My Blue 1100f has Arived!

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 3:47 pm

Well I got it late last night so the pictures are kinda dark. The bike is very rough and has a 1986 inspection sticker on it, 20,000miles on the clock. The carbs are in pieces but everything seems to be there, no exhaust and no airbox. But everything else is there.

Ohh and the motor turns over freely. Its project time boys!

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 3:50 pm

Oh goody, I have an air box and a bank of 1100 carbs for sale cheap.
I can't wait to see what you do to this bike.

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:01 pm

fasterspider wrote:

Oh goody, I have an air box and a bank of 1100 carbs for sale cheap.
I can't wait to see what you do to this bike.

This is going to be the first super F in my family, thats a promise. It wont even be on the road until that happens. Very Happy

But it needs to be taken down to the frame and totaly gone through, its got some nice rust on the frame, the fork tubes are pretty pitted so those will have to be replaced. Maybe I will just find a 900 front end and swap it. Let me know what cheap is Ray and I will take them please. I also need an exhaust if anyone has something lying around that would suit this nice Blue 1100. Thanks Ray.

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:24 pm

And best of all..ITS BLUE beerchug

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:59 pm

what did it set you back?

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:06 pm

firemun59 wrote:

what did it set you back?

$00.00 USD... Laughing

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:10 pm

Cb900SS wrote:

firemun59 wrote:

what did it set you back?

$00.00 USD... Laughing

I must have missed the thread..........how the hell did score that nice piece?

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:12 pm

firemun59 wrote:

Cb900SS wrote:

firemun59 wrote:

what did it set you back?

$00.00 USD... Laughing

I must have missed the thread..........how the hell did score that nice piece?

I tell you what, get me a nice pair of shocks for my soon to be super F and I will tell you the secrets to scoring 1983 cb1100f's for free... Cool

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:18 pm

Cb900SS wrote:

fasterspider wrote:

Oh goody, I have an air box and a bank of 1100 carbs for sale cheap.
I can't wait to see what you do to this bike.

This is going to be the first super F in my family, thats a promise. It wont even be on the road until that happens. Very Happy

But it needs to be taken down to the frame and totaly gone through, its got some nice rust on the frame, the fork tubes are pretty pitted so those will have to be replaced. Maybe I will just find a 900 front end and swap it. Let me know what cheap is Ray and I will take them please. I also need an exhaust if anyone has something lying around that would suit this nice Blue 1100. Thanks Ray.

Let me get those carbs and air box to my house from the shop I no longer work at and we can discuss cheap.
I think you should follow the link in my signiture and buy a Cobra exhaust system for your Super F.
Have fun, that is what it is all about. I just got back from a ride on my red and very sweet Super F and was amazed at how nice she sounds and rides. The bike you are building will do the same to you when you are done with her.

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:24 pm

I dont know anything about getting them for free, but here is a picture of mine when I got it. I paid $120US which I thought was a fair price. Wink

Here is how it looked last summer after a few more $100 dollar bills were thrown at it. Looks even better this year with the CRs and the damper and rearsets and the.......

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:37 pm

fasterspider wrote:

Let me get those carbs and air box to my house from the shop I no longer work at and we can discuss cheap.
I think you should follow the link in my signiture and buy a Cobra exhaust system for your Super F.
Have fun, that is what it is all about. I just got back from a ride on my red and very sweet Super F and was amazed at how nice she sounds and rides. The bike you are building will do the same to you when you are done with her.

Yeah your right Ray, I can always just borrow the 900 exhaust for a day to see what the motor sounds like and get my crap together and get that cobra (its what I really want anyway), it is going to take a while to get it road worthy anyway. How about I either call you tonight about the carbs, or just send me a P.m.?

So whats the deal with the shop you no longer work at? Unemployed for the time? Or just an old shop you used to work at?

And dont worry about the hijack motnick I dont mind... Laughing

Nice bike.

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:06 pm

I just never thought I would get an 1100 anytime soon, and this thing just fell into my lap. I am in shock right now and want to sell everything I own and drop it all into my 1100, and then sleep on it also... Laughing

because thats all I will have left.

Ben "coming back to earth" Jackson....

What do you think about that Tony???

