Hi all,

It took me almost a year to find a clean F4i but I finally picked up a blue 2006 back in September. This is my first Honda, I've had a Ducati and Kawasaki's previously.

 

Welcome to the CBR Forum Congee,

Good to hear of your F4i purchase and glad you found us. It's a great forum with a huge store of knowledge and experience with all CBRs, so make yourself at home.

And we would love to see pictures of your new (and not so new ) ride!

How long have you been riding?

Cheers, SB

 

Congrats on getting your F4i. Glad you found a good one.

We've got a good F4i section here that can help you w/ any bike issues, mods, etc. If you ever decide to do a split-seat conversion, I've got a tutorial (link in my sig-line).

Good to have you w/ us. Welcome aboard.

 

Welcome to the community!

Where in the PNW are you? We have a few members up there.

Let's see the ride...

 

welcome to cbrf.... you live in great riding country!

 

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. I'm from the greater Seattle area. As far as riding experience, I started with a motocross bike when I was a kid then moved on to street bikes in my twenties. I have a total of around 6 years XP but I just got back into riding after a long break only 2 years ago.

Here are some photos, I haven't gotten around to taking some better photos of her yet. She's all stock and so far I've only changed the oil/filter and brake fluid. I also got the stock seat shaved down a bit so I can flatfoot.
I have Woodcraft frame sliders, aftermarket levers and new grips to install but haven't gotten around to doing any of those projects yet. She's currently got just over 5K miles and I plan on keeping her for a long while.

 

Very nice & clean looking bike.

I have a battery tender quick attachment on mine as well (keep it under the seat tho).

 

Mmmmmmmmm, nice!

Gotcbr's comment on the quick battery tender attachment is a good point. If you don't have to remove the seat to charge, you're more likely to do it!

Being in Seattle, you'd be heading into Winter, so you will have plenty of time to fit your farkles when it is cold/unridable outside

Cheers, SB

 

Welcome to CBRF!

Good to have ya with us, that's a sweet looking bike!

Out of interest, which Ducati did you have?

 

My previous bike was a Ducati S2R800. I liked the fact that there was always torque available at any RPM but I missed the HP of the inline four especially during times where I could really open her up like getting on the freeway. I also didn't feel her geometry was quite right as she didn't seem have enough weight on the front tire which didn't inspire a lot of confidence at times in turns.
Here are some pics of her just before I let her go last December.