Honda CBR600F (2012) Review! - AN ABSOLUTE HIDDEN GEM!
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2024
- We are finally reviewing the 2012 HONDA CBR600F. This comes across as a bit of an unknown beauty but is it as good as it seems? How good of a 600cc sports bike is it? Is it a rival to the great Supersports such as the KAWASAKI ZX6R and the HONDA CBR600RR? Or is it a glorified tourer?
Watch this vid to find out!
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These bikes are also extremely reliable and plenty fast enough, and comfortable! I like this era of Honda styling better than the modern one.
Indeed they are, I know exactly what you mean about the styling on these ones too in comparison to modern day
You can lay behind the screen and it will do 150mph but if you stay below 7000rpm it's a great commuter. You complain about it being soft, this is easily fixed with "600RR" (not sure the year) springs and oils. Not expensive. @@pudmoto
Oh yeah I can imagine a few of the gripes I have could be very quickly and cheaply fixed. Certainly is a great commuter
I just purchased today a 22 Yamaha R7 60th addition. Stepping up from a 125cc Lexmoto LXS. Can’t wait until next week until the bike is ready for collection. Great vid again Pub keep them coming 👍🏻
Oh wow what a beautiful bike to have just bought! Really nice choice mate!!! I bet you can't wait. Cheers bud I certainly will!
Keep it up, great review
Thank you very much! Means tonnes!!!
Funnily enough i found your channel whilst doing research on this bike around october time. Glad i did tbh because you got me back into watching motovloggers which i had stopped doing years ago because they got rather boring imo. I had my heart set on this bike until recently when i decided to go for the 2024 CBR 650R that comes out this month
Oh no way that is mega! Well i'm glad i got you back into watching motovloggers!!! It's a great community. Oh wow the 2024 650r is sexy af
@@pudmotoDoes the 600F have a balance shaft? The 650R does not and the buzz gets quite annoying sometimes 😒
Great review mate, be great to see some more.
Thanks so much mate! I plan on doing this much more now, wanna start levelling up the content!
I bought my 600F last year after 12 years of no motorbike. I must say it’s cracking bike and plenty powerful enough for what I want these days being a 60year old fart. Love mine
Great review of a great bike… Also, well done for getting out there even in this sh*te UK weather!
Thanks very much mate! Eyy its gotta be done hasn't it haha
I had a 2007 cbr600f and it was the best handling bike I’ve ever ridden. So much fun and I miss her every day.
I must admit it does handle absolutely brilliantly
Nice review mate. Decent bikes those, plenty of people turn them into track steeds, also seen a few cafe racer builds.
Id absolutely love to make it a track steed, maybe down the line if funds increase and i can afford another bike haha. Cafe racer version sounds interesting!
Nice review mate
Thanks very much mate!!!
Had mine 5years now, so reliable, fitted a link pipe to remove the cat and resonator, the Honda apro end can and a Woolwich remap, 97bhp at the rear wheel, pops and bangs lovely and a flame every now and then. Cracking bikes but defo needs to be screamed
Oooooooo that sounds sexy! Kind of making me want to do the same to mine, it does need to be screamed though for sure, but when you hit them high revs and it pulls it feels awesome!
Picked up a 2011 example as my first “big bike” after riding 50cc or 125 for the past 10 years. No regrets. Lovely bike, easy to ride, with the punch you want to have some fun!
Yeah absolutely agree with that mate!!
I had the chance to commute on a cbr600f4 for a few weeks, lovely little bike, very confidence inspiring and was super easy to wheelie lol.
But you cant beat displacement, my zx12r is a nutter and feels similar to a cbr600f4
Yeah little more powerful than this baby, would certainly love to have a blast on an f4. Oh i bet that is great fun!
i got the same bike white/red and i love it really fun to ride and capable keep up with big bikes on twisted roads
Oh mega!!! I love the white/ red ones. Really easy bikes to ride and bags of fun!
Yes bro , can’t fault my cbr tbh ridden a few bikes and I just gelled with the Honda more I’m 6.1 and don’t feel cramped up or anything, bonus I can just about keep up with my dads zx6r , had back end slip out but pulled it back in , so deffo need better tyres on them , but I’ve only done 2600 miles so far , nice to see a full video bro weather should start getting better after this month deffo get group ride sorted , as always bro keep smashing it 👊🏻✌🏻
For sure mate, i've had a few slips myself so will wanna upgrade tyres at some point. I'm back now mate, 2 long form vids per week!! Absolutely! I genuinly still have your sticker haha
Buzzing Keep hold of it for me we will grab a chippy tea on a dry weekend soon mate if your free 👊🏻
Don't worry I will mate, been looking forward to this chippy all winter hahaha
Awesome review from a fellow Honda CBR600F owner all the way from South Africa 😁 Love mine! 😍
Thank you very much mate!!! They are great aren't they
@@pudmoto the best value for money 😁
Oh 100% crazy cheap for what you get
Lekker boetie.. 🤟 very cool bikes..
