already high standard of performance .....
Honda only recommend std fuel ....not even super ? let alone race fuel...
Sure ..if you ride like a bloody cut rabbit ...LOL, or are going to race it ...then it is a different story mate ... but for the road , why bother....
anyway ...its your choice and I think if you are into drag engines, that you already know the wear and tear side effects of some? high octane fuels ...
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Well. I take it pretty easy on the bike and very rarely see anything over 7000rpm... I'll give regular gas a try and see how it runs.. And I never intend to race it. Just casual street riding..
But from my experience. When tearing down engines running on pump gas there is tons of carbon build up. And with a higher compression engine running pump gas. Detonation can occur. Which in turn builds heat and damages pistons..
But in general. A quality race is going to burn much cleaner than a low quality pump gas. Thats why there is a clean white residue at the end of your pipe when you run race gas. And not a nasty black one. Because its cleaner.. But to do this. I think it burns hotter than regular gas.. So I don't know...
I'll give pump gas a try and talk to some other people that are into bikes... Cause like I said. I have a car background. So what applies there might not apply to bikes... Thanks for bringing it to my attention though. I'll defiantly research it now.... Cause the last thing I want to do is harm my bike in anyway...
Nik
But from my experience. When tearing down engines running on pump gas there is tons of carbon build up. And with a higher compression engine running pump gas. Detonation can occur. Which in turn builds heat and damages pistons..
But in general. A quality race is going to burn much cleaner than a low quality pump gas. Thats why there is a clean white residue at the end of your pipe when you run race gas. And not a nasty black one. Because its cleaner.. But to do this. I think it burns hotter than regular gas.. So I don't know...
I'll give pump gas a try and talk to some other people that are into bikes... Cause like I said. I have a car background. So what applies there might not apply to bikes... Thanks for bringing it to my attention though. I'll defiantly research it now.... Cause the last thing I want to do is harm my bike in anyway...
Nik