got a motercycle need a favor

well i just got a 1992 honda (dont hate) cbr 600 f2. i picked it up for 500 bucks from my neighbor. it wasnt running but for about 200 bucks (battery, oil, spark plugs, air filter, carb cleaner, and about 5 hours of cleaning carbs and the gas tank and putting it all together) but its running and feels great but my neighbor wants to make sure its not stolen of anything before he signs the title over because when he bought it the guy was kinda shady but he has the title and the bike looks all original so it probably isnt. so i need someone to do a carfax if they have the unlimited subscription thing. let me know and i will post the vin or email me at [email protected]
thanks-Tom

Did you already pay him for the bike?

nope, im waiting for him to put the title in his name, he is always at work so when he gets a day off hes gonna go up to the tax collectors to get the title streightened out but he is kinda scared so i was gonna do a check to make sure it isnt stolen so he wont be hesitent going to the tax collector with the title and bill of sale, which he should have no problem doing since he has the bill of sale.

oh and i just found out carfax dosn' do motercycle vins. but if anyone has unlimited for autocheck.com which i am doubting they also do motercycle vins. heres the vin, JH2PC250XNM105288 think im gonna just buy the unlimited for it, bite the bullet

I have no loyalty to any american manufacturer of motorcycles, had a '95 Katana 600, and almost bought a Ninja ZX10, or a Honda Interceptor until some idiot got nailed in front of my office (on a Harley coming out of a bar.. go figure.. he didn't quite deserve it, but was REALLY not too far from asking for it.)

Anyone that wants to tell you import buikes suck has obviously never ridden one or owned one. Better quality and less expensive.

Good job, keep it verticle, and make sure that sumich ain't stolen. AND BUY A DAMNED HELMET... and wear it too.

Make sure the brakes work well, and look extra close to make sure it doesnt have any damage to if from and previous lay-overs.

GET A HELMET!!! Find one that doesnt cut off too much of your vision, or make it where you cant hear whats coming. Head injuries are number one cause of death due to motorcycle wrecks.

EDIT: Call a tag agency, and give them the vin and tag number if still equipped. They can tell you what you want to know. Just say " im thinking of buying a motorcycle, and want to check to make sure its not stolen".

Dont give any names that way if its hot you and your friend can push it out to the street, and call the police on it for recovery of a stolen vehcle. That or push it out into the middle of a 4 way intersection and walk away from it.

i got a helmet and jacket picked out and i have been driving it around my neighborhood. its fun as hell and way fast. it has a header and 2 brothers muffler and a racing chain and i just got a k and n air filter since the one on there is wayyyyy dirty. but this thing just takes off. its intense. 6 speed, sual front brakes, single rear, clutch works fine but will need to be replaced in a few months, needs new tires in like 3 weeks, and the windscreen is cracked cuz it was dropped once but not hard, just got a little scrached up and bent a headlight mount but its all back nice. i will post some pics tomorrow though. and today i signed up for the motercycle safety course since i have to take it to get the license since im under 21. it sux cuz its a 250 dollar class. ouch, and the helmet im getting is cheap, its a z1r strike helmet and i know how they say chep helmets arent good but i just readl a 25ish page magazine article testing helmets in the june 2005 motorcyclist mag and this helmet did the best in real life tests. it created the least gs on the head by far in all tests. actually a cheaper one did better but had a bad chin design that will mess up your brain stem in a bad crash so it wasnt reccomended. but yeah i should be legally driving it in about a week.

The $250 for the safety course is well worth the cost. Get motorcycle gloves too, if you do get in a wreck, you don't want to have someone else wipe your ass for 5 months because you didn't wear gloves.

June 05 magazine... hmmm... I'd get a more recent one. You're right more expensive doesn't necessarily mean better, but it tends to.

Anyone that wants to tell you import buikes suck has obviously never ridden one or owned one. Better quality and less expensive.

Imported Buicks? :screwy:

I'm not going to get started on the motorcycle safety issue (aside from, take the course) since another thread recently started a debate between those who know and those that have yet to know, but just be careful. My first and only true "accident" involved 2 bikes that slammed into my '78 Buick Regal. Let's just say the results weren't pretty.

