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  1. 2 hours ago, XXitanium said:

    "I have owned this motorcycle since 2002. It has always been in continuous use.
    It is the first year with fuel Injection. If you want a Blackbird, make sure you get one with FI.
    I just returned from two 3 day trips on this bike. The motorcycle has always performed flawlessly.
    It includes a full set of Givi luggage and Mono-rack luggage mounts. These were over $1000 alone.
    It has two stage heated grips, but the $5 switch should be replaced.
    The motorcycle comes with a Zero Gravity windscreen and Corbin leather seat (another $600 in upgrades).
    Also it has Heli bar risers for a more comfortable riding position,
    I don't think a better sport touring motorcycle has ever been made.
    It has 162 horsepower "at the crank,"   but it can be docile around town although was never designed for around town riding and tends to run hot in stop and go traffic. It has twin counter balancers for a smooth, vibration free ride. And a knock sensor so it can run on 87 octane gas.
    I am not riding the bike as much as I used to so I thought I should sell it. But I am not going to give it away either. I have already turned down $3100 for the bike but now that it is in the middle of winter, there is not as much demand for bikes. If you buy the bike and don't like it, you can surely sell it for more come spring time.
    But if you are like me, you might keep it for 17 years like I did."

     

  2. 2 hours ago, tomek said:

    Well, John has called me idiot first in this thread, I don't remember you criticizing him for that.

     

    You really do have some issues. At no place in this thread did I refer to you as an idiot that I can find.

    But then again you have called myself and others "idiots" so many times that it appears that you don't understand the difference between your posts and other peoples posts. You keep falsely accusing others of exactly what you are doing.
    I did refer to you as a Truck Driver and an expert in metallurgy but not an idiot as you have done quite a few times 

     

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    I will find stock R1 sprocket and will make you look like a stubborn idiot. Again.

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    John, you are full of shit and are not man enough to apologise. And everyone can see it. 

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    Once I take an effort to find them I`ll make you like an idiot. Again. Not that it takes much effort.

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    Apparently they still suffer from sore ass syndrome

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    I only insult serial idiots.

      Here are 5 quotes of you doing exactly what you falsely accuse others of doing.
    Leave the aftermarket skeleton type sprockets and the R1 Sprockets out of the discussion and lets find the correct weight of a 45 tooth BlackBird OEM sprocket and compare it to the SuperSprox alum/steel 45T equivalent Blackbird sprocket and then see what the weight difference is, if there is any.

    Leave the name calling out of it and lets look at the facts.

  3. 6 hours ago, blackhawkxx said:

    I just looked at my OEM and the only thing on it is a 45 with a paint dot next to it.

    So I was mistaken.

    the 2000 model I parted out, that the picture came from, was possibly not the OEM as the owner claimed. I did sell it as OEM and it was installed on another Blackbird with no issues.

    The discussion here is about the weight of an OEM rear sprocket on 1999-2003 CBR1100XX’s verses the weight of an early model year SuperSprox alum/steel sprocket for a ZX12. Many of us bought them with Northman’s group buy for the purpose of reducing weight,

    if you have both, could you weigh them both up and post the results?

    Tomek keeps referring to R1 sprockets or Vortex skeleton sprockets to validate his claim that Blackbird OEM steel sprockets are lighter weight than a ZX12 alum/steel SuperSprox.

    If you disagree with Tomek then you are full of shit and if man enough must apologise!

  4. 3 minutes ago, superhawk996 said:

    I may be lost since I have The Professional on ignore and only see his quoted stuff, but I believe he said that on his track bike the Supersprox was heavier than stock so I'm guessing that photo is of an R1 sprocket and not a Bird sprocket.

     

    Not to discount his angry rants that completely lack any useful information, but just bringing to light that you might not realize that he wasn't talking about the Bird's sprocket.  Or I might be wrong.

    My claim that he says is full of shit and I am to apologize for is that my 2001 OEM sprocket is significantly heavier than the SuperSprox alum/steel I installed back in the day before the steel skeleton cut steel sprockets even existed.

  5. 50 minutes ago, tomek said:

    This is oem sprocket. If you are realize majority of weight comes from tooth ring, the fact that inner area is thicker in case of alu/steel hybrid, necessity of material overlap, weight of rivets there is no hell no way there are significant weight savings  as John claims.

     

    John, you are full of shit and are not man enough to apologise. And everyone can see it. 

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    WOW! 
    You have some serious anger issues.
    So what is the weight of that so-called Blackbird OEM sprocket?

  6. 1 hour ago, jon haney said:

    John, you sure that is factory?  Neither of mine had 5 extra bolt-holes, and pretty certain the cut-outs were a little bigger than those.

    I believe it had OEM numbers engraved but I could be mistaken.
    My original (2001) factory sprocket I thought had the small cut-outs like this but don't remember seeing additional (5) holes as pictured.

  7. Here is a picture of the 5mm ride height spacers that I sold. I supplied Jaws with them for most of Europe as well.
    The Europeans played around with 3mm, 4mm, 5mm & 6mm spacers but decided that the 5mm was ideal for the Bird.
    Many other Honda's used various sized spacers but the Bird seemed to be best fitted with a 5 mm.
    I had them made on CNC machines where I worked and sold somewhere in the neighborhood of 1500 of them over 8+ years.
    I had them made up in batches of 100. The company I worked for manufactured aluminum car wash tunnel equipment so the

    cost of the aluminum raw material was cheap and as an employee the labor was almost nothing.   
     

