Hey just thought I'd share a chuckle with you all. I went to the local bike dealer (Honda, Suz, Kawi, Yama) and some hot shot sales kid jumped me right in the door, like salesman do. So he asked what kind of bike I had and I said I had a Blackbird........Blank face.... So..... are you looking to get a sport bike? I just walked away.

But in reallity I like the anonymity of the BB. When you say I have a Hayabusa everyone goes OOhhhhh. So normal/boring/cult. I enjoy the puzzling looks and faces I get touting the BB around. Makes me feel fortunate/special/unique. Like I have a conceled weapon. Just waiting to devour those little "R" bikes at any given moment. Why just the other day I ripped a standup wheelie through 3rd gear with full luggage in tow! Oh yeah, past the oncoming herd of 600's.

Blackbird, traveling in style!

Yup.......I gave up explaining to folks, a long, long time ago.


but your right, they are not a "" cookie cutter " bike by any means.


Lois

I can't talk for the rest of the country but here in Sydney Australia Birds seem to be everywhere, infact I know of seven Birds just in my town in the Upper Blue Mountains one hour west of Sydney and if you look and see how many Sydney Forum members there are and I'm sure there's lots more that don't belong to this site.

Honda CBR1100xx Super Blackbird, I think it is the longest motorcycle name. Perhaps thats why they cannot remember it and I am always traveling too fast for them to get a good look

I tell people Honda 1100, and they usually get the jist; Honda==sporty jap bike 1100== big motor, fast and scary

Ive also encountered dealership types who didnt know what it was too

I just say


I ride a CBR 1100, and that seems to satisfy most of them.


CBR = sportbike
1100 = fast

same idea as thechamp55.


lois

Originally Posted by lois

I just say


I ride a CBR 1100, and that seems to satisfy most of them.


CBR = sportbike
1100 = fast

same idea as thechamp55.


lois

Just keep the red bit quiet

Hey thechamp55, love the avatar

When I was looking for a new bike the insurance on a busa was going to be $2000 per year. When I asked about the bird it was $700. I think the insurance company didn't know what the bird was either.

Originally Posted by mrcbr

When I was looking for a new bike the insurance on a busa was going to be $2000 per year. When I asked about the bird it was $700. I think the insurance company didn't know what the bird was either.

Every cloud has a silver lining

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!

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

I get blank looks when I say "Blackbird". If they see it, they have to ask how big the engine is. I quickly got used to both...

The best is when they think it's a NEW model they haven't heard of YET, instead of an OLDER model they've NEVER heard of!