Hi everyone, I thought I'd start off my giving a little introduction about myself;
I'm 19 years old, and I live in Ontario, Canada. I started riding in April of this year after I took a motorcycle safety course at St. Lawrence College. I had always dreamed of owning a bike (since I was about 10 years old) so about two weeks after taking this course, I bought my first motorcycle - a 2001 Honda CBR F4i.

I'm a very dedicated rider, being as I live in Canada (Winter for almost 8 months of the year) and I do not own a car. I live near my College that I am currently attending and I have a bus stop across the street for days that I cannot get a ride. It's definitely a pain in the *** but I knew that if I kept putting off buying one, that I would never actually own one. It's tough when we have bad weather (which this summer has been quite a bit) but for those days when the skies are clear and the sun is shining...It's 110% percent worth it.

The bike itself was in fairly good condition when I bought it. It had been dropped at a low speed once and was missing a few parts (air intake covers, chain guard, windscreen bolts) all of which were easily replaceable. The original owner of the bike actually owns a bike maintenance shop nearby and after talking to him I realized that I got a hell of a deal:

• The body work only had about 2000 kilometres on it
• Full Hindle Exhaust System
• Upgraded chain and sprocket
• Tweaked gearing
• PCIII Power Commander tuned for the Hindle exhaust
• About 4 years ago, the original owner took apart the engine and replaced any part that was even remotely worn
• Dunlop Qualifier Tires
• Hyper Pro Steering Dampener

Since then I have added:

• Air intake covers and applicable hardware
• Windscreen bolts
• Chain guard
• A few decals
• New aluminum foot pegs
• Upgraded lights
• Zipper guard
• Chrome CBR bar ends
• Aluminum Mesh Grill to Fairing Holes

I plan to add a lot more as time goes on...
Anyways, I suppose I should wrap this up, so I look forward to being apart of what seems to be a great community! Thanks.

 

hey there IIRyan and welcome to CBRF!! :-)

That was nice thorough introduction, you should find lots of help
around these forums for running the bike ... and yes, when the sun shines
it is 110% worth the wait :-)

Take care

Jules :-)

 

Hey there, nice to see another Ontarian. Wish I had the money for a bike when I was 19 lol. Definitely welcome to the forums. Alot of nice ppl here.

btw, what song is that in the video for the link to your second video Juliet?

 

It is the Sounds, "painted by numbers" ... a great track for a brisk ride through the
bends, it really energised me as I had it on the ipod at the time :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN41MDONgOA


Jules

 

Welcome to cbrf - nice to see another Ontarian here as well. BTW - do either of you two goto the Parry Sound sportbike event every year?

 

Welcome

 

Hi & welcome to CBRF!
Excellent intro I must say
F4i looks great post more pics when u get a chance.
TONS of F4i riders here so check out that forum if you have any questions
Ride safe & keep the rubber side down !