New guy here. Any rf900 owners? If not chime in anyway

[rooster]

i just picked mine up 2 weeks ago ... '96 RF900r ... "betty"

[RF900fasteR]

I've had mine for 3 years now. I bought it ridiculously cheap as it had the notorious 2nd gear issue. rode it till it locked up on me (luckily under 20mph, still hurt tho!) and replaced the entire gearset with one out of a gsxr1100 (affectionately referred to in my shop as the FIX-R). Love the powerband and with the right carb work you can easily get 145 hp out of it.  On top of that the ENTIRE top end (rods up to valve covers) from a GSX-R 750 of the same vintage will fit directly if parts become hard to find. I had a guy come into my shop with a blown rf900 and left with a milder rf750 which he gave to his son (hence why he opted for the 750).  even the cams (with machine work, ect.) from a gsxr1100 will fit and add a few horses.    the lights on the tail light up the entire road behind you (Which I love for these moonbats we have up here in Mass who seem to be on the phone more than paying attention) and being a 6'2" gentleman it fits me amazingly.   I hope to never have to get rid of it!

[whoaru99]

I'll throw a bit into this resurrected thread...

Here's my 1996 RF900. Just about to hit 30K miles. I've had it for almost 5 years, think it had around 15K when I bought it. Went up a couple teeth on the back sprocket.

[exbanditrider]

Fantastic bike - loved my 9.

[livetoride]

I had a 97' RF900R and I loved it.. It looked just like the one in the post above without the after market stuff (mine was stock)..

That is a damn fast bike..

-Peter

[namflashback]

Had one btwn 02 and 05.  94 RF900R Black with Purple.

Pegs were pretty high.  Forward lean, bit not quite as much as my SV100S(T).

Loved it because it was unique, nobody could never really place it age-wise (just the headlamp looked a little dated).

tail light was a little large


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