Great review Pud! I think these are deffo sports tourers as like you say they're comfortable and softer suspension where as the 600rr is a full on track monster so everything is just more lol,
The brakes being soft and not having much bite is an easy fix mate... hel braided brake lines and some track/fast road pads and it should pull up real sharp then but it could also be due to not enough heat in the pads and tyres as well especially in the beautiful English weather we have haha, pilot power sports 3 are supposed to be decent in the wet as are diablos.
Yeah 100% tourers, I think i will do the changes to the brakes and tyres first to be honest because it can be quite noticable at times, Yeah i suppose the weather reaaaally doesn't help in this lovely soggy country hahah
Have a 2012 dr-z 400, love the simplicity. Gave confidence to get tools and develop some skills.
Favorite bike is the 600f4i, and if can ever get an insurer to take one on here (before all bikes that era are banned), I definitely plan to own one.
Where are you based?
Oh absolutely, this bikes has done the same for my confidence and skills. An f4i would be awesome! More powerful than this badboy, would be insane to own one!
@@jamiedean5106 London, no garage. Seems biggest issues, though also self employed and only had fully unrestricted license a year. Still, late 30's, 18 years car license, and could not get a quote from over a dozen insurers directly. A lady said "there is just no market for it".
While know of a 24 year old, 600RR, first big bike paying £1250 fully comp (I'm paying £1500 3rd party only for a dirtbike). But they are out of London, garaged. Better demographic.
I managed to get a quote on an R7 recently, £3300 3rd party only, they wouldn't give one for fire and theft.
Wow! Yeah defintely the fact its london isnt helping is it, I'm in Bradford so you can imagine its never great for me either haha
Good review and loveley looking bike. I just ordered a new CBR650R and waiting patiently for it to arrive. First bike after 30 year break. Wanted inline 4 as the sound and power delivery suites me.
I am 5' 4" with a 28" inside leg. I can get balls of my feet down ok and its an 810mm height. I think its more about the width of the seat at the tank that makes the difference.
Keep up the content and hats off to you sir for doing a review in the lovely British weather 👍
Oh wow what a beautiful bike to get you back into riding! And yeah the inline 4 is just sexy af hahah it just doesn't get old hearing the sound when you hit them high revs!!! Cheers mate haha felt committed to the review once i started haha gotta show the realities of riding in the uk
@@pudmoto it was a treat to myself, midlife crisis style. Did a couple of years when younger only having a bike for everything, rain snow wind etc. This time it will be for dry days above 10 degrees 😄.
Hahaha yeah fair enough mate, well at least you can enjoy warmer rides out@@RussRyan7713
Absolutely love mine ❤
Seriously can't go wrong with them
I started life on the brand new SV650 black naked in 1999 and there's a reason it became so popular. The rest of the bike perfectly matches the capability of the engine, and it's very forgiving of new riders. Like you Pud I rode through winter and it never let me down once. Sadly we soon parted thanks to some shithead tea leaf. So I changed to the yellow 650s. We were together for a few years.
I tried the new VFR VTECH for a couple of hours, and it felt like riding an elephant. It was easy to manage, but felt as wide as a car compared to a skinny v-twin.
The only problem with the SV 650, as brilliant as they are, and as easy to get along with, they are underpowered. It won't take new riders long to envy bigger bikes.
Great review Pud, it sounds like an awesome bike and impressive for the age. It make me wanna ride again. But what was the price?
Oh absolutely mate, i've heard very similar things about the SV650, absolutely brilliant bikes and people fall in love with them very easy but the lack of mega power certainly turns people away from them, shame really.
Thanks alot mate, plan on doing way more review style videos, especially if I can get my hands on some more bikes, need a dealership sponsor haha.
Price I paid back in August was £4,100
@@pudmoto £4100, wow. I paid that for my brand new SV in 1999! Times have changed.
Yeah I soon got bored, and really wanted to upgrade, but there weren't any alternatives until you get to the 1000cc level and they were bloody expensive.
If you want or need advice on reviews and getting free gear, I can help out a little. I had a hugely popular website back in the day, it was in the top 2,000 sites in the UK and I was harassed constantly for endorsements and reviews.
They certainly have mate! Yeah to be honest most of what we gotta consider now is the insurance on top too, mega prices.
That would be massively helpful, i'd love to get some advice on how to start the process
Essa moto é incrível, foi muito comercializado aqui no Brasil, inclusive tenho uma, toda equipada.
Oh really? Thats awesome! I really agree it is a great bike
I’ve had one of these for 8 years. I’ve test ridden all the bikes that came after it and none are as good. The modern equivalent don’t have adjustable suspension and have a bit less power. Plus the riding position on this generation is perfect.
Yeah completely agree, just absolutely love the thing!
