Friday 6 March 2015

I'm thinking of buying a 2003-07 Honda Super Blackbird XX for about $7000AU and I'd like your advice


I've owned a few bikes, starting when I was 30...a Suzuki GSXF400F, then a BMWK1100LT, then a Ducati ST2 944, then a Moto Guzzi 1100 California Stone, and now, at 61, I'm thinking the Honda Blackbird from the 2003-2007 brood would be pretty good. I'm about 6ft high so the bike is an ok mount. I had a brief ride on one about 7 years ago and I liked it. Fast as fuck, and yet calm as you like at low speed. Good for anything nearby or any place far afield. Easy to fix, all simple technology, and the prices are okay and the remaining ones seem to have been looked after well. Any views?
This one for example has Akrapovic pipes, a bit of lambswool and some bags so you get the feeling it's been cared for. It's about $8000, or $7000 with about 50,000kms

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