1990 Honda CBR600f1 Hurricane resto reveal
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- This is my Honda CBR600f FL 1990 that I've just had restored.
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Russ, honestly you are NEVER boring. Just a wonderful, honest, humble man. A credit to your profession. 🙌🙌
I have a 87 600F1 in really decent stock condition. And I love it to bits. It feels light and tiny. And sounds like something bigger.
The one you have...just wow... thats perfect!
I have a 1987 as well and I love it!! Im 5'8 135 pounds and I feel so good on the bike, I had a 1994 fzr600r Genesis before this one and it was way heavier!! So glad I made the switch.
210 kg. It aint light. Just feels.
@@Mespera3011 201 kg with a full tank. That is very light for a bike. Even the most modern 600s are just 10 kg lighter.
Let me add myself to the club of those who had this bike when new and are returning to a long lost love! After 33 years without a bike, I rebought one 6 months ago and slowly its regaining its lost glory. Gorgeous job Russ and the video captures that beautiful acceleration and smoothness.
How's the build going?
@@RoadcraftNottingham Going well thanks Russ. Discovered #38 slow jets, not #35, so new #35s going in. That should smooth out the low end response. Time for new fork seals. Maybe then the air pressure in the forks can be upper a little to counter the inevitable spring sag? Body work is good, despite the evidence of epoxy on the underside! Your bike is the goal though, I'd love to get mine up to that standard.
Absolutely beautiful. I bought the white with red stripes version in 1988. Then later on the Benetton version. I recently picked up a 1988 (white and red) model and its just about to go back on the road. I only did the consmetics though, reprayed wheels, new bearings, forks, new seals etc. Fairing had a lot of cracks which I fibre glassed. Couldn't find anyone to respray it. I did find a company that could supply the correct colour in spray cans. Not cheap but worked very well. Bought new decals etc. Mine looks good from a few feet away - yours is a show bike - well done. Next year I might do a complete strip down and re-build. I have a Triumph 675 Street Triple R for riding around on, so no rush.
Not my style of paint scheme but absolutely beautiful restore!!! Superb!! Great job!!
Great vid Russ and what a beautiful job done on that bike mate. Loved that!!👍🏍
Thanks, feels good to get an oldie back on the roads. You know that sense of satisfaction. ☺
gotta love Honda, my early CBF1000 is a joy in the twisty A roads, & does the blandness of motorways with ease
In a world of resto mod (nothing against it, but they tend to go too far...) this is the best restoration ever!
Thanks. I usually like to keep bikes as standard as possible but allowances can be made for modifications that were made in the day. ☺
Really nice one, brought back some memories, now I am a cyclist.
Love it...had one in black and red that I despatched....never let me down
Wow I’ve never seen a CBT instructor go so fast and turn so good lol 😂 😂😂😂 I love it awesome CBT instructor and keep up the great work
😂 Thanks... I think lol. ☺
The aesthetics appear more refreshed, new, and taken care of than a brand new model. Have a 1998 CBR600F3 and Simple Green corroded the carburetors and I ruined the inside of the tank with a KBS coatings liner not curing all the way before pouring petrol. On the second round of carburetors and petrol tank now. Yours appears to drive like a dream.
It does now. Turns out the previous owner raised the carb needles making it WAY too rich. It's like new now.
Yes great bikes. I restored an 89 FK. Still fun around the lanes Tractable round town but take off above 7k almost like a 2stroke. And yes the brakes are where they seem most dated Superb resto and lovely to see.
Thanks Dex, good to meet another enthusiast.
Very nice bike! I bet it'd be a blast on track
Just gorgeous. Good on you for keeping her on the road.
Beautiful restoration. I'm very impressed. So special driving this classic unforgettable bike.
Superb job with the restoration, hats off to everyone involved.
Very nice job on the resto. I myself have nothing but issues with every Honda that I’ve owned apart from my old XR 350 which was a great bike. It’s just road bikes that cannot get on with. Still like the CB 1100 RC but just don’t have any luck with them 😉
Sweet as can be,,, love the paint scheme,,, if you want to really make it stand out on the street,, slap a Supertrapp exhaust on it.. had an '88 Hurricane,, the Supertrapp made it sound awesome..
Brought some nice memories of my one after a short affair with a Gpz 600 always felt the CBR was so much more refined. I have older ones but BMW’s parts are so easy to obtain .. can’t understand why folk want retro classics 😂
Looks a real gem. Great livery. 🏍️💨💥👍
Thanks 👍
Lovely restoration and great choice of colour scheme! I get what you mean about Hondas, slowly falling in love with them!
Great restoration job you have done on that bike, and it sounds beautiful, especially when pushed a bit on the roads. Looking forward to your next video.
Oi!!!
Very nice mate.
Thank you for keeping this beauty on the road.
No wonder why you like this bike, must be quite the machine since it can teleport you past 3 cars without even breaking the speed limit 😉
😂 They were all doing 15mph! Bloody slow cars. ☺
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Sounds like I’ve got a similar problem to you: speedo is about 30 mph off 😉
@@MachoMadness69420 That's classic bikes for you 😂
I had one in 1996. It was my 2nd bike and 1st sport bike. I thought it was a rocket.
Fantastic restoration job Russ, great to see a 30+ year old bike looking so fresh, paint job is awesome!
Another beauty Russ. Love all your vids be they training or just showing your bike collection. Cheers from Canada. ( Where I'm still waiting on the winter snow to melt...
Thanks. Have a couple of quick tips in the pipeline to mix it up. Good luck with the melting. ☺
I wanted a Hurricane from the first time I saw the Hiding Ninja commercial. I worked at Wendy's in those days and didn't make enough money to get credit. A few years ago I found a 1988 Hurricane for a good price. So I bought it and have been restoring it since.
