What to do with the CBR

[Visitor Q]

Right, well as some of you know, I've got a battered CBR 600 FT

Dynojetted, blue flame exhausts, braided lines, K & N Filter, Downgeared. Basically about as Hooligan as you can make one without whacking a turbo on it.

Unfortunately, it's now running like crap, and carbs getting whipped off, cleaned and inspected (by two different people) haven't made any discernible difference.

Now it looks like I may be leaving the country for a year, maybe longer, and I might as well sever the ties to the UK.

It also, looks like crap. Front subframe is bent so you can't have the LHS wingmirror attached, fairing mangled in plenty of places, no real service history except a receipt for carb balancing and valve clearances.

Even mint, they barely go for a grand. Mine, in it's current state is going to go for decidedly less. But how much less. Will getting it running properly actually make a difference when it looks this much of a dog?
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[Handsome]

Pictures for a better idea Bonny ?...

From the sounds of it though break it, or we talking a time limit here ?...
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[Phoenix]

Tried swapping the plugs, leads, air filter and check there's no air leaks around the carbs or vacuum ports, clean fuel filter, good battery? I would say a bike that is running but in shabby condition is worth a good bit more than one that can't be shown to run well, although it sounds like a minor problem it'll put a lot of people off who just want a scrappy bike that runs well.

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[MarkJ]

+1 on breaking it

What frame type was the FT? I have an FN track bike that has the frame and rear subframe all-in-one made out of steel and may be interested in a few spares if you do break it

[Visitor Q]

[Itchy]

Ship it to Seoul? , you can get it over there for £320 via my web of sticky contacts, insurance is £12 a month petrol is 47p a litre.

Driving in Seoul is NOT for the faint hearted though,

You will however need to swap your UK licence via way of surrender to swap it for a Korean driving licence. (you don't get it back).

As a foreign bike you will have to use a big yellow sticker on it, and sign various agreements to say you will take it out the country. Sports bikes are rare birds in Korea and the MOT is easy/non existent. You can even ship it to Japan for a weekend on a insurance bond (you stick down a wad of cash at Hakkata and you get 80% of it back when you leave with bike).

South Korea IS a bikers paradise, around the Inchi Sokcho region, the road surface is perfect, Koreans don't do speed or traffic light cameras (fatalties however are VERY HIGH). Cops will see you ride past them at over a hundred and ignore you. Why do you think I got stuck there for nearly a month and a half?

When I leave in 3 months time I'm shipping the CBR out to Hong Kong.

The bad bit is you are not allowed on the motorways, but that didn't stop me from going on the motorways though.
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[Handsome]

If you strip it it'll take you half a day with no distractions but then you've got to advertise and run about delivering or sorting out viewing and deliveries...

Throw 200 quid at it ( problem is it may be more, but could be less ) and get it running and sell it as is, if it's worth 400 in bits, spending 200 hundred to make 200 effectively...

It's a 50/50 but due to your time and effort constraints only you can work that one out Bon...

I know of two that are standard but with a few cracks in the fairings ( to look at, haven't test rode or had a proper poke ) that are for sale at a grand a piece at a dealers, around 95/96 regs, they were taken in part ex...
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[Visitor Q]

[Itchy]

[Groove]

Sounds like the type of bike im after.

PM me with pics and price
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

hhmm, could do with another Steelie.

A packet of Starbursts for it?
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[chris-red]

I'll give you the £113.69 I have in my change jar
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[Visitor Q]

What serious offers would I be getting?

Only pictures I've got are, ahem, elevated
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[P.addy]

i only said £200 cos i know fo sho i have that in cash right now lol...
if you can wait till wednesday...£300

[Groove]

£300.01
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[Visitor Q]

I'll put some pictures up in the week. In no massive rush to get shot of it just yet, but once I have a deadline to go to South Korea I'd pretty much want shot of it.

I need ~£500 for my first month over there I do have quite a few bits and bobs to go with it, so even running funny I should be able to get that.

Namely a spare rear wheel and disc, spare fuel pump relay, the left wingmirror that's missing. Probably more if I did about.
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From September 2014 to January/February 2015 I will not be using any English, nor reading any. As such, I won't be on here. PM at will, but I won't be checking/posting unless in emergencies. Certainly not for the first couple of months. Please berate me savagely if I break that rule...

[MarkJ]

If you change your mind and do break it, can I have first dibs on both brake levers, clutch lever and footpegs?