Glad to hear you bought a bike, keep it rubber side down. I also ride, and started out on a honda ... now i've upgraded to a bigger american bike for touring, I live in ohio & have taken trips around quite a bit of america on my motorcycle, futhest i've been from home was glacier national park in montana. #1 thing to remember, no one else is on the road to protect you while your on a bike, you have to be ready to react to anything others do, you protect you against the idiots, everytime you get on it you put your life on the line, ride safe, ride smart, and if your attention gets to drifting off STOP. Believe me when riding some long hours to get somewhere on a trip it gets boring, once I almost fell asleep riding 80 mph going down the highway (my eyes were closed, I was almost asleep), lets just say it was an experience I will not soon forget. #2 replace tires before they wear out, they are the only thing between you and the road. #3 always carry a rain suit with you if your going over 15 mins from home.

In ohio the state offers a safety course for like $25, go thru a dealer and the same course is like $325. Look into the state course ... might save you some green.

The best words I can give you are "look where you want the bike to go & it will follow" trust me on this. Oh and keep it on two wheels, most people get hurt showing off! Never trust that someone else in a car will do the sensible thing ... I once had a car share my lane with me going around a curve in the hills ... lets just say I thought they might have enough sense to give me room, thats when I learned you have to watch them as much as you watch the road, and not take anything for granted! (like IQ or common sense)

ride safe

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very nice looking a lot better condition then i had pictured. and only 500 dont let the pigster catch you riding dirty

That's a nice bike!

Does anyone else find it ironic that his avatar says "I poop on Hondas?"

Does anyone else find it ironic that his avatar says "I poop on Hondas?"
No. But I do find it moronic that in the pic "someone" is riding it without a stitch of safety gear on at all. That is the best way to end up as road pizza.
All The Gear All The Time

No. But I do find it moronic that in the pic "someone" is riding it without a stitch of safety gear on at all. That is the best way to end up as road pizza.
All The Gear All The Time

yeah and hit his head and lose control of his bodily functions, giving his avatar a literal meaning. Good point Morley.

The issue isnt with him or the bike or how safe he acts on it, or what he wears. Even though shorts on a bike is just asking for it..The real problem is already on the street. Its a bunch of OTHER idiots, probably on a cell phone not giving proper attention to the road. Most of wich only care about their own safety, sometimes not even that. If one of those hits you it isnt going to matter what gear you was wearing or how safe you thought you was.

It looks more like he was driving it around the block or something to test it out, I'm sure after fixing it you'd do the same thing...If he was going cross country or what have you, I'm sure he'd be wearing more than a pair of shorts. Quit being party poopers for once and let the kid show off his bike, jeez.

It looks more like he was driving it around the block or something to test it out, I'm sure after fixing it you'd do the same thing.
No, I wouldn't and didn't. I spent the day yesterday doing scheduled maintenance and upgrades to my bike (BMW K1200LT) and when I was done I went in and got my leather jacket, jeans, gloves, boots and helmet...THEN took it out to check it.
And I beg to differ. If you are wearing the proper gear and are hit by one of the idiots on the cell or with their head up their ass, your chances of surviving are greatly increased. Without the gear, just name your next of kin and go play Russian Roulette (same thing)

umm, theres a big differnce, this is my first bike, i dont have a jacket or helmet(although i did have my old sk8 helmet on just incase) and i had just got it running and wanted to try it, i am not gonna wait till i have the cash to buy both and then test it out after i find out if it works or not. thanks for the instruction but no thanks. i actually just got my motorcycle license today, took the 21 hour safety course and it was very informational. still no title but ill be on the road like wednesday with the title....i kepp zonin out so ima leave

It looks more like he was driving it around the block or something to test it out, I'm sure after fixing it you'd do the same thing...If he was going cross country or what have you, I'm sure he'd be wearing more than a pair of shorts. Quit being party poopers for once and let the kid show off his bike, jeez.


My best friend nick was hit and killed by a careless driver back in 2002. He was on a motor scooter that was lucky to do 25mph down a hill. He was a block from his house when he was hit. Are you sure i would get on a motorcycle unprotected? Or at all for that matter.

Once you see a loved one struggle to survive then later have the plugs pulled due to the trauma you dont even want to look at any kind of vehicle with two wheels and a motor after that. I can still see and hear that entire thing it haunts me daily and i cant do anything to change it. I can still see the hurt faces of his family and friends, and still smell the odor of the funeral home.

If it wasnt for that scooter i would still have my best friend. There i was helping tweak it out, trying to make it go faster and stop better. It got him killed. The guilty feeling about that whole entire thing will never go away, i have to live with it every day of my life. You want to talk about a party pooper? How about a call from ICU telling you to come say your goodbyes.

Calm down, this is a forum. Not daycare.

