Front end problem on CBR 1000RR??

Hi fellow CBR riders :)

I have a great opportunity to buy a CBR 1000RR Repsol edition bike, barely used (couple of months). I really like the bike, especially the Repsol paint job, but I've heard some stories about some front end problem on 1000rr bikes... Some guys said that it starts shaking at high speeds, but it's very strange to me, since I doubt that Honda would overlook that problem...

Also, did you have problems with stator in alternator of the bike? I've seen on www.1000rr.net forum that they have quite a lot of stator failures within the first year of bike usage. Of course, that's not a big deal and it can be just a matter of bad luck, but i wanted to know your experience.

Thanks in advance! :)

I hope that I'll be a proud owner of Repsol bike in couple of days!

I have a repsol 1000rr 2005 with about 2000 miles on it and i have not had any front end shakes at high or low speeds an as of now i have had zero problems from my bike so i dont know what he is talking about as far as front end shake has the bike been crashed is the tire pressure right check to see if the forks are bent, twisted or out of a linement good luck

2004 with 1300 miles , zero problems so far.

I've had mine up to 152mph on the straight at the track and the bike is rock solid. Bought used and about 650 miles on it so far.

Rob

I got my 2005 CBR1000RR on March 17th and have put 6500 miles on it since then with no problems at all, I have taken it to 4 trackdays, and lots of canyon carving, ect and it is fine

Check the front preload, compression and rebound. I adjusted mine and forgot to adjust the left front compression. During downshifting the front end shook and I couldn't figure out why until I readjusted the suspension. Maybe that will help.

2004 -8000 miles 182 mph tests rock solid like i`m doin 70mph,

Hi guys, thanks for you comments. I've ridden that repsol bike and I haven't noticed any problems with shacking or such, but couple of my friends (they tried almost every 1 liter bike out there) have told me about that problem... It's great to know that you guys are not experiencing them.

I'll let you know if I bought the bike or not.

Thanks!

i have a repsol with about 2100 miles on it. ive been up to, what the speedometer says, is 146mph. i havent had any problems with the bike shaking, nor any other mechanical problems.

I'm italian with 05 cbr 1000 rr fireblade and i've had a problem of stator failure. Honda has changed it in garancy but don't tell this in official communicate.

bye

same here no shaking problems , I have approx 12,200 miles on my repsol, the only problems I have had is with the stator going out. but with this many miles 1 stator isn't bad at all.

Check the front preload, compression and rebound. I adjusted mine and forgot to adjust the left front compression. During downshifting the front end shook and I couldn't figure out why until I readjusted the suspension. Maybe that will help.

mmonkey Could you give any good or bad feed back on the Two Brothers exhaust? I 'm in the market for new exhaust, just got new 06 CBR1K and had 00 CBR929 with 2 Brothers exhaust but wanted to know how it sounds on your bike and and how you like it?

Thanks

Viper