Just wanted to say hello. Newbie to the forum here. Also a newbie to Honda in general. All my past bikes have been Suzuki's or Yamaha's. Started out riding when I was about 5, proceeded to MX/SX racing until I was 17. Then after a few years bought my first street bike, an 01 GSX-R 600. Since then I have had an 04 R1 and 05 R6. In Octboer of 2005 I was in a pretty bad accident on my R6. In short, I was run over by a school bus and taken by careflight to the hospital. All I can remember is waking up underneath a bus then waking up in a hospital bed with 60+ staples in my stomach from a ruptured spleen, 3 broken ribs, punctured lung, broken clavical, and plenty of road rash. After that accident I rode a few friends of mines bikes here and there but just recently purchased my '08 CBR1000RR and absolutely love it. I have only done a few basic modifications to the bike: Leo Vince Carbon Fiber slip-on, Power Commander, Shorty Roll-a-Click levers, undertail kit, Hotbodies dark smoke windscreen, CF sliders, Honda solo seat cowl, etc. I have worked in the motorcycle industry for about 15-16 years now. Pics coming soon.

 

Hello & welcome
So sorry to hear about the accident,thank goodness you are still with us to join our forum!
Looking forward to seeing your new CBR.

 

Thank you and I've always been a firm beleiver in helmets. In this case a Shoei RF-1000 saved my life! I need to get some pics up soon. My '08 is the Yellow/Black like the one in the main banner. I was looking for the all black but my shop only had the Yellow/Black, Red/Black, and Silver/Black. I also have a Yellow Mustang so I went with the Yellow bike as well...lol.

 

Here's the pics I promised. BTW iPhones don't have great camera's on them!



Side view before adding CF cowling piece to hide ugly Leo Vince pipework under bike.





Crappy pic of the shorty Roll-a-click levers







Front view with mirrors folded up






Rear View

 

Yep pics seem abit out of focus but bike looks great nontheless!
Congrats

 

Thank you! Yeah, the pics definately look crappy. I'm going to get out my digital camera tomorrow and take some good pics and post them.