sr71cbr1100xx Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 A friend of mine told me he read in the European Magazine Two Wheels Only about a review of the Blackbird and said that one of the weakness of the 1997 & 1998 Blackbirds was the Cam Tensioner which goes around 15,000 miles. I currently have 15,500 miles on my 1998 and I don't hear any funny noise at 3-4K rpm. Should I be worried and do preventative maintenance? Will the engine blow up if the Cam Tensioner is defective. Thanks Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborneXX Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 A friend of mine told me he read in the European Magazine Two Wheels Only about a review of the Blackbird and said that one of the weakness of the 1997 & 1998 Blackbirds was the Cam Tensioner which goes around 15,000 miles. I currently have 15,500 miles on my 1998 and I don't hear any funny noise at 3-4K rpm. Should I be worried and do preventative maintenance? Will the engine blow up if the Cam Tensioner is defective. Thanks Scott The tensioner is around 35 bucks. Give john01xx ( John's Bike Bits) a PM he was getting them for us at a good price. It takes less than 10 minutes to change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John01XX Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 As a result of each time someone ask's about the CCT I get a huge request of them to be shipped out immediately. Last week I shipped out 7 CCT's !!! I am sold out at the moment :-( Got 10 more coming in that are due today actually. Will post up if I get them this afternoon. Also got a request from Jaws for 10 more yestarday so ordered another 10 yesterday again for him and all of Europe! Since I make all of $3.50 profit on each you I sell, I will be getting rich soon at this rate of sales !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikesblackbird Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 As a result of each time someone ask's about the CCT I get a huge request of them to be shipped out immediately. Last week I shipped out 7 CCT's !!! I am sold out at the moment :-( Got 10 more coming in that are due today actually. Will post up if I get them this afternoon. Also got a request from Jaws for 10 more yestarday so ordered another 10 yesterday again for him and all of Europe! Since I make all of $3.50 profit on each you I sell, I will be getting rich soon at this rate of sales !! Please post when they arrived. Put me down for one. Thanks. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiona Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 A friend of mine told me he read in the European Magazine Two Wheels Only about a review of the Blackbird and said that one of the weakness of the 1997 & 1998 Blackbirds was the Cam Tensioner which goes around 15,000 miles. I currently have 15,500 miles on my 1998 and I don't hear any funny noise at 3-4K rpm. Should I be worried and do preventative maintenance? Will the engine blow up if the Cam Tensioner is defective. Thanks Scott It's a weakness but it has very little illeffect on the bike as a result of going bad... it's just damn annoying to hear the rattling when it does go bad. Trust me when I tell you, you will KNOW when it goes bad. Until it does(if it does) just ride that bike and forget about the CCT. But like Brett said, it's cheap and very easy to replace if/when you get to that point. I'm about the least mechanical person in the world and I managed to swap mine out on my last bike(10000 miles) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcrich Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 I had 37K miles on my 97 before I sold it and had not had to replace it. I had a CCT and gave it to the new owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John01XX Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 I had 37K miles on my 97 before I sold it and had not had to replace it. I had a CCT and gave it to the new owner. Rich, You are just hard of hearing is all !! The new owner swapped the noisy one out immediately after receiving it from you !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matey_peeps Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 I think the simple fact that it's a Honda of CBR lineage would indicate the CCT as a weak spot. :icon_doh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBBXX Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 95,000 km on my 97 with the original CCT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredx Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Since I make all of $3.50 profit on each you I sell, I will be getting rich soon at this rate of sales !! I motion John increase price to net a minimum $5.00 profit on CCT's. Do I hear a 2nd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborneXX Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Since I make all of $3.50 profit on each you I sell, I will be getting rich soon at this rate of sales !! I motion John increase price to net a minimum $5.00 profit on CCT's. Do I hear a 2nd? Nah fuck John he shouldn't make any profit off us :icon_shifty: I'll second the $5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikesblackbird Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Since I make all of $3.50 profit on each you I sell, I will be getting rich soon at this rate of sales !! I motion John increase price to net a minimum $5.00 profit on CCT's. Do I hear a 2nd? I 2nd..........er, I mean 3rd.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John01XX Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Motion declined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaserkeywest Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Since I make all of $3.50 profit on each you I sell, I will be getting rich soon at this rate of sales !! I motion John increase price to net a minimum $5.00 profit on CCT's. Do I hear a 2nd? You bet...maybe more for his trouble! WTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redxxrdr Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 I changed the CCT on my 01 last week. 25K miles. Didn't hear the marble in can noise, but it smelled rich at idle and the exhaust was leaving a dark area at the end of the cans. After the change, I noticed that the engine was now electric smooth above 7k, gas mileage did go back up to 220 miles/tank and the dark exhaust has not come back in 600 miles. My origional was a double green dot. I plan to order a new (just in case) when John gets his stock in. Very easy to change, and the price is right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOXXIC Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 John, are your tensioners the X-11's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John01XX Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 John, are your tensioners the X-11's? No Tox, mine are the OEM US spec Double green dot Lifter set from Honda of America Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOXXIC Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Gotcha. I have an X-11 part I keep waiting to need to install. One of these days................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXBIRD Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 I sugest you to take it apart and give a couple of turns winding on the spring to increase the force the spring exerts on the adjuster pin. I've installed on of the earlier X11 adjusters on mine but had to take it out and do what I said above. Since then, it is pretty silent even to the ears of anal retentives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr71cbr1100xx Posted June 18, 2006 Author Share Posted June 18, 2006 Thanks for all the responses as that makes me feel a lot better. My 1998 is such a awesome machine and so far the 3 years that I have had it, its been flawless mechanically. I guess the problem is overrated right? Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaygermeister Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I guess the problem is overrated right? Yep! Overrated but annoying........... easy easy fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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