SO as you all know, i've been lurking, and posting, and researching, and shopping around for a bike. Well, I found one. I think I got a really sweet deal too! I just need to give it a little TLC, and some money, and good old elbow grease, and she'll be running, and looking like a champ in no time!!! Now for the fun part! Pictures!

I know its not much to look at, but I got the WHOLE deal for $800... He threw in a JoeRocket Jacket, A* Gloves, JoeRocket Backpack thingy, a thing for the aftermarket seat that looks like a backrest for the passenger, and the gayest scorpion helmet i've ever seen...

First, the schwag! (Clickable Thumbnails)




Just some side shots of the fairings:






Front and Rear:




The rest are gonna be clickable thumbnails, I don't want too long of a first post but here is the top of the fuel tank, the seat, and the awful gauges, notice the tach is broken, and there is an aftermarket battery gauges that dosen't work:

 

I think im going to strip all the orange/faded red off the bike...

 

for 800 bux it looks good

 

dude i bought that same helmet in pink for my ex girlfriend last year lol. Your bike doesnt really look all that bad though should be really easy to fix up. I think thats a Corbin seat but im not sure. great buy though man

 

Agreed!

Haha, thats the first thing I did when I got home, gave it to my wife! The seat is a Corbin, and it came with the little attachable passenger back rest thingy... Its got a lot of little things wrong with it, that i'll be fixing over time, and I'm doing the 2003RR tail, and 2001F4i Front end, so that will fix most of the issues with it

For now though, I wanna pull all that damn orange off of it, but it wont pull of in one piece, it keeps breaking into tiny little chunks... its damn annoying...

 

Yep, that's a corbin on it. Not a bad looking bike at all, man.
I'd probably just ride it as it is.

But for getting the decals off.... try using a hair dryer on it and then peel. You gotta heat up the glue.

 

Ah... I was thinking the sun was hot enough... it was about 102 today...

I'll get a hair dryer and try again, probably Monday...

I dont plan on changing much except for mirrors, and the orange for a few months. I can't buy the fairings for a while, so I'll ride it as is

So far though, I'm completely in love with it.

 

I am glad you said it, thats the first thing that came to my mind...

Hope you changed all the fluids, Looks like a hellava deal for 800

+1 on the hair dryer

Ride Safe...

 

Welcome to the site. Wow, IMO you stole that bike for $800.. love the 97/98 F3s...

 

Very cool man. Congrats on the purchase. and SWEEEEET Helmet.