Today I scored a CBR 600F3 Smoking Joes Edition which was Miguel Duhamels' endorsed/sig bike. I've loved the color scheme on them since I started biking and I found one in near mint condish for a steal of a price. Only drawback was to drive 95 miles to pick it up and ride 95 miles back home.

Here are some pics the seller took. I'll take some tomorrow as the sun has already set here in LA.

Initial impressions - wow. I love it. So smooth and powerful. No

Wooohoooo!

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Looks great! (pics fixed :))

F3's are great bikes. :thumbup:

enjoy!
:)

Looks great! (pics fixed :))

Gracias Senor - I was wondering why the pics weren't working and what format I should have used.
F3's are great bikes. :thumbup:

enjoy!
:)
Thanks Kelly - it fits me a lot better not to mention feels a lot more stable on the freeway than my old pre-gen. I drove it today for 9x miles and I loved it.

i'd have a sore butt too! looks cherry!

...the BIKE...looks...cherry....:rolleyes:

looks great! congrats!

Less than 200 mile drive for your Dream Bike was a drawback????
No way!

You got a great bike, looks hot :thumbup: Wooohoooo! is right!

Great looking bike! That's SUPER clean for a 98 too.

Smoking Joes F3 FTW - take good care of her

F3's are great bikes. :thumbup:

enjoy!
:)

Admit it, your a Honda man! I knew it all a long! :cool:

CBR600's are amazing bikes. I have owned 3 CBR600F's. F2, F4, F4i. Loved them all.

Thanks Greg. I actually took some way better pics this past weekend after a nice wash and drying session.

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Sweet ride - now you need some gear to go with the great colors. Enjoy.

I've got gear already from my 250 days but yeah matching gear would be soo much better not to mention it'd give me atleast another 5hp :)

I love that bike and that duhamel era. All you'll ever need on the street & looks cool too

I love that bike and that duhamel era. All you'll ever need on the street & looks cool too
I love the bikes from the 90s and the very early 2000s cuz of their awesome color schemes. The bikes now are sweet but they are mainly one solid color and nothing awesome either.

Nice!!! :thumbup::thumbup: Looks like you were lucky enough to get an unmolested bike too! Original pipe, reflectors on it, stock blinkers and rear fender intact... nice find!

Wow that's a fantastic example of a Smokin' Joe F3. Those are wonderful bikes! Congrats :thumbup:

Wow that's a fantastic example of a Smokin' Joe F3. Those are wonderful bikes! Congrats :thumbup:
Thanks. I have some minor modifications planned for it this x-mas break.

Top of my list would be:

New Pipe (Go for a more classic looking pipe. Not some stupid tri-euro-tip-carbon-GB-slashcut job. It suits the more classic bike design.)
K&N Filter
Jet Kit
APE Manual Cam chain tensioner <--- You NEEEEED this. All CBR600's need it.
Vortex sprockets +2/-1 520 conversion with a DID X-ring gold chain
Competion Werkes Fender elminator.


That would make the bike complete... it also happens to be a list of all the mods I had on my F2 :lol:

Top of my list would be:

New Pipe (Go for a more classic looking pipe. Not some stupid tri-euro-tip-carbon-GB-slashcut job. It suits the more classic bike design.)
K&N Filter
Jet Kit
APE Manual Cam chain tensioner <--- You NEEEEED this. All CBR600's need it.
Vortex sprockets +2/-1 520 conversion with a DID X-ring gold chain
Competion Werkes Fender elminator.


That would make the bike complete... it also happens to be a list of all the mods I had on my F2 :lol:
Out of all your suggested mods - I'm only gonna do the fender elim and maybe the APE Manual CCT.

You should leave the fender intact :D

Nice looking bike. I'm sure you'll love it.

Congrats! Bike looks pretty nice :) :thumbup:

great bike ! although I would stay away from purple gear:behindsofa:

so now that it has been 2 months.. how do you like it? I'm seriously considering an F3 or F4 as the next bike..

I've found one that someone has here for 3,300 completely stock and mint with 7K miles. They even told me they would take payments!!!

Awesome Bike. I am Jealous. Great find! :)

Congatulations on the new bike. It looks great.