Middle Child – 2000 Honda CBR929RR

• some lucky owner bought-it-now last night, but this CBR is still worth a look…  Donn

When the liter-bike sweepstakes heated up, Honda stuck with a small displacement increase and concentrated on weight saving and tech.  Here’s a KC example with low miles in super nice shape with a boatload of new parts.

2000 Honda CBR929RR for sale on eBay

The SC44 brought major changes, at least internally, with a more oversquare architecture, lightened hard parts and 152 hp.  Leading edge devices controlled the intake and exhaust, 50 psi fuel feeding the 40mm throttle bodies, and a trick titanium valve that tailored the size of the exhaust collector to engine speed.  Sideplates on the chassis were deleted in favor of the load bearing crankcase with a subframe to hold the swingarm and footpegs.  Inverted forks were terminated with 330mm brakes, and finally a 17-inch front wheel.  Bodywork included a triple headlight, making nighttime sorties less of a nail-biter.

Shown by the 2nd owner and friend of a FireBlade superfan, this 929 is wicked clean, and bristling with new factory components.  Maybe the RC51 wheels are lighter, but they’re all but invisible behind the brakes.  Multiple windshields and tailcones are on the list in the eBay auction:

– New Bridgestone triple compound tires 

– 2002-06 RC51 SP2 wheels powder coated gloss black w/new bearings & hardware.  These wheels look amazing on the bike!! 

– Custom HRC wheel decals 

– 520 RK Gold chain conversion with Renthal ultra light sprockets 2-up in the rear. 

– New Honda turn signal rubber stalks 

– New Honda brake pads and Core Moto stainless brake lines. 

– New Honda fuel pump 

– New Honda air filter 

– New Honda clutch & throttle cables 

– New Honda grips, levers, bar ends, and hardware. 

– New Honda rear cowl last one available super unicorn, original was scratched (2 imperfect backups included)

– New Honda windscreen last one available super unicorn + you have a zero gravity clear screen as a back up. 

– New Honda oil and filter 

– New headlight & taillight bulbs 

– Mint, stock exhaust + period correct, last available, super unicorn, Jardine bolt-on (sounds great), which is the system that factory Honda was running in superbike competition at the time. 

– Extra Honda key

Reviewers quibbled with Honda’s horsepower and weight numbers, and either way the blue R1 wasn’t coming down off its pedestal.  Competitive pricing and build quality made the CBR a safe bet, but not the winner Honda was hoping for, and engineers went right back to it and produced another update for 2002.  Almost a collectible, the CBR929RR has great potential, especially as updated and presented here.

-donn