inkjunkie
Well-Known Member
Was reading a thread where motorcycles were mentioned and it got me thinking of my old Honda, it was a 92 CBR600F2. Picture is not of mine, but that is what it was. When I retired it the odometer just flipped. Bike was daily driver for 6 years or so. Only thing that ever failed on it was the water pump. Still had the original clutch. Did not use bike oil in it, Mobil 1 with changes at 5k miles. Bike was ridden hard it's whole life. A road racer buddy borrowed it for a 2 weeks, came back with 3000 miles put on it, the exhaust, both pegs and the lower part of the fairing had been in contact with the pavement from some rather aggressive riding. I put a Yosh pipe on it and spent several weeks tweaking the carbs. Never got it dynoed until it had 60k on it. Made a touch over 92 hp. Dyno guy told me he never seen a 600 that ran like mine did. Bike was a touch on the lean side, so when the throttle was shut it popped a bit. Best thing was it was at a Harley meet. Nothing like an inline 4 turning 13k rpm at a Harley meet. Only bike stronger that day was my friends Yamaha. Averaged 4k miles on the rear tire and chain/sprockets (yes, the sprockets were in alignment and the chain was lubed every 500 miles). Front tire and brake pads were good for 2 rear tires. Only got 1 ticket on that thing, in the twisty part of the Salt River Canyon. Was not a soul around, except for the cop. He was as cool as you could have hoped for. He clocked me at 135 in a 45 and only wrote it for 57. Bike was so well balanced you could ride it with no hands and then stand up on the pegs........Sure do miss that bike.....it was the most fun vehicle I have ever had.........
for myself :wink:
