Scorpio

wow!
you stole that thing. She's a beaut!

9nineteen

I bought at a perfect time. . .winter weather, wanting to start a business, an 8-month pregnant stay-at-home wife, and a bounced check from an earlier buyer made the money desperate San Diego firefighter seller highly motivated to sell. The bike was more than a 100 miles from me so I propositioned him. . ."Make it worth my while to drive down with cash and pick up the 748." ---He did.

Just like like my kids. . .I have no favorite. I love both my 919 and 748!!

9nineteen

Well. . .
I'm still debating on staying with Oberon bar end mirrors or not.

Here are some quick photos. I was only able to to roll her out of the garage for a few minutes. It's been raining in Southern California.

mdtoney

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!!! I love it!!

Super Sneaky Steve

What I like so much about this bike is you stuck with a theme. Everything goes with everything. I think a lot of people lose sight of that and their bikes look like a pile of cheap aftermarket garbage.

sbeau1960

Excellent job Roy, looks awesome!

9nineteen

Thanks Super Sneaky! I'm glad you noticed my intention. . .in keeping with a theme, actually Honda's original theme. I refrained from powder coating anything black (except for the wheels), which includes the triples I had originally planned. I also scrubbed the idea of adding the nice MBD belly pan. The carbon fiber pieces blend in with the original dark matte grey body and adds a little race attitude. Even the heat "darkened" stainless steel header and mid pipe (no polishing here!!) adds to this attitude, just like the heat "blued" titanium exhausts of race bikes. ---I simply finished what Honda started in giving the 919 the muscular look it deserves. The fatter 190/50 rear Bridgestone BT-002 adds a little more muscularity.

marylandmike

Great job 9...you took a great bike and made it even better, looks very classy...

async

Very sexy, I'll take 2.

Rob919

Looks beautiful! But hey, what's wrong with the MBD bellypan?! /jk

Even with the bellypan, it still retains the naked look since the engine is still exposed. The MBD pan, in my opinion, is a "classic" design, which is what makes it so perfect for the 919.

frikjmaser

You have the nicest bike on the forum, hands down!

xrmikey

BIKE OF THE MONTH! For the next three months!

Now... Do Mine!

9nineteen

Believe me. . .I've been back and forth on installing the MBD belly pan. Especially, I waited for the darn thing for months to be delivered. The MBD is a nice simple design that truely follows the lines of the 919.

I'm a designer (a creative director) by profession and design details drive me crazy. I see these really cool "accessories" for the 919 and I get carried away from my original intention. . .close to finishing what I think Honda intended, building a muscular naked. Of course, the Honda bean counters at the time may have stopped the 919 from further development.

So in keeping with the original showroom 919, I left off the MBD belly pan. Leaving it off also shows off the 919's (or any naked bike) muscularity by exposing the frameless design giving the feel of a massive engine. Though, I wish that the headers and mid-pipe were tucked in closer to the engine.

sugs

Looks awesome! Hopefully it will stop raining soon and you can give us your impressions of the front end redo.

Rob919

I hear ya. I'm an Architect, so I know what you mean about design details. And in that respect, it's not unusual that we both recognized how well the MBD belly pan follows/accentuates the lines of the 919... it really does, look at my avatar!

Anyway, your bike is beautiful. It's very tastefully thought out, and put together.

9nineteen

If you can believe this, even the '07 600RR front fender (which nicely accentuates the 919's lines) I used was giving me a little of a design headache!! The front portion is beautifully done. . .with its slim, bare essential, and race design. The rear trailling edge bothered me. . .too race oriented. If you look closely, I reshaped it with my Dremel. I followed the curve of the of the upper portion of the fender. This gives it a less of a race look but yet overall, retains a bit of that "attitude". ---Finicky.

9nineteen

Someone asked about the updated parts ("accessories" to some of you j/k) and mods list on the 9er. . .

2002 Honda 919

- 599 Dual Bulb Headlight (with Eastern Beaver Company Conversion Harness)
- Custom Triple Clamps (CNC'd top & modified 929RR lower) from Full Throttle Inc.
- Pro Taper Contour oversized handlebars
- Renthal Hard Road Race Grips
- CBR954RR Front and Rear Calipers
- 954 Radial Master Cylinder
- 929 Clutch Lever/Perch
- Coerce Rearsets
- Galfer SS smoke/carbon color brake lines
- xrmikey's Brake Line Holder
- Bridgestone BT-002R street/track tires. 120/70 front, 190/50 rear
- Mototek CBR600RR front flush mount smoke LED turn signals w/running lights
- Oberon Bar End Mirrors
- 2007 CBR600RR Carbon Fiber Front Fender, slightly reshaped
- 2004 RC51 SP2 Front Forks
- Domae 1 Carbon Fiber Side Panels
- Domae 1 Carbon Fiber Airbox Covers
- Domae 1 Carbon Fiber Radiator Guards
- Renthal hard anodized rear sprocket
- DID Gold ERV drive chain
- VORTEX gold cadium plated drilled counter shaft sprocket
- Clear Alternatives smoke integrated turn signals
- Custom rear fender eliminator plate holder
- DRC micro license plate LED
- MIVV X-Cone twin slip ons
- PC III
- Flapper mod
- Custom Mini Exhaust Heat Shields with carbon fiber covers
- 2004 Adjustable Rear Shock
- OEM Hugger/chain guard removed, replaced w/carbon fiber swing arm protector
- 2002 RC51 SP1 Front 6-spoke Wheel powder coated gloss black
- 2006 CBR1000RR Front 320mm Rotors
- CBR900RR Rear 6-spoke wheel
- 2002 CBR600F4i Rear Axle
- CBR900RR Rear 220mm Rotor
- CBR900RR Rear Caliper Holder