I wouldn't worry too much about it being stolen bud, no one will even see it seeing as it looks like ya keep it in your bedroom. lol. Nice bike tho, I'd a paid that in a heartbeat. Z1R makes a damn good helmet, I've got a Duke model, its the best money you can spend on something you hope you'll never need...good luck

I apologise. Seeing a young face on a motorcycle sparked a protest i guess. I think motorcycles are stupid. Even though ive ridden motorcycles before. With no helmet, just some shades. I had a lot of fun and never got hurt. A few burns on my leg but no real rashing. And im very lucky i didnt. The worst thing that ever happened was i layed one on its side trying to do a wheelie.

thats actually my garage, we have carpet in there

Arai Q4 (or whatever... $300, best rated helmet in 99 when I bought it). Joe Rocket blaster jacket, studded leather gloves, spine protector, steel toed boots, and blue jeans (the weak link in my protective envelope). Never got hot, always got girls, and did stupid shit like blowing between 2 cars going 55 on a highway, me doing about 120. (Yeah I know, don't bother to say anything).

I think everyone is just trying to point out that you never know when something might happen, and it's really no inconvenience to protect yourself,
to not do so is honestly putting your life up for a wager and you don't realize it. I've lost 3 friends on bikes, and had 1 pull through, and had a dear friend get killed on a bicycle. The guys on bikes were all wearing gear and still got messed up, the kid on the bicycle got hit by a car doing 30, never made it to the hopsital.

If a $300 helmet, a $150 jacket, and $50 gloves are too expensive then maybe you shouldn't be on the road, risking your and other lives... A bicycle / skate board helmet won't save you from an insect when it hits you at 30 mph, especially ones that sting or really big ones like grasshoppers, etc. and you could lose control, it ain't hard. I'm sure they told you in your class, riding a bike is like playing at the casino... the house has the odds ALWAYS, you can only improve your chances by taking precaution.

I'll shut up now, I'm sure you're sick of everyone preaching. We like you, and don't want to see you get hurt, as we have seen other friends get hurt. If you're gonna do stupid stuff on it (like I did) at least reduce your chances of dying.

Calm down, this is a forum. Not daycare.

Hmmmm, I'll leave that one alone... MAMA :naughty: :evillol: .

i was just wearing that helmet so my mom wouldnt bitch when i was testin the bike out on my street. im buying a z1r helmet and a icon tremec jacket. but im holding off buying them untill i have the title for the bike cuz i dont wanna buy them and have my neighbor bailing out on the title and taking the bike back now that it works perfectly.

Gotcha... You know, if he backed out on it, I'd take a bat to it... then I'd kick HIS ass.

A bicycle / skate board helmet won't save you from an insect when it hits you at 30 mph, especially ones that sting or really big ones like grasshoppers, etc. and you could lose control, it ain't hard.

Wind is enough. Eyeballs dont lubricate themselves very well at 60 mph.

Wind is enough. Eyeballs dont lubricate themselves very well at 60 mph.

LMAO... did you ever see the clip of the guy strap[ped to a chair in a wind tunnel and his mouth gets all blown up... looks like a dog with his head out the window... What if he wasn't wearing that eye patch thing... that would be some funny shit to see a guy driving by on a bike with his mouth and eye lids all flapping in the wind.:popcorn: :rofl:

that would be some funny shit to see a guy driving by on a bike with his mouth and eye lids all flapping in the wind.:popcorn: :rofl:

That may have happened to me i dont know cause i couldnt see a thing. The 4th or 5th time i ever rode a motorcycle i was already riding it on the highway. My only protection was some oakley sunglasses. I went to change lanes, and made the mistake of turning my head to look behind me. The glasses flew off my face and into some grass never to be found. I had to ride all the way to my destination without eye protection. By the time i arrived my eyes were probly bleeding.

Ever get on of those big assed bumble bees in the chest, the queen bees or whatever they're called. Had that happen a couple times where I actually had to pull over and take my shirt off all flipping out cause it hurt so bad and wasn't sure if it was a yellow jacket or wasp trying to sting me. THAT's when I learned that you ALWAYS wear a jacket, and I found out that they won't make you hot if you buy the right one.

Or how about a grasshopper in the face shield... where you can feel the guts splash your neck, and you have to stop and chip its ass off your shield, and only smear it all over, that's fun. Then you have to spit on your shirt and wipe your shield off and when you get to where you were going it looks like you regularly chow on insects because you've got grasshopper juice running down your neck, and guts all over your shirt and you're all white and pasty looking because you're gonna puke from what you had to do....

ick.

Suit up dude, you'll be able to eat dinner or lunch without being grossed out, when you get to where you're going.

looks pretty good.

there are 4 motorbikes in my garage.. :evillol: