New Bike Day.
 

went down to check out a bike i was really interested, and it lived up to and beyond my expectations. This CBR was practically flawless. Guy was asking 5.4k, we agreed on 5k, i'm going to pick it up later this week. Frame sliders, Swing arm sliders, Puig windscreen, Jardine exaust.

This guy made me very confident that the bike was well taken care of. Considering he was really only testing waters (he had just bought a new boulevard cruiser) I couldnt really talk him down too much, but for 5k and the condition this bike is in and has been maintained, im very happy.

I'll need to get new tires, well, just because. w/o the right tires it just feels like you're not riding the right bike. I'll end up getting flushies and new signals to replace the notorious ugly honda stock signals. Other than oil chg and possibly some new pads, this thing is ready to go. Only things im changing are out of preference, this thing is almost imacculate. No scratches, no dents, has never been down, shifts flawlessly, starts flawlessly, feels... well... it feels diferent.

Not the same riding stance as my F3. Its gonna take some adjustment to get used to the more agressive stance, but i think partially the reason i was thrown off was because of the tires. They were a little boxed out from commuting. Even still, its like riding a completely different type of bike.

hes throwin in all sorts of gear and crap too, so be sure to look out for some FS threads by yours truely.
Im going to pick her up later this week.

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Noice!

I bet if you painted the back of the windscreen silver it would look pretty good against the bike... Make it all yellow... (that is of course if I am remembering you saying that you weren't crazy about the windscreen)

i wasnt, really. but then i saw it and person and it changed my perspective. its actually very very sweet looking when its right in front of you. Dont think i'll mess with it at all. at the very most i may paint the back of it like you said, silver or black.

the pipe sounds SICK.

wonder how much i can get for the stock pipe, parts, etc.

If you paint the back black, it'll just look black with maybe a hint of yellow... that may actually look pretty cool... If you paint it silver, it'll look yellow...

I see the stock cans going on eBay for sub-$50... You'd be better off selling the Jardine if you wanted to recoup some costs... I bet it sounds too good for that shit though... :D

yeah, selling the jardine is NOT an option. may as well try to scrap the can to somebody looking to jerry rig an undertail exhaust.

TBH i doubt i'll paint the screen... just wait till you see it in person OSP. o wait your a little bitch and dont come to organized events.

Fuck'n sweet bro! when you get the money getting the swing arm powdercoated black makes the bike look 10000x better IMO. (you'd have to do the rearsets also)

IDK w/ the silver lower fairing, i think it meshes perfectly. Really not all about the blackout scheme, i've seen so many black bikes it doenst even seem cool any more.

If i were to go any color, it'd be white. Trips CBR is still the baddest CBR around IMO. never thought i'd shoot for yellow. If anyting other than red, it was gonna be blue.

But shit grows on ya. plus i dont think i've EVER seen a yellow 03 600, they're like nonexistant.

Right... I use up all my vacation time riding my motorcycle across THE FUCKING UNITED STATES OF AMERICA... douche.

congrats!

looks great. i actually like that color. the PO has it set up pretty nice.

i agree with ebbs on the black out as well, just my .02.

oh yeah... forgot yours has the silver bottom... I only saw that first pic you posted of it... yeah it probably does look better with the silver...

this is fuck'n awesome though man... glad you got back on two this quick!

Sweet, nice one NtS. Can't wait to see it at the rally.

Nice ride, now go get used to it!

that's a good lookin' bike! good deal!

Told you 5k was a sweet price.


Gratz on the bike, fuktard! :dthumb:


I'll check the pix when I'm at home.

Sweet deal! Sexy lookin girl there. Ride her like you've been in solitary for 2 years.

Told ya. Congrats man. Hopefully I will have a similar thread tomorrow night but its hard to tell.

sweet bike dude! glad you found a decent deal. just be careful!

dont fuck it up, its purty

Congrats man. Thats definitely sick. Lookin forward to seein it in person.

Congrats dude. You deserve a new ride for sure :cheers:

Can't wait to check that bitch out at the rally.

