Hey everyone, just picked up a 2000 F4 with 17k miles on it. Got it for 1500 with no fairings. A bit of a streetfighter look. Came with a Delkavic slip on and a custom Triumph exhaust. Pretty sure I'm going to clean up the Triumph and run that exhaust although it's a bit heavier.

Right side frame damage, welds are still great and minor scuffs.

Also came with a brand new Tomahawk rear tire (haven't heard many great things about this tire, but I won't be going crazy any time soon to need anything else)

A few other aftermarket parts that I likely will not use as well. Vortex
RK quick acceleration 520 race chain and sprocket kit (currently on the bike). Along with a Vortex front and rear sprocket kit.

Will be looking for some fairings to cover up the blemished frame.

Also have a 2009 Honda Civic Si and am a moderator over on 8thcivic.com.

I look forward to learning much about this bike and bikes in general!

 

Here are some pictures. I'd love feedback or opinions on how to 'restore' it back to somewhat of a stock state.

Thanks!







The bad:

 

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Welcome to the CBR forum.
Bikes are way more fun than cars. Give it some time and you will not want to be stuck in a car anymore! If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

 

Thanks! With this heat lately, the car is a little more comfortable I've heard with some A/C, but soon it will cool down and I will have to ride!

Has an RK 520 sprocket and chain right now. I have the stock sprocket and chain, which I will likely be putting back on. No need to mess with sprocket changes right now!

A lot of zipties holding this thing up. :hmm:

 

Sounds like it needs some work. There is no better way to learn a bike than bringing it back to life.

 

well, i got it for 1500 with 17k miles. i expected at that price to have to put some work into it. but it runs great, so i will slowly restore it.

 

As long as its solid mechanically w/ straight frame, you can bring that bike back. You'll need the air ducts & covers, windscreen, & a new seat of fairings. We have a fairing supplier who's a forum sponsor here on the forum (motorcyclefairingsrus). Be sure to check them out for your plastics needs. I'm sure they can hook you up w/a set of OEM look-alike fairings. Also, looks like the rear needs some attention as far as the tail light & signals go. I'm sure that's on your to-do list already.

Welcome to the forum. Good to have you w/ us.

 

hey, thanks for the warm welcome! It seems the previous owner(s) were more zip tie inclined than mechanically inclined. Everything is held by zip ties, I'm gonna call her Zip.

I am definitely looking for some fairings. I'll check out the sponsor. Since I need them, I was thinking the F4i fairings, but does that require to replace the rear seat frame?

Mechanically, it's solid! Needs an exhaust for a little more torque, but I have those, just need to figure out what the hell they did to this custom Triumph exhaust...

 

"Zip" that's good. ;-)

You can do a front fairing conversion. However, keep in mind that if you want to retain your F4 gauges, you'll have to do some rigging of your own. The F4i uses a dif front fairing stay to accommodate both the dif fairings & gauges. However, all of this is possible & we have write-up/how-to's in the F4 section, w/ pics as well.

As for the tail... You can keep the banana seat (OEM on F4 & '04-06 F4i) or you can do a split-seat conversion to be like the '01-03 F4i. I did the split-seat conversion on my 2000 F4 & have my tutorial available to help you if you want to do it. The link to my tutorial is in my sig-line. If you do the split-seat conversion, you'll need the '01-03 split-seat subframe, battery tray/undertail, tail cowl, seats, & misc hardware. Its a straight forward conversion.

Good to hear. As long as its a solid bike, you can save it. ;-)