Well after two months of looking I finally found my bike. Its a 95 CBR600F3 with 17k miles. It has a little damage on the left side but I can deal with that. Anyways here's the pics.











Well there they are, sorry about the poor quality (its a 4.0 megapixel but i suck at using it). Its my first bike too btw, hopefully I won't scratch it up any more than it already is.

 

sweet

 

Congradulations. Enjoy!

 

Looks good! I like the flushmount signals...enjoy the banana seat.

 

How much did it set you back????

 

Biter!!! (j/k) Woohoo! Another F3! How much did you get it for? Only 17k miles?! I'm jealous! I bought mine with 38k... Just tell people you were leaned so far over that you ended up scraping the exhaust!

Don't press the button on your camera, gently squeeze it. Pressing the button pushes the camera downwards, but then your hand tries to compensate...end result is a blurry shot.


Modified by marmaladeboy at 11:58 AM 9/23/2003

 

Wow you guys got some nice looking bikes!! How do you guys like the F3? I found a few on the recycler, and I'm really thinking of picking one up. Hows the power, seating position etc. etc.? And how much did they cost you...if its cool to ask ofcourse .

 

nice F3! mind if I ask how much you payed?

 

I paid $3200, some may say that's too much but its market price here in Az. Got a free helmet too in the deal so its not so bad. Thanks for the replies.

 

Mmmmm what a beaut.

 

To answer the other questions, I really don't know how it rides. Unfortunately its been raining here since the minute I bought it so I haven't had a chance to bring it out . Oh well maybe in a few days. Probably for the best, I don't have my license or insurance for it yet .

As for the camera thing, yeah I just suck or it may be my kung fu grip on the camera. I wish I could justify leaning over that far but I have a feeling the chicken patches will tell it all. As for the flushmounts, I don't care for them all that much. I find them a little hard to see during the day but I'll deal with it. Thanks for the replies everyone.

 

It looks like you have your camera set for "close up" shot. There should be a selector that lets you pick what kind of shot you're taking. For those kind of pics, I use the "sport" or normal setting. Anyway, F3's are sweet. I love mine. They ride great, the banana seat is kinda a pain in the ***, my girl always seems to slide down on me and crunch my nuts into the tank hehe. Anyways, here's mine. I'm also looking for an F3 that has some damage, I want to make a track bike, so if you know anybody whos got an F2 or F3 for sale, let me know!

 

Wow nice bike, I wish mine was black/red. Hmmmm new paint job?

 

no thats the original 98 paint/sticker scheme. i love it.

 

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Ha I meant for mine!

 

invest in some frame sliders, i wish i would have bought them sooner

 

Sorry for the newb question, but what are frame sliders?

 

Frame sliders are designed to protect your fairings if you drop the bike. They're usually made out of (dense) plastic and attach to your bike's frame/engine bolts. On some bikes, you'll need to cut out part of the fairing. That's what I had to do with my bike (it was an ugly job).

 

heres mine, I am thinking about selling it!
get a bigger bike

 

I see, are they hard to install? Where can you get them?

 

" frame sliders " they are not hard to install just a bolt on each side they run around 30 - 60 bux depends on where you pic them up at you have to cut the fairing but its better then having to buy a new one or have the frame get damaged from dropping the bike

 

I've tried ordering frame sliders from various online shops, but no one ever seems to have them in stock...!! You could try a local m/c shop; they usually have them in stock. If you can't find any nearby, lemme know. I might have a connection (friend of a friend).

My holes in the fairings are actually bit bigger than they needed to be. I ended up drilling too far to one side with my hole-saw. If you took off the plastic and looked at it, my hole is more oval than circular.

But at least it's functional. And more importantly, I did it myself!!

 

Cool, thanks guys I'll have to look into those this weekend.

 

ebay has a whole bunch of frame sliders

 

I ordered frame sliders from stuntlife.com Needless to say, they've charged my credit card but i have gotten neither any responses nor the sliders. I am constantly emailing them with no luck.