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04-02-2008, 10:57 PM
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| Some Random CBR Rider Join Date: Mar 11 2008 Location: Black Hawk, South Dakota Bike(s): 1998 CBR1100XX (For Now!) Age: 34 Posts: 30
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OK, so I got my '98 Blackbird about 2 weeks ago. About 1.5 years ago, my brother-in-law destroyed a '98 Blackbird in a corner at about 110. He claims LBS got him, but anyway. Thanks be to God, he walked away with torn jeans and mild road rash. He hasn't ridden a motorcycle since. Bad: Wasn't his bike. Worse: Dude had owned it for 3 days. So... David paid for the bike, but kept the pieces. He's got the centerstand (which I'm going to grab Saturday). All the plastic is shattered, and the left bar is gone. I'm thinking about grabbing the whole wreck for parts. The motor and tranny are there, as well as some electricals. What should a guy keep from the donor 'Bird? It's totalled, but I may take some pics to show y'all. I'm thinking to keep it around for the motor and transmission. If the seat's not shot, maybe use it for a seatpan/custom Russell build someday. Thoughts? Am I dumb, and should just take the centerstand and be done with it?
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04-02-2008, 11:11 PM
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| ... Get A Good Lawyer !  Join Date: Dec 20 2007 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Bike(s): Honda '07 CBR1100XX Super Blackbird Age: 44 Posts: 1,963
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Grab the lot as you never know how handy it's going to be one day .... for you or someone else. Shame about your bro giving up 2 wheels !
__________________ " 'Birds of a feather, flock together "  Quote of the month: "When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear." - Zen Proverb |
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04-02-2008, 11:25 PM
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| Some Random CBR Rider Join Date: Mar 11 2008 Location: Black Hawk, South Dakota Bike(s): 1998 CBR1100XX (For Now!) Age: 34 Posts: 30
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Yeah. He was damned lucky. Jeans, tank top, flip flops (!!!), no helmet. Dumbass is lucky to be alive. And it scared the piss out of him. He was freaking out on the phone when I talked to him about the donor bike. "No way, dude, you bought that thing?! That's the craziest fastest thing I've ever ridden" - and that's after he rode a ZX-10R. 
__________________ 1998 CBR1100XX // Bad, black, and ballistic "Everybody interesting is somehow mad." - Dr. Who |
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04-03-2008, 12:35 AM
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 Join Date: Mar 02 2008 Location: Atlanta, GA via Bronx, NY Bike(s): RED(the fast color), 2001 CBR1100XX, 2004 ZZR600 Age: 39 Posts: 1,720
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If you've got the room (inside, or covered) I'd say junk the trash parts and keep the rest. As reliable as I hear they are, replacement parts can get costly. On another note, Jeans, tank top, flip flops, no helmet??? In a corner at 110?????? I'd say it's not a shame he gave up 2 wheels. I'd say good for him!!  He's probably greatly increased his chances of being around for his family. Life is full of risks, but to take uneccessary ones isn't cool!
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04-03-2008, 12:47 AM
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| Some Random CBR Rider Join Date: Mar 11 2008 Location: Black Hawk, South Dakota Bike(s): 1998 CBR1100XX (For Now!) Age: 34 Posts: 30
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Yeah, I was thinking about ripping it apart and putting the pieces in boxes in my garage for a rainy day. I can see keeping this bike regardless of whatever else comes along. You don't see them anymore around here. I'd also like an '03 for the garage, just to have an FI Bird, too. Dammit. These XX bikes seem to be habit-forming... But yeah, he fully admits his dumbass move, so at least some good came out of it. One of those "hey, let me check this thing out - oh holy shit" moments. Needless to say, my sister and his four children were very much on his mind as he tumbled into the road ditch. Now he flies RC airplanes for fun, and plays on an old 500cc snowmobile in the winter.It did reinforce for me, however, the importance of ATGATT. He was lucky - like 1,000,000:1 lucky. I know I'm not that lucky, so I'll gear up for when the day arrives to bounce my helmet off of something hard. 
__________________ 1998 CBR1100XX // Bad, black, and ballistic "Everybody interesting is somehow mad." - Dr. Who |
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04-03-2008, 12:49 AM
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| Some Random CBR Rider Join Date: Mar 11 2008 Location: Black Hawk, South Dakota Bike(s): 1998 CBR1100XX (For Now!) Age: 34 Posts: 30
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Yeah. The flip-flops thing I still give him shit about. He works construction, so he always talks about eyewear, etc. - then I say "except no steel toes, right, Nancy?"
