Parts guy at my local stealer told me he didn't have the fiche for that one yet.

We could just tell people that ask that we have "The Bird".

Some people might think we are riding big bird or something then...giving them a lasting mental picture. LOL

Originally Posted by Lamby

We could just tell people that ask that we have "The Bird".

Some people might think we are riding big bird or something then...giving them a lasting mental picture. LOL

We could give them "The Bird" for yet another lasting mental picture.



Styles

Originally Posted by WOL

Hey thechamp55, love the avatar

Uh.. yeah. Danny! Did you get a new girlfriend?

If they don't know what it is just tell them Honda only made a few of them.

Originally Posted by jclaude

When people ask me i say honda cbr 1100 xx
honda-that's fine they know
cbr-that's fine it's commun
1100-i get a wooow
but when i come to the XX i've got a don't you mean RR,no i really mean XX,so i get a
if you ever see a 1100 RR take a pic 'cos i want to see it then i get a

And as XX comes after RR in the alphabet XX has to be better.

"Hey thechamp55, love the avatar"

Originally Posted by CBR1000F

Uh.. yeah. Danny! Did you get a new girlfriend?

'They' made me dump her

Originally Posted by X1rider

Same thing happened to me at the local big box store with the parts kids and 3 "sales" disposable employees. When they saw the Super Blackbird on the factory panniers, they all commented, "Never seen one of these." I said of course, they stopped importing them to the US in 2003 when you were in 9th grade! LOL!

I was in 9th grade in 2003. Seriously.

When I tell people the real designation I too get the it's a what. Considering the XX hasn't come into the country for 6 years when I show it or have it out on the Saturday cruise night I get the what kind of Honda is it questions. To me the Blackbird was never really popular with the public yet those that have rode one or those that ride one know full well what this bike is and why it's so special. I have however encountered some veteran riders (read as older and experienced) that know exactly what it is.

Yesterday at the show I had a guy with his young son of maybe 12-14 come over and the dad was really looking at the bike. The son sad to the dad, what kind of bike is it dad. The dad replied, son, this is a Blackbird and you won't see many of these. All of a sudden the son started looking as hard as the dad was. I believe there is one down south of me in the Clarksville area but this is the only other Blackbird I am aware of within a 60 mile radius. Kinda nice having something different.

This picture is from the show.

when i tell them "double-eggs" they have faces like i would have said "XXXL" and most of them start to stare at the fairings like they would have a chance to see the engine via x-ray-googles :-)

Originally Posted by heisti

when i tell them "double-eggs" they have faces like i would have said "XXXL" and most of them start to stare at the fairings like they would have a chance to see the engine via x-ray-googles :-)

Well, those x-ray-googles would work fine, if it were XXX

Originally Posted by GhostRider

When I tell people the real designation I too get the it's a what. Considering the XX hasn't come into the country for 6 years when I show it or have it out on the Saturday cruise night I get the what kind of Honda is it questions. To me the Blackbird was never really popular with the public yet those that have rode one or those that ride one know full well what this bike is and why it's so special. I have however encountered some veteran riders (read as older and experienced) that know exactly what it is.

Yesterday at the show I had a guy with his young son of maybe 12-14 come over and the dad was really looking at the bike. The son sad to the dad, what kind of bike is it dad. The dad replied, son, this is a Blackbird and you won't see many of these. All of a sudden the son started looking as hard as the dad was. I believe there is one down south of me in the Clarksville area but this is the only other Blackbird I am aware of within a 60 mile radius. Kinda nice having something different.

This picture is from the show.

GR, clean, looks good. // sm