Great story, and well done for finally fulfilling that dream. Have fun.
Wow, that livery looks so good! Beautiful work, team. Amazing stuff.
Thanks matey. Need more space now. And congrats on the effects award btw. ☺
@@RoadcraftNottingham hey cheers! 😁
very cool, i have 3 of these and i'm about to do the same to 2 of them (1 is going to be a donor due to being a bit past saving following a slight crash). my first proper bike due to being A2 legal (only just) and i'm absolutely in love with it, dont think many newer bikes tick all the same boxes for me.
A little hard to find certain parts, but i'm going to do my best as i feel they've earned it, have given me over 14,000 miles of riding this year with minimal maintainance. the one i crashed had 78k miles and still ran really well somehow!
would you mind telling me how much a respray like that would cost? it looks absolutely stunning, and I'm not too far from Nottingham.
lastly, if you do upgrades from A2 licence perhaps i should come and do mine with you, seems i'd learn alot :)
The respray would run at about 1400 unfortunately, dream machine did it.
I gel with older hondas too, not the new ones , those are... not very honda for a lack of a better term...
(ex: CB150r/300R , pita to just change the spark plug)
Just been out on the vfr750f.. What a machine. ☺
Even though Iv owned several and currently have at least one, I'm not really a Honda fan. Had a cbr600f too and it was awful. That though looks really nice, particularly with your memories of a similar bike.
It's nice having memories to attach to what is essentially just a lump of metal. ☺
I just had a ride on my '98 F3. The engine and gearbox are the smoothest thing I have ridden this side of a Striple 765 and the only thing it needed at 20k was the reg/rec from a gixxer. It now has 60k and is as sweet as a nut. I would like a new rear shock. It's on it's second stock exhaust. It does it all. Pyrenees, Ireland, Wales, Bedford Autodrome track day. I would never sell it. Yours looks a damn sight better than mine but then mine didn't get a full restore - which speaks volumes for Honda build quality. She will get the full monty one of these days. Until then, she pulls like a train (especially above 7k) and she gets the best care I can lavish. Cheers ! PS - Nice to see you giving it some wrist and doing some beautifully timed overtakes. That's the way it should be done.
Thanks, I do like to "get on it" sometimes but have to be careful due to the nature of my channel (hence the well timed B-roll footage) 😉. ☺
I’m with you on the “there’s something about Hondas” I’ve owned others but always come back to a Honda
I'm sure it's the variety available.. From fireblade to goldwing
how many miles are on the bike?
Gimme a cyclist over a fucking caravan! No hassle to us on a bike.
😂 True true.... Or a Sunday driving pensioner. ☺
Does your fuel pump make a sound when you turn the key on? Most bikes do but my 87 dont
No, it operates off every other cylinder stroke I think.
Fantastic looking and handling bike. 👏After completing a 5 day bike course in 89 the first thing I did was buy the exact same bike and then taught myself how to ride 😄 Luckily its a very forgiving bike but eventually after a couple of years I moved onto the EXUP FZR 1000 followed by a couple of ZXR 750's (My favourite bike) then BMW S1000RR/GSA1200/GSA1250 but finding these a little uninspiring on my daily 100 mile commute I am currently riding a BMW K1300S Motorsport which is a lovely compromise of old style with new technology. Still learning every day but that's half the fun. 🙏
I like the Honda Hornet cbr600 engine.
Class leading the R6 is better than a cbr600 in my opinion 😅
I think it was a good challenge for the cbr. My heart is still Honda. ☺
@Roadcraft Nottingham - Motorcycle Training Yeah i used to religiously only buy Honda then I took a shot on a fz6. I absolutely loved it. Currently riding an fjr1300. It's a fantastic all rounder as you know(seen your video on here). My friend had the st1300 and we both agreed that compared with the fjr1300 it felt dull and heavy. Though both in a similar class and weight 🤔
Nice work .. and great colour scheme!
Thanks
Very very nice bike.
I am looking at a 1990 Honda cbr600f does it run on e5/e10 petrol or do I need to add a datives as older engines used leaded petrol and not sure if it’s ok just to use normal e5/e10 fuel Any help would be appreciated
It'll run on e5. Selling mine if you're in the uk
That’s great thanks and I am in Essex
How much are you looking ?
@@danieldennison256 it'll be about 4k as it's perfect and wants for nothing...probably cost me more than that when I finished. If you wanted a "dooer upper", there's a couple of cheapies on ebay.
Watching this brings back so many memories of my first big bike the F1 miss that sound great vid💯👍
That's absolutely gorgeous!
Thank you! Cheers!
Lovely bike Russ! I too have the same model bike (1990). Mine is in the gaudy benetton colours, she's only done 20k miles and is now laid up in my garage, not having been started in over ten years, so she'll need some TLC to be road worthy again. I loved your video as it was great to see you giving it some welly, I was holding the handlebars with you on the screen!!! The sound of that fab four engine brings a smile to my face. Thanks for this.
You're welcome, I like to blow the cobwebs off from time to time. Thanks for watching. ☺
that bike looks stunning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Such a beautiful machine indeed😍Good to see you again, Russ! 🍀
Many thanks!
only reason i’m here because i saw u pass my dads car in strelley
😂 Great reason. ☺
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@@RoadcraftNottingham not sure if it was you but all that happens outside of asda he gave u a hand sign to let you pass him and i saw the back of ur jacket so i was like huh i’ll watch it
That was me. Thanks. ☺
@@RoadcraftNottingham aha
Tres belle 😍
I had an 87 one for a while was branded the Honda Hurricane. Was a nice bike and sounded amazing.