CBR1100XX Blackbird, other suggestions

I've just sold my GSX1100F and looking for a Blackbird, ~£2000 to spend.

I've tried a Bindit, but not impressed. Sat on a Busa and a Grixer, but
they where too small. I'm 6'3" with long legs and a beer gut, what other
bikes could I consider?

 

Thanks. Had a quick look on eBay, they appear to hold their price better
than the 'bird. What's the sitting position like? Anyone near
Grange-over-Sands got an 1100 I can have a sit on? What's reliability like,
better or worse than Honda?

 

I know you're a) not a fan of Hondas & b) a Kwacker fan-boy, but do
you really think the ZZR1100 is better than a Blackbird, and if so, in
which way?

 

sure, and why wouldn't it be, being so much more recent and having
300cc more.

However, why the hell did they have to make it so ugly?

 

The ZZR1400 moves one or two other things on such as - the probability of it
being declared a write-off after a 30mph spill

 

*HOW MUCH????*

 

I've had three Blackbirds along with a use of a ZZR1100 and a RF900
and also owned a GPZ1100. Although long in the tooth now, both the
GPZ and the RF were great value, and can be bought for nothing now.
I'm over 6ft and the only time I have trouble with the blackbird is
when I'm wearing full wet weather clothing and the trousers seem to
trap a nerve behind the knees until I've stood up a couple of times
and got them adjusted. I assume this points to the fact that I've
either got crap knees or they are bent a bit more than is comfortable
on the Blackbird.

 

Thanks, but no thanks. 100cc to small and to old

 

I'd agree there. For a tourer, it's a bit of a problem for us
long-legged types. Having said that, it's fine wearing shorts or light
trousers.

--

Paul.
CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird (Buen mueble de patio)
And a pushbike of some sort.
BOTAFOT #4
BOTAFOF #30
MRO #24
OMF #15
UKRMMA #30

 

Thunderace.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, darsy

So that people like me can sit on it and not feel out of place.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando
Kawasaki GTR1400

 

Oh yeah. OK, it was very tidy. But £1600 for a 17 year-old bike that was
never wildly popular when new is a tad optimistic, even so. Still, you
might get lucky.

 

I've already had one knee stripped of its skin. It leathers for me from now
on.