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She's Here - At last! ............

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Markp's BLACK Blackbird - Part One

Here's the piccies - All standard/stock, of course!

Gently into the 'shop - Metal shipping crate ......... :neenaw:
 

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Still caged, but raring to go!

:lick:
 

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Beast uncaged .........

:bow: :bow: :bow:
 

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Rawlnuts inserted and on with the screen ..........

:-: :-: :-: :-: :-:
 

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Removing the side supports from the pegs. Nearly off the base of the crate ..........

:lick: :lick: :lick:
 

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My first push of the starter ............... :neenaw:
 

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Riding her out of the shop!

:beer:
 

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LAST ONE - Honest! .........

Posing outside the 'shop ....... :k

Does my bum look big on this?

Notice the comical name of the oil company .......

(Abu Dhabi National Oil Company)

AND THE BLACK ONES ARE BEST!
 

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ianrobbo1

good looking AND modest
Nice One

:bow: Now that must have been a Great feeling,:yo: :beer: :beer:
 
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Oh! Forgot to mention .........

I didn't ride her away dressed like that.

Still needed to be washed and polished, but it was 7pm, end of the day.

Going on a business trip for a week, so collecting her taxed and insured on the 19th!

GOT ANTS IN ME PANTS!!!!

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Back from me trip ..........

....... and straight into hospital for a minor op!!!!!! :B

Will I never get my backside on the Blackbird? :dunno:

:violin: :m :f
 
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Out of 'ozzy now!

Finally! :neenaw:

Picked her up on Monday night, registered and insured.

What a ride home - went the VERY long way back!

(Am I a bit sick? Did Hospital drugs have an effect? :dunno: I got out of bed at 20 past midnight, got dressed and rode her on virtually empty roads until 02:10am !! :lick: :lick: :lick: Only reason I came home is cos I was knackered!)

Quickly got used to her weight/CofG and handling - what a dream!

Caught myself out on a couple of twisties, but the 'Bird just pulled me through them - like sh*t to a blanket! I asked her and she kept giving. I got Mitch Macadams on as stock. I'll see how they perform on the VERY hot roads out here (current shade temp is moving between 90 and 110+F and it's going to get hotter! The tarmac is scorching - melted the adhesive on my trainer soles when I went for a run!) I may ask Mitchellin's advice on pressures as the roads are so hot, the tyres must be way above Euro running temps. Keep u posted.

This is going to be a wonderful relationship - Wife, watch out! :eek: I'm in lurrrrrrrrv! :k
 
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Gonna use this thread as a record of ownership. Detail mods etc and my exploits.

I've got JoeBoy's cruise control and BIF/Dereck's Quill 'race' cans waiting for me in UK when I go home in 2 weeks. Gonna bring 'em back and fit them ...... Engineering Change Notice (ECN) No1.

Spacer after that (ECN2) when I get one made up in the shop! Then a chain oiler ....... and, yes! Then some customising stickers, then ......... bla bla bla
 
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Update .......

Originally posted by markp
.... I've got JoeBoy's cruise control ....

No I haven't ........ :B ..... JoeBoy found there was a spring missing from the kit and kindly didn't rip me off and returned my cheque - Anybody got a cruise control going begging?

Have made the first Mod though - new seat cover. Made by local artisans in the backstreets of Muscat, only ?9.50!

I know, I know! It's got some red in it. We've all got to be different somehow and I'm gonna add splashes of 'Honda Red' to my 'Bird'.

HOPE IT DON'T TURN PINK - YIKES!! ..... :eek:

DUHHHHH!!!! - PHOTO IN NEXT POST .............
 
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Re: Update .......

Originally posted by markp
Have made the first Mod - new seat cover. Made by local artisans in the backstreets of Muscat, only ?9.50!
 

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Tyre Pressures ..............

Originally posted by markp
I got Mich Macadams on as stock. I'll see how they perform on the VERY hot roads out here (current shade temp is moving between 90 and 110+F and it's going to get hotter! The tarmac is scorching. ... I may ask Michelin's advice on pressures as the roads are so hot, the tyres must be way above Euro running temps. Keep u posted.

Here's their reply .......

".... pressure data shows 42 psi front and rear as you say (nice to know they checked up on me!) but I have no information as to use in very high ambient temps. I am not aware of any changes needed."

Not a totally satisfying answer - 'Don't know, but nobody's told us any different'. I would have preferred, 'I'll go away and find out', but not everybody is as pedantic as me!

May contact Honda, Japan .........
 
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