sohowcome
Captain Obvious
I am in the process of buying a Honda Blackbird 1100XX, I was wondering if anyone on the board has one and what they thought of it. Thanks for any info :beer:
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I've ridden one and it was overall a very fast, comfortable bike. Great highway bike. Not as good handling as a sportbike, but still nimble.
I have a 2000 TI CBR1100XX:
I am the 2nd owner when I picked it up it was bone stock with very few miles on it, I now have 65K on it.
The bike is fantastic and is rock solid.:rockon: I hope to one day put over 200K on it.:coolman:
If you need any specific info on it let me know, I have a few mods on mine and I am still adding some here and there when I have the $$$.
I am the 2nd owner when I picked it up it was bone stock with very few miles on it, I now have 65K on it.
The bike is fantastic and is rock solid.:rockon: I hope to one day put over 200K on it.:coolman:
If you need any specific info on it let me know, I have a few mods on mine and I am still adding some here and there when I have the $$$.
sohowcome
Captain Obvious
Sweet bike 
Which year do you suggest getting, I have bidding on mostly '02s and '03s. My goal is to have a solid highway rider that is nimble enough to take some twisty's.
Which year do you suggest getting, I have bidding on mostly '02s and '03s. My goal is to have a solid highway rider that is nimble enough to take some twisty's.Sweet bike
That is a great description of what this bike does:beer:
As far as year some will tell you to go with any that are FI (99-03) models, I would tell you to go with the one thats in the best shape and lowest miles. I have a few friends that have carbed Birds (97-98) and have had no issue with them whatsoever, the diferences are very small and few between the models.
If I were looking right now I would go with the cleanest exxample I could find.
There are some really good people over at cbr1100xx.org it is much like this site but full of info for the XX.:thumbsup:
sohowcome
Captain Obvious
Sweet thanks for the site info. I am pretty stoked, took a while to convince the wifey to let me have another new toy
Sweet thanks for the site info. I am pretty stoked, took a while to convince the wifey to let me have another new toy
Get her out for a ride on it, just take it real easy at first with her. My wife was the same way she hated bikes but I was able to soften her up with some easy riding early on in our relationship now she would throw a fit if I tried to sell it.;-)
Not true it can hold it's own against the 600 and 750's in the straights maybe not some real twisty roads, the new 1K's are quicker in the 1/4 as the bikes that were built to beat it i.e. busa and zx-14 but if you google some 1/4 mile times you would be plenty surprised as to how well it has held it's own for the last ten years.;-)
coming from an X busa owner, I'll give you some street credit on some of what you say, I still think an 08 GSXR 750 would be a handful for an old blackbird.
08 GSXR 750 140HP 10:51 in the quarter
00 XX BB 1100 139HP 10:46 in the quarter
makes for a hellva race.
XX still a nice bike for a much lower price, thats all.
08 GSXR 750 140HP 10:51 in the quarter
00 XX BB 1100 139HP 10:46 in the quarter
makes for a hellva race.
XX still a nice bike for a much lower price, thats all.
BLUBLLS
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And the blackbird will pull much better once it gets going just because of aero's. It's also a MUCh more comfortable bike if you plan on riding for a couple hours at a time...
sohowcome
Captain Obvious
Good post, that is what makes this bike attractive to me, superior performance for around $6500 :beer:
Whats the deal with Suzuki? Aren't they the only one still making a 750 sport bike?
I would have thought that they would go they way of the other makers and only sell a 600 and 1K seeing as how the 1k's are as light if not lighter and more powerful than the 750's? Must be some kind of money for them there.:shrug:
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