Good lookin bike! I like the solid colors and the clean lines! Now you need to go on the Icon website and find some gear to match!!! j/k

Hell Yes! Congrats on the new bike! Won't be seeing it at the rally, but I am sure I will read up on your experiences as you ride her. :rockwoot:

Sweet bike. Very capable. I suggest you read up/practice on body positioning and all that. You'll be riding on rails in no time.

Super nice bike NtS. :dthumb:

Duuuuuuuuude.... That's awesome. No wonder you were excited about it!

Good looking rig man. How many miles?

Damn, everyone is getting new rides.

It's that time of year.

lol, fuck ya im getting the flaming skulls with angels dropping acid on top of mount olympus super power jacket... in yellow.

fuck that, im not buying yellow gear. my leathers will mesh w/ it just fine.

11k miles, he has receipts of all the oil changes and maintenance, and the engine is in perfect condition.

heres the pics i took just yesterday. i'd say its exactly the same condition as the ones above, taken a while back. Thing had some sparkling wheels.

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clean wheels? whats that?

its what happens to a bike before i own it.

ok, i was confuzeled

Real clean. Bulky honda signals gotta go for sure.

Me Too!!! It's one of the most bi-polar aspects of my personality that I love white rims but I hate cleaning them!

proton flushmounts + CA integrated brake light = $$$$$$

Nice lookin' bike...good find. :rockwoot:

lmao, didnt know that was you. your sig cracked me up.


of for shiz. those things cut down on HP through wind resistance for sure.

Im going this route. for the front
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, not sure bout the back yet. may go integrated, may not. leaning towards the set in the second column, third down.
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if you go the route of the short stalks make sure you go with bulbs... I have the LP LED ones... and they're bright but only when angled at you... you can't see them for shit if your at any sort of angle... :2cents:

yea i know from experience that LEDs are not the way to go for visibility. so Im still not sold on these. any examples, ebbs?

naw... I don't think so... when I swapped mine over the only pics I took were when the lights were angled at the cam... but if ya want... I'm replacing mine anyhow... so I'll see if cutty will go over and remove the rear signals... (fuck'n 2min job at most) and send them to ya... :idk:

If you don't mind, how much is insurance going to cost you on that thing? And who is it through?

im running led's on back, i havent had trouble being seen, the microns might ahve something to do with it

the stock LED's on the 1125 are bright as hell, love 'em!

Nice, 03?


And if you want people to actually SEE your turn signals, stick with the stockers. I have some small led flushmounts on my cbr and they might as well just not even be on there.

Yeah my flushmounts are basically there so there isn't a hole cause theyd don't do anything. It's not like I use them though. :lol:

NtS, I may have a pair of short stalks just like that at home for ya. Let me check tonight. Left overs from the SV.

Yea, i know. had the same problem on my F3. the rears were especially bad. But eh, wtf are ya gonna do, i dont want to get airborn from those fucking wings honda tries to pass of as turn signals.


sweet, get at me 'bout it...


maybe we can all have a "lets mod our bikes" session at the hill again...



like we did with drewpy, cept no crashing.

Well, not everybody.

Those things suck! Just about any turn signal smaller than stock sucks for visibility.

But, we could also use the argument that riding a bike sucks for visibility so we might as well stick with cages. Fuck that shit. :lol:

im not keeping the stock signals. so if anybody has any high visability signals that dont look like shit, please feel free to chime in.

I have some short stalks I'll give you for free. I took them off when I went to an integrated tail light. You can see pic of them on my PB page(which I cant access right now). They are the ones that come with the Targa fender eliminator kit.

See that's what I'd do. Remove the stock fender and get a clear alternatives led tail light with integrated turn signals. Install the Greg's flush mounts in the front.

yea thats nice tigs, love that integrator, but i dont wanna drop the hundy on it till after deals gap. just ordered these though

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and these cheapies for the rear till i can afford the integrator.
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(2nd on the right, black smoke)


also picked up some of these.
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Hey ya gotta do what ya gotta do! FYI the int tail light is dist by Tucker Rocky and most stealerships will give you 20% making the tail kit $80 or so. At least you're removing those FUGULISHIOUS stock turn signals! I don't think you'll be happy with the LP short stalks but maybe....

