Hello CBR Forums I'm Joe from Monroe NY. I recently became the owner of a CBR 600F3 that was involved in an accident. The bike needs lots of TLC but it spoke to me and I couldn't ignore it. This is my second bike. My first was a 02 Kawi Ninja 250. I have 20 years of dirt experience and love every second of riding motorcycles. I stepped out on a long limb trading a working, mechanically sound bike for one that will need at least 1k worth of work but I am ready for the challenge

Here was my 250


Here is my F3


Here is my ultimate goal

 

Welcome to the forum, Joe from Monroe.

You definitely have your work cut out for you. Good luck with it. The repsol kit looks great on the f3. Have you thought about converting them to an f4 for a more modern look?

 

I love the old school looks of the F3. I will stick with its squared up style. It's a bike from another era and that's what set it apart from every other bike out there when I was looking to upgrade.

I only got to play with it for 30 mins after I bought it. All lights turn on while connected via jumper cables to my car but it starts out cranking slow and gets even slower followed by clicking from under the seat area. It sounds like it has a dead battery but how can this be when its hooked up to my 2012 elantra with a known good battery??

I also tried running the elantra and the CBR puts a heavy strain on the cars charging system. I can hear the cars idle drop a lot.

I know i have to do a carb clean, pull the tank off and drain bad gas and also pull plugs to hear the bike turn over under a no load situation. The inability to work on it RIGHT NOW is the most frustrating thing.

 

First if all welcome. Monroe is really nice.. I've been up there a few times riding to bear mt..
Second of all.. Don't have the car running when jump starting.. Leave it off and connect the cables..

 

sup joe... good to see another hudson valley person around here. event though your a little south of me... im from the highland which is right across from poughkeepise

 

Right after Milton comes Highland. Had a friend of an ex that lived not far in Marlboro.

 

hi and welcome
nice ninja and best of luck with the cbr

 

ahh so your right near me then. shoot me a PM, maybe once spring rolls around we can ride bro. I miss my f3, such a great bike. I ride a 954 now tho. You may see me cruising around a lot around highland. I ride everywhere.

PS. a common mod for the f3 if you really want to have a good ride is to swap the shock. I used a f4i shock. A bit taller (ok cuz im a tall guy) but it gets rid of that resivour. They are much firmer and much better handling

 

Welcome to the CBR Forum Joe,

Keep focussed on that goal and you will attain it
Good to see local members possibly meeting up.

Cheers, SB

 

welcome to CBRF!