Well I just picked up a 1991 Honda CBR 1000f in somewhat rough shape, but that runs and drives. I felt like I couldn't pass it up. I have the plastics, lights and gauges. The plastic varies from rough shape to pretty good. The lights and gauges work fine.

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However, funds are limited, and my wife wants me to just sell it.
So, the options are:
1. Bring it to my brother's place in the Metro area, sell it and make a few hundred bucks.
2. Begin the slow process of restoring the bike on a limited budget, and the wife probably isn't happy until it's gone.
3. Chop the bike into a street fighter on the cheap, and ride it. Possible divorce.
I have an '89 Vmax already (so I can ride right now, and get there in a hurry if need be) but at some point I do want a sport bike, and this is pretty close to what I want but it needs work.
It runs and shifts through all the gears. But it's hard to start and the carbs leak.
It was supposedly run into a garage overhead door by a careless college-aged kid and taken away by the dad. It changed hands to a guy I met who wanted it gone because his kid wanted it and he felt it was potentially dangerous.
About half the fairing parts are damaged, half are serviceable. Same with the body of the bike -- the tank is in reasonable shape but the front fender needs work, etc.
Any opinions are valued. I'll answer any questions I can. I'm not a mechanic, or particularly mechanically experienced. I get the general impression that these bikes are hard to come by. I don't know if this makes me more eager to sell or keep the bike.
So you guys, who know about these bikes... what do you say?

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However, funds are limited, and my wife wants me to just sell it.
So, the options are:
1. Bring it to my brother's place in the Metro area, sell it and make a few hundred bucks.
2. Begin the slow process of restoring the bike on a limited budget, and the wife probably isn't happy until it's gone.
3. Chop the bike into a street fighter on the cheap, and ride it. Possible divorce.
I have an '89 Vmax already (so I can ride right now, and get there in a hurry if need be) but at some point I do want a sport bike, and this is pretty close to what I want but it needs work.
It runs and shifts through all the gears. But it's hard to start and the carbs leak.
It was supposedly run into a garage overhead door by a careless college-aged kid and taken away by the dad. It changed hands to a guy I met who wanted it gone because his kid wanted it and he felt it was potentially dangerous.
About half the fairing parts are damaged, half are serviceable. Same with the body of the bike -- the tank is in reasonable shape but the front fender needs work, etc.
Any opinions are valued. I'll answer any questions I can. I'm not a mechanic, or particularly mechanically experienced. I get the general impression that these bikes are hard to come by. I don't know if this makes me more eager to sell or keep the bike.
So you guys, who know about these bikes... what do you say?