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like I said... I have replacements... (stock ones from an 05) that I'm gonna put on... your welcome to these... only bit is I'd have to convince cutty to go take them off and mail them to ya... only cost would be shipping.

Wow how did I miss this thread? Congrats man! That thing looks nice :dthumb:

Whatever u do tho dont get those rear signals that are fake carbon fiber.

I don't know why but that yellow color makes me wanted to do a flame job on the fairing.:rockout:

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE!!!!! Nothing is FUGLIER than fake carbon fiber!

yea no shit, its just painted in a CF pattern, which is why i didnt buy them. i only got the plain black ones. For 15 bucks it'll keep me happy until i can get the integrator or WE.

You should paint the lower fairing (gray) black, looks sweet.

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it wouldnt look as sweet with my grey swing arm... but i think you just gave me a winter project. know anybody that can powdercoat?

and wtf is w/ solo cowls costing 190 god damn dollars? i know targa is usually a fucking rip but ffs i could buy a completly new tail for 190 bucks.

I'd just keep the seat there.

Yeah, I looked into that shit a little bit too, but figured fuck it, the price for a cowl is close to 1/2 the price of a whole set of track plastics, so I am just going to wait until I finally take it off the street for good.... when I pick up bike #3 :D

targa pretty much the only one you found?

if its not gonna get used its gonna get taken off. along w/ the pass pegs. i dont need hoochie mommas crampin my style.

Hmmm I don't really remember, may be, but check around on Ebay motors, the parts and accessories, you will find some variety there, but nothing I was ever too keen on buying.

Yeah, I took the passenger pegs off of the blast, cuz the main ones were kinda bent, so i just switched them and left them off. New bike already has them off and a cover.

Yea me too! I very rarely take anyone riding with me. My pegs and seat are usually in the closet. Btw I'll check around but I think that the cowl from a 1000 fits your bike as well. If this is true,it'll give you more options. So far the best I could find was a red one for $100 or an unpainted one for $112. I'll keep looking...

so when do you pick the bitch up?

well its supposed to thunderstorm all day tomorrow, so not tomorrow.

Its only supposed to rain a little on friday, and mostly in the AM... so friday it is.

only problem is i cant get down to get the thing notorized until around 5-530... so its gonna be close to get the title notorized. and all that. then im on my way back up here.

how far away is he? cant you do the notorizing on thursday then just get the bike friday?


what are you getting notorized? bill of sale?

um the title. doesnt it have to be notorized when he signs it over?

and its 2 1/2 hours away so i dont want to have to make this trip more than once more.

Oh... I didn't know... I've never had the title notorized... I don't think... :idk: just took the title in with the signature on the back and had it transfered to my name...

could be diffrent state by state though

PA has to be notorized, MD does not. It varies by state. Call the DMV.

pretty sure i need it notorized. also need some form i just printed off.

OH titles have to be notorized, its a pita

yea it is. taxs are also a PITA as well.

Gay. They give you one of those full size automobile temp plates too?

sounds like it, in nj you just sign the title and take your happy ass to the dmv. extra easy. still get boned on taxes though

Yup. Had to do that with my truck. Had fun finding a notary open at 9pm.

Ahhh... just get the seller to say you paid $1000 or whatever...

SERIOUSLY!!!! I remember back on :twf: that :pg: covered half his bike that shit. Fake CF FTL.

Real carbon fiber is cool. Not fake though.

Traitor. How could you abandone the F3???

Actually if I had a chance or the means to get a new bike that F3 would be gone.

uh... he decided to see if his F3 would fit under the guard rail... it didn't...

actually... 2000. its whats on his title, and its whats going on mine. only 180 tax w/ that amount. im keeping the bill of sale notorized for resale value though.

well, actually, it did... it just wouldnt come out without a little help.

