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Offline Sgt.Pinback

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CB900F or GSXR1100......it´s a R100/7
« on: January 09, 2018, 11:53:17 AM »
I know not to compare, but which one would you prefer for the collection / sunday morning ride.
1980 CB900F or 1987 GSXR 1100, both blue, both stock, both very nice , same price.
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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2018, 11:55:55 AM »
I'd get the GSXR....seems like from your other posts you already have or had many bikes that do the same thing as the cb900f
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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2018, 12:06:13 PM »
Yes, and already had a 900 Boldor. I remember vibrations that caused my right hand to ..? (don’t know the word). Very nice bike.

Never had a GSXR. Love the look of the early ones.
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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2018, 12:30:58 PM »
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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2018, 01:19:25 PM »
The gsxr1100 is on the rise.  I'd vote that way


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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2018, 02:26:27 PM »
So, I would take a look at replacement and aftermarket part support for either if you look to own them for a long time.

Both look like nice finds. It if I recall correctly is a bike with a great torque power curve and feels like and is a quick bike.
I think I would look at the Suzuki just because it is years newer.  The CB900F would be fun but
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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2018, 02:47:10 PM »
The twin headlight Suzuki is one of my favorite of the early liter rocket bikes.

You should check out the video from Motorcyclist. They got a vintage GSXR to ride alongside a brand new GSXR down the Australian coast.

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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2018, 03:44:24 PM »
Quote from: Sgt.Pinback on January 09, 2018, 12:30:58 PM


For wife´s sake that bike would have to replace my ZRX1200R. One comes, one must go. Thats the rule of the game.

I'm glad my wife doesnt have that rule!  But rules are made to be broken. +1 on the Suzi...
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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2018, 06:01:59 PM »
 Big Suzuki engines are highly addictive !!  :)
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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2018, 03:07:33 PM »
The Suzuki is becoming more collectible and going up in value.  That said, keep the damn ZRX!!  It's a bike design that transcends time.  BTW - have you seen what Compton Customs does to them?
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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2018, 09:15:24 PM »
I owned a 1987 GSXR1100. It was mostly in original condition with the exception of an aftermarket pipe, 36 Mikuni flatslides and a set of light weight Kosman wheels. I've had a chance to ride a few CB900F's and I will say the Zuk outperformed the Honda, hands down. It even handled better in my opinion. I loved that old bike. Unfortunately it got stolen one year while I was in Daytona for bike week. Oddly, I had my bike chained to a pole in the parking garage with a disc brake lock. There were newer model bike parked all around it but the low lifes pushed those bikes out of the way to get mine. What a let down for me. I only had liability insurance on the bike due to its age so I took a total lose. Hindsight says I should have had full coverage.

So, my opinion is to go for the GSXR
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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2018, 09:33:11 PM »
Suzi, no doubt about it...Larry
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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2018, 05:19:39 AM »
GSX-R  ::)
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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2018, 11:20:48 AM »
Neither nore..... bought a R100/7  :D
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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2018, 11:39:45 AM »
LOL.
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2018, 11:54:07 AM »
Wha wha wha whaaaa
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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2018, 01:45:38 PM »
. Got pissed off with traveling around the country and looking at more or less neglected bikes with broken plastic parts sratches and funny stories.

Bought her on the phone, will be picked up by a carrier. Just have three bad pics. Will be brought to me on Wednesday at 6:00 in the morning. We’ll see what I bought.
Sold my ZRX1200R within three hours to calm down the wife.
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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #17 on: January 22, 2018, 02:24:41 PM »
You just wanted the excuse to buy a Schuberth helmet!
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

Sold/Emeritus
1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #18 on: January 22, 2018, 03:21:19 PM »
Congrats.   I rode my first [vintage] BMW a few months ago and was in love. 

But not worth the $15K my buddy paid for it...



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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #19 on: January 22, 2018, 09:30:21 PM »
Quote from: SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan on January 22, 2018, 02:24:41 PM
You just wanted the excuse to buy a Schuberth helmet!

LOL, that’s a good one! :D :D
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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #20 on: January 23, 2018, 04:40:16 PM »
Go Suzuki....I love my GSXR1100. Still love my old Honda's as well but it's certainly nice having something different in the stable:

Untitled by Gennaro Villella, on Flickr

Untitled by Gennaro Villella, on Flickr

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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #21 on: January 23, 2018, 11:47:55 PM »
wow, that GSXR looks great!

R100/7 just came in this morning at 6.00.

Like this one: just a few modifications (fender, seat, muffler, ...) give a completely different look.

https://boxermetal.com/bill-costellos-r100-cafe-racer/

http://boxermetal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bill-costello-R1002.jpg
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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #22 on: January 24, 2018, 12:37:08 AM »
Quote from: Stev-o on January 22, 2018, 03:21:19 PM
Congrats.   I rode my first [vintage] BMW a few months ago and was in love. 

But not worth the $15K my buddy paid for it...




Nice one too. Did you built?
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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100
« Reply #23 on: January 24, 2018, 05:32:15 AM »
Quote from: Sgt.Pinback on January 23, 2018, 11:47:55 PM
wow, that GSXR looks great!

R100/7 just came in this morning at 6.00.

Like this one: just a few modifications (fender, seat, muffler, ...) give a completely different look.

 

You can spend a lot of money turning a BMW /7 into a café racer. That large tank is almost worth its weight in gold. Several years ago, I found a 1978 R100S in a "barn" and was thinking about café-ing it. Decided to leave it stock. Much better expense/value ratio.
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Re: CB900F or GSXR1100......it´s a R100/7
« Reply #24 on: January 24, 2018, 07:30:27 AM »
Quote from: Sgt.Pinback on January 24, 2018, 12:37:08 AM
Quote from: Stev-o on January 22, 2018, 03:21:19 PM
Congrats.   I rode my first [vintage] BMW a few months ago and was in love. 

But not worth the $15K my buddy paid for it...




Nice one too. Did you built?

No....it was done by a local shop.  He got caught up in a charity auction and overpaid for it.
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