Good morning rocket riders ,2 wheel lovers , and those who know why a dog always wants his head out the window of your truck on the highway!!!

Yesterday I horse traded for an 89' cbr 600 f.

She's had a rough go from the looks of drops and hack jobs and general wear and tear.

I'm a mechanic by trade specializing in electrical.I operate a small alternator and starter rebuilding shop. I'm looking forward to learning more about this scoot from those in the know here, and contribute when I can. I'll post pics as soon as I figure out how on this forum's format

Ride safe, Lund

 

Here we go.

 

Welcome to the forum Lund.

That sure is some fancy diamond plate work!
What are your plans for it?

 

Welcome Lund,

I must say when reading your post I was expecting to see something a lot less nice. She still looks pretty good imo. Hope it all goes smooth getting it back to your satisfaction. Always cool to see the first gens back on the road.

 

Welcome to the CBR Forum Lund,

Enlightenment you seek Grasshopper?

Much found there is within the forum threads.

Find you will if you seek

Cheers, SB

 

Thanks guys , she's got a nasty stumble at 5500 then picks herself up solid to 11000
I was very surprised to feel a solid punch from such a small power plant
I think the stumble is carb sinc ? Needs brakes and can't get 5th or 6th Gera at all but I'm stoked about having a sport bike again
Last one was a zx600a fun bike
Other bikes in the stable are 13' FLTRX and acouple of cm250's put'n one together for the wife

 

Hey Lund. Looks like you've got a good base there. These bikes are well worth the effort of getting them up to par. Your stumble is likely a carb sync issue. Might be worth cleaning them out and resyncing them. As I alluded to in my other post about your missing 5th and 6th, you might be in for a bit of trouble there... The gear dogs are known to wear on these. After 20+ years of thrashing, coupled with a detent arm spring that wasn't quite strong enough to hold the gears in place, some bikes exhibit a jump into neutral. Typically it's during the 1st to 2nd gear upshift.

I'd put the rear and on stands, and with the bike off, try cycling through all 6 gears. You will have to move the rear wheel to allow the gears to mesh.

 

Welcome to CBRF! I usually yank the carbs off of every bike I buy and clean them so that I know what I'm dealing with when I start to tune them. However, when I owned an F3 (really similar bike), there were many times that just getting a vacuum line pinched while putting on the gas tank would cause those sort of issues.

Your bike doesn't look too rough. Why can't you get it into 5&6? Physically can't shift it? Or the motor isn't strong enough to get you there?

 

hi and welcome
congrats on your 600f, looks like a good starting point,make sure you get a thread up of your work

 

I'll post a thread of the rebuild for sure

Found a tranny set for 89$ with claimed 7800 miles on it so I've got extra parts and I'm gonna rip her down to the frame and restore her to prime, how fat of a rear tire can I go?