Ive had 2 of these over 4 years. Can sit on motorways and have plenty of power for overtaking.will sit at 100mph and not vibrate too much. Ive used it to commute in London and its perfect. No snatchy throttle etc . Lower power at low revs so it is easy to ride in crawling traffic. Front heavy helps that. 6 pot linked brakes are good enough. 100bhp is enough gor daily use. Id highly recommend this over the 650r
Sounds as though my certainly agree in terms of the things i included in the review, all these points definately point towards it being a really nice manageable bike for new riders stepping up plus still having alot going for it for more experienced brethren
Cracking review Pud I have the 2002 600F and it’s a cracking bike if you want to compare them let me know I’ll bring it over 👍
Sounds like a cracking plan mate! Would be great to see that bike in the flesh
@@pudmotolet me know when you have time and we’ll sort it 👍
Will do buddy!@@DaveCBR600F
Unfortunately 4 cylinder screamers are going the way of the dodo due to being hard to get lower emissions. Ill have to have a go on one at some point.
Yeah it is such a shame to be honest. Really is one of my favourite engine types
@@pudmoto Most of my experience has been Single, Parallel twin, V-twin and V4. Currently V4 is winning the brap wars.
Hahaha the brap wars! Love it, I'd love to try out a triple too
AGREED
Bought one, will be delivered in a week or something. Come from a SV650 35 kw version. Hope will be a great substitute.
Oh absolutely mate! That's well exciting though, you'll love it
Thank you, i hope that too!
The 600F was a great little sporty but comfortable do it all bike (quite like the VFR750/800 but with a slightly more sporty edge), it had 95% of the RRs performance and handling and it was only really at the track and pushing it were you'd find the RRs advantages, plus it was quite a bit more comfortable and the RR was the most comfortable of the middleweight super sports bikes of the time (the R6, ZX6, GSX-R600 and the Ducati 749) , I know the CBR650 is meant to be the modern version but IMO it's a poor attempt and lacks the character, performance and handling of the older F..
I think the CBR650 is actually heavier than this one aswell. Yeah totally agree I think the real performance differences will be way more apparent when out on track on the RR.
@@pudmoto You're spot on about the CBR650 being heavier, 14kg is not insubstantial. .
No and compared to its competitors its veeeeery heavy
"It is a pretty sexual little bike" gave me Austin Powers vibes lol
Hahaha maybe that's what I was going for!
I do love these, I always wanted a 600F but my gf wont let me get a 3rd bike :(
So I'm looking for garages to rent :D
gonna be like "yeah im off to hang out with the bois" before I ride to my secret garage to pull out the secret bikes.
Hahahah I reckon that would all be worth it for a 600f. Really lovely bikes, cheap and looks mega too!
@@pudmoto Always loved the blue and white but I can only ever find them in the red.
However saying that I would probably wrap the coloured panels in my colour of choice anyway haha.
Yeah I'm thinking about doing similar yo be honest mate
@@pudmoto ooh, bet it's gonna look real nice!
Can't decide on colour though haha@@thatwolffe3802
I own one 2011 model with 167000kkm on the clock never had any problems very reliaeble with ful service history never regret one day sins i boutht it
They are absolutely awesome aren't they! Well if yours has done that many miles and still going strong I'm super happy with my choice of bike
Hi, please tell me how much to pour into the fork of the honda cbr 600 f?
When are you testing different bikes to give a first impression
Working on getting my hands on different bikes for this exact purpose!! Can't wait to start doing first impression videos
It seems to be very much based on older 600f (F4i) 2000-2006. But honda do some savings and some things are slightly worse.
Oh yeah it absolutely is, stripped back abit because it would be too much of a competitor to the cbr600rr. Which is ultimately why they stopped making them. Cause people were opting to buy this much cheaper machine
@@pudmoto I also prefer the F version or single R today, from the RR simply because their user friendliness and better comfort overall
Oh yeah I totally agree! For road use I think I will always go for the comfier options
hmm? I thought CBR600 line all have undertail exhaust. I heard the Best model year is 07-08 since 09+ seem to be neutered
Yeah that's the CBR600RR models, the cbr600f doesn't have the undertail exhaust unfortunately
Have u found the abs has kicked in? Wondering how the combined abs works versus some of the newer stuff
I actually haven't felt it yet no, although i've not had any really harsh braking situations on the bike yet
I've slammed brakes on mine and abs doesn't kick in. Combined just adds a little rear brake so helps with stability but isn't noticeable really
@@davidg2116thanks so the ABS isn't very good overall?
@@frankedoodle3798 it's fine. It's not intrusive. Also the linked brakes help reduce diving of the front forks as it applies pressure to the rear
@@davidg2116 sounds impossible to lock the wheels.. I like it! :)
600f for flipping slow 🤔🥔I’m joking chill or not let’s start and argument mopeds are better “forgive me lord Jesus”😅
Hahaha not slow compared to the 125 i used to ride!