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  8. For clarification, back in 1999 thru 2003 the rear OEM sprocket was very heavy and had minimal cutouts. Below is a picture of the OEM rear sprocket I took off a 2000 Blackbird that I parted out a few years ago. Back in the day there was no skeleton steel rear sprockets available like there is today. The SuperSprox  that many of us bought in a group buy headed up by Northman was a replacement for the OEM Kawasaki ZX12 as there were none made for the Bird at the time.
    Again at the time there was a big weight savings to go to the SuperSprox that probably is not the case today which would be a good reason that SuperSprox now makes light weight all steel sprockets that are also lighter than the original Alum/Steel sprockets.
    As stated the bling factor on my Red Bird with all gold accents was the deciding factor when it came time to replace my original SuperSprox alum/steel sprocket.
    Back in 2000/2003 the weight savings was significant when going to the alum/steel SuperSprox and it looked cool.
    The original OEM BlackBird rear sprockets were heavy, ugly and had minimal cutouts but they were strong.

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  9. 10 minutes ago, superhawk996 said:

    The shim definitely changes tire to ground clearance when on the stand, the shim is moving the tire downward away from the bike whether loaded or not.  It also changes how much effort it takes to get onto the stand by very a noticeable amount, especially if standing it while on the bike.  One of my birds felt like it wanted to fall into turns and I didn't know why, as soon as I put it on the center stand I knew.  The tire was on the ground indicating too much rear suspension lift.  I adjusted it to about where my other bird was and it became neutral.  Changing the fork height will also change the rear tire/ground clearance.

    I do not understand the geometry of a motorcycle and may have been told wrong. 

    It was explained to me that the shim is placed above the shock resulting in the raising of the subframe.
    I do know for a fact from hundreds of applications that a 5-6mm shim will not put the rear tire on the ground while on the center stand.

     

  10. 6 hours ago, jon haney said:

    I did that too.  Worked great, but a 4mm shim was about all my modest inseam could handle.  Side stand could be a little longer as well.  With a 6mm shim, I doubt you could spin the back tire while on the center stand on level ground.

    I may be wrong but I didn't think the shim affected the rear tire clearance while on the center stand.
    I sold many hundreds of 5mm shims to BlackBird owners all over the world. I supplied Jaws with them for a few years. 

  11. I didn't hear anything of importance on your sound file but the CCT is a common noise usually referred to as a can of marbles rattle.
    The CCT is a quick, easy and inexpensive fix.

    Where are you located?

    I have them in stock but only ship to the USA or 

    jaws-motorcycles.co.uk has them in stock for Europe

     

    MIne Are Listed Here

  12. 1 hour ago, rockertom said:

    Sounds good. I just did my truck recently and like the results with LED. I don't have a preference to stay with HID's or go LED. John, I just replaced the Reg not that long ago. The voltmeter on board shows 12v and some change at idle. Then goes to 14.3 as soon as I get on the gas. Just one of things that bugs me. I don't believe the stator is going out due to the voltmeter running.

    Tom,
    You misunderstood my poor explanation. I was implying that the improper voltage needed to start the HID bulb coming from the Ballast is probably bad.
    As Swampy said they are so cheap that I would recommend replacing both the bulb and the ballast together as I did on my Bird. The link shows under $50 delivered for a pair so you then have a spare if you don't use it in the high beam.

     

  13. H7 HID bulb
    Flickering is usually a voltage issue in my experience
    I replaced both the bulb and the ballast last time I had a flickering problem.
    Pretty cheap now a days

    I prefer the 5000K or the 6000K for best visibility. I have 6000k in my Bird both high and low.

     

    https://www.amazon.com/Innovited-Lights-Colors-Digital-Ballast/dp/B07NCLL854/ref=sr_1_4?gclid=CjwKCAiA3abwBRBqEiwAKwICA8hPNFeTsuzxDJ1UYXPUz_RrGTfJAxHEiWctjBwcUSnH9PRqLI-AkRoCpvEQAvD_BwE&hvadid=177574150776&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9011841&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t2&hvqmt=b&hvrand=1399993115731322341&hvtargid=aud-837858999240%3Akwd-29922686335&hydadcr=5703_9590289&keywords=55w+hid+h7&qid=1577734565&sr=8-4

  14. Interesting!

    I previously had no idea what “squish” was. Had never even heard that term.

    Trying to wrap my head around the concept when I don’t really understand, but is decreasing squish kind of like reducing the bore in the head only?

     

  15. Finally quit talking about it and listed both of my Suzuki’s  for sale on Facebook Marketplace.

    Listed the 2006 GSX-R600 for $3500.00 firm

    and the 2002 SV650N as a parts bike for $500.00

    sold the SV in 12 hours to a company that strips bikes and sells the parts on eBay.

    sent his driver over with cash and picked it up.

    Nice having room in the garage

    Now to sell the GSXR so I can pick up a Grom and join in the fun with SFLMiniGP

  16. 3 hours ago, superhawk996 said:

    I had the same with mine.  Your Penske was probably adjusted up, throw a shim in the top mount and you'll at least regain the height & better steering angle.

    Yep,
    I sold over a thousand 5-6mm shims for the Bird back in the day.

     

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