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thasgrdady -> Just bought a hurricane (7/20/2006 1:33:11 AM)

ok so I'm new to the forums and pretty much to riding in general. I've been looking for a bike for a pretty long time now and have had quite a few sell from under me. Well finally I have my motorcycle, and it happens to be a 1989 Hurricane. The story is pretty funny, at least in my opinion, so I'll fill everyone in on how I came to acquire the motorcycle.

About 2 1/2 weeks ago I saw an add in the paper for a 1989 CBR 600 Hurricane for $600. I figured what they heck, I'll call. The guy didn't answer so I left him a message and told him to call me back. Well he never called me (at least not that night) and the next day the ad was gone so I just assumed he sold it. Well now here I am 2 and a half weeks later looking online at a couple bikes I'm thinking of calling on and my phone rings. I answer and the guy says "hey this is so-and-so with the Honda CBR that you called on." So I'm thinking "ok I've called on about 20 in the last month, which one is this?" So he says that it's the one that was advertised for $600 in the paper and his last deal fell through and he was in the process of moving so he needed to get rid of the bike asap. I'll quote him on this one..."I'm desperate to sell it so if you bring 300 bucks I've got the title in my hand and the bike's yours." So my first thought is, greeeeeat this thing's gonna be a beater, but hey, for 300 bucks I might as well go look.

So I get there and to my surprise, it's straight, no dents, no cracks, but alas! not running. The bike looked fine cosmetically (by no means perfect, however...but nothing that wouldn't be easily fixed) but he said it just wouldn't start. Then he mentioned that it had been sitting for about a year before he tried selling it...so it hasn't been started in a year. well gosh, it's hard to leave something sitting that long and expect it to fire right up. but he said that it ran great the last time he rode it, so I'm figuring a trip to my local motorcycle repair place should have the bike running. It's just missing the side fairings (which I'm not looking forward to searching for). So I say to him "here's $100, I'll be back in 30 minutes with a truck." So now I'm the proud owner of a hurricane!

Other than the obvious, it looks like a great starter bike for me. I'm going to drop it off at the motorcycle repair shop here in town and have them go through the carbs, install new filters, change the oil, do all the service stuff and see if they can't get it running like a gem again. If not, I think I have a pretty decent parts bike for $300 :).

Anyways, I'm really excited about this because I've been working all summer full time to buy a bike and now I finally have one and have lots of money left over to tinker with it, which is what I love to do. So, hello everyone, I'm sure you'll be seeing a lot of me on here form now on [:D]. And I'll post some pictures of it soon (right now it's in the back of my truck still).

  
wileycbr -> RE: Just bought a hurricane (7/20/2006 9:04:08 AM)

Damb u got a good deal. Even if you cant get it running you could part it out for twice what you paid for it. Enjoy.

-bj

thasgrdady -> RE: Just bought a hurricane (7/20/2006 11:22:14 AM)

Ok here are some pictures...they're photobucket links because I don't have time to resize the pictures right now since I'm at work. But these were taken this morning, still in the truck waiting to be taken to the motorcycle repair shop.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c152/thasgrdady/hurricane1.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c152/thasgrdady/hurricane2.jpg

In reply to Wiley...that's exactly what I had in mind, but I plan on getting it running so I can enjoy it [:)]. And wow...I have a friend that lives two doors down from me whose last name happens to be Wiley and he has a 1989 Hurricane...weird...but I live in California so it can't be you [8D]...plus, yours is a '90

HondaKidF1 -> RE: Just bought a hurricane (7/20/2006 7:55:19 PM)

Congrats on the bike. Sounds alot like my story...

thasgrdady -> RE: Just bought a hurricane (7/21/2006 1:01:58 AM)

update:

I put a new battery in the hurricane and figured I'd try starting it...so it turns over but doesn't fire.

quick question...I wanna pull one of the plugs to see if it's any good but I can't seem to get the socket down in to loosen the plug...any tips?

