Honda CBR600 F4i

[Hero Danny]

Originally Posted by LittleRedNinjette

How something is typed out can be more important the what you are typing. Emotions can be hard to translate to text.

^ yep.

Originally Posted by Finesse

picked up the bike today. dropped it off at work sandwiched between a van and a wall, not visible from the street. hopefully it'll still be there in the AM.

car towed fine. I rented a moto trailer from Uhaul and a friend helped me load/unload

it's a bit of a basket case. but I'm confident it can make a full recovery

Looks good, I love the red & Black CBR's, it's my favorite motorcycle color scheme actually.

[Finesse]

www.f4ifix.tumblr.com

[Finesse]

installed the new radiator. bike starts up fine with the tipover sensor connector plugged in, but until I get a new headlight I can't ride it at all. tipover sensor is located in the headlight.

discovered the cam chain rattling around. need to order a manual cam chain tensioner which I have to call in from work to get the discount. should cost me about $43. the bike also needs a front tire, so I'm going to take the tire of my SV650 and put it on this bike and the SV will get a new rosso 2 front tire. it also needs rear brake pads. the rear rotor is a bit wavy but I measured it and it's within spec.

also needs a new ignition, someone tried to steal it and someone replaced the ignition with a crappy chinese one that's all messed up.

[choneofakind]

Manual cam chain tensioner. How do you know when it's properly tensioned? Start the bike and adjust the tension until the kawi tick is gone?

[csmith12]

Originally Posted by choneofakind

Manual cam chain tensioner. How do you know when it's properly tensioned? Start the bike and adjust the tension until the kawi tick is gone?

How to adjust a manual cam chain tensioner;

• Remove stock tensioner
• Install manual tensioner
• Turn adjustment bolt in by hand until you feel it get tight against the cam chain
• DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN!!!!!
• Back off the adjustment bolt about 1/4-1/2 turn
• Start bike, rev a little bit to listen for the rattle
• Turn adjustment bolt inward in 1/4 turns until rattle is gone throughout the rev range
• DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN!!!!!

It takes an ear for it. When you're done, you should be able to hear a faint tick at idle but it should be silky smooth sounding when reving.

Did I mention DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN?!?!?!?

[KawiKid860]

Just to clarify a little, the rattle you hear is the actual mechanism inside the CCT rattling and NOT the cam chain itself. You could ride the bike forever on the stock CCT with the rattle and it would never hurt a thing, hence why Honda never recalled them, it's just annoying to hear the rattle.

Manual CCTs are great though, My F4i came with one. You'll know if it's too loose or too tight, I got mine on a little tight after my valve adjustment and I could hear a faint whine from the overtensioned cam chain. I just backed it off a little and started the bike to make sure it sounded right. Another little word of advice, take the throttle bodies off for the CCT install, it'll make it soooo much easier for you. You should be able to adjust it without removing anything IIRC, as long as you have a good assortment of wrenches lol.

[Finesse]

cheers people. thanks for the advice. that's pretty much consistent with what I heard and what I was planning. this is where I call my coworker over from his lift next to me to make sure I don't **** it up

[Finesse]

came to work today to see some coolant underneath the bike. the water pump hose and pipe was pretty grimey and I cleaned it off but apparently not enough or didn't tighten the clamp hard enough. I moved the hose up a little and added another clamp. what's better than one radiator hose clamp? TWO RADIATOR HOSE CLAMPS!! this is called 'PERFORMANCE MODS' people.

[Finesse]

gettin there....

installed the headlight and cleaned up the wiring. I need to solder something in the kill switch area and install the rest of the bodywork (working on getting a fairing as I type..)

starts & runs & rides but it snowed 6 inches so I couldnt do a victory lap round the parking lot

[KawiKid860]

Originally Posted by Finesse

gettin there....

installed the headlight and cleaned up the wiring. I need to solder something in the kill switch area and install the rest of the bodywork (working on getting a fairing as I type..)

starts & runs & rides but it snowed 6 inches so I couldnt do a victory lap round the parking lot

I'll trade you a nice 919 with a super high quality paint job that has totally never been crashed or anything...

[Finesse]

haha no thanks, I think I'm just going to sell it, put 3/4 of the money into my savings for college and spend the rest on gear and upgrades for my SV!

should receive a black OEM upper fairing tomorrow almost ready to get goin.. here's the stuff I had to/have to get done to it before it's 100% ready to be sold and MD state inspected

-radiator install w/coolant flush ($79) DONE
-headlight install w/replace fuse ($75) DONE
-install cam chain tensioner ($43)
-clean up right handlebar controls ($0) DONE
-clean up front subharness wiring ($0) DONE
-fr/rr brake fluid flush ($0)
-rr brake pads ($19)
-fr tire ($0 - takeoff from my SV which is getting a new rosso II)
-oil/filter change ($4)
-fr fairing ($111)
-clutch lever ($6)
-right side mirror ($20)
-grips ($10)
-ignition/key replace ($4? takeoff from cbr600rr)
-adjust/lube cables/pivot points ($0)
-clean/lube/adjust chain ($0)

just to let you know what kinda stuff goes into repairing crash damage and getting a bike ready for selling. if i didnt work at a shop these prices would be a LOT higher lol

[Finesse]

much progress today!!!!

[choneofakind]

bixenon in the low beam side!!!

[Finesse]

I installed the APE manual cam chain tensioner a couple days ago. it was a huge bitch. the tensioner is right behind the frame in a place that's pretty hard to get to. but in total it took me about two hours start to finish. 100% eliminated the cam chain rattle.

it looks so good, I almost wanna keep it. I got a set of used oem mirrors today and I have brake pads and a clutch lever to throw on maybe tomorrow. I listed it on craigslist for $3900 or best offer but I haven't had any bites yet. If I can't get $3300 for it I'll probably just keep it.

[alex.s]

just list it as $2500 + fees and then once they've looked at the bike haggle them down from 3800 to 3300 so they feel like they got a good deal on those stupid dealer fees

[sharky nrk]

GLWS - a nice F4i is actually the bike that keeps jumping up in my mind as the bike I would like to pick up. Every time I ride the 6R on the street I just keep thinking I would enjoy something similar but with a bit more comfort.

[Finesse]

SOLD!

to a squid in shorts and flip flops for $3,000 cash. byebye bike.

[LittleRedNinjette]

Congrats on the sale!