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Motorcycle Forum / General / Sportbikes / September 2005Honda CBR
Is there anyone in this forum riding a Honda CBR 900. > Is there anyone in this forum riding a Honda CBR 900. Of course not, we only ride new and exciting machines, and the 900 is at least a generation or two out of date. But some of us, like me, have owned one in the past. We prompted forgot everything we knew about it as soon as we moved on though, so there is a chance we won't be able to remember much about it. >> Is there anyone in this forum riding a Honda CBR 900. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >everything we knew about it as soon as we moved on though, so there is a >chance we won't be able to remember much about it. I bet you remember that goofy 16" front wheel, though. Two Brothers made a 17" kit. God knows how much it cost, or how that affected the geometry. Some ideas are better off dead and buried. Wondering if sportbikes will revert to 16.5" one of these days, all the rage at the pro level. '----------------------------------------------------- ' Daniel Bannon ' NW WA State, U.S.A. ' 2003 ZX636B Hercusaki, 1999 CBR1100XX '----------------------------------------------------- >>> Is there anyone in this forum riding a Honda CBR 900. >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > I bet you remember that goofy 16" front wheel, though. Back then it was weird, but I could still get a Metzler race tire for it. Dunlops as well. > Some ideas are better off dead and buried. Wondering if sportbikes > will revert to 16.5" one of these days, all the rage at the pro level. I remember the ol' Ninja front 16 incher with that anti-dive stuff and rear 16 incher, then my ZX10 had a 17 front and 18 rear, the FZR was a 17 front and 18 rear as well I think.....I'm pretty happy with semi-standard sizing now myself. >>>> Is there anyone in this forum riding a Honda CBR 900. >>> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >and 18 rear as well I think.....I'm pretty happy with semi-standard sizing >now myself. Hell I remeber when wheels used to be 18 to 19". Oh yeah, some (dirtbikes) still are -:) Bob Nixon, Chandler AZ 01 Sprint ST "RED" 50K miles http://bigrex.net/pictures "_Bob_Nixon" <bilbo@nospam.com> wrote in message >> > Hell I remeber when wheels used to be 18 to 19". Oh yeah, some > (dirtbikes) still are -:) > > Bob Nixon, Chandler AZ > 01 Sprint ST "RED" 50K miles > http://bigrex.net/pictures Don't forget the 21" front ends... Bryan > Hell I remeber when wheels used to be 18 to 19". Oh yeah, some > (dirtbikes) still are -:) I recall an ol' 19 incher on a KZ750....tall and skinny she was. I remember being STUNNED into submission when Kawasaki put those 120/17 and 160/18 MASSIVE RADIALS on the ZX10. Now my itsy bitsy beginner bike rolls on better rolling gear, and same size fork tubes as that old 550 pound tank. > >>> Is there anyone in this forum riding a Honda CBR 900. > >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > and 18 rear as well I think.....I'm pretty happy with semi-standard sizing > now myself. When Kawi put the 16 incher on the first 600 Ninja they didn't want it to be twitchy, so they gave it more trail to add stability. When you hit a bump while leaned over it would turn the steering in and make the bike stand up. Weird Bruce >When Kawi put the 16 incher on the first 600 Ninja they didn't want it >to be twitchy, so they gave it more trail to add stability. When you >hit a bump while leaned over it would turn the steering in and make the >bike stand up. Weird > >Bruce My '84 FJ1100 exhibited similar behavior to that you describe, suggesting the designers didn't really understand the equation (fixing one flaw by introducing another). I don't think the behavior was unique to the 600R. Still, for the day, the 600R was a big step forward in terms of power, liquid-cooling, and relatively decent handling. My FJ and '85 Ninjas had waaaaay too much extraneous mass. Just looking at the parts it was obvious what could be sawed off/re-engineered. The relatively spindly forks and not-well-understood perimeter frames (latter was a relatively new concept) added to the mayhem. '----------------------------------------------------- ' Daniel Bannon ' NW WA State, U.S.A. ' 2003 ZX636B Hercusaki, 1999 CBR1100XX '----------------------------------------------------- >>Is there anyone in this forum riding a Honda CBR 900. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > everything we knew about it as soon as we moved on though, so there is a > chance we won't be able to remember much about it. It's like the old Lucas headlight switches...three poitions, Dim, Flicker and Off. :-P  SignaturePC Paul 89 PC800 77 R100RS Trip pics at: http://photos.yahoo.com/paul1cart "To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society" - Theodore Roosevelt |
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