Hello all, I have been riding dirtbikes and dualsports for 15 years but I finally got my first street bike and I am proud to say it is a 1998 Honda CBR600F3. My last bike was a 2007 Kawi KLX250S that I did a big bore kit on turning it into 351, lowered the bike and had 80%street/20%dirt tires on. I definitely had the most fun riding it in the corners. Well that bike has sat for over a year because it was to light/tall to feel stable on the highway for my commute and my friend was up for a even trade for his F3. The previous owner had used the bike for a track bike and pray bombed the entire bike black. My friend then removed the fairings, fabb'd on a 2004 cbr tail and drilled the triple tree and added dirty bars. Along with the bike I have a spare fork assemby and rear wheel. While the bike is thought to have around 20k miles on it I keep reading these engines are bulletproof with proper maintenance. I take delivering next week and immediately plan on looking to see if the cam tensioner is factory hydraulic and if so while convert to a manual one. The chain looked beat so I plan on getting a new chain/sprocket kit and probably going up a tooth in the rear sprocket. Lastly while rolling along I if I hit the front brakes I hear a click and feel it in the bars. I assumed this is a stem bearing issue and ordered tapered bearing to replace them but if it could be anything else please let me know! I am looking forward to swapping info and following your builds and thanks for having me!

 

Welcome!

Good luck with your repairs and mods. When your done, it'll be quite the rider. Corners will be way more fun now!

 

Welcome to CBRF! Sounds like you have a nice little fighter in the making! Post pictures when you can and throw up a build-thread in the SF section of the site! Glad you're hear, sounds like you know what you're doing. Keep us updated

 

Hi & welcome aboard!

 

Welcome to the CBR Forum palehorse,

Sounds like you'll have the 600 sorted in no time. Post some pictures of it when you can.

Cheers, SB

 

hi and welcome

 

Jersey rider here, too. I've been riding street and about to get my first dirt bike, how about you teach me dirt and I'll teach you the streets. Hah. Welcome to the forums.

As far as the CCT, I say don't fix what ain't broke. Run it till you hear it clacking.

 

Welcome to CBRF...

 

I just came across a great deal on a 2006 honda crf450x so I have that now too. Have to say I am tempted to supermotard the 450... Raylee, sounds like a deal

 

cool project... sounds like you have the experience and know how to get the most out of the F3 for sure..