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Information: I was in love... I had been looking for a CBR600F2 for several years... And then I found Lucy. Honda puts it best... "When Honda´s 600 Hurricane debuted in 1987, it was a revelation. Not only was it the quickest and most powerful middleweight ever made, but it also perfectly satisfied the disparate needs of street riders and racers alike, with a finesse no other sportbike had ever achieved before.
Four years later, when it was time to revamp the CBR600, Honda adhered to exactly the same formula to create the CBR600F2: class-leading performance, but with the same uncanny balance that characterized the original. Indeed, the F2 took over right where the Hurricane had left off, setting new class standards for peak power, acceleration and handling as well as comfort.
In its first two years, 1991 and 1992, the F2 won every 600-class comparison test in enthusiast magazines, even taking the laurels in two magazines as the best sportbike money could buy period. The F2 took the AMA''s 600 SuperSport title as well, even duplicating the original Hurricane''s feat of winning every 600 SuperSport race on the calendar in 1991.
While the formula and the subsequent results were identical to the Hurricane´s, the F2 was completely redesigned, from the wheels on up. The 599cc powerplant was six pounds lighter, considerably more compact and boasted an astonishing 100 horsepower, thanks to more oversquare cylinder dimensions, 2mm larger carburetors, a higher compression ratio and significant reductions in internal friction.
That more potent engine bolted into a stiffer, shorter-wheelbase frame that was composed of rectangular-section steel. And virtually every piece of unsprung weight was made lighter, yet more effective, from the brakes to the suspension components to the RC30-style U-spoke wheels and low-profile radial tires. Just as the F2´s power and acceleration was a quantum leap over its predecessor, so was the F2´s handling. And yet it still managed to balance those qualities with a comfort that marked the first CBR600 and still characterizes the current F4 model.
To say the enthusiast press liked the F2 understates the case:
"... the CBR600F2 ... combines a new standard of middleweight performance with the greatest comfort and versatility in the class." Cycle, July 1991
"The CBR has, above all, balance." Cycle World, July 1992
"Comfortable ergonomics, agile handling, and more horsepower than anything else in the class make the CBR600F2 the machine to beat." Motorcyclist, June 1992
"... the CBR600F2 takes a middleweight´s inherent virtues and amplifies them into almost unassailable advantages." Sportbike, 1992
Over the course of its four-year tenure, the F2 remained virtually unchanged, a clear testament to the bike´s inherent rightness. The F2, just as every CBR600 before or since, rewrote the rules of performance plus practicality, not only in the 600 class, but in all of motorcycling. Honda´s CBR600F2 was a generation ahead of its competitors, and once again struck the perfect balance of poise and power." .....................................................
This particular machine you see above went through a freshening and conversion. The rear cowlings, front fender and gas tank are NOS 1998 F3 bodywork and the front upper is a NEW Targa 1 piece along with 1 piece Targa lowers. Upgraded parts:
NEW Zero Gravity Windshield,
NEW D&D Performance Slip On,
NEW Motion Pro Throttle Cables,
Targa Left and Right Lower Fairings,
New Fuel Petcock Filter and Gasket OEM,
NEW 1998 Honda CBR600F3 Gas Tank OEM,
NEW 1998 Honda CBR600F3 Left Rear Fairing OEM,
NEW 1998 Honda CBR600F3 Center Joiner Fairing OEM,
NEW 1998 Honda CBR600F3 Right Rear Fairings OEM,
NEW 1991 Honda CBR600F2 Front Fender OEM,
NEW 1998 Honda CBR600F3 Rear Fender OEM,
1997 Honda CBR600F3 Rear Wheel Hugger and Chain Guard,
1998 Honda CBR600F3 Adjustable Rear, Suspension with remote nitrogen reservoir,
1998 Honda CBR600F3 Seat with custom, Red/Black Cover and a Corbin Gunfighter seat as well,
NEW 1991 Honda CBR600F2 Fuse Box Cover,
NEW Silver Carbon Fiber Yoke Cover (Custom made for this bike),
NEW Sealed Battery,
NEW Pirelli Diablo Tires Front and Rear Mounted and Balanced,
Honda CBR600F3 Rear Turn Signals,
Honda CBR600F3 Passenger Rearsets,
NEW Rearview Mirrors, and
NEW Shogun Bar Sliders.
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