Thinking of getting a blackbird 1300 .currently riding a zx6r .but love the looks of the blackbird.what are people's recommendations on them. cheers chris
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27-02-19, 04:53 PM
Thinking of getting a blackbird 1300 .currently riding a zx6r .but love the looks of the blackbird.what are people's recommendations on them. cheers chris
It's a Honda, so reg/rec, stator, cct, everything else should be fine, but be aware of linked brakes.
Coming from a 6R handling will feel like a barge sailing through custard. However straight line speed and comfort will be mind blowing.
It doesn't have the agility, brakes or handling of a Fireblade, but that is about as wrong as you can get. I have rode a Blackbird, and though it was meaty, still went well when it picked it's skirts up, and more than well enough for road. The worst handling bike i ever rode, was a Bandit 600, like it had a carrier bag of dog**** hanging off each bar.Originally Posted by WR6133
How so? Admittedly I've not ridden the Blackbird but I have a ZZR1400 and a Busa, both compared to a supersport 600 handled like pigs.
Oops misread as they handle like a barge sailing through custard, not the compared to bit, sorry.
Iv ridden busas, blackbirds and owned a few zzr11s, Iv also ridden and owned various 600 super sports and apart from the straight line speed the 600s were far more fun to ride as you really need to ride them, get the gear changes right etc,whereas on the big bikes you just use the throttle, don't matter what gear your in at what ever speed you just open the throttle and things get exciting REALLY quickly.
That said if I was to only be able to have one bike I'd go for a litre plus bike any day of the week just for that sicky scared/excited buzz you get from a litre plus bike when you red line it in every gear.
... Then there's also the Fazer 1000; seems a sensible buy or an R1 surely wouldn't disappoint.
Makes sense to chat to burbler.
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