TechnoGecko

Thanks for the great advice. I just went outside to clean the bike up after the trip and I started the engine and warmed it up. Sounds as though there is a "hissing"/"sucking" sound at idle. I know it wasn't there before the trip. The bike ran great after putting in the K&N and changing the plugs in late winter/early spring. Maybe something came loose at the higher speeds/rpms on the way down. I do remember the bike running a little rough a few hours into the trip, and at a lower rpm and I thought it was the heat so I increased the idle. Since I ride with earplugs I never noticed it. I guess I'll tear into it in the next few days and see if a vacuum hose is loose, cracked, etc. I'll get back to you with the results. I appreciate the advice. Mike Vac hose, exahust leak, carb leak, or a PAIR system leak. I dont have a PAIR system on my bike, so I can't say for sure, but if I remember correctly PAIR pulses air to help with emissions and could cause that sound as well.

You ride your front til the cord? You're a gutsy man!

You big baby... 106 here today, waddya got? hu? 80? It's so hot here the tires melt to the pavement if I'm not moving, gotta put it on the centerstand everywhere I park!

Throttle lock is stuck, or you have one of the throttle cables bound up...

Here is a fantastic guide to helping locate the charging issue of your motocycle, courtesy of ElectroSport! https://web.archive.org/web/20090206045850/http://cbr1100xx.org/files/reference/charging_diag.pdf

Well duh! Carlos told you not to even bother checking them! Go Honda go!

There ya go!

Not sure, Joe would probally know. IIRC 97-98 are different from 99+

Here are all of the available Power Commander maps available for the Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird. You can download many of the ones listed below by downloading the master file. If you have a custom map you'd like to add to the collection please send an admin a private message and I'll make sure to add it! Dynojet Powercommander has updated their site since this post. The link below will take you to the Powercommander download page where you can select individual maps to download, or download the self extracting zip file containing all the maps (m102-ALL). Download Maps In addition, here are some maps contributed by forum members. Warp11XXmap.zip '03 full Yoshimura RS3, stock air filter, PCIII ron_map.zip '99-'01 PCII with Scorpion slip-ons XXRiders_03_CBR1100xx_Map.zip '03 PCIII with Two Brothers slip-ons, K&N filter. Map is tuned for economy on the bottom end and power on the top. Between 0-5000 RPM and less than 10% TPS the map works for economy. Anything above 5000RPM or above 10% TPS it map is setup for power. The following is information from the Powercommander website and may not reflect the current state of availability of the respective maps. Power Commander 2 Maps (1999-2002) M102-000 - Zero Map M102-001 - Completely stock bike M102-002 - Completely stock bike with modified ignition curve. Use 93 octane or higher fuel M102-003 - Full Micron "race only" exhaust M102-004 - Full Micron "race only" exhaust with modified ignition curve. Use 93 octane or higher fuel M102-005 - Full Akrapovic exhaust and stock air filter M102-006 - Full Striker (Hiper Dimension EX) exhaust and stock air filter M102-007 - Erion Racing full exhaust and stock air filter M102-008 - Erion Racing full exhaust and stock air filter with modified ignition curve. Use 93 octane or higher fuel M102-009 - Yoshimura RS3 full exhaust and stock or K&N air filter M102-010 - Yoshimura RS3 full exhaust and stock or K&N air filter with modified ignition curve. Use 93 octane or higher fuel European Models Only M102-502 - European Model with Bos open slip-ons and stock or K&N air filter M102-503 - European Model with Bos open slip-ons and stock or K&N air filter with modified ignition curve. Use 98 octane or higher fuel M102-504 - European Model with Akrapovic full exhaust and stock or aftermarket air filter M102-505 - European Model with Sidekick open slip-ons & Db killers with stock or aftermarket air filter Power Commander 3 Maps (2002-2003) M113-000 - Zero Map M113-001 - Completely stock bike M113-002 - Erion Racing slip-ons and stock or aftermarket air filter M113-003 - Two Brothers Racing full exhaust and stock or aftermarket air filter M113-004 - Erion Racing full exhaust and stock or aftermarket air filter M113-005 - Two Brothers Racing slip-ons and stock or aftermarket air filter M113-006 - Micron slip-ons and stock or aftermarket air filter European Models Only M113-501 - European model, completely stock bike with Dynojet O2 sensor eliminator kit M113-502 - European model, Laser "Hot Cam" slip-ons, stock or aftermarket air filter with Dynojet O2 sensor eliminator kit M113-503 - European model, Laser "Deep Tone" oval slip-ons, stock or aftermarket air filter with Dynojet O2 sensor eliminator kit M113-504 - European model, BOS ECE slip-ons, stock or aftermarket air filter with Dynojet O2 sensor eliminator kit M113-505 - European "German" model, BOS ECE slip-ons (without catalysts), stock or aftermarket air filter with Dynojet O2 sensor eliminator kit M113-506 - European "German" model, stock exhaust (with catalytic converters), stock or aftermarket air filter with Dynojet O2 sensor eliminator kit M113-507 - European model, Two Brothers slip-ons, stock or aftermarket air filter with Dynojet O2 sensor eliminator kit M113-508 - European model, Quill T3 Power Flow slip-ons, stock or aftermarket air filter with Dynojet O2 sensor eliminator kit M113-509 - European model, Akrapovic full exhaust, stock or aftermarket air filter with Dynojet O2 sensor eliminator kit M113-510 - European model, Leo Vince open slip-ons, stock or aftermarket air filter with Dynojet O2 sensor eliminator kit M113-511 - European model, Yoshimura RS3 full exhaust, stock or aftermarket air filter with Dynojet O2 sensor eliminator kit * Also, Skull has pointed out that the California models are the same as the European models.

