Went and picked up an 08 CBR1000RR today. I must say loads of power, I enjoy it. It has a lot of cleaning up to do though, I should've inspected it better instead of just give it a ride and say ok I'm cool.. lol
So here's a list of the bad
Fork Seals Leaking
Needs new passenger seat because it's broken on the aft end so doesn't technically close, even though it locks.
Brakes are absolutely terrible
Tires are crap
Chain has surface corrosion, but it's not unsaveable, will change out soon.
Right rear blinker isn't functioning
Suspension definitely needs to be adjusted will be tuning it myself as soon as fork seals are done.
So I'm getting the seals taken care of beginning of next week, new seat is on order.
To take care of brakes I ordered:
Brembo RCS19 MC
Hel Steel Braided Lines
Brembo SC Brake Pads
Motul for hydraulics
In addition to that I'm changing the levers to light tech low drag levers, also ordered light tech rearsets, I love their products if you can't tell yet.
I'm going to be changing tires to Bridgestone RS10s
The saddest part of my day is rolling into my friends driveway at night, expecting to be able to stop like I did with my 600rr. I wasn't shedding any speed (Its a very long driveway) So I squeezed a bit harder, locked the front end on a nice patch of gravel in the road and laid it down.. On my first damn day I feel like I'm starting all over learning and I was just a straight idiot and know better than that. BUT thats exactly how bad the brakes currently are, I feel like the rear brake is doing better than the front currently. Cracked a mirror, bent the oem rear brake pedal, scuffed the fmf exhaust, and took a bit of paint off the clutch case
All in all I knew I was picking up something that was going to be a project but at least I know where I stand and what needs improving to get it to where I want it to be as far as handling and braking and body position.
So here's a list of the bad
Fork Seals Leaking
Needs new passenger seat because it's broken on the aft end so doesn't technically close, even though it locks.
Brakes are absolutely terrible
Tires are crap
Chain has surface corrosion, but it's not unsaveable, will change out soon.
Right rear blinker isn't functioning
Suspension definitely needs to be adjusted will be tuning it myself as soon as fork seals are done.
So I'm getting the seals taken care of beginning of next week, new seat is on order.
To take care of brakes I ordered:
Brembo RCS19 MC
Hel Steel Braided Lines
Brembo SC Brake Pads
Motul for hydraulics
In addition to that I'm changing the levers to light tech low drag levers, also ordered light tech rearsets, I love their products if you can't tell yet.
I'm going to be changing tires to Bridgestone RS10s
The saddest part of my day is rolling into my friends driveway at night, expecting to be able to stop like I did with my 600rr. I wasn't shedding any speed (Its a very long driveway) So I squeezed a bit harder, locked the front end on a nice patch of gravel in the road and laid it down.. On my first damn day I feel like I'm starting all over learning and I was just a straight idiot and know better than that. BUT thats exactly how bad the brakes currently are, I feel like the rear brake is doing better than the front currently. Cracked a mirror, bent the oem rear brake pedal, scuffed the fmf exhaust, and took a bit of paint off the clutch case
All in all I knew I was picking up something that was going to be a project but at least I know where I stand and what needs improving to get it to where I want it to be as far as handling and braking and body position.