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Rob P XX said:
Rob
I had my BB from new and had the CCT replaced @ less than 12k :dunno:
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Rob
I had my BB from new and had the CCT replaced @ less than 12k :dunno:
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Grampi
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CCT?
Owned bird from 6 mths old, now with 85,000kms [53k miles] and still on ORIGINAL CCT :dunno:
Mines a 97 carb - did they have a bad batch of CCTs? %$fan
PS Mechanic still reckons cam chain should be changed on ANY bike after 50k as a precaution. Whaddya fink?
PPS Just had valve clearances done - 6 valves reshimmed - only had one previously in 50k miles. My calcs say that up to 9 valves could need doing next time. :xm
Owned bird from 6 mths old, now with 85,000kms [53k miles] and still on ORIGINAL CCT :dunno:
Mines a 97 carb - did they have a bad batch of CCTs? %$fan
PS Mechanic still reckons cam chain should be changed on ANY bike after 50k as a precaution. Whaddya fink?
PPS Just had valve clearances done - 6 valves reshimmed - only had one previously in 50k miles. My calcs say that up to 9 valves could need doing next time. :xm
XXrider
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DIRTY SANCHEZ said:
Being over-concerned, I tossed one in at just under 9K mi. Nodda. I've come to realize that this thing is like any other machine: each has a personality, and occasionally a bit of tick or noise here'n'there. My latest "concern" had to do with a startup rattle that has proven to be nothing more than me not waiting long enough before doing a listen.
After thinking about it for a bit, though, I've realized that the XX is never going to be the pig that any of my previous bikes were....even when they were just plain worn out....okay, and one or two were abused...
'74 GT380 - broken kick starter damned near weekly, because I was too daft to realize that my attempts at making the oil injection system work were....wrong.
'79 CB650 - blown head gasket from just plain over-revving...and poor maint on my part (hey, I was young!)...my first attempts at valve adjustments.
'83 Maxim 750 - crapped carbs due to long sitting with piss-poor preps...not to mention bad regular maint...again, carb maint was...er...lacking.
'86 V65 Magna - fun toy, but couldn't afford the $$$ to get the thing properly tuned... tuition or bike? Priorities were off, there....I paid for the books'n'classes...silly @#$% me... fun but expensive toy to maintain.
'86 FJ1200 - damned near indestructible - the first of 2 I've had. Survived everything I threw at it, including amateur maintenance... given to my brother, who somehow managed to kill it. Never seemed to need maint except for clutches, brakes and tires (seemed to eat fronts, somehow).
'88 CBR400 - ah, Japan. I loved this thing. Gained it while stationed in Japan, and it arrived on the scene about the same time as the first of the FZ400's and such. A blast, but ultimately doomed to destruction mere days after I sold it to a racer-wannabe... very touchy clutch and suspension..easy carbs, but valves went outta-whack quickly.
'87 TZ250 - very popular and street legal in Japan...cheap to insure (JCI) and was a blast on the narrow, curvy Japanese roads....but easy to screw up the mixture (2 stroke, of course) and I spent hours working the plugs...a roll-back to the days of the '74 GT380....ack....
'87 Fazer 700... remember those things? (Taken from the FZ750 with the 5 valve Genesis engine - my brother had one)...fun, but I managed to screw it up by going cheap on maint....ride it til it broke....oops...clutch and drivetrain didn't like abuse at all....ran decently with piss-poor maint, though.
'87 ZX600 Ninja...bought from a racer-wannabe who built it right, but didn't know how to maintain it...it was a user bike until something better came along....hated the clutch and the starter, but it worked very well for me for a long...long time...I learned tons about maint with this thing....
'86 FJ1200....the second.... bought it, seriously abused, from a guy who was getting divorced and didn't want it lost to his "other half".... fixed it up enough to make it work, and used it for 4... no, 5 years.... this one, again, never seemed to die... I did a bit over 87000 miles on it (it ended up just over 100,000 when I sold it) and it was wheezing, but still working better than I could have hoped. I never intended to keep it, but it just wouldn't die...actually, as easy a machine to work on as I've ever experienced. I just couldn't seem to maintain it "wrong"....
BUT....
The XX grabbed me. I fuss over this thing. It's already crushed anything I've owned in terms of just plain "fun" to either ride or work on. And I suspect already that it'll be up with the FJ in my book of killer toys. Old man or not.
Get one.
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marcella
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too true lumpy, but i'll still stay ahead of the game, i used to crash then frequently in yoof (no fekin skill and less fekin brains)and i was a good healer then! my skill hasnt improved but my pain threshold has went down considerably. the wife said i would never be allowed a bike---untill last year when she found out pillion riders were allowed to wear leather too! hey,hey:neenaw:lumpy said:
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Withnail
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too expensive
just bought a 2001 bird - immaculate with 19000 miles, a service history and a datatool alarm. ?3850 from a dealer (I'm a tough negotiator! - Jaws says I'm a lucky bastard!!) I searched long and hard to get the right bike...lots of wasted journeys to people with birds described as immaculate but were not. I did the MCN website and other net adverts. Bargain hard and dont pay over the odds.c7u8 Withnail
just bought a 2001 bird - immaculate with 19000 miles, a service history and a datatool alarm. ?3850 from a dealer (I'm a tough negotiator! - Jaws says I'm a lucky bastard!!) I searched long and hard to get the right bike...lots of wasted journeys to people with birds described as immaculate but were not. I did the MCN website and other net adverts. Bargain hard and dont pay over the odds.c7u8 Withnail
RHINO
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I may have found myself a new machine so have a look here http://www.bikersoracle.com/blackbird/forum/showthread.php?t=14722&highlight=sale
If your interested then get in touch and we'll discuss. John T
If your interested then get in touch and we'll discuss. John T
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bitontheside
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RHINO said:
What are you buying now, ya mad bugger?
RHINO
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No but then i won't be doing the miles i was doing last year now i'm back in ful time work.
I wanted a Busa when they were launched but it was a distant dream, now i have found one that i'm gonna try and aquire but will have to let the BB go to get it. I have had alsorts of ideas on what i want and have changed my mind several times but this Busa is begging for a new home so it would be rude not to consider it. I will certainly miss the Bird very much but i won't forgive myself for not going for it. :lick:
I wanted a Busa when they were launched but it was a distant dream, now i have found one that i'm gonna try and aquire but will have to let the BB go to get it. I have had alsorts of ideas on what i want and have changed my mind several times but this Busa is begging for a new home so it would be rude not to consider it. I will certainly miss the Bird very much but i won't forgive myself for not going for it. :lick:
stan the man
you are not capable
oh no!!!!!!!!
not one of them eye-abuser/hire bus thingies john
RHINO said:
not one of them eye-abuser/hire bus thingies john
