4/10 Update OKIEZAC finally finished! Pics.. Dial up warning!

Updated 4/10 i just installed sliders, spools, and pazzo levers.. thought i would post up a new pic or 2.
 
Sorry for being a pic whore...
 
 
Ok.. so I got home and cleaned her up filled her with 93 and put to sleep for the night. 

So here are pics from start to finish.

Before anyone asks, i did leave the pegs un powdercoated on purpose.  I just think it brings the bike together with the silver on the bike, and all of the visible bolts being unpainted.

Enjoy...

BTW..  I have owned a 99F4, 01F4i, and 04600RR... this bike is a whole new breed of machine! even in my mild ride home I could tell how much lighter, more powerful, and agile this bike is than anything I have owned before.. it was unreal. I officially do not reccomend this as a starter bike at all.  I got alittle squirley on the way out of the dealership just because i was not expecting the punch that bike is packing.  So if there are any of you out there who are just joining the forum or thinking about starting to ride please be careful if you took a loan out for one of these bikes. .
 
Preformance thus far is beyond anything i could have expected.
 
Nothing major done to the bike, just painted all of the silver plastic stuff around the exaust and the exaust shield black.

Replaced the black mid fairing with a silver one to match.

Had the subframe powdercoated, pass. peg arms, rear sets done as well.

oh.. and the Rizoma stuff that Bluefox's bike turned me onto. . . . PS.. thanks blue for answering my numerous ?'s..


 

Be safe kids
 
 
 
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Um.....WOW!

that bike looks excellent Okie!!!!!! congrats, sounds like you're pleased w/ it.

I dig

Great job!!!! I like what you did to her. You going to throw frame sliders on it?

Dude, you must know people that know people. How the F did you get your 07-08 back on January 10 2004?

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ORIGINAL: rsp919

Dude, you must know people that know people. How the F did you get your 07-08 back on January 10 2004?

 
LOL
 
Congrats Okie! Looks great!

WOW Okiezac.....bike looks awesome bro!!!!!
 
So you took a red and black bike and turned into the masterpiece we see?!?!?  Well...in a word.....DAMN. Except for the obvious bias torwards colors that I have  LOL
 
What did you do with all the old fairings?
 
She looks great man....that is one sick looking machine!!!!
 
RED

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ORIGINAL: Red600RR

WOW Okiezac.....bike looks awesome bro!!!!!

So you took a red and black bike and turned into the masterpiece we see?!?!?  Well...in a word.....DAMN. Except for the obvious bias torwards colors that I have  LOL

What did you do with all the old fairings?

She looks great man....that is one sick looking machine!!!!

RED

 
Thanks everyone, as for the fairings well im trying to ge rid of them, here they are http://www.cbrforum.com/m_486242/tm.htm.
 
 
and CBRF yes i am going to go with some sliders very soon.  just trying to decide which ones i want to put on..
 
 

I wanted to get LSL sliders. But Im on a budget. I think they would look sweet on yours.

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ORIGINAL: CBRCRF

I wanted to get LSL sliders. But Im on a budget. I think they would look sweet on yours.

 
i dont think i have seen them before..
 
i like the ones that learn2go has on his bike.

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ORIGINAL: OKIEZAC

Ok.. so I got home and cleaned her up filled her with 93 and put to sleep for the night. 

 
That's as far as I got...
 
You do know that when you fire your bike up tomorrow, your injectors will be injecting fuel of around 89 octane... right?
 
NEVER fill up with high-octane and park it.  Run that shit dry, fill it up tomorrow.
 
Now I'll read the rest and look at your pics...

DANG!
 
Very clean looking.  The more I look at yours and Foxy's bikes, the more I have to wonder why Honda R&D didn't come up with these schemes.  Very nice!
 
Have fun on it.  Also, when you said it got squirley leaving the dealer, all I could think of was that video of the douchebag literally leaving the dealer and eating a tree across the street.
 
Glad that wasn't you!

That is a great looking bike. Did you do the paint yourself? If so that is one hell of a job.

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ORIGINAL: KidCr3nshaw

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ORIGINAL: OKIEZAC

Ok.. so I got home and cleaned her up filled her with 93 and put to sleep for the night. 

That's as far as I got...

You do know that when you fire your bike up tomorrow, your injectors will be injecting fuel of around 89 octane... right?

NEVER fill up with high-octane and park it.  Run that shit dry, fill it up tomorrow.

Now I'll read the rest and look at your pics...

