1987 Honda CBR 600 Hurricane
Miles: 7,900
Clean Title
$3,499 OBO
Michigan
You are looking at an extremely rare Honda Hurricane CBR 600. If you know its history, please keep reading if not, you may want to look at a newer bike. It is no museum piece, but it is in pretty good condition.Well maintained runs and drives great for its age.
I am happy to answer any and all questions.
RSBFS
What a site to see! I bet this bike turns heads. After searching through our archives I was only able to find a handful of CBR600’s on the site, and I did not find any from 1987. Dan did post one from 1988 and he had this to say, “From the classics section of milestone motorcycles comes the wonderful Honda 600 Hurricane. Officially known as the CBR600F when introduced in 1987, the Hurricane was Honda’s wash and wear tuxedo for the ultra-competitive middleweight class; this was a bike that could do everything well. With a raspy liquid cooled inline four that was completely enclosed by bodywork, the Hurricane made a statement that set it apart from the rest of the crowd. During this time, full bodywork was an actual thing, with Bimota (DB1) and Ducati (Paso) leading the trend. Honda’s entry was vastly different than the other Japanese Big Four offerings and resulted in a runaway showroom success that spawned many variants. Up through 1990 these became known as the first series bikes (CBR-F1, if you will), and what followed were the F2, F3 and F4 models.”
Pretty good condition sounds great for 40 years old.
Good luck to the buyer and seller!
O.K. I’ll say it. IMO, the Paso had the best looking bike. Although the Honda could smoke it performance wise. Remember, It’s better to look good than run good and my dear, Paso, you look mahvelous!
Saw one of these on 21 Jump Street back in the day. Sealed the deal that I was going to be a sportbike rider. This bike set the hook. I never got to have one. Insurance companies said these were not for teenagers.
907 paso gets my nod though for the bike I would still like to acquire today.
One of the first bikes I fell in love with as a kid was the white/ blue/ red ’89 CBR. Never was able to afford it then. But, I got lucky and Picked up an almost all original/ very clean 88 Grey/ Red HURRICANE (always liked the name and thought it was a cool story for the CBR history) right as the lockdowns started so great deal. The red wheels really just scream 1988. My co workers and I were going to have a competition on a long distance ride with old pre 90’s bikes. Had to be under $2000 and couldn’t spend more than $500 getting it road worthy. One friend picked a beat up old FJ1200, another a Yamaha Venture (Gold Wing style). Easy to work on, still easy to get parts for still (even new old stock mirrors!) and 17 inch wheels plenty of tire choices. I wanted to make the multi state trip in relative comfort and still have fun, so the CBR would have been a willing companion. The lockdowns cancelled our trip but I still fully restored the Hurricane. Honestly I enjoy riding the Hurricane on back roads just fine, even with having plenty of newer bikes available. It is slow by current sportbike standards but not slow by the what you can really do on the road standards these days with traffic, road construction, law enforcement, etc. Had my suspension guy dial in the fork/ shock (air fork is terrible yes), put some good Pirellis on it and it still handles really well for an almost 40 year old bike. I can see why it cleaned up on the track and on the sales floor. Just wish I had that ’89 when I was 16. Not a huge Ducati fan myself, and certainly think its a better looking and performing bike than the Paso. But the Paso were pretty cool too and even back then very rare sights. Both bikes are examples (for both good and bad reasons) of why they are likely never to be “rebirthed”. Personally I think its awesome to see these bikes still in circulation