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What year 'bird is the "best"??????? - 8/17/2006 11:26:57 PM

rippn

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I'm love sick over 'birds !!!!!!!!!! Whats what, concerning years and revisions. About all I know is... started w/ carbs... then FI... advantages/ reliabitity issues/ handle'n/ fit and finish/ HP and torque changes /definative year and model ????????? Can you lucky'bird men help me, make good choices ????? I NEEEED one !!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS, Clean and free, Ripp'n

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RE: What year 'bird is the "best"??????? - 8/21/2006 2:10:47 PM

slowpoke

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Yeah, I'd like to get a carbed one, only because I'm familar with carbs from my 1000F. But is the FI that much better?

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RE: What year 'bird is the "best"??????? - 8/22/2006 9:21:35 PM

NCBirdman

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1997 and 1998 are Carb'd models, '99 to 2003 FI.

They changed to digital speedo etc, I believe in 2000.

Any bike is going to have a weakness somewhere, the Blackbird has a tendency to go thru Regulators/Rectifiers and Stators (The VFR is a great bike and also had a R/R weakness in some years)

You can get a good deal on a Blackbird, people are starting to list them now (I assume before it cools down).

Just look for a clean, low mileage one-there are plenty out there.

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RE: What year 'bird is the "best"??????? - 8/28/2006 12:46:19 AM

CBR1000RRMARINE

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I had a 1998 XX before I got my CBR 1000rr. I would get a 99 or higher just for the fuel injection alone. Only thing is there are not to many companies that make 4-2-1 exhaust for that bike. I had a two brothers on mine. At that time they were making full systems to include headers

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RE: What year 'bird is the "best"??????? - 8/28/2006 4:07:46 AM

rippn

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Thanks to all... Clean and free, Ripp'n

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RE: What year 'bird is the "best"??????? - 9/3/2006 4:37:40 PM

mitch_1100xx

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as funny as this may seem wikipedia has the best description of the xx and the timeline of revisions that i have seen. definatly check it out on their website it gives a great history.

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RE: What year 'bird is the "best"??????? - 9/3/2006 9:10:21 PM

rippn

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Thanks Mitch !!!!! Clean and free, Ripp'n

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RE: What year 'bird is the "best"??????? - 9/7/2006 12:40:00 PM

mitch_1100xx

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any time!