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Started by pantablo, May 18, 2004, 11:28:02 PM

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pantablo




brought this bad boy home tonight.Came home from a long day at various dealerships with my BRAND NEW, 04 cbr600rr. Red/black...3 miles when I bought it, 60 when it got home. Of course I took the long way home (through the boo). Originally wanted black but the traditional Honda red called to me.

A few observations.
-This bike is fast, fooking fast.
-this bike fits me like a glove
-I think to turn and it does.
-having wind protection feels really good at 75; screw naked bikes.
-I kept thinking the tach wasnt working...I can't imagine what it feels like at 15,000 rpm
-this is a terrible first bike. I cant begin to fathom what goes through peoples mind buying this as their first ever bike. Ridiculous.
-there's considerable heat on my heels and feet in general from the backside of the fairing. Will be nice in winter. Summer, not so much.
-plastic tank makes my tankbag useless.
-got a batch that came with D208's instead of Michelin's...mmm
-there is no underseat storage. I couldnt fit my sale paperwork under the seat-something about an underseat exhaust.
-the bike is sexy, fooking sexy.
-and fast.

Time to relearn how to ride.

oh yeah,
WOO-fookin-HOO.
Pablo-
http://pantablo500.tripod.com/
www.pma-architect.com


Quote from: makenzie71 on August 21, 2006, 09:47:40 PM...not like normal sex, either...like sex with chicks.

Manix

Lucky bastard!  :)

Have fun, don't kill yourself.  :thumb:

yamahonkawazuki

ill be damned, a "post whore moderator on a cbr" :roll:  what will this world err site come to 8)  :lol:  :mrgreen:  :nana: , sweet ride none the less :thumb:  :cheers:
Jan 14 2010 0310 I miss you mom
Vielen dank Patrick. Vielen dank
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A proud Mormon
"if you come in with the bottom of your cast black,
neither one of us will be happy"- Alan Silverman MD

Lukewarm Wilson

oh no you've sold out   :o :(  but what a way to sellout if I could I would excellent choice have fun and stay upright :cheers:  :thumb:
Experience enables you to recognise a mistake when you make it again

chupacabrah

Jon
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1980 Buick Regal, Ltd.
97 accord, for sale
'97 GS500e


"A little rebellion now and then is a good thing" - Thomas Jefferson

JamesG

kewl.

Remember to save your pennys for your chiropractor visits.
:P
James Greeson
GS Posse
WERA #306

vtlion

Pretty  :cheers:  

I hear ya on the toasty feet.  the sad thing is, you won't even notice it in the winter cause the engine will be running cooler  :roll:

Enjoy your new ride  :thumb:  :thumb:  :thumb:
2 C8H18 + 25 O2 = 16 CO2 + 18 H2O + :)
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what IS a Hokie?

JLKasper

"A skittish motor-bike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on Earth."
               --T.E. Lawrence

perfdrug

damn  :o
big congrats man. sucks about the luggage tho.

:cheers:

Briggs

First off I want to say congradulations. Second I want to just say that I agree with the comment you made about people and the bikes they choose for first bikes. A good friend of mine bought a brand new R6 for his first. He barely knew how to use the clutch! What was he thinking?

For everyone else that hasn't ridden a fast bike like Pablos or my friends look at it like this, If you started in second gear and kept the rpms below 3500 that would be your GS.
1989' GS500 - V&H Exhaust, K&N Pod, 137.5, 40, no washers
89' GSX-R rear rim, 150/60, and Katana shock

Laura

Congratulations, and have fun on that beauty!
Laura

ps- I hope you're not going to abandon us gsers.

Stephen072774

I'd love to hear what mods you have planned.  

Congrats  :cheers:
2005 DRZ400SM
2001 GS, sold to 3imo

The Antibody

Good choice. WHen I went 600 shopping, (definately not buying) I was between the Honda and the Suzuki. Both are nice. Koodos.

 -Anti
Once the President of Coolness, always the President of Coolness.

"Just try not to screw it up!"

snapper

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!  Very Niiiiiiiiiice...droool drooool drooooool!

Enjoy!
:mrgreen:
"I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on."
Eleanor Roosevelt

pdg108

Man.. When you getting rid of that fender, its huge.  ;)


I have been drooling on those RRs since they came out.  Once I think I won't kill myself on it I'll be getting one.  Definatly Red!  Awsome ride man.
The GS500 is the safest bike on the planet, it can just barely kill you.
"I did absolutely nothing, and it was everything I ever thought it could be."

glenn9171

Very nice bike.  Time to get a tank bag with straps.  Or a backpack.

The Buddha

"Ha ha... "oh crap.... who said that...
Congrads... Just Dont come crying to us when you need to adjust the valves on that thing. But I love the F2's... so I can see how this is an F2 taken to the extreme.
Cool.
Srinath.
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john

Very nice :)  I suggest you swap the stock seat for a piece of plywood as it will be much more comfortable.  The stock seat is so hard I can't believe it.

I'll race you for pink slips.
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Congradulations!
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Hi-T

Nucking futts- Hombre.

Maybe now you can replace your avatar with a real picture of you doing a real wheelie :) .

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