had my kids 2005 cbr600f4i on the runway today!!!!!

Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:20 am

he has his bike very nicely done, with all the performance crap you can name on it. well, ran it down a local runway here today...got it to 152 mph!!!! wow, what a freakin rush!! smooth as silk!! much smoother than mine when i ran here down the strip!! dont no really what speed my 82 cb750f was going, but i guess around 130 on mine....5th gear at 9500 rpm.
much smoother than mine, thats for sure!! but i love my my oldie but goody!!
times they have a changed!!
bill
ps: to be honest, on a very smooth no traffic surface, the 152 mph was not as bad as i reall thought...dont get me wrong, i was movin very quickly, and took a bit to stop, but its really a cool thing to have the chance to do that...the local little airport maintainance crew all have bikes, and said it was no problem, as they do the same frequently!!

Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:33 am

Your old CB....F can go a long way towards that smooth ride if you get some Race Tech cartridge emulators in the front fork with some after market fork springs, 5 wt fork oil, and either high dollar aftermarket shocks or brand new Progressive rear shocks & springs.

I love new sportbikes as well as vintage sportbikes. I have a hand-built 97 YZF1000R here that goes from 120 MPH to 160 MPH in third gear faster than you can say this sentence.

Old sportbikes are about connecting with the past or demonstrating your virtuosity. New sportbikes are all about demonstrating who is a fool and who is not.

Twinstar Joined: Mar 13, 2006 Posts: 67 Location: NJ, PA

PA, huh...

Which airport? I promise I won't go bug them. Cool

Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:32 am

Old sportbikes are about connecting with the past or demonstrating your virtuosity. New sportbikes are all about demonstrating who is a fool and who is not.

could not agree more!! i was a late teenager when the cbf's were just new, and were the shit ta have!!!!
i remember wanting one sooooo bad back then, and 20 some years later, i got it!!!
like i said, i love my bike, and i get alot more looks at my bike than my son does when we go to car and bike shows, and my kid HATES that!!! Laughing

the airport is near pottstown, pa
bill

Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:14 am

Matt at PSB wrote:

Race Tech cartridge emulators in the front fork with some after market fork springs, 5 wt fork oil

Matt, can you PM me on a price of these emulators and new springs. I have to rebuild my front forks..they are getting squishy...

thanks

Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:12 pm

I have a friend who works on vintage high performance cars for a private collector. Their shop is across the street from a private air strip. I was visiting when he finished doing work on Ferrari Testarosa. He offered me a test ride, and we jumped in and took it to the air strip, and 160 mph later I was in love. I am an American muscle car kinda guy, but there is something to be said for high tech, just like with our vintage muscle bikes versus the new crotch rockets.

Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 1:32 pm

Macman wrote:

I have a friend who works on vintage high performance cars for a private collector. Their shop is across the street from a private air strip. I was visiting when he finished doing work on Ferrari Testarosa. He offered me a test ride, and we jumped in and took it to the air strip, and 160 mph later I was in love. I am an American muscle car kinda guy, but there is something to be said for high tech, just like with our vintage muscle bikes versus the new crotch rockets.

i agree. i love my bike to death, lots of power, BUT, my boys bike is just a smooth, quick power, with a smooth ride.
bill