:lol: ahh ok.. any pics?

nah i was too pissed at the time, and my phone battery was dying from trying to find service so much.

yeah I figured it was a long shot.

oh well... turned out well for ya!

im kickin myself now... but at the time it was kinda like this.


"o shit i crashed"... "im out in the middle of nowhere[check phone]"..."o shit my battery is almost dead"..."i dont even want to post this shit on the internet anyways, how fucking retarded am i"..." oh god still nobody, and my phone is STILL dying"

and then some people showed up and helped. after that it was a scramble to get the bike unwedged from the guard rail and get me back into town. its pretty fucking scary riding a sport bike with your front caliper leaking for 8 miles.

I'm calling BS!!!

You just wanted a new bike and figured if you slid into a gaurdrail you could get a new one. I see your angle.

Just curious but do you still have the bike and do you plan to part it out? I need some spare rims if they are good. Plan to do a lot of long trips this year and want to put some interstate oriented tires so I don't wear out my PPs

I know you are going to quote "So I don't wear out my PPs" and cut out the rest.

that's exactly how I felt when my tire when flat 100 miles outside of anchorage... looked down and had no signal.. too a step and.. .beep signal... took me 50some calls to AAA to get one to last long enough to pass enough info for them to send a truck. and I was in a mountain pass and the sun was setting... I'd have froze to death

nah, didn't get the salvage title this time... felt like i would have been robbing the ins company AGAIN. i donno what they'll do with the bike, give state farm a call and find out.

Congrats on the new bike! Glad you didn't get hurt trying to limbo under a guardrail with an F3.

yo, check out my blog thread for the scoop on how i gotsts my bike today. it was quite the adventure. pics and stuff like usual.


and there are now fucking SIX New bike day threads... wtf i started a pandemic (okay 5 new bike threads, and one new visor thread... somebody feels left out)

My cheap ass flush mounts just showed up from iron pony today, should I start a new thread for those now too?

if you do, i will too. i got my flushes yesterday...

fucking 40 bucks for mine though.

Mine were something like 27 with shipping and OH tax I think.

Looking good, dig the undertail exhaust.

F U man. I'm going to Deal's Gap tommorow and I'll crash my F3 and get a F4 instead and I'll show you. How's that better you ask??? Well it's This F4

Damn man. I was at the Honda dealer today and since it was "New Glove Day" I picked up my Cortech gloves for my summertime riding.

Well they had 4 new 1000RRs in there and all I could do was drool on them(Then violate them which got me kicked out for some reason). I wish I could get one and was tempted to see if I could(I doubt it though). Except my insurance would be roughly $200-300 a month.

yea, i saw that f4 at the bike show... i tried to touch it but then blacked out and found myself lying face down in a dumpster in mexico.


you seriously have to TRY to make a bike that expensive, it just doesnt "happen".

sssh buddy, they'll hear you ;)

2500 was on the title, and is going on mine. only 150 in taxes that way.

apparently the guy he got it from works for a dealer, and he owed him a favor... a very expensive favor.

he bought the bike off him for that much, and im SAYING i bought the bike of him for that much. If i need proof of purchase price for re-sale i still have my bill of sale to clear things up w/ a potential buyer down the road.

I saw it too. Didn't realize what it was until my friends said "Did you see that $150,000" bike? I thought they were referring to some of those gay ass choppers I saw there. Hell I was drooling over the $25,000 Agusta.

If I did have that bike I would tell everyone I ride a F4.

Also one thing I love about Atlanta is it is full of all kinds of people from all over the world. Plus there is a lot of money here so people can fork over big bucks for cool toys. At a local Wednesday night bike night that is actualy 30miles from Atlanta I remember seeing 3 Brand New MV Agustas pulling up along with 4 brand new Ducati 1098s. And you'll see them all in the mountains too. I think I remember seeing a chick on one at a gas station one time before hitting the twisties.