Special thanks to Warchild for this excellent writeup! HTH......

If it smells like fuel from the tailpipes it is obviously putting fuel in to the cyl's. Sounds to me like you have no spark and you're flooding the engine. Stop looking at all these other things, and see if there is a spark or not.

Here is Travis's Gearing Spreadsheet! This is very useful for calculating how changes to the chain and sprokets will affect the bikes gearing. If you have any questions regarding how to use this, what it does, or if you notice any mistaken please contact Travis. gearing.xls

Ah yes, the highly desired shop and parts manuals for the CBR1100XX Blackbird! Both are fairly big, so please right click on the link and pick 'Save Target As...' or 'Save Link As...' depending on what browser you are using. The parts manual is rather small, however the shop manual is very, very large. If you're on dialup be prepared for a long download, and I'd suggest using a download manager to ensure that you can resume the download in the event that it is interrupted. Honda CBR1100XX Service Manual / Shop Manual - 146.32Mb is listed in the following post. Honda CBR1100XX Genuine Honda Parts Catalog - 7.445Mb is listed in the following post. These two very, very handy documents have been kindly provided to us by Joe! ( rockmeupto125 ) You'll need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat to view the PDF's, you can grab it from: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/

We are going to move it over, just havent yet - its on my to do list.

Any type of leather dye, coloring should work fine.

Please PM me with the GB details so I can make sure to announce it on the GB portion of the site. Thanks Dale!

Are you sure you have the hoses on the tank correctly? Are you SURE? .. are you getting a spark?

Ah yes, CALCXX's buzzard experience...

+1 on zip ties! If you're going far distances a spare R/R is always handy. The bird and VFR use the same R/R, and both died around 25,000ish. Of course, they -always- die in the worst place. The VFR died while up in northern Arizona on a holiday Monday where there was no dealer open anywhere... The bird died oh 60 miles outside of Blythe at 1 o'clock in the morning on a Saturday. The way I look at it is the R/R IS going to die, so why not have a spare with you? You're going to use it eventually, so its not wasted funds.

IIRC the slides will be drilled as well.

Ya, check the chain. I had a noise that I could not pin down for the life of me, yet it turned out to be the chain. It looked fine, was within spec on being tight, and was well lubed, but there was one link that was bad that made the terrible noise.

We have a cat That should read 'We have a lazy cat'

Dunno if a 05 will work or not. For the most part, anything will work as long as it provides more power than the existing one. VFR and Blackbird R/R's are interchangable without any wiring changes - they're 100% identical including the plug, so if you see a VFR (94-97) that will work too.. Good reading: http://www.vlc.com.au/~justin/about/bikes/...eg_replace.html Actually, 90-97 I believe... and here is one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-VFR-7...sspagenameZWDVW and http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-Black...sspagenameZWDVW

If the ECU was shorted or dead the injectors would not fire, hence the bike would not run. The FI light only comes on if the computer tells it to, hence its working ( and the bike runs ). Sounds like a sensor is bad, or you're tripping it with a custom MAP on a PC II

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