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03-21-2013, 07:26 AM
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New to the forum, not to CBR's
Hey all, my name is Sam, I am hailing from albuquerque, nm. I am 22 years old and have been riding for 4 years, I am on my third bike right now.
I started on a 1992 CBR600f2 that I bought for 800 bucks in good mechanical condition, I had never ridden any type of bike before except a 10 speed, and I bought the bike, asked the guy what the controls were, and rode off for about three hours back home. I am lucky I survived that one. I dont have any pictures of it, mostly because it was the nasty purple and pink decals, and it got laid down a couple times before I bought it, so it wasnt much to look at anyway. But I learned a ton about motorcycles that season, from doing repairs constantly, to riding nonstop for months and months, but I got to the point where I was too comfortable and I knew if I kept going I would kill myself, so I traded it for a truck and a brand new hp pavilion laptop. Deals.
By the next season I was ready to ride again, and I wanted something bigger, so I bought a 2001 suzuki tl1000r for 1500 bucks, it didnt run, but all I had to do was replace the spark plugs and thermostat and it ran good as new again. For those of you who have seen or ridden a tlr, you know that is a LOT of bike. unbelievable torque. I rode the hell out of it and did some cosmetic work to make it look pretty, and two seasons later I decided again that if I kept going, I would kill myself. I have never laid a bike down, so I felt like I was playing with fire. So I sold it.
This year, I moved from Seattle, Washington, to Albuquerque, new mexico, and with sun 12 months out of the year, I knew I wanted another bike down here. A buddy of mine had a 1990 CBR1000f, that he had bought from his work (a motorcycle salvage), and he still owed them $900 for it, so he told me that if I paid off what he owed, the bike was mine. So viola, I bought it and made the move to albuquerque, now on another cbr. I had to replace the spark plugs and ignition switch, a total of like 65 bucks. Nothing major.
I will be an active member on this site, I might not post much at first, but I do have some plans for the cbr that I should be doing soon and I will post up some write ups when I am done. But thats for later.
I started on a 1992 CBR600f2 that I bought for 800 bucks in good mechanical condition, I had never ridden any type of bike before except a 10 speed, and I bought the bike, asked the guy what the controls were, and rode off for about three hours back home. I am lucky I survived that one. I dont have any pictures of it, mostly because it was the nasty purple and pink decals, and it got laid down a couple times before I bought it, so it wasnt much to look at anyway. But I learned a ton about motorcycles that season, from doing repairs constantly, to riding nonstop for months and months, but I got to the point where I was too comfortable and I knew if I kept going I would kill myself, so I traded it for a truck and a brand new hp pavilion laptop. Deals.
By the next season I was ready to ride again, and I wanted something bigger, so I bought a 2001 suzuki tl1000r for 1500 bucks, it didnt run, but all I had to do was replace the spark plugs and thermostat and it ran good as new again. For those of you who have seen or ridden a tlr, you know that is a LOT of bike. unbelievable torque. I rode the hell out of it and did some cosmetic work to make it look pretty, and two seasons later I decided again that if I kept going, I would kill myself. I have never laid a bike down, so I felt like I was playing with fire. So I sold it.
This year, I moved from Seattle, Washington, to Albuquerque, new mexico, and with sun 12 months out of the year, I knew I wanted another bike down here. A buddy of mine had a 1990 CBR1000f, that he had bought from his work (a motorcycle salvage), and he still owed them $900 for it, so he told me that if I paid off what he owed, the bike was mine. So viola, I bought it and made the move to albuquerque, now on another cbr. I had to replace the spark plugs and ignition switch, a total of like 65 bucks. Nothing major.
I will be an active member on this site, I might not post much at first, but I do have some plans for the cbr that I should be doing soon and I will post up some write ups when I am done. But thats for later.
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