Any facts/data to back this up? I've never heard of it before.

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ORIGINAL: KidCr3nshaw

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ORIGINAL: OKIEZAC

Ok.. so I got home and cleaned her up filled her with 93 and put to sleep for the night. 

That's as far as I got...

You do know that when you fire your bike up tomorrow, your injectors will be injecting fuel of around 89 octane... right?

NEVER fill up with high-octane and park it.  Run that shit dry, fill it up tomorrow.

Now I'll read the rest and look at your pics...

 
?  Even the dealership was instructed by honda to use 93.    And i quote from the owner of CNY Powersports Mr. Law     "Your going to need to go fill that up with 93 octane and 93 octane only, Honda asks that we dont fill the tank here because we only have 89 octane and deisel"
 
 
So unless you have some crazy stats to prove what you are saying i cant buy it.. not when people who are selling these bikes and dealing with them and honda all day are telling me different.
 
prove them wrong and i will look into it further, but i have never heard that.

Well I'll try to find some resources.  I just remember it from science class.
 
Octane is reduced over time with changes in temperature and atmospheric conditions (which should be minimal since you've a brand new bike).  Let me guess, you've got the bike in the garage?  Where it's much warmer than outside, or more importantly, much more wamr than the underground tanks in which fuel is stored to maintain a specific temperature (cold).  Ever notice that lovely feeling in the dead of summer when you fill up with fresh gas and wrap your legs around the tank?
 
Cool gas is more dense than warmer gas. 

No no no, I'm not saying to not use 93.
 
I'm saying don't let it sit overnight.  Run it almost dry before parking it, and fill up fresh each day you ride it with 93.

^^ thats true yo.

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ORIGINAL: flashman

That is a great looking bike. Did you do the paint yourself? If so that is one hell of a job.

 
Nope.. its the OEM Honda 2007 Pearl Sunbeam White.  
 
Just swapped the fairings for the white ones. 
 
I have not seen one on the road up here in NY.. i saw one at the dealership so i know someone owns it.. but they arent very common.  I just liked it more than the others.  imo.
 
i do like the orange that they did this year.. it has the same pearl sunbeam orange shit that honda is doing.. a nice flake to it as well.

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ORIGINAL: KidCr3nshaw

No no no, I'm not saying to not use 93.

I'm saying don't let it sit overnight.  Run it almost dry before parking it, and fill up fresh each day you ride it with 93.

 
That makes sense.. but i would be more worried about how it gets down to 20 @ night here and 40 during the day.. and if the tank is empty that can cause condensation..
 
i would rather have lower octane fuel than water in my tank...  imo
 
with a 20 degree change in temps during the day how much octane can be lost in a day or 7 ?  just curious

I am not stepping into the gas topic .
 
Just wanted to post and say OZ the bike is absolutly amazing, you did an awsome job. I was thinking of doing something black and white with mine soon, i love the colors. Dude you pulled it off stunningly.

You won't see condensation so long as your seals are great.  YUour tank is pressurized, so as long as your reserve light pops on and you park it soon thereafter, there will be plenty of pressure to prevent condensation.
 
The difference in octane is simple.  In my city, it's $3.47 for 93 octane (BP), and $3.17 for 87 (BP).  That's roughly around $2 give or take a tank.  I guess if you've got money to throw around then it doesn't matter, lol - I'm just saying I don't I guess!
 
Lower octane fuel has more energy in it as well - which can make for a fun blast to the gas station the next day! 

Yeah - hey man, I didn't mean to get into some big thing about the gas...
 
Just making a money-saving observation, sorry!

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ORIGINAL: KidCr3nshaw

You won't see condensation so long as your seals are great.  YUour tank is pressurized, so as long as your reserve light pops on and you park it soon thereafter, there will be plenty of pressure to prevent condensation.

The difference in octane is simple.  In my city, it's $3.47 for 93 octane (BP), and $3.17 for 87 (BP).  That's roughly around $2 give or take a tank.  I guess if you've got money to throw around then it doesn't matter, lol - I'm just saying I don't I guess!

Lower octane fuel has more energy in it as well - which can make for a fun blast to the gas station the next day! 

Another myth is that use of a high octane fuel will improve fuel economy. The fact is that fuel economy is determined by a number of variables, including the energy content of the fuel and the condition of your vehicle, neither one of which have anything to do with the octane level of the fuel. In fact, two fuels of identical octane could have different energy content due to a difference in composition.