__________________ 1998 CBR1100XX // Bad, black, and ballistic "Everybody interesting is somehow mad." - Dr. Who |
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04-03-2008, 12:51 AM
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| ... Get A Good Lawyer ! Join Date: Dec 20 2007 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Bike(s): Honda '07 CBR1100XX Super Blackbird Age: 44 Posts: 1,963
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Hopefully, it's once bitten, twice shy !
__________________ " 'Birds of a feather, flock together " Quote of the month: "When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear." - Zen Proverb |
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04-03-2008, 2:33 AM
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| TEDZXX  Join Date: Jan 22 2008 Location: Lockhart, Texas Bike(s): 2002 Honda CBR1100XX (Silver) Blackbird Age: 44 Posts: 1,544
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One lucky Bro you got there my man!! Dodged a bullet there. If you have the room I would take the Bird and part it out. Keep what you want and sell what you don't want. There are plenty of other Bird owners needing parts from time to time and don't have a lot of money to spend. 
__________________ 02 Silver Bird, Throttlemeister, HID's, Scorpion Carbon Fiber Oval Exhaust, Zero Gravity Double Bubble, Power Commander, Speedohealer, Corbin seat, Lowered foot pegs & more Mods to come!!!  |
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04-04-2008, 10:26 PM
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| Join Date: Mar 07 2008 Location: Nova Scotia Bike(s): '03 XX Age: 48 Posts: 53
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It's all based on price. If you can get what you want/need for a reasonable dollar value, go for it! And the bil was lucky to walk away.... I flew r/c for two seasons but sold my stuff to go back to riding. I think motorcycles are downsizing the membership of our r/c club in a hurry..... |
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04-08-2008, 12:45 PM
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 Join Date: Mar 18 2008 Location: Lousville Bike(s): 97 XX Posts: 70
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I just got out of RC helicopters when I bought my bird 3 weeks ago...small world... btw, anyone want to buy a slightly used trex 450?
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04-10-2008, 9:16 AM
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| Birdman  Join Date: Feb 17 2008 Location: Melbourne Bike(s): Blue 2003 CBRxx Posts: 279
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My vote is to keep life simple. Get your brother in law's bird and make the parts available to CBRxx members. Don't bother keeping bits and pieces around to clutter up your life - I expect that you'll never need them to the extent you think you may. I recently moved and had to clean out a few well stocked sheds full of things that may have come in useful "one day". It felt liberating to clean out and not have a whole heap of "future" projects hanging over my head. Anyway life should be kept simple. Enjoy your bird and don't complicate the simple pleasures of life.
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04-10-2008, 4:36 PM
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| Some Random CBR Rider Join Date: Mar 11 2008 Location: Black Hawk, South Dakota Bike(s): 1998 CBR1100XX (For Now!) Age: 34 Posts: 30
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 That's a hell of an idea. I didn't make it up there last weekend, so that's a good plan. I know I want the centerstand; I'll take pics of what's left and isn't a twisted wreck.
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04-10-2008, 4:40 PM
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 Join Date: Mar 20 2007 Location: Sleepy Hollow, IL Bike(s): 1997 blackbird Age: 21 Posts: 383
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By any chance did that batter tray make it through the wreck?
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04-10-2008, 4:42 PM
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| Some Random CBR Rider Join Date: Mar 11 2008 Location: Black Hawk, South Dakota Bike(s): 1998 CBR1100XX (For Now!) Age: 34 Posts: 30
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04-10-2008, 4:48 PM
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| Join Date: Mar 20 2007 Location: Sleepy Hollow, IL Bike(s): 1997 blackbird Age: 21 Posts: 383
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4-9" that is a bummer.  first dibs on the battery, if it made it through.  |
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04-15-2008, 8:49 PM
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| Join Date: Mar 20 2007 Location: Sleepy Hollow, IL Bike(s): 1997 blackbird Age: 21 Posts: 383
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Any updates Sturginative ?
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04-25-2008, 1:53 PM
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| youfly2  Join Date: Apr 16 2008 Location: alliance ,oh Bike(s): 97 Honda Black Bird Age: 37 Posts: 151
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KEEP IT ALL DUDE PARTS ARE COSTLY AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOUR GOING TO NEED!
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04-26-2008, 12:06 PM
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 Join Date: Jun 25 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinios Bike(s): 1999 CBR1100XX and 1988 CBR1000F Stock & excellent Posts: 2,079
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Go for it if the price is right. Keep what you need and post and part out the rest. You will probably won't not need the majority of the stuff unless you dumped yours and the plastic (which you would need) on that one is already trashed. I've always wondered what the LBS would do in a stop or die situation. I've made quite a few hard and quick stops on this bike and feel that I can still modulate brakes. Really don't notice the LBS unless I'm just using the rear brake which I don't do. From what I recall the initial braking only activates one of the pistons in the front caliper.
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