frames
05-04-2006 | 12:31 PM
#1
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frames
f4i, 600rr, 636, 04 newer gix 6, im buying 1 of these bikes soon as my new stuntbike, my biggest concern is the frame strength, next concern engine (which needs oil pickup) i hate bar tricks so subframe not an issue, im goin through frame cracking now and dont want to again so whats up??? gixx worries me the most i think, how r the frames
05-04-2006 | 12:47 PM
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Re: frames
only gixx i rode was joejoes 01 6 and i hate that thing with a passion. the o4s look like complelty different, im sure i could get used to it, but joes 01 frame cracked in half, got a new frame and its crackin, ****in frames, like the way 04s look though
05-04-2006 | 12:52 PM
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Re: frames
I will never buy a GSXR older then 04 because of what Ive seen happen to the older frames, Ive got friends that dont even stunt and havent even crashed before. And their POS GSXR frames still have stress cracks under the neck and on the spars, simply too many welds on those frames for the amount of alumiumn thats on em...
05-04-2006 | 01:24 PM
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Re: frames
i have never seen a f4i frame crack , i have had three 2000 to 2003 body style gsxr frames and everyone of them cracked, my boy also has a 04 gsxr frame and his cracked as well, i also heard that the 636 crack alot but i never owned one , F4I !
05-04-2006 | 02:19 PM
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Re: frames
Honda frames will not break... I put my F4i through hell and it's still perfect. Smashed the motor cases and stator to pieces numerous times before I put a cage on, throw in the new parts and it just fired right up. Got my oil pickup on the way, but you don't need one. I'm just putting it on so I can mess around on the bar and try a few watchtowers, then I'm over it... 600RR and 636 hold up well too,
05-04-2006 | 03:14 PM
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Re: frames
whatever it is over time honda or not will break, ive seen it , they start to crack too, id say gixxers are the worst, i have a 05 636 and no problems yet, my friends have 03636s and no problems either, it all depends i quess
05-04-2006 | 05:38 PM
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From: Phoenix, AZ.
Re: frames
my R6 is takin a beating, frames dent from powers cage but other then that i got no cracks and i've been going through circle school, so i have had plenty of crazy high sides n 100's of stalls etc... but yeah f4i is a bike that'll take a beating, just remember they are the civic in the bike world.
05-04-2006 | 08:33 PM
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Re: frames
Originally Posted by Wheeliest
my R6 is takin a beating, frames dent from powers cage but other then that i got no cracks and i've been going through circle school, so i have had plenty of crazy high sides n 100's of stalls etc... but yeah f4i is a bike that'll take a beating, just remember they are the civic in the bike world.
