Author Topic: I may buy a squid bike.... (Read 9773 times)

stormi · « **Reply #30 on:** July 17, 2007, 02:24:22 PM »

Hmm,.. how'd I miss this?

I'm a squid says the guy that bought a CBR before me?

Anyway, I'm halfway through recovering the seat. I found that my staples are too short to manage a few of the contours, so I'll be in there with my hair dryer and stretching, then suddenly *pop pop pop*. So I'll be getting some longer staples this evening and fixing that up. Otherwise though, it seems to be going well.

We have the fork seals to do, we're going to change the sprocket, and do the 25K km service on it, and the rest is bodywork.

It's actually a pretty good little bike,.. but the faired bike sure do run hot!! I think I've managed to tan the underside of my left leg through my jeans!

The other half is seriously considering a newer CBR F4i as an alternative to the VFR that he wants.

PitterB4 · « **Reply #31 on:** July 17, 2007, 10:44:15 PM »

Hey - I never claimed not to be a squid!

I don't notice the heat on the CBR on the track. OTOH, I keep expecting BBQ smells to come from my medium-rare right foot on the ZX!

stormi · « **Reply #32 on:** July 18, 2007, 03:38:09 AM »

Mmmm,.. BBQ'd human/squid...

Well,.. I got the impression that you ride faster than 40mph on the track, so I'd be really disappointed if you -did- feel it!

The heat on the CBR usually hits the left thigh (bottom) and would likely be less noticeable in leathers than in jeans or textiles. It comes from a few places:
1. The Rad mounted on the left side fan blowing it back
2. Heat soak from the engine along the frame.
3. The RR lives right under the seat on the left side.

The first ride I had on it ( other than the test ride) was in 30C weather. I was riding and realizing that it was getting uncomfortably hot. I started sniffing to see if there was a corresponding burning smell (wondering if we'd just been "took" on the sale of the bike) and then feeling the seat to see if something was on fire.

Now I know why I see guys on faired bikes fanning their knees in the breeze.

We saw a guy on an F4i doing that the other day. Both of us looked at him, then each other and burst out laughing. Suddenly it made sense.

Red01 · « **Reply #33 on:** July 18, 2007, 02:40:32 PM »

Quote from: "stormi"

Mmmm,.. BBQ'd human/squid...

Tastes like rubber chicken.

stormi · « **Reply #34 on:** August 24, 2007, 02:58:27 PM »

Project Ceber

There are 3 pages of pics of the entire process that we went through.

Done,.. just waiting on decals ( maybe) and it's up for sale. The flyers are going up today and the ad will go in the Bargain Finder on Thursday.

Rode it to the Alberta Safety Council's Motorcycle Instructor Orientation and the only comment I got on it was that it was very shiny.

Then I rode it home in the rain. It's not shiny anymore.

PitterB4 · « **Reply #35 on:** August 25, 2007, 10:57:12 AM »

Looking good, Storm! Those F4s are sharp bikes. Wanna fix my Ninja up for me?

Good luck with the sale.

Red01 · « **Reply #36 on:** August 25, 2007, 12:08:37 PM »

Looks pretty good from here. Just missing a little red striping on the fairing.

The name of your project reminded me of a video & cartoon show my kids used to watch when they were young.

pmackie · « **Reply #37 on:** August 28, 2007, 02:10:59 PM »

Looks great Stormi...good job.

I thought you were going to keep the little CBR? Was I dreaming, or did you change your mind?

I always thought I wanted one, but the riding position is just to "sporty" for me. Nice bikes though.

interfuse · « **Reply #38 on:** August 30, 2007, 05:52:43 PM »

Looks great, it's amazing what you can do with a little time, effort and know how.

Was the original rear sprocket up a few teeth? It looks large in the pictures.

PitterB4 · « **Reply #39 on:** August 30, 2007, 10:32:59 PM »

Quote from: "interfuse"

Looks great, it's amazing what you can do with a little time, effort and know how.

Was the original rear sprocket up a few teeth? It looks large in the pictures.

From Stormi's orig post...

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rear sprocket is 2 teeth taller,

stormi · « **Reply #40 on:** August 31, 2007, 03:46:11 PM »

Quote from: "PitterB4"

Looking good, Storm! Those F4s are sharp bikes. Wanna fix my Ninja up for me?

Good luck with the sale.

Sure,. I could use a vacation right about now.

stormi · « **Reply #41 on:** August 31, 2007, 03:47:37 PM »

Quote from: "Red01"

Looks pretty good from here. Just missing a little red striping on the fairing.

The name of your project reminded me of a video & cartoon show my kids used to watch when they were young.

Hah!! It looks a little like a well fed seal compared to the nakeds I'm used to too!

I've been debating on the striping. Those 3 decals are $80 for the 3 of them!! And so many people take them off.

stormi · « **Reply #42 on:** August 31, 2007, 03:50:55 PM »

Quote from: "pmackie"

Looks great Stormi...good job.

I thought you were going to keep the little CBR? Was I dreaming, or did you change your mind?

I always thought I wanted one, but the riding position is just to "sporty" for me. Nice bikes though.

Thanks!

Well, I considered keeping it, but the better option seems to be to sell it and get a newer i.e. non-lowsided FI version of it.

That said, it sure hurts my wrists and lower back, if I ride with bad form. and in 300kms, I do a little of that, so I get sore fast.

If you have good form you'll find that there's no real weight on wrists or back, but few of the squidlies we see riding them have good form.

tight tummy muscles, pelvis tilted a little forward so the back is curved a little, and elbows loose. The problem is that's really hard to hold in stop and go traffic.

interfuse · « **Reply #43 on:** September 01, 2007, 06:00:28 PM »

Quote from: "PitterB4"

From Stormi's orig post...

You da man. I read the original post months before seeing the pictures and forgot. I can't even remember my home phone number anymore!

stormi · « **Reply #44 on:** September 12, 2007, 11:49:00 PM »

Sold!! To the 3rd person we showed it to, and we got what we were looking for for it. The guy will come pick it up this weekend or on Monday, and left us a sizable deposit to make sure it wouldn't go anywhere.

First person was intimidated by it. Second just found out he was broke before our meeting ( was buying a house), third wanted it. Everyone who saw it said it looked really good.