Hi All!
After almost 10 years out of the motorsports scene, I now have 3 motorcycles in the garage. I have to use the right term, since I work in the bicycle industry and have quite a few "bikes" too.
After looking around in the local area, and finding hardly ANY sport bikes (its a cruiser town, Flagstaff) I bought a 2007 Ninja 650r, and regretted it almost immediately. Its not nearly sporty enough for my tastes and is actually a tad uncomfortable, being too upright for a cyclist who is used to being bent over.

My First motorcycle was a 82 Virago 500, rode that and sold it, then moving on to a 84 VF700f Interceptor (what a great engine!). It got stolen and stripped (by the impound yard - the police report stated the bike was intact and ridable when recovered, the bike was half stripped by the time I got to he yard a day later). I then got a 89 CBR600 Hurricane. Sold it because the pipe was too loud and the $600 for a stock pipe (pre-internet days folks!) from a wrecking yard was unreasonable. On the road after college i got around on my 75 Suzuki TS185.
I then got a 92 CBR600F2, and fell in love with the best bike I had ever ridden. One day ripping trough Balcom Canyon I did a stoppie crossing the double yellow to avoid a low side in the gravelled corner. Getting scared became more scary, and a move to Mammoth Lakes with snow 6 months a year all meant it was time to sell the RV, the motorcycle and lots of other stuff.
Which brings me to the 2006 CBR600f4i that now sits next to the Ninja 650r and the 84 Honda VT500ft that I bought for the wife to learn on (fun bike on its own).
The F4i is really perfect for me, plenty of power, great fueling (may be hard to go back to carbs ever again) and sweet handling.
The CBR got a new ft tire, a stock muffler and a track day (most fun you can have outside of bed).
Its a high of 37F today, so being on two wheels is not fun (for a whimp like me) and the garage is almost that cold. Hope you all are riding and having fun!

 

Welcome to the forum mate! Bit nippy here as well so no riding for a good while I`m afraid. Pretty nice list of pretty nice bikes there, I learnt to ride big bikes on my F2, and most probly am going to one day own a VF1k project.

 

Thanks for the welcome.
After not much deliberation, the 07 Ninja 650r went on craigslist just today.
The other main rides that I have are a 2015 Pivot Mach 429SL, a early 80's Colner steel road bike, and a 1999 K2500 Suburban with a 6.5L turbo-diesel.

 

Welcome! Great bikes, you should post some pics.
My wife and I were just in Flagstaff a week or two ago! Great place, we love the mountain air. It's cold here too, makes getting on the bike tough at times

 

hello and welcome, some nice bikes and a good introduction, get some pics up (you can use photobucket

 

Welcome to CBRF! Great intro, and you've found a great forum for the F4i. Tons of info, and tons of great members!

Have any pics of the bike or the track day?

 

Have any pics of the bike or the track day?

I wore the yellow jersey to get extra coaching. Being a cheapskate I still have my 12 year old Joe Rocket leathers, but new helmet and gloves and boots.

 

The Ninja, nice bike but not a fan of the seating positon.

 

So where did you go for the trackday? Blue 06's are the shiz nittle bam snip snap snap, good choice

 

Xcel track days at Arizona Motorsports Park (AMP) in Litchfield Park. It was my first track day, so I can't tell you how good or bad it was. I had fun, its a long couple days, as I have to drive from Flagstaff, stay the night before and drive back after being on the track all day.