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First Bird - XX-V versus XX-5

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#1 ·
Evening.....

New here and have joined in advance of the impending arrival of my first bird, which was as of tonight an XX-5 I've seen with 11k on the clock.

Stupidly been surfing the net and come across an XX-V in titanium (v cool) for just over a grand less, but mint. 22k on the clock.

Both totally standard.

Carb v FI
1998 v 2005
Datatool v HISS
Hugger v no hugger (I like huggers - that's not a strapline btw)
Titanium v Silver

£1k difference isn't much I guess, especially when you think that 7 yrs from now, the 2005 model will be as old as the 1998 model is now.

The purists seem to favour the carb.

Someone help with this birdache conundrum... pleaseeee... :hmm:

Can't handle reading yet another review about top end speed...
 
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#3 ·
I like carbies best man.
So much less to go wrong.
Much smoother throttle action (with properly serviced carbs...)
More get up and go, even though it evens out at 150+mph due to the ram air. But up to that the carbie picks up much stronger..

But... each to their own man! I kinda like the fact that my bike is 15 years old... Haha! Makes their faces even funnier to watch when you destroy them...
:)
 
#4 ·
the answers:

i have a ´97 with +100.000km
i don´t clean
i don´t care
i don´t swap cct´s
i don´t swap r/r´s
i don´t swap bearings
i was http://www.cbrxx.com/body-paint-electrical-lights/10235-shot-down-flames.html
i don´t change the oil after 6.000km (more like 26.000km)
i just use that damn thing
and as long as the lcd clock is working i won´t have electronical gerbils (aren´t those little gnawers cute?)
etc...
blabla...

and now:
questions?
 
#9 ·
I love my '02 with 163,500 kms. FI, no carbs to dick with. Good at any altitude. Go newer. IMO
 
#10 ·
Lets break this down a bit ..

Visual differences
Tail light
Indicators
Dash
Screen
1 control on the left switch block
and decals

Riding differences
Negligable

Grin Factor
No difference whatsoever


Do you have any laws covering the age of the vehicle insured.. Here some insewerance companies do not want to comprehensively insure a vehicle over 10 year old.
 
#11 ·
I have no doubt that in years to come the first Carbies will be labelled 'The Classic Blackbird' and good condition ones will fetch decent money. Riding it might prove more difficult if the Tree Huggers win the battle, no CAT, Big Carbs and Big Jets = Planet Fu.ker.
Carbs require 'tending' to keep the motor running really sweet ..... and many riders nowaday (not talking about here!) do not get their fingers grubby and expect a perfect ride every time they press 'go' no matter how much they neglect maintenance ................. which takes me to the first injection models (pre CAT in Europe and elsewhere). I may be biased here since I own a 99 inj but these appear to have the best of both worlds - no CAT and strangling down of the fuel system, yet with minimal maintenance they keep flying.

I do like the digi dash for one simple reason, I've been slightly long sighted since birth (doesn't get better with age) and I can clearly read the speedo on the digi whereas on the 99 Bird with its 200+ clock, distinguishing between 2 marks is not always instantaneous. Even if the figure shown is a bit of a 'whoops' I would still prefer to know.
 
#14 ·
Wait till its 25 years old and rego it as a classic,
 
#13 ·
52000 kays in 2 1/2 years. still stock and still not touched by spanner, Did 354 Kays in its first 2 years, Demo model,
2006 FI, Silver one,
Still goes like a shower of shit.

Carbs need tuning, FI dont,
 
#16 ·
Some good banter there folks, and some good consideration - thanks :clap:

XX-V was mint - truly showroom condition - but for the sake of £1000 the XX-5 takes it. 7 yrs it's junior and half the mileage (11k) - so not quite run in yet :)

Add the lack of carbs to worry about and a few mods from Honda, ticks all my boxes.

Wurzelbird is a-coming... large excitement... :)))))))
 
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