fng from Hawaii
 

Back in the saddle after a bit of time away from bikes. Just picked up a 93 CBR900RR in rough shape as a project bike.

A little background on me: Been riding sportbikes since my early 20's. Raced locally where I was a former club champion, and twice honored "Rider of the Year". Also did a couple endurance races with WERA including the 24hrs of Willow Springs.

Now I'm looking to repair/update this old CBR and have some fun:icon_toast:

Welcome back! From your resume, sounds like you will have some good advice for others. Post up pics of the bike when you get a chance. Most of us can't resist a good resto-thread!

Welcome to CBRF... Glad to have you on board... Post up some pics so we can see what your starting with... We love a resto... The 900 section will be very excited to gab with you...

hi and welcome to the forum and back in the saddle :icon_toast:
we all like a good resto thread so be sure to get one going :icon_smile:

Welcome to the forum!

Sounds like you know your way around a bike! Welcome to CBRF! I hope you get that 900rr up and ready quick. I'm sure you have some pics of the new bike and pics from your racing days - we'd love to see them!

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!

Picked up the bike today. I was surprised it wasn't in rougher shape. All the panels are there and in reasonable shape for a 20yr old sportbike(can't believe it's that old!).

Fuel pump is bad, petcock leaks, manifolds(rubber) are cracked. Tires are original replacement Bridgestone Battlax. 48k miles, which seems like a lot, but given the overall condition of the bike I'll assume it runs ok.

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Well that's one way to get 'er up in the air. Haha. It does look like a very nice bike. I hope the petcock issue isn't too serious. It's not leaking from where it seals with the tank is it? That would suck to have issues with a tank that looks so nice. Very clean bike

Welcome to CBRF.

The petcock itself is leaking pretty badly so I ordered an new one along with a new fuel pump and clutch cable. The front brakes seem to be dragging a bit so off they come tomorrow to see if I need to rebuild them.
I'm also looking around locally for an F3/F4 front wheel so I can put some decent rubber on it.

Now that I have this bike I'm kind of neglecting my other almost finished project:
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