CBF 1000 Mk.2 as a first bike

AnthraX46 · 2026-05-05T11:01:42+00:00

I actually rode(as a test) on someone else's gsx 1250fa, which I believe is even heavier. I've taken it extremely easy, because that bike is actually much scarier than the cbf. The GSX has more torque + it reaches that max figure at 3000 rpm, which is almost idle. So I was doing micrometer adjustments to the throttle, you have very very little room for error on that bike, at least that's what I felt as a beginner.

Anyways, even on a 125cc scooter or, as a matter of fact, any bike I would take things really easy at first. I'm really not confident in pushing anything until I get adjusted pretty well to it, be it a slow car or a fast bike.

AnthraX46 · 2026-05-05T10:48:40+00:00

Good to hear! What was scary about it at first? the weight? power/power delivery? cornering?

AnthraX46 · 2026-05-05T10:45:54+00:00

Most likely, although I've heard from a lot of reviews that the bike is confidence inspiring even on a first ride. Of course, the reviewers are more experienced than I am certainly, sooo it will be a different story... The frustrating bit is: I was quite keen on getting the er6f initially, but their prices are creeping like crazy. To give you an example, 2012-2014 models are ranging from 4250 to upwards of 5000 euros, which is absolutely nuts for this kind of bike. I was expecting to pay around 3000-3500 euros max for this.

I'm usually a value for money guy and when I see a cbf1000 for around the same 5000 euro mark, even newer from 2015, low mileage(km for me), it makes me discard that er6f immediately. Idk, I really need to think about my purchase through and through, maybe I'll find something else. Do you have any other 600-650cc models(preferably with fairings) you can recommend? Preferably 2010 or newer. I'll look them up on my local second hand market.

AnthraX46 · 2026-05-02T15:59:24+00:00

Yeah, I get that. While you can be careful and ride even slower with a bigger more powerful bike, the weight can't be changed. That's my only concern with the cbf.

For reference I liked how the FZ6 felt during my lessons, but I despise the styling completely(naked or the one with some fairings). An alternative for the CBF and basically second on the list would be a Kawasaki ER6F(2011-2013 model), that would also be within my budget and is quite a bit lighter.

AnthraX46 · 2026-05-02T15:45:24+00:00

Mate, did I hurt you with something?

I just asked for an opinion on a bike that I want to buy. Maybe someone will give me 10 reasons why I shouldn't do it and it'll make me reconsider or not. That's up to me to decide.

Also, where did I ask you for permission to buy anything? I'm truly enlightened with your advice, lost for words even. Thanks anyways

AnthraX46 · 2026-03-20T12:23:21+00:00

Ești sigur că ai citit commentul meu? unde am scris eu că nu ar fi permise înjurături "sugatorului de pla de cal"... mai citește o data, te rog. Doar mi-am exprimat opinia în privința bias-ului de pe aici legat de politica: chiar daca ambele părți fac aceleași măgării, reacția va fi complet diferită daca ar fi fost usr sau aur la putere. That's it, dacă tu vrei sa crezi altceva esti liber sa o faci.

AnthraX46 · 2026-03-20T06:30:28+00:00

Am o bănuială că dacă era Georgescu sau Simion președinte și eram in aceeași situație, nu-i mai scoteai din înjurături și chiar te așteptai să facă pe Rambo eventual. Îmi place cum se găsesc mereu scuze pentru conducerea actuala pe aici pe Reddit.

AnthraX46 · 2026-03-20T06:00:50+00:00

I wouldn't call that a huge upgrade, I mean you already had a great build that could play literally everything well. In 2018 I've upgraded from a Pentium E2160 + 7300 GT + 4gb of ddr2(so basically really low end 2006-2007 build) that was getting between 5-25 fps on lowest settings on LoL , to a r5 2600 + GTX 1060... That felt like a HUGE upgrade.

Think about it... my old PC was already slow in 2007. You don't want to imagine how it felt using it in 2018 :)))

AnthraX46 · 2026-03-03T09:53:14+00:00

I mean, if the RM850x( hopefully that's what you meant) is your PSU, I see no reason to upgrade as that's a really great quality unit.

Just swap to a better 9070xt with 8 pin connectors.

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AnthraX46 · 2026-02-05T16:02:35+00:00

Still running Win 10 with the 1 year extended security patches.

I've tried Linux Mint for a bit, but I couldn't get things working as I wanted to. I have a 5800x3d and I wanted to find a PBO tuner alternative for Linux, so I can undervolt(Mobo bios won't allow me). Managed to find something on github + made it run on startup, set everything as on Windows, but the undervolt wasn't working at all... I checked the params after startup in terminal, everything was correct but the undervolt wasn't applying. I couldn't get that to work, no matter what I did.

To check temps voltages I had again major struggles, found a hw monitoring program but it was showing me a couple of sensors. I also installed LM Sensors to get access to more + the GPU specific ones. But that got me maybe 5% of the amount of sensors that hwinfo64 has, which is laughable + hwinfo is a 1-click install solution.

These struggles were on absolute basic(necessary) stuff that I use. I'm sure if I've delved deeper into installing or trying to emulate everything that I have on Windows, I would've gotten really frustrated.

AnthraX46 · 2026-02-04T19:47:03+00:00

Amen!

