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Haveing spent an afternoon stripping Gus's Blackbird,what a pigs ear,i'll happyly strip my S in future one handed and blind folded it'll be easier!!!,but and interesting exsperience non the less.

Again,many thanks for the garage/tools/food and drink.Not to mention your time.I would rather do 10 services on a s than have to change the oil and brake pads on the blackbird once.
Servicing the S youself?
You,ve never had it so good!
gus

Something will not have to worry about - just chop it in for something else.

winger wrote:Haveing spent an afternoon stripping Gus's Blackbird,what a pigs ear,i'll happyly strip my S in future one handed and blind folded it'll be easier!!!,but and interesting exsperience non the less.

Moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan. The luxury of having most of Friday to twiddle about with bikes should be appreciated more than it appears from your posting. Normal people are still working their fingers to the bone while you're stripping the skin off your knuckles. Have a sense of decency man - weekends are for motorcycling based activities after the decorating/DIY disasters have been completed - no more mention of fun whilst the working week is going on there's a good chap
The fact that the fiendishly clever Japanese put full bodywork on c/w corroding fasteners that are hidden up its back passage should be a sign - KEEP OUT ! Honda TECHNICIANS ONLY ! NO ACCESS FOR PERSONS CHARGING LESS THAN £60/hour (plus VAT)

Had a Blackbird before the 1100S. Bought the S to restore my sanity.

After having ridden a C50, CB175, CB250, CB360, CB500T (yes we all make mistakes) and a CB400/4 I had become acustomed to Hxnda reliability and build quality.

Then moved to 3 separate BMW's (great years) before a mortgage got in the way.

2 years ago I decide to spend the kids inheritance and bought a 2 year old, 6000 mile Blackbird from a mate at work. Looked good in the dark but when I got it home .......

Had he stored it in a salt mine?

Spent 4 weeks stripping it down to literally the frame, engine, wiring loom, plastic etc. What a mess. Much money later including virtually every fixing, new radiator, blasted and coated sub frame, new wiring loom (yes on a 2 year old bike - but it was covered by warranty although I am still not sure how I got away with that at the local dealer) etc, I finally got it back on the road. Great, but had enough, hence the R1100S and what a joy to work on.

So do take a day off to work on your CBR1100Y you will need all that time just to get past the plastic. Any way, I hope you enjoy it more than I did. I expect it's great bike if its looked after, mine just hadn't been.

I'm finding this it on my Suzuki TL1000S. It has a sensor on every moving engine part, flow sensor, temperature sensors, TPS, cam position sensors vacuum flapper valves ... I could go on. Don't get me started on the cooling system ....

The wost thing being a nekkid V-twin with trellis frame is that you can see everything but can't reach anything without the bodywork coming off.

Though the Blackie was fairly simple, more timestaking than anything else, but once you had done it a few times it was easy - and I can barely put air in my tyres without fucking it up!

Not stripped the BCR yet, will have to have a go sometime. Im guessing the indicator pods come off first to reveal more fastners underneath? is that a good starting point?

Nope, indicator pods stay on. In fact, you can't even remove them without removing the panels first.

There is 2 fasteners under the seat, one in the cockpit area, two in the front underneath the mirror. Then there is one at either side of the oil cooler, and the prize winning fastener from hell: behind the panel right next to the fork legs and telelever wishbone. Feel around till you find a place where you can't get your hand and allen key to go, and you have found the place for the last one.

I could strip my FJR and VFR in half the time it takes to strip the S. The idiot at BMW that designed this, should be shot. That last fastener should have a gromit in the frame and a lug on the panel, not a ¾" long allen head fastener.