1997 Honda CBR600F3
Miles: 4,505
Clean Title
Second Owner
$6,500 OBO
Seller
This is likely the last 1997 Honda CBR 600F3 in existence in this condition and mileage. Not to mention the very rare and killer paint scheme. ONLY 4,500 miles (that is not a misprint.) For those of you who’ve been around for awhile, you know that the Honda CBR600 series was WAY beyond its time at its inception, and they continue to hold their own today. Very comfortable, upright ride and easy on your wrists, unlike the majority of sport bikes where you literally lay on the tank and your wrists go numb just riding around the block.
All factory stock. Bought from the original owner several years ago and maintained as a collectible. Never saw rain and only taken out periodically during warm months for short ‘around town’ trips simply to keep it fresh. Oil and filter also changed every 2 years to keep it fresh. Turns heads everywhere it goes. Then back to the garage and covered. Gas Stabilized and battery removed every winter as well. It runs and operates like the day it left the factory. Tank bag and other accessories are not included. As everything is original I would highly recommend that you replace the tires simply due to age. Newer battery, clean title in hand.
This is a true collector’s specimen and a very special machine that deserves to be ridden and cared for with much respect. I’m truly not motivated to sell it but recent changes within our family has influenced the decision to do so.
Cash is required for immediate transfer. Any other payment method must clear BEFORE the title is signed over. No joy rides. Test rides only given to cash-in-hand buyers ONLY. Meaning…if you want to function test the bike, cycle the gears, etc., I will be holding your cash while you do so. If you lay it down or damage it in any way, you bought it. Sorry, but I think anyone selling a valuable motor vehicle would do the same.
Cycleworld wrote up a review of the CBR line titled, “Great Sportbikes of the Past: 1991-1998 Honda CBR600F2-F3 The Birth of Domination”
“Those who weren’t riding before the 21st century may find it difficult to imagine a time when the sight of a Honda struck fear into riders of other brands. Don’t get us wrong; Honda’s CBR600RR is still a formidable high-performance bike. But for most of the nineties, Honda was utterly and unquestionably dominant in the middleweight class, and it was an anomaly to see anything other than the CBR600F2 and F3 come out on top in either a 600cc magazine shootout or a road race.”
Tad covered a ’97 CBR600F3 on RSBFS back in 2019, “Produced between 1995 and 1998, the F3 was an evolution of the earlier CBR600 F2. Compared to that bike, it offered adjustable cartridge forks, a Pro-Link rear, and and ram-air to feed the engine. The result was a few more ponies from the 599cc inline four and a 454lb wet weight. That might sound heavy for a 600, but it was just a couple pounds heavier than a ZX-6R or GSX-R600 of the same period, and actually a good bit lighter than the aluminum-framed YZF600. At a claimed 105hp, peak power wasn’t best-in-class either, but the CBR offered a smooth spread of power with no real dips or flat spots, the perfect balance in a road engine and pretty handy on track as well….
It also made a perfectly good foundation for a racebike, winning multiple AMA SuperSport Championships, and didn’t seem to suffer at all for its relatively ordinary underpinnings. Eventually, the entire class became more and more track focused, and led to the development of the CBR600RR that was sold alongside the CBR600 F4i as a direct alternative to the high-strung offerings from Suzuki, Kawasaki, and Yamaha. But for a while, Honda’s versatile CBR meant you really could have your cake and eat it too.”
Good luck to the buyer and seller!
You’d thing someone asking an ultra premium price could provide more than two photos.
@Sal – We were surprised as well. At the bottom of the seller’s description it says more photos to come, so if you are interested keep an eye on it. There should be more photos coming.
Very unusual to see one of these that hasn’t been sliced and diced by some squid-kid, nice survivor.