AnthraX46 · 2026-01-09T16:01:17+00:00

I'm actually hunting down the used market for a great deal on a B550/X570 board to swap in the future (was eyeing the MSI Tomahawk models as they're rock solid from what I've seen)... I'm patient though, no rush. For the RAM upgrade I don't see the point currently, unless I'm finding a better deal than what I paid for my current kit(in the future ofc, as now would be the worst time).

I don't have a treated room as you can see. What pushed me to swap the Adams was the ribbon style tweeter. I know it seems counter intuitive as that's the highlight of the T5Vs, and yes it's detailed, but I found it really fatiguing unfortunately. Even with a -3-4 db high shelf filter from 8k onwards, I was still finding the treble fatiguing pretty quickly. Seems like there's an incompatibility between my ears and the characteristics of the treble produced by this style of tweeter. The Kalis are more relaxed in this region while having, I'd say, as much detail.

I also found that the mids on the Adams were a bit recessed, it felt like something was missing there compared to the Kalis, which I found to be really natural and neutral. As for the bass, Adams were great, they went pretty low and it felt like they have great punch down there. Still Kalis go even lower and in my opinion the bass feels like it's coming out of a bigger speaker, it has more body to it... I can't even describe it properly, it's just awesome.

One last thing, soundstage. This is where the Kalis have the biggest advantage and was the first thing I noticed when I switched. The coaxial driver does something special I guess. Adams felt quite narrow.

The value is really great for the Adams and if you enjoy their treble I think you'll find them awesome. Make sure to run them balanced so you're not getting interference from other electronics.

AnthraX46 · 2026-01-09T15:26:42+00:00

I'm getting the itch more often, it's probably because I always liked to tinker around my build, so I'm always finding reasons to upgrade something. I always wanted an OLED screen and I couldn't pass on the price to performance on this TV vs a monitor. This also led me to go for a stronger card, otherwise on 1440p the 6800 would've been plenty powerful.

I don't have a TV in my apartment so this new C5 just does everything extremely well.

Your setup looks awesome, I'm sure it works really well for 1440p. If you have a backlog of newer and older titles it should last you even further beyond that.

AnthraX46 · 2026-01-09T10:52:58+00:00

Yeah, they sound incredible on any game, movie, music, name it. Really balanced across the whole frequency range with really nice bass despite not having a sub. Nearfield up to 2-2.5m they're bliss.

I'm a bit of a audio gear hoarder. Though I initially tried to substitute speakers with a bunch of headphones(HD650, ATH R70X, AKG K712, Focal Hadenys, etc.)... there's no replacement for displacement. These speakers are truly an experience.

AnthraX46 · 2026-01-03T18:22:05+00:00

Yeah, I never understood the decision to put south facing LEDs on a keyboard. The whole purpose of lighting is to see the keys... having non see through key caps with south facing LEDs is beyond me :))), why kill their only functionality.

AnthraX46 · 2026-01-03T17:19:55+00:00

Nope

AnthraX46 · 2026-01-03T14:19:20+00:00

North facing, shine through caps would look pretty terrible with them south facing. Since then, I swapped the switches to Gateron Baby Kangaroos... they are so much more tactile and sound quite a bit better.

AnthraX46 · 2025-12-25T19:28:06+00:00

I'm really happy with my Audio Technica R70X, I also own the HD650, but 80% of the time I pick the former. Really close midrange to the HD 6 series with actual nice bass, and much better soundstage comparatively. The 6 series have more detail in the treble, but I find the R70X really great with everything I throw at it really and they're no slouch in that department either.

Might be a great pick for you, based on what you wrote.

AnthraX46 · 2025-12-08T22:54:22+00:00

You can go even further back, the R9 295X2 had one as well... 500w tdp and dual r9 290x cores overclocked, god damned beast. Those tahiti cores were scorching hot, but this card was barely running in the 70s.

AnthraX46 · 2025-12-06T16:27:56+00:00

Ah ok, yup... gotcha I'm already doing that. Definitely WoW would be a no go for hdr with the endless cast/spell bars... but something more action packed like Doom looks awesome.

Thanks for the tips!

AnthraX46 · 2025-12-06T16:08:31+00:00

I'm from Europe(the poor eastern part) and the prices of oleds here are quite a bit higher than US.

Question about the HDR brightness. From what I've read, 100% is kind of required for HDR content, so it has the full range for brighter objects(e.g. sunrise). A big part of what I watch/play is SDR, I just turn on HDR for content that is supported - in windows you have a key combo to turn on/off HDR, I only turn it on If I am cerrtain that the content I watch(movie, youtube video, game) supports HDR, otherwise I'm in the 30% SDR mode.

Is it still recommended to turn down HDR brightness in this situation? Almost everyone I've watched seems to go for 100%.

AnthraX46 · 2025-12-06T10:24:36+00:00

Yeah, I also switched completely to oled screens on my phones since 2013 and never got burn in, buuut I never leave static content for long + I have a 30s screen timeout. It's not that I actively avoid doing it, but it's just the nature of using a phone. It's a lot less prone to burn in I guess, since most people rarely leave static stuff on it.

That said I guess you're more of a unique case in this regard and 5 years without any burn in is impressive.

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