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I had a CB-1 for a minute. Great bike if not a little stiff. You should see the FZR today. Fox twin clicker, custom built forks, 17" PM Chicanes, spicy cam, custom V&H exhaust. Unfortunately, the valve guide on cylinder 1 is leaking on the exhaust side, so I gotta take it in and have the heads done.

Tasty video. I want one.

@@deformemvita I've ridden my CB-1 about 1000 miles now with the Nitron and Racetech goodies, and wow it's an entirely different machine! Feels fantastic now, bumps don't upset it at all. Stiff but compliant. They are very soft stock, I weigh 150lb and medium braking had the forks diving before. Excited to see how it is up Palomar Mountain when it warms up (Socal local). Friend and I are thinking about a riding trip up to Santa Cruz. Looks loads of fun up there. Your FZR sounds wild!

About 2 hours.

These bikes are freakin' Legends. I still have this one, and it has received MANY upgrades.

It is by far the best handling motorcycle I've ever ridden. It's not particularly fast, but it shreds with the best of 'em. I've actually done a ton of work customizing this bike, and it's even lighter and faster now.

@@deformemvita Nice. You've got a gem there. I'm restomodding a CBR600F4i and it's way better than anything I've owned, and I've racked up about 150k miles on the street on fun but much less focused bikes. It's great to have a bike you love.

@@ThePsvan I had an F2 a few years ago... Hondas are absolute tanks. Completely indestructible motorcycles.

@@deformemvita Ah, the F2 was on my shopping list. Yeah there's a guy on RUclips with over 300k miles on his original F4i engine. Insane for something that'll rev to 14k.

Already done... but I blew up the engine. Got a Polini 165cc kit with expansion chamber, and a bigger carb ready to install.

@@deformemvita the polini 165cc kit is really bad unless you port it. Gives you more power at lower revs but you lose a lot higher up. Also you shouldnt engine brake too much with it unless you want to change the piston and rings more frequently, a 2 stroke doesnt get too much oil in when at high revs but no throttle.

They're brand new tires. Gotta scrub them in, otherwise they won't have grip in the corners.

This is a 1990 400 and has been pretty heavily modified since this video (thing looks freakin' RAD now) but yeah, great bikes. They're so nimble and predictable. I've ridden plenty of bikes that talk to you and tell you what they're doing, but the FZR doesn't just let you know what's up; is submits a peer-reviewed thesis for your perusal ahead of time. Brilliant good fun... it's my nerd bike.

Hey I have a quick question for you. I'm going to need new tires on mine soon, just wondering what tires you're running and if you have any suggestions on what tires I should get. Thank you.

I bought one new in 1990, rode it for many years until I finally totaled it. Twas a sad day, like loosing my best friend. Yesterday some 30± years later, just picked up a 1989, guy I got it from found it parked for 25 years in the back of some garage behind someone's house. He tore it down and restored it. It looks amazing. I got a smoking deal on it. So I'm a stoked old dude, first time I've ever bought myself a birthday present. Aloha!

@@jacobdad2742 hey, did you ever find any good tires? i've run into this same problem trying to restore my dad's '88 with the weird 17" front and 18" rear

@@gilernt I looked everywhere and the only tires I could find were from shinkko on Amazon. I definitely wouldn't do a track day on them but for regular commuting they've been great. I think I paid about $180 for the set, delivered to my door.

pretty sure he's still got the factory restrictors on it, they had them so they could be sold as learner bikes in the EU.

Yeah smth is wrong with fuelling 👍

Mitos were sold in America, but only 20 were officially imported. Mine is an American model.

Sorry man, this bike was WAY too hard to find. If I ever move out of CA, I might let it go, but only to another CA resident.

Teh_D3th_St4r gotcha. Maybe I’ll see you out on Hwy 9 sometime. 👍

@@benkifle4291 Probably. I'm out there shredding 3-4 times a week.

When? I try not to speedshift this bike because it's old, so if I did; it wasn't intentional.

@@deformemvita maybe just cant see your clutch hand moving properly then i dunno lol

I guess given the video's age: did you (past tense) part it out?

They're extremely rare in America, and I'm very lucky to have one. This is a bike I will probably keep forever.

I am in the process of restoring another if you want one

@@classiccarfinder I've got one from '05 😉

@@deformemvita there not very rare in Europe and are extremely cheap because of the reliability but are lovely looking bikes

It depends on speed, not distance. I stay off the clutch until I'm ready to downshift. Off throttle, brake, clutch/blip/downshift, tip in, roll on throttle. I screwed that up with my double-down at 6:52 when I came up neutral and had to clutch down again and didn't have the presence of mind do blip a second time and just let the clutch grind under braking.

Yeah, and?

When is the due date?

Kick rocks, homeslice.

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