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:28 pm

Cb900SS wrote:

So whats the deal with the shop you no longer work at? Unemployed for the time? Or just an old shop you used to work at?

I had a falling out so to say.
I will get the parts here and then talk to you about it.

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:30 pm

fasterspider wrote:

I had a falling out so to say.
I will get the parts here and then talk to you about it.

Sounds good Ray. Good luck with the work thing.

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:14 pm

Cb900SS wrote:

firemun59 wrote:

Cb900SS wrote:

firemun59 wrote:

what did it set you back?

$00.00 USD... Laughing

I must have missed the thread..........how the hell did score that nice piece?

I tell you what, get me a nice pair of shocks for my soon to be super F and I will tell you the secrets to scoring 1983 cb1100f's for free... Cool

sounds fair....just send me $300 for shipping and handling and I will even throw in a set of Ginsu knives.......... Razz

Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:01 pm

you are offering a set of the worlds sharpest steak knives with each purchase of a set of your shocks? my gosh, firemun, thats a killer deal for sure Shocked

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:07 am

Wow nice score Ben... people here in cincinnati must be greedy as hell cause I can't find a decent project anything for under $100

Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 12:46 am

Thanks everyone I am very excited. I found out the motor will run, I probably shouldn't have done this but couldnt help myself. I just sprayed some carb clean in the intakes and cranked her over and poof it reved right up. Probably not the best thing to do without an exhaust, but it only ran for a split second and I am sure the valves werent harmed. So I need a nice stainless exhaust and some carbs and airbox and I will see how strong the motor is.

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:06 am

Well this bike is going to take a lot of time and effort, but when its done it will be very fast thats a promise!

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:15 am

very nice, ben. are you going to try to have it rideable before it snows?

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:57 pm

rtabish wrote:

very nice, ben. are you going to try to have it rideable before it snows?

Well here in Ny time unlike montana that could be a long while, so we will see what happens.

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:53 pm

You're going to enjoy that thing so much, you'll have to change your handle.

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:27 pm

SS~

Ho wmuch was your 1100F? did it run? I would like 1100F project and kinda want a feel for cost. I'm getting a different bike before my 21st b-day and a 1100 wouldn't be bad (of coarse neither would a CBR900rr, CBR600F3, or a VfR)

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:37 pm

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:52 pm

Thanks kwd, now everyone can see how much work I have ahead of me. Making pictures brighter sure shows more... Rolling Eyes

Supersport750f, go back and read this thread and the answers you seek will be clear.

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:02 pm

I just hate reading. Laughing

Good score man. Wish i could do that Rolling Eyes

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:30 pm

So I got the carbs cleaned and installed the airbox with them, then I decided to borrow the exhaust from the 900. Well it kinda bolts on, but I guess they are slightly different. But it was good enough to start the bike to hear the motor. The starter button on the control doesnt work but if I jump the solinoid it cranks, so I guess I have a bad solinoid. The bike fired right up and runs great, it actually sounds better than the 900, less rattles and engine noise. The carbs are leaking everywhere so I need to get some rebuild kits and get them tight, but I was very shocked at how good the bike ran.

Next step will be full dissasembly, so everything can be painted, new brakes and whatever else needs to be addressed.

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:46 pm

Take your time and do it right, Ben. You got all winter. Not to mention your 900 to ride in the mean time. I know it's easier said than done when you're this excited, but it will be worth it in the end!

The Cobra is an outstanding pipe! I recently pulled the DB Killer that is in mine, (was a little worried about it, since I live a block from the local barricks), but holy crap does it sing now and nowhere near as loud as I expected. Just right! I wouldn't run any other pipe on my F.

Good luck and keep us posted!

Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:50 pm

hey, I missed this thread Idea

very nice score! you turning her into a super-F? Shocked

talk about raisin' a bike from the dead! Cool

Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:21 am

Midnight wrote:

hey, I missed this thread Idea

very nice score! you turning her into a super-F? Shocked

talk about raisin' a bike from the dead! Cool

Thanks it will be lots of work this winter, it will have some CBR wheels and also a 41mm CBR front end with brakes. Right now its a few milk crates full of parts and I am working on the frame. I need some tubing to start some bracing like your doing. What size tubing are you using?