oreo

Finally, I got my bike. a beutyfull Honda CBR 600RR. I have always wanted a bike but figured it wasn't practical, or I didn't have the money or something always got in the way. Finally, yesterday i went for it and got it.

It's absolutley perfect. Balance, power, OMG and I thoght the RX was fast, this thing is just stupid fast. I'm not riding the hell out of it thogh, I'm not that eager to die :-) and I still have to get more comfortable in it. but damn, I twisted the throtle a couple of times, not all the way mind you, and the pull is just mind bogling.


Anyway, I am verry verry verry happy with my purchase and wanted to share the news!

moRotorMotor

Congratulations. This thread is worthless without pics!!! It specifically stated that pictures are in this thread. You must be still overwhelmed by the sheer acceleration of your new CBR. LOL

flomulgator

Welcome to the Honda family. I own a Superhawk 996 (if you're new that's a V-twin to your inline 4). I advise you to get lessons or talk to someone about how to ride a sports bike. And race it on a track. 9/10 sportbike owners have no clue what their bike is capable of or how to handle it because you simply cannot realize it's potential on a street. When you commit such experience to instictive memory you are much safer in the real world when things get scary (its not if, its when). Not trying to sound patronizing, just trying to be helpful, coming from a guy who's saved his own *** a couple times.

And if you look at the specs, you are now faster than anything on 4 wheels that is insurable, so yes, you are correct! Have fun and try not to forget your now powerless (by comparison) RX-8!!!

oreo

Here are the pictures :-)

oreo

Hey , I still LOVE the 8. And the fact that I now own 2 of the highest reving production engines is prety cool.

flomulgator: You are right, I will definitiveley take lessons. i did the same with my 8 and I am verry pro going to the track to learn your machines potential.

I just have to get a little more experience on it on the street so I can take better advantage of the lessons on the track (correct me if i'm wrong I know it sounds a little backwards) but, If I am still stalling it sometimes when releasing the clutch, I will waste time on the lessons learning this when I should be learning, emergency breaking, handeling, wheight shifting ect.

Ike

Goodluck not killing yourself. Starting with a bike like that is just asking for trouble.

oreo

Ike and his always POSITIVE coments :-)
No I don't ask for trouble, i just get it and then deal with it. Kidding.

I do know how to ride, just I dont have much experience with sport bikes. Anyway I am aware that it is TOO MUCH bike for me right now, just like the RX8 was too much car for me when I started with it. Dont get me wrong, I did know how to drive before the 8, I just hadn't done a PERFORMANCE driving school. And it DOES make diference, so for the bike I'm taking the same aproach. Learn how to properly drive it on the street, and THEN learn how to race it on a track with instructors and people that can actually tell me how not to kill myself.

Ike

Did you have to take a safety class in order to get your license? If not, do so before doing anything track related. I can guarantee you that you have some bad habits and will develop more if you haven't taken one yet. Not trying to be a dick, just be careful.

oreo

I know (the dick part).


Sadly in Puerto Rico you regular drivers licence works for both bikes and cars, so if you have a licence, you can go and kill yourself in a bike and not be the wiser. There is a safety course they ofer in the naval base. I havent taken it yet but will taket ASAP. It has always been on my priority list of things to do.

And yes, IKE, I have been around here long enogh to know that you ARE a dick so why front? :-)

realy, you are keeping it real and I apreciate it. thare are too many people out there that go out and buy powerfull cars and bikes without knowing how to properly drive them and end up hurting themselves and others.
Luckily I am aware that i dont know everything there is to know about riding, and am willing to learn so mabe that counts for something in terms of keeping me safe. Only time will tell.

Anyway Ill keep you posted.

Ike

I ain't frontin foo!

Someimes I try to be a dick, this time around I wasn't trying

Raptor2k

Congrats on the bike. I'm jealous. Very. Be careful. It would be nice to have a red bike to go with my VR 8.

p.s: what rims are on your 8?

XDEEDUBBX

ikes just lookin out, sometimes it may come out wrong but he's just being real.

flomulgator

hot ****! I like the matching colors.....but know you'll have to get black wheels for your 8 to complete the match!

Ike is right, but I was being specific about the sport bike thing. There are particulars to riding a sport bike that they will teach you wrong in beginner class because classes are set up for cruisers or "sport"-touring. For example (FREE LESSON!). In moto class they will teach you to use both brakes evenly. NEVER EVER EVER use the rear brake!!! At least not for the first couple years! A sport bike is weighted in a way that takes all pressure off the rear tire under braking, and using the rear brake in this condition will garauntee a rear tire skid. Add turning and you get to experience your first lowside wipeout. Many race bikes don't even have a rear brake on them. That being said, there is street value to class. Naval bases are especially good about this (because a lot of enlistee's blow their enlistment bonus on a bike and never make it to basic.) So you are in a good situatjion.

