2008 CBR 1000RR

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CarlS

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I am inheriting Ilse's CBR 1000RR. I've never been a fan of sport bikes. The riding position is uncomfortable. I have ridden this one for short distances just to keep it going. It does handle well it's definitely a crotch rocket.

Ilse kept it on a battery charger and cranked it up every letting it run until the fan kicked in. Today I added injector cleaner and filled the tank with non ethanol marine gasoline.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it. I have no need for it

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sikatri said:
I’d have a tough time parting with it for sentimental reasons if I was in your position. Your call though. Me I’d take short rides in it and remember her. I’m a sentimental type.
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I have to confess I'm torn. If it were her Honda Hornet, which was her main ride and the one she rode most of.time, I wouldn't even condider selling it. I never saw her ride this one. She used it locally; but she rode her Hornet for distance riding.
 
CarlS said:
I have to confess I'm torn. If it were her Honda Hornet, which was her main ride and the one she rode most of.time, I wouldn't even condider selling it. I never saw her ride this one. She used it locally; but she rode her Hornet for distance riding.
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Well it’ll still be a tough call, would be for me. It’ll never replace her loss, but like I said I’m the sentimental type. LoL. It is a lovely bike for the type.
 
Rocky said:
I'm really impressed that she rode a bike like the CBR.
Where is the Honda Hornet you mentioned?
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She never ceased to amaze me at what she could do. She got run off of the road during an MSTA ride by an errant cager and hit a culvert. It tore the whole front end off of the bike totalling it. She had a little over 200,000 miles on that bike! She never had to go into the engine.

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I'm quite certain the model you call Hornet is the exact model we have in Canada called a CB900F and I have one.
Fantastic bike - and she was a fantastic lady TUP TUP
Consider yourself super lucky to have had her in your life.

The reason I asked about the Hornet is because most of your memories of her are with that bike rather than the CBR.
Your heart really isn't with that bike, but I fully understand the sentimental value of it and how tough it is to let go of what is really a piece of her life.
I can't advise you, but I think in the end your heart will tell you what to do rather than just let it sit.
 
Rocky said:
I'm quite certain the model you call Hornet is the exact model we have in Canada called a CB900F and I have one.
Fantastic bike - and she was a fantastic lady TUP TUP
Consider yourself super lucky to have had her in your life.

The reason I asked about the Hornet is because most of your memories of her are with that bike rather than the CBR.
Your heart really isn't with that bike, but I fully understand the sentimental value of it and how tough it is to let go of what is really a piece of her life.
I can't advise you, but I think in the end your heart will tell you what to do rather than just let it sit.
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You are correct, it is the same bike as you have. And it is a great bike. If it were still around, you can bet I would keep it and ride it. You are also correct; my heart is not in a sport bike. I never saw her ride it. I will not let it sit and deteriorate. I am going to take it for a couple of rides then find a good home for it. It will be tough to let it go as it is with so much I'm getting rid of. But you know how that is.
 

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