Hi all,
New member here, been lurking for a while learning what I can before jumping in and buying myself a lovely 1997 carb model black Blackbird.
Reckon I've got a bit of a gem, amazing condition, immaculate paint apart from one very small crack in the rear panel and small scuffs on the mirrors. 37k miles with HID headlight, new tyres and Fuel stainless steel exhaust system. Paid ?1950 which is probably top money for this year but I think it's well worth it. I've also spent another billion pounds buying a Givi wingrack and panniers to finish it off. There were plenty of FI models about with luggage but no carb ones that I could find in a hurry.
Looks like it's already had an update CCT (look quite new with a new looking gasket) and the uprated Reg/rec (fins and also looks new fairly new). It has a K and N fitted, presumably at the same time as the exhausts and I have a dyno print out at 139 BHP at the back wheel which doesn't seem too far off the mark.
It's only done 6k miles in the last four years. It's in for a bit of a shock now, my last workhorse bike was a GSX600F on which I've done over 70k miles on in the last four years so this Bird is going to earn it's keep (the 600F had an 1127 motor in it for the last six months which was seriously punchy in the mid-range!!)
Ok, so I'm writing here to beg a bit of advice, there's only one little niggle with it that I can spot, when running along at constant throttle at very low revs ( around 2k rpm) I can feel a bit of spitting back through the carbs into the airbox. Is this anything common?
I've heard that fuel tap diaphragms can give problems and possibly overflow into one of the carbs so was wondering if there may be something going on here. Would you guys recommend re-building the tap as a precaution anyway. I understand this can show up as excessive fuel consumption. Trouble is i'm not sure what's normal. I've done a brim to brim test and when ridden carefully (i.e. boring) it gets about 43 mpg. That's a fair bit less than the 1100F ridden at the same sort of boring speeds. Does this seem normal?
Sorry for the longwinded intro. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
Thanks.
New member here, been lurking for a while learning what I can before jumping in and buying myself a lovely 1997 carb model black Blackbird.
Reckon I've got a bit of a gem, amazing condition, immaculate paint apart from one very small crack in the rear panel and small scuffs on the mirrors. 37k miles with HID headlight, new tyres and Fuel stainless steel exhaust system. Paid ?1950 which is probably top money for this year but I think it's well worth it. I've also spent another billion pounds buying a Givi wingrack and panniers to finish it off. There were plenty of FI models about with luggage but no carb ones that I could find in a hurry.
Looks like it's already had an update CCT (look quite new with a new looking gasket) and the uprated Reg/rec (fins and also looks new fairly new). It has a K and N fitted, presumably at the same time as the exhausts and I have a dyno print out at 139 BHP at the back wheel which doesn't seem too far off the mark.
It's only done 6k miles in the last four years. It's in for a bit of a shock now, my last workhorse bike was a GSX600F on which I've done over 70k miles on in the last four years so this Bird is going to earn it's keep (the 600F had an 1127 motor in it for the last six months which was seriously punchy in the mid-range!!)
Ok, so I'm writing here to beg a bit of advice, there's only one little niggle with it that I can spot, when running along at constant throttle at very low revs ( around 2k rpm) I can feel a bit of spitting back through the carbs into the airbox. Is this anything common?
I've heard that fuel tap diaphragms can give problems and possibly overflow into one of the carbs so was wondering if there may be something going on here. Would you guys recommend re-building the tap as a precaution anyway. I understand this can show up as excessive fuel consumption. Trouble is i'm not sure what's normal. I've done a brim to brim test and when ridden carefully (i.e. boring) it gets about 43 mpg. That's a fair bit less than the 1100F ridden at the same sort of boring speeds. Does this seem normal?
Sorry for the longwinded intro. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
Thanks.