And Ike likes putting chevy motors in his RX's so I'd be suspicous of him

Raptor2k

Ike doesn't have an RX -_-

swoope

iTrader: (5)

congrats,

my helpful tips on bikes...i spent years dirt riding... as i think everyone should before they go to the street.... gives you the basics.

if you dont have that get yourself to a safety training something. to start... track time is helpful for control, but so is riding in dirt... it is the street part that is hard....

my first street bike was a 83 interceptor.... the 3rd in tx.... i now ride a 02 zuke vstrom. i guess i have about 200k miles on the street in between......

street riding is like a video game.... the game is they are all trying to kill you.... if you look at it like that you have a chance...

be aware of everything around you!!!

hope this helps..

beers

Ike

To add on this... Think of yourself as being invisible to everyone else on the road. I lost and friend of 15 years last summer who also happened to be my best friend's wife, who also happened to be a close friend's sister. I have a VERY close group of friends and it has been a rough year since...

flomulgator

Swoope, how does dirt riding help? (asides from the fact that motard flat-trackers could make it around the very tight and slow race track I practiced on faster than I could on my big heavy v-twin, or anyone else for that matter.)

Ike

Teaches you a ton about balance, control, and how to react quickly to surprising changes in conditions.

swoope

iTrader: (5)

you understand braking, steering, the fact that the front brake has the power. sliding.

if you ride dirt. you have the basics stuck in your head.... if something happens on the street. you dont panic and just lock the rear brake...

just my opionion i could be wrong...

beers

BlueSky

Nice bike oreo.

l get the urge to 2-wheel it when I watch movies like "Easy Rider" and see ads for Buells and Indians and Yamahas in my CarandDriver. I think I'd be a damn fool to ever ride here in Orange County, though, just too dangerous.

Maybe years down the road when I move to Maui I'll get a nice bike and have some fun.

flomulgator

I think you learn all these things on the dirt they would certainly help but they are things that don't seem exclusive to learning in the dirt arena. Perhaps what you are getting at is that it is a safer place to screw up while learning than in rush hour traffic? That I could most certainly get behind

And Blue, if Ze Terminator can get taken out by a soccer mom in the OC, your prudence is probably justified

oreo

hehe, thanks guys.

As for the Rims on my 8, they are Indy performance wheels (a knock of of the konig unknown wheels) 17" so they are lighter and I can go to the local race track and get used race tires for cheap :-).
url for the wheels: http://www.konigwheels.com/catalog_p...ID=1&ss_id=373

Thanks for the input and keep the coments coming.

Ike: I'm verry sorry for your loss man.

9291150

Great bike, fellow Honda owner here (Fireblade).

If you go to a track, don't take your new bike, use a school bike, why chance it. Come up to Shannonville here in Ontario, a school will cost you just $500 a day with your choice of a new model year R6, GSXR6, or SV650s. Top AMA guys used this school, i.e. Miguel Duhamel. Been there four times, can't go wrong. The lead intructor is Michel Mercier, former superbike champ, first class guy. Once you do this, then do the track days, you won't believe what that thing is capable of.

As for the rear brake chat here, ALL proper racebikes have a rear brake, and while its use on a track is not for amateurs, it can be used in specific racing situations.

And the warnings about killing yourself, with all due respect to those who lost, we are all more likely to know people who died in a car accident than anybody on a bike. Be careful, but don't be afraid.

flomulgator

numbers guy, I had been told that but haven't seen any proper race bikes up close and personal.....didn't know. So now I am trying to envision racing situations that would involve rear brake (trail braking, pre-turn deceleration....) and am not coming up w/ much. The only thing I could imagine is very high speed straight line gradual deceleration, where it won't upset the balance but comes on a lot "lighter" than the massive front discs. ???? maybe kick the rear end out on purpose? My racing experience definitely falls under "amateur."

9291150

I'm no pro either. But the answer is simple really, the same reasons we should use a rear brake on the street are the same reasons why a racer would use them. The key difference is that a racer needs much more skill to effectively use it. Even for the pros it is a skill that some are better at than others, some actually have converted the right rear foot lever to a thumb lever since our fingers and hands are far more sensitive than our feet in modulating pressure.

As for the reasons, some pros use the rear brake to “settle” the bike before a turn, since it tends to compress the rear suspension. This is optimal before you get hard on the front binders and shift the weight to the front. But it ain’t easy, since at that point you’re already shifting your body weight, downshifting, matching revs, progressively getting on the front binders, all while looking for the turn-in relative to the apex….at an insane rate of speed. You can screw it up in a car with little consequence, not so easily on a bike.

Racers also use the rear brake is to “back it in” – which means to feather your rear brake to induce a slight rear slide in a controlled way to tighten your line. Some also can do this with the throttle. Also, rain or brake fade conditions can have you using the rear more often as well.

Most racing schools won’t teach this, since its very advanced and they want their race bikes returned at the end of the day. The Freddie Spencer school does teach some rear brake technique, as Freddie was famous for being Mr. Smooth, always using the rear in every turn.

Some on these things I use on the street, i.e. in U turns or tight turns I use the rear brake to tighten my radius, or in the rain, etc. But I too avoid them on the track.

Using rears with the front will reduce stopping distances for 99.9% of all riders, since few can feel a pending lock up with the front brakes. And as you likely know, you can easily get away with locking the rear on a bike, as for the front you’ll nearly always go down. My non sport bike has ABS, something we should see on more bikes IMO.