rrasco -> RE: Just bought a hurricane (7/21/2006 12:19:36 PM)

not bad not bad. the plugs are a pain in the ass, they will fit you just have to try really hard, some people sugest removing the radiator from the frame, but i changed mine without having to do that. we could not use a normal spark plug socket, we just used a normal socket and then used the air tubing from a fish tank to slip over the cap and pull them out, im sure fuel line will work as well.

michigan_313 -> RE: Just bought a hurricane (7/21/2006 2:46:12 PM)

where abouts in cali are you?

thasgrdady -> RE: Just bought a hurricane (7/22/2006 7:52:01 PM)

in the central valley...fresno/modesto

to rrasco, thanks for the info...I'd give it a try but I already dropped the bike off at the local motorcycle repair place.

ok so as I'm writing this post the phone rings and my dad answers. It turns out to be the guy at the motorcycle shop...bad news on the bike. He got it running, but there's a bad knocking inside the motor. He said it sounds like a broken rod or possibly a piston and estimated it would cost about $1000 to fix. not sure if this bike is worth the $1000...as you can see, it doesn't look great and I dunno if I'd be getting my money's worth...this sucks, but oh well

michigan_313 -> RE: Just bought a hurricane (7/22/2006 11:44:11 PM)

the worst that could happen is that they take the engine apart and it's as bad as they say. but for the sake of argument you put another $1000 to fix it and who knows, it might run just fine for the rest of the time you have it. but on the otherhand, whoever had it before you may not have treated it very well and it may cost you more than a $1000 and it may be worse than just a rod or a piston. if it's bad, just walk away with the bike and sell it for parts. you'll get your money back, no problem.


thasgrdady -> RE: Just bought a hurricane (7/23/2006 2:28:26 AM)

thats what I plan on doing...who knows what kind of shape the other working parts of the bike are in.

I'm just gonna get away from it while I can be ahead...and there's a 1994 F2 on craigs list I might go look at...maybe that'll work out :/

rrasco -> RE: Just bought a hurricane (7/24/2006 10:20:48 AM)

thats what i would do. i ended up dropping tons of cash on my cane just to get it to stable condition. still trying to get away from it so i can get me an F4, i, or RR.

michigan_313 -> RE: Just bought a hurricane (7/24/2006 3:18:20 PM)

damn shame you'll be walking away from it. but it's probably a good thing. there was probably a very good reason why the owner had the deal fall through on him. the previous potential buyer probably knew there was something amiss with the bike and decided not to bite. and the owner just wanted to unload it quick.

are you selling bike as a whole or as parts. not that i need anything but i'm sure there are members on here that would find this a good opportunity to get replacements or spares.

be patient, there are always bikes for sale and if you don't get one or find one you like, they'll be others. i was looking through the 4-sale rags for a few years before i ended up with my current ride. i had always wanted a hurricane/f1 but they are few and far between and even fewer are in decent shape.

at least with an f2 you can get decent aftermarket parts. with the previous model, you gotta get very creative.

good luck on your bike search.

thasgrdady -> RE: Just bought a hurricane (7/26/2006 12:19:16 PM)

well I think my dad and I are going to "get creative" as michigan puts it [:D]. We're going to go ahead and have the guy work on it to get it in good running order. We went and picked it up yesterday and the bike ran great except for the clacking. No black smoke, no trouble starting, didn't bog at all (since I did run it up and down the street), it shifted through all the gears, all the lights and gauges work, sounds GREAT with the Vance and Hines exhaust...so I'm hoping we have a diamond in the rough here. We havent' been able to find a bike where everything works on it for anywhere close to $2000, so this might just end up a better deal. Wish me luck.

rrasco -> RE: Just bought a hurricane (7/26/2006 3:16:17 PM)

that is the ssr-2 isnt it? i am still in debate over that one and the D&D show-n-go carbon.

thasgrdady -> RE: Just bought a hurricane (7/27/2006 12:10:43 PM)

I'm not sure which model pipe it is, but it sounds good. I'm going to take the bike in today. The guy working there thinks I'm nuts, but oh well.

  

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