Blackbirds

[jon haney]

7 hours ago, superhawk996 said:

Two stroke Bird?

Looking at that paint job is about to give me a stroke. 🤢

[superhawk996]

7 hours ago, blackhawkxx said:

That is nice!  I wonder why the steering head bearing change at 16K?  

I wondered when I saw the tool set, but it doesn't state that he replaced them.  The dude's got a CNC mill in his garage so there's no telling how nutty he is.

 

The bike is probably more perfect than he describes. 

[XXitanium]

24 minutes ago, superhawk996 said:

I wondered when I saw the tool set, but it doesn't state that he replaced them.  The dude's got a CNC mill in his garage so there's no telling how nutty he is.

 

The bike is probably more perfect than he describes. 

...the black bike, not the two-smoke.

[superhawk996]

18 minutes ago, XXitanium said:

...the black bike, not the two-smoke.

Yes.  The smoker is probably a crackhead bike.

[SwampNut]

It belongs to some Instagrammer in the UK, so yes.  I find it odd that it's had three different rear seat cowls in a few years.

[blackhawkxx]

 

[silverbird1100]

[silverbird1100]

[silverbird1100]

For sale near me, pretty cool.

 

1998 Honda CBR1100xx Blackbird - $6,750

 

Super Blackbird modified and dressed in new custom Fire blade 30th anniversary paint job. Just completed.
modified solo sport touring.
Custom saddle bag support system.
65lbs shaved.
Extra parts and gear.
Excels in long distance, high speed, mountain passes twisties, and sweepers.

 

 

 

 

 

1998 Honda CBR1100xx Blackbird - motorcycles/scooters - by owner - vehicle automotive bike sale - craigslist

[silverbird1100]

[superhawk996]

On 2/5/2024 at 4:19 AM, silverbird1100 said:

For sale near me, pretty cool.

 

1998 Honda CBR1100xx Blackbird - $6,750

 

Super Blackbird modified and dressed in new custom Fire blade 30th anniversary paint job. Just completed.
modified solo sport touring.
Custom saddle bag support system.
65lbs shaved.
Extra parts and gear.
Excels in long distance, high speed, mountain passes twisties, and sweepers.

 

 

 

 

 

1998 Honda CBR1100xx Blackbird - motorcycles/scooters - by owner - vehicle automotive bike sale - craigslist

"65lbs. shaved".  That seems impossible.

[XXitanium]

How much weight are the stock mufflers?

[silverbird1100]

1 hour ago, XXitanium said:

How much weight are the stock mufflers?

26, minus your new system.  He's full of it. 

[superhawk996]

I emailed him asking how he knocked off 65lbs., enjoy.

 

Hey Donzi,

When I got it with 22k miles as a rescue, kept adding everything possible, hard bags, electrics etc. Then got dialed on handling and went other way. I had a photo of one of the first big demo jobs involving the subframe and whale tail piece chop mod and there was a pile taking up a 2'x 4' folding table. Ha!  But chronologically, center stand removal (5lbs), shorai 1lb lithium bat (-5lbs), titanium bolts, tail remod, subframe shave (-17lbs), tail light removal (1lb), akrapovic  titanium full exhaust (11lbs vs oem 36lbs -25lbs), linked brake system remove replace with standard (5lbs tubing and 2secondary master cylinders) more titanium bolts, plugs, covers, new fairing pieces and front fender cut down and heat pad removal. 1.5" Heli bars -1lb. Titan front axel cover plug and oil plug -1 lb. Next project was to be single rear axcel swap with VFR and new lighter mag wheels. more a Ducati wheel and swingarm style move then weight but would shave a few lbs. It plowed corners when first got it and now almost flickable for power weight ratio. 

Hope that helps?

Perry

[silverbird1100]

17lbs for the subframe?

[SwampNut]

I guess shit adds up.

[silverbird1100]

Suddenly that guy back running 470lbs on his trackbird seems pretty plausible. 

 

 

Edited February 7, 2024 by silverbird1100

[silverbird1100]

Now my gears are turning…. How light could you really build a track bird?

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/395162038894?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&srsltid=AfmBOorppTX7JfuA3LxbBTxDRgDmMlj0-7S8lfXOb_iR0lkRQjyxSiOgtws

[jon haney]

3 hours ago, silverbird1100 said:

Now my gears are turning…. How light could you really build a track bird?

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/395162038894?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&srsltid=AfmBOorppTX7JfuA3LxbBTxDRgDmMlj0-7S8lfXOb_iR0lkRQjyxSiOgtws

Holy shit.  Those are some scary thin spokes, even for CF.

[silverbird1100]

[silverbird1100]

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[superhawk996]

On 2/8/2024 at 3:20 PM, jon haney said:

Holy shit.  Those are some scary thin spokes, even for CF.

Scariest part is that it doesn't take much of an imperfection or damage to make it fail and it weakens as you stress it...AFAIK.

 

Bugati has wheel replacement as part of the regular maintenance, and it's pretty damn frequent for $20,000 wheels.

[silverbird1100]

 

 

Hope he knew what he was doing.  Messing with the swingarm can create all kinds of problems and I'm pretty sure Honda got that part right from the factory.  Looks cool though. 

 

 

 

Edited February 19, 2024 by silverbird1100