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Cbr600fx
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 8:09 pm
by Ssray
I sold the zzr11 and bought a rough running 2000 cbr600fx
I've saved approximately 60-70kgs
Because I'm getting on a bit now.
It's obviously been down the road but it doesn't appear to be bent, when I collected it I pre booked a MOT and rode home.
It didn't make the pre-booked MOT.....
It felt a bit odd, I'm assuming it only had 20psi in the front tyre.
It's not fully running on 4, I've got Fri off so carbs off, I've ordered a new fuel filter as well
Good bits, pilot road 5 or 6's, nitron rear shock, braided hoses
Re: Cbr600fx
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 8:12 pm
by Ssray
Screenshot_20251214-214659.Facebook~2 by
Ray Thornton, on Flickr
I told the wife I was getting a tattoo to match
Re: Cbr600fx
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 8:21 pm
by Skub
They are well put together those CBR600s.
I bought a jellymould one years ago for a few hundred quid. The bike was in bits and hadn't run in a long time. When I built it and fired it up for the first time it ran like a mouse eating tissue paper. Made my Kawa sound like an old rattle box.
Your good health to enjoy,man.
Re: Cbr600fx
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 8:35 pm
by Bustaspoke
I've never owned a CBR600 but if I get 4 cylinder curious again they're top of the list
Re: Cbr600fx
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 9:00 pm
by Le_Fromage_Grande
Do a compression test, the 2000 CBR600 can have head gasket problems
Re: Cbr600fx
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 10:26 pm
by Cousin Jack
Saving 60kg is good.
Buying a striking looking bike is good.
Buying a rough running 25 yo bike is not so good.
Hope it turns out well. Happy spanners,
Re: Cbr600fx
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 10:26 pm
by Druid
I've had a couple of CBR600s, there's a good reason they were the best selling bike on the UK for years. Excellent all round bikes, comfortable, decent handling and more than quick enough even for a 25 year old bike
Re: Cbr600fx
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2025 5:26 am
by Ssray
I think this is number 6 cbr6, I've had a fj,fk,fmx2 and now 2 fx's
The FM ended up in FS spec, rear wheel (0.5 inch wider) FS carbs and airbox(ryanair) it went really well apart from higher speeds as the FM didn't have a fuel pump and I never fitted one
Re: Cbr600fx
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2025 9:21 am
by A_morti
They hadn't gone to stick coils yet, so it can be useful to cut the first 5mm of HT Lead off at the cap end and screw it back in to fresh copper.
They're Chinese fairings, right? So yeh she's been for a slide. Worth having a good dig around and see what else is scuffed or maybe bent.
Re: Cbr600fx
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2025 12:31 pm
by ace llani
My first road race bike was a CBR600FN I think - the one with the non floating front discs.
It had been well used, but it was a great bike, I upgraded to a Suzuki 600 SRAD to race after that, and it wasn't as good (for me) on track.
Get it back to running as it should and you'll have a great little bike - enjoy.
Re: Cbr600fx
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2025 2:51 pm
by ogri
Must of been one huge seagull
Re: Cbr600fx
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 6:39 pm
by Ssray
A_morti wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 9:21 am
They hadn't gone to stick coils yet, so it can be useful to cut the first 5mm of HT Lead off at the cap end and screw it back in to fresh copper.
They're Chinese fairings, right? So yeh she's been for a slide. Worth having a good dig around and see what else is scuffed or maybe bent.
It's got stick coils.
Re: Cbr600fx
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2025 6:41 pm
by Ssray
Carbs stripped and cleaned today, what a pain to refit them, took most of the day and then it wouldn't start, it's getting fuel so it's spark to check next
Anyone know the air screw setting?
Ta
Re: Cbr600fx
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2025 6:01 am
by Ssray
She rubs, yesterday morning I had to get some meat fir Xmas,fillet steak, 1.6kg for a beef wellington
So I popped in to wicks fir some long reach screwdriver,bike shop for carb cleaner,easy start and a plug spanner.
Got home and tried the easy start,2nd attempt and we have life,nice tickover, quiet engine.
Did the brakes on the car and she was cold and restarted easily.
Left overnight and I'm trying again this morning, then it wire in stupid little indicators and book a MOT for Tuesday
Re: Cbr600fx
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2025 6:16 pm
by Ssray
Ssray wrote: Sun Dec 21, 2025 6:01 am
She runs, yesterday morning I had to get some meat fir Xmas,fillet steak, 1.6kg for a beef wellington
So I popped in to wicks fir some long reach screwdriver,bike shop for carb cleaner,easy start and a plug spanner.
Got home and tried the easy start,2nd attempt and we have life,nice tickover, quiet engine.
Did the brakes on the car and she was cold and restarted easily.
Left overnight and I'm trying again this morning, then it wire in stupid little indicators and book a MOT for Tuesday
Re: Cbr600fx
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2025 6:18 am
by Ssray
Indicators replaced..... still flashing far too fast, the bulbs are 10w each ,so the same as std.
I've got a no load/led spec relay arriving Friday, hopefully that sorts it and I can mot her in time for the snow
Re: Cbr600fx
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2025 1:47 pm
by Noggin
Re: Cbr600fx
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2025 4:08 pm
by ogri
Supersonic one
Re: Cbr600fx
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2025 5:12 pm
by Ssray
The no load/led relay arrived today and it works, normal flasher speed.
Seagull poop? And I told the wife is was getting a tattoo to match
Re: Cbr600fx
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2026 8:46 pm
by A_morti
Hondas usually have 21w indicators as standard, not 10w.
I had some Honda replica indicators off eBay or Amazon or whatever. They were advertised as having 21w bulbs but turned up with all 4 marked 10w.
No worries, I've got a 10w relay spare, so fit that... And they still flashed fast. On one side only.
Figured out by swapping parts around that 2 of the 4 bulbs caused fast flashing. So maybe even if they were marked 10w, they were actually less than that. Maybe 8, maybe 5, who knows?
I guess you could test resistance across the filament, but I just binned those two bulbs and used a couple spares instead.
