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2007 Honda 919, little project

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    2007 Honda 919, little project

    Owned since 2019. It’s got about 35k miles, starts and runs great. I had it set up as a lightweight sport-tourer. It’s a great street engine - for an I4, its torquey down low, redline is “only” 9500 rpm. It’s been typical Honda reliable. Clean title in my name.

    For the good:
    - New Yuasa battery and OEM radiator last year
    - Corbin dual seat
    - 2” taller handlebar for more upright ergos
    - Givi side racks with 21L cases
    - Givi topcase rack with 46L top case with brake light
    - Koso Apollo heated grips
    - Center stand
    - Steel brake lines front/rear
    - Voltmeter on dash, USB on handlebars
    - LED headlight bulb
    - Auxiliary brake light on license plate
    - LED turn signals (fronts dual function as white running lights, rears dual function as brake lights)

    For the bad:
    Last spring, I decided to sell it. Cleaned it up, fixed a couple minor things, had a couple interested buyers… and then crashed it (on my birthday, too). I’ve started reassembling it, but my time and garage space are in short supply.

    For the crash damage:
    - Broken turn signals (replaced)
    - Broken mirrors (replaced)
    - Cracked speedo bezel (replaced)
    - Broken topcase rack (replaced)
    - Broken aftermarket windscreen (looks better without it anyway)
    - Minor ding in tank from handlebar, some rash on one side case and crash bar

    Still needs:
    - Bent forks
    • have a set of fully-adjustable CBR forks that bolt in and are an upgrade
    • have a heavier set of springs for these too since the 919 is a heavier bike than the F4i
    • have a replacement lower triple/stem and new steering head bearings

    - Broken front fender
    • have a color-matched F4i front fender that obviously fits the F4i forks

    - Broken steering stop tab
    • talked to a local shop about re-welding it, he said it wasn’t a big deal - I may try to get this done sooner than later


    Pics below are from better days and one of front end immediately after crash.
    I’m thinking $2k as it sits
    2007 Honda 919, little project-img_7846-jpg2007 Honda 919, little project-img_9679-jpg2007 Honda 919, little project-img_1128-jpg

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    Re: 2007 Honda 919, little project

    Son of a.... I just bought a gsxr project a few days ago. These are my all time favorite bikes. The only bike I ever regretted selling. I've been hunting another for years.

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    Re: 2007 Honda 919, little project

    Yeah, I was one of those "interested [potential] buyers" a year ago ... but three weeks ago I bought the '05 FZ1.

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    Re: 2007 Honda 919, little project

    That's a nice setup on a great street bike!

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    Re: 2007 Honda 919, little project

    Bump, haven’t had time to work on this

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    Re: 2007 Honda 919, little project

    This is a smoking deal. Absolute bargain.

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    Re: 2007 Honda 919, little project

    Current state:
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    Re: 2007 Honda 919, little project

    Forks bent:
    2007 Honda 919, little project-img_2328-jpg

    Steering stop tab needs re-welding back in place:
    2007 Honda 919, little project-img_2331-jpg

    Crack in crashbar weld plus rash:
    2007 Honda 919, little project-img_2332-jpg

    Replacement lower triple, F4i forks, 10.0N fork springs from my old F4i track bike, fender from a 2006 F4i that had the same paint code:
    2007 Honda 919, little project-img_2325-jpg

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    Re: 2007 Honda 919, little project

    Man... I can't remember the guy's online name, but this dude used to put out the coolest video edits of him ripping around some cool mountain roads on an all black 919 back in the day. Knee dragging, sick wheelies, cool vid effects & music edits. Made me want a 919 so bad.

    Oh wait, hey, I remembered while typing this out... too bad the guy's site is down now. Wonder if I still have those videos on my old hard drive.

    way cool bike site... dr.Sardonicus

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    Re: 2007 Honda 919, little project

    Archive.org has some of the site, but the video I tried wasn't archived. :/

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    Re: 2007 Honda 919, little project

    Looks like a bunch got uploaded to youtube

    https://www.youtube.com/@vegasstreet...ery=sardonicus

    Sorry for the thread derailment. Lemme know if you want me to clean it up... but I figured this might be some 919 inspiration to someone.

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    Re: 2007 Honda 919, little project

    Bump, just bought some new steering head bearings. Might take a PTO day in the next week or so to get this back together.

    Last chance to get it as a DIY project for $2000 before I get it back together and relist it for double that

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