RF900 enquiry.

[Grahameeboy]

It gets my big fat arse around

Yep, agree having followed you.........

[Colapop]

In a car....

[Grahameeboy]

In a car....

yep....ended up passing ya nd having to wait......

[Colapop]

We'll see if you can navigate round my town as well as I did round yours...

[Grahameeboy]

We'll see if you can navigate round my town as well as I did round yours...

You could not even navigate a roundabout I recall ya mongrel.......have been to Wellington so you are on........buses must be easy to use!!

Now, follow SH1, carry onto Silverdale off ramp....easy so far.......turn right for Whangaparoa....just folllow the road.....easy peasy.....oh oh a roundabout..luck a gayboy was up his rear and able to put him straight........all that in 800k's.......1 straight road, 1 off ramp, 2 right turns and one roundabout.............geeze must be hard navigating up here

[hellnback]

...I was initially looking at a ZZR600/ZZR1100 (mostly, the latter ) and having ridden a ZZR1100 in safe enviroments I feel pretty comfortable and feel I have enough self restraint to not twist my wrist *too* far. Does anyone know how the RF900 compares to, say a ZZR1000 of the same year?

The ZZR600 is an excellent bike to upgrade to from the 250. Nice comfy riding position plenty of power (a lot more than other sport/tourers of the same year). They handle bloody well. Really gutted to have wrote mine off.

Anyway, you say that your not after a fast bike but remember that the ZZR1100 was the fastest production bike of it's time, you'd have to admit that that's pretty damn fast....

As for the RF great bike also - for a suzuki that is....

COMPARISON

[F5 Dave]

Cool. Yeah not sure the RF600s were a patch on the 9s, but heaps of other cool choices.

[gav]

Hey F5 Dave, who or what did you do to repair the emulsion tubes in your RF900 carbs?
My RF has done 40,000 miles, runs rough off low throttle and guzzles gas like a two stroke! 100 miles tops before fuel light comes on!! Looking at buying Factory kit out of the States, but for similiar money could prob get some GSXR750 carbs out off ebay? Looking at some 38mm SRAD carbs at the moment, would these be suitable? Or better off buying some more RF900 carbs?

[riffer]

Hi Gav,

I recently completely replaced the carbs on my RF.

See my Stupid RF900 Mikuni Downdraught carbs thread.

F5Dave had a lot of success with the Factory Pro parts.

Are the SRAD downdraughts? You may have difficulty getting them to fit with the airbox if they are not. You could also look into carbs off an FZR750R, FZR1000, or YZF750. From memory these are the same Mikuni DDs.

Of course, if money's no object (it was definitely an object for me) I found out that Keihin FCR 016-504 (£830.00!!) are a wonderful bolt-on replacement. Throw in an advance kit, a free-flow pipe and the cams from a 1992 GSXR750 and you'll get 160HP+.

edit: I've had a look on www.motorcyclecarbs.com to see what they've got. Check them out - they may be able to help you. I know they absolutely don't have the carb slides or slide holders - no-one does

[surfchick]

pm MDU he's had the trusty RF for a looooooong time. i took it for a spin when i was upgrading from the 250 and was shocked and i mean shocked how much lighter handling it was than it looked - because of its whale like features I thought it would feel bad-asse heavy. but no it was pretty sweet. MDU's one seems bullet proof too as it has gazillions of ks on there and he commutes daily.def. you'd be fine to go from a 250 to the rf. the 900cc's is very forgiving and smooth/relaxed shall we say

[gav]

Thanks for the info, yeah, does look as if the SRAD carbs are not suitable.
Where did you source yours from Riffer?

[90s]

The RF6 & 9s are great bikes. I base this on seeing them, reviews and stats, and knowing people that own them rather than my experience, so my opinion is a lot less useful than some of the excellent advice you've had already.
However, the RFs are actually very powerful, as you can see.
I would say that if you are into them you might also like the GSX-Fs, which have a similar fully-faired look, are of a similar vintage, come in 600 & 750 flavours and are a little tamer (although even my 6 will pull 0-60mph in 4.5s). You will find they are very similar to RFs but quite a lot cheaper. They are even more biased towards touring than the RFs.
I suppose I also have some reservation about the jump straight to an RF9 as a potential 160 horses is some power. After my GSX-6 I would consider an RF9 though.

My two-dollars worth (actually worth about 50c after discount against better advice ... )

[zeocen]

Oooh yay, the thread got revived! hehe

Thanks 90s, I was actually under the impression that the GSX's were much more expensive than the rf's? I've seen a few GSX's for sale, usually 750's but they're mostly around '88 -> early 90's. Whereas the RF900's i've seen are around 95 - 97. Is it wrong to assume that there would be a significant jump in technology/stability on a bike from those years apart?

I quite like the look of the GSX, and I think 750 would be a good comprimise of power (I too know 900cc is a wide step, but yeah, self restraint = live longer = more riding!)

[riffer]

Thanks for the info, yeah, does look as if the SRAD carbs are not suitable.
Where did you source yours from Riffer?

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All up including shipping they set me back $435. A lot cheaper than the Keihins and when you've got four kids who all need to be fed and clothed moneys always a consideration.

[gav]

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All up including shipping they set me back $435. A lot cheaper than the Keihins and when you've got four kids who all need to be fed and clothed moneys always a consideration.

Yeah, thats who I've tried, he's got some FZR1000 Exup carbs, $300AUS + shipping. Would these be a straight fit?