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August 2008
After selling my Sprint ST I then spent almost all my waking hours pouring over Internet forums, eBay and the local newspapers in search of a new bike until eventually I found a nice looking Honda CBR1100xx Blackbird that was being advertised only about 50 miles away, so after work my lovely wife and me drove over to have a look at the bike.
After checking the bike out and chatting to the owner a deal was struck and I rode home on my new bike.
It’s obviously very early to tell as I’ve only done about 150 miles but I’m very happy with the bike, clearly loads has already been written about this bikes amazingly powerful engine and everything I’ve read it true.
December 2008
Well I've had Flo for just over 3 months now and covered 1,790 great miles, including a few weeks commuting and I've found the bike to being extremely comfortable, stable most importantly I've loved every minute of it.
As the mileage has just gone past 24,855 Flo was well due for her 24K mile service which has just been done to perfection by John at Jaws Motorcycles
February 2009
While out for a late night run on Flo I managed to run over what I think was a block of wood that was lying in the middle of the road, being late at night and the fact that there wasn't any street lights meant that I didn't see it until it was too late and I ended up clipping the edge of it. Luckily the impact wasn't severe and I stayed on the Flo but I could hear a noise coming from the front end so I stopped in a lay-by and examined her and I could see nothing wrong. I wasn't happy to continue on but also because Flo was still ridable I turned around and headed home at a very slow pace so I could examine her at home.
Once I got home and was able to have a proper look I found that my right hand brake disk had been damaged and was now badly warped - crap - A quick email to John at Jaws Motorcycles asking for advice and the following day day I picked up a new set of Armstrong front brake disks. Not only do the Armstrong disks look very nice I also noticed that the braking has improved!
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Total miles covered:
Total litres used:
Total cost:
Best MPG:
Worst MPG:
Average MPG:
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12,911
1,389.56
£1,464.35
47.2
37.8
42.2
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| Last updated: 17th July 2010 |
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