Rixxx

The OEM parts are injection molded while the Chinese and most others use compression molding. This is for an obvious reason it's a lot cheaper to make compression molds. I went through this a month or so ago. Finally one of the Chinese guys told me I would not be happy with the fit of the compression molded parts. All the e-bay parts are compression molded. I don't know about Delvic or what ever their name is you might ask them. The cheapest OEM parts I found were from Western Honda in Arizona. Fix yours or buy the Honda parts you'll be a lot happier. Rick

This makes me sick. I bought a crashed 02 about a month ago and need a lot of those parts (gas tank, front fender and left panel are fine). Any parts that don't sell PM me. Rick

Just got an e-mail from one of the Chinese manufacturers. I had no idea there were different molding processes. This could explain why some fit good etc. I thanked this guy for his honesty. "Hello Rick, The CBR1100XX 00-02 model is made by compression mould, The fitment is so so. If you want the higher quality of that, we're afraid it can not be matched your requirement. It is not the injection mould. So please consider again before you buy it. Thanks & Best Regards, Quality products for quality customers!"

That's what I 'm afraid of. I would have no recourse. Who or what company did you buy from? Send me a PM if you get a chance. Rick

Thanks e-mailed them , see what happens. Yeah I believe the carbed throttle cables are longer but if the Helibars are from a VFR they will be even higher than the VFR bars so the throttle cables of a carbed XX may still be short, I'd heard that the cables from an ST1300 could be used but am not sure The Chinese fairings seem to be a bit hit and miss, some mount up reasonably well with only minor work required and look ~80% of OEM fairings and others seem to be a bit of a nightmare :icon_think: If the carbed ones were an 1" longer it would be OK. I'm not in a hurry so I will explore all my options. Re: the Chinese fairings I almost pulled the trigger last night after a couple of beers but knowing my history I decided to wait til the morning. After restoring a working amount of oxygen to my brain I am going to continue looking for a stock upper cowl and right side fairing. The wrecked one I bought is really a pretty nice bike and I think the Chinese fairings would diminish the value of it.

"Moition pro would be my first phone call." This will be mine too if I knew who they were. Thanks

I bought a set of Heli-bars off a VFR. I don't know if they are higher than the standard Bird ones or not. Problem is the throttle cables seem to be too short. Somewhere in my dim memory I read that earlier carbed model cables are longer. I need new cables anyway for the current project I just purchased. Anyone??? On another note I did have to have the clutch and brake lines lengthened. I also thought this would be simple....silly me. One more note. I am going to purchase the complete fairing set from the Guandong Shenzhen Hong Kong Handlebar and Purse factory (Maybe not the exact name). Anyone have any recommendations or scary stories about their overseas fairing purchases? TIA Rick

That's it. Anybody have one laying around?

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/steve.humins...ndex_cruise.htm I think this is the guy that had the problems with it sticking open.

Technology gets better chemistry gets better but old ideas die hard. From what I read you are actually hurting your engine by changing the oil too often. "If you doubt the 10K oil change intervals perform an oil sample at 1,000 miles. Most cars with a fresh sump of oil will peak out at the 1,000 mile mark. After that the wear metals may increase by only 5-10% over the course of 10,000 miles! Nearly 90% of the engine wear occurs in the first 1,000 miles on an oil change! Increasing oil change frequency increases the duration your engine spends in the activation period of the additives and greatly increases the damage in your motor from failing to follow the guidlelines of the manufacturer." I do think the kind of driving you do makes a difference. My Corvette counts the number of starts, oil temps, miles, etc. and tells me when to change. Sometimes 4-5k sometimes 9k if there was a lot of freeway driving.

I had an 84 vf700 before the Bird. There is absolutely no comparison, none! As soon as you can try an injected Bird. You don't have to go to altitude, one trip through first and second will sell you. Good luck!

I'm sure you have heard it all before....but. 2 points 1. The last two Corvettes I have owned a 92 and now an 02 both came frome the factory with Mobil 1 in em. I sold the 92 2 months ago with 68k miles on it never burned oil between changes. The only problem was an oil leak behind the intake manifold. I have heard that synthetic might leak a little more. The 02 has a supercharger putting out 473 rwhp with 12k miles on it and I have never added oil between changes. 2. I have an 02 Blackbird that I just switched to synthetic and noticed the shifting seems to be quite a bit easier. I would not go back. The Bird is faster than the Vette, but there is something about being able to light em up at freeway speeds in the Vette! Love both of them.