It's DONE!!!!

brevity

Can't say enough about your bike, 9nineteen! My favorite part aesthetically is the exhaust. I love the way those slip-ons just look like that's exactly where they're supposed to be--straight shot out the back. Very clean.

+1, Sugs. Can't wait to hear how she rides with all those goodies!

sbeau1960

Uh huh

9nineteen

sbeau1960. . .you're the j/k

djs_tx

Very nice. I guess you never ride with lace up shoes with that front sprocket cover removed. That could be ugly if a shoe lace got sucked in.

David

Sniper

A center stand, a swingarm stand, and 2 jack stands, you know something about earthquakes that the rest of us don't?

9nineteen

My friend,
I ALWAYS wear my full Alpinestars leather riding gear, which includes road race boots (never laced shoes). Too many stories heard about, read about, and seen. . .including one personal unforgetful experience as a stupid motocross racing teenager who took his race bike on the street was enough for me.

9nineteen

I almost tied her against the wall as she sat for more than a month!! At the time of the front end work was being done she was parked right in front of. . .



. . .and I thought, "A nice jolt (earthquake) would be not good." I believe there was one "shake" but not enough to drop the 919 on the '65 Shelby GT350R's front end. ---I still, just in case, should've tied her to fall AWAY from the ol' Shelby. I was lucky.

Super Sneaky Steve

I want to hear a story! Tell me about your shoelace!

9nineteen

Not so much a shoelace. . .

Ahh the memories. Here's a compressed version of the story:

It was back in the summer of 1979, I was home (Santa Barbara, California) for college break. I had already "retired" from motocross having raced for 5 years. Early in those 5 years, I used to race against Brian Myerscough and some guy nick-named "the Flying Freckle" (Jeff Ward) on minis. Back to my story. . .I walked out of my parent's house to find my older brother's mint '78 RM125 sitting in the garage. Without a second thought I went to the trophy case, grabbed and put on my "retired" Suzuki yellow Bell helmet with its duct-taped Torsten Hallman visor. I then slipped on my Scott goggles with its protective face mask. (I still have these to this day, though deteriorated.)

The RM took one kick to bring it to life. Off I went onto the street. . ."backing it in" in the turns like today's supermotos, except with knobby tires. Stupid fool!! How many off you did this in their youth (or even now)???

Here's the kicker. . .I see these two hot girls walking along the sidewalk. Showing off, I start to pull an uphill wheelie, on the street of course. The front end comes up, up, up. . .and over. I looped it!!! I was more embarrassed than hurt at the moment. I ran up the street chasing my brother's bike. . .it's no longer mint. I rode it back home and parked it where I found it. I kept thinking "He's gonna KILL me." There he was, arms crossed, looking me. He said "The shape you're in now is punishment enough. Wait 'til mom sees you." You see, I was wearing a t-shirt, shorts, and tennis shoes. My helmet didn't have a single scratch. But my body's whole right side was toasted. Mom was really pissed to the point that she ignored me and my wounds. It was bad enough that she never wanted me to race motorcycles before nor had she seen me race in those 5 years. After a home peroxide bath and a trip to the doctor, I was lucky enough not to require skin grafts.

Now, a bit older and a little bit wiser, I always wear protective gear even if it's trip around the block. Not so much protecting me from my youth's stupidity but from just being on a motorcycle.

Ride safe.

wedge24

9nineteen it looks fantastic... love the front end ...

HondaJim

Nice, nice bike man. But somehow I don't think you're done. You know why? You mentioned the mirrors.


As far as shoelaces, one of the funniest things I've ever seen was the face of a guy through a clear shield helmet who pulled up next to me at a stoplight. Looks over at me and gets this "Hey, how you doi...................OH ****!" expression.

Eyeballs became as big as a gay guy's butthole on a date. He slowly proceeded to fall over on his right side. Come to find out his shoelace had gotten entangled around the brake lever, and when he slowed the weight of the bike was going right, therefore so did he.

mcromo44

Tastefully done with a nice dose of beastiness apparent.


Sandy in Chilly Snowy Calgary

jassto

Is that a Givi windscreen you got there? Looks nice! Doesn't take away from the fact that it is a naked bike, just makes it a little more practical for long highway trips.
I just bought a Give and haven't installed it yet. When I first opened the box it looks bigger than I thought it was going to be.