Hey all - new to the CBR life so I figured I should introduce myself.

Been riding for 15 years, but with periods of no riding in between. I've been consistently on bikes since 2003. Bought a ninja 500 and rode that for a few years until I sold it in July 2007 for a '98 ZX-7R - this was my first "real" sportbike.

That love affair lasted for about 2 1/2 months, whence I became drunk with the power of the bike and crashed for the first time since I started riding. Not bad, I wasn't going very fast - but my back tire was cooked, I was fatigued and riding with a group of much better riders trying to keep up. Lost it in a blind high-low left hander and low-sided at about 25-30mph. I was wearing a textile jacket which saved my shoulder, my helmet didnt even touch the ground, palms of my fingerless gloves got shredded. My knee hit the ground first and I was only wearing jeans - jacked up my knee a bit but nothing terrible.

anyway I sold the 7 after that accident. Bought a Honda VTR 250 for 2008 and getting back on the horse.

Just bought a '99 CBR600 to get back into the "real" bikes again and I couldn't be happier. Not a perfect bike but a very good bike. I've had a couple of other bikes in between but just kept flipping them because I couldn't find one I really liked. Well the CBR did the trick.

here's a couple pics:





Anyway I hope I can contribute here in some meaningful way!

 

Hello Progrmr, congratulations on your new F4. Besides the obvious, the bike looks really clean.
I've never seen sliders mounted in that location before.
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