Looking For Cbr900 Fireblade Stock

Nice one for the money, looks clean enough too.

Here was mine, identical bar exhaust and seat cowl.

 

Here's my 97 with 98 paint. Paid £1800 for it and swapped it for the first Daytona T595 I had although the Blade was more focused, the Tona was good though. Both were great bikes but the fat blades (98-99) were a little softer as confirmed in the report above.



Heres my old Tona.

 

an hour............try stripping down the back end off an RR9 Blade. All the fixings and tabs are hidden, and to remove the rear peg hangers it'll take you roughly 2 hours or more as all the bodywork aft of the tank has to come off then you have to remove both halves of the subframe to get to 2 x bolts! Thats why people fit Sato Race hooks as the bolt holes for the hangers are outside the body work! Although they do go VERY well. One of my favourite bikes.
Put mine back to standard when I part ex'd it against the Street Triple R. It was in the shop 24 hours when another dealer (CMC) saw it when collecting a batch of bikes and took it! They marked it up at over a grand on what the dealer wanted!

 

Moe.
If I was selling a bike where spark plugs were at fault I would change them.
Ride Free
Joe.

 

Have a read of this. £250 worth of YSS shock should cure your ills if you can live without the badges.

“Badges.....we don’t need no stinking badges” there’s a quote right out of Blazing Saddles for the old folks out there!

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....96-cbr900-1998-rear-shock-decision.html?amp=1

 

And just for you @Adie P

 

Why a 918? I’ve owned a couple of Blades and I would recommend an earlier 893, the first Foxeye Fireblade with the magnesium cylinder head is probably the best and wildest to ride and you can still bag a decent one this time of year for around £3000 (£2000 3 years ago)

 

I agree too, my Triumph Daytona cost me a very reasonable £1250 but after doing the necessary with the linkages, rear hub, powder coat, etc, by the time it went I only just broke even.
The bikes which do seem to be fetching strong money you might want to keep an eye on, are the 1978 onward CB750/900/1100’s.
Been watching them recently and you can find a complete bike needing work from around £800-£1000 and mint restored ones are fetching around £3-6K with clean useable ones around £2k and up.
In respect your Blade I’d have it for £2k. You’ve done well.

If you wanted an old CB as a keeper it could be turned into something like this.

https://goo.gl/images/BaxkGt

 

Totally agree. I did the SV650 before the R1 last year and that flew out the door and I made £300 on it in the space of less than 2 months. Nice easy one.
I too enjoy the challenge but if you can make a little bread for your time then win win