Couple pics from this weekend (Blackbird thread)

[Celerity]

Check em out !

This is my friend's 2002 600R with 9k on it. It's mint. It had shitty tires on it when he first got it, and cornering was a bitch - it's got new tread on it and it's a peach now. Totally a bike I would own.

Then, my little scooter next to it.

And oh yeah, the Blackbird I was talking about in my birthday thread.

 

[formby]

man you're having a blast on that thing.

but that grey bike makes you look tinier than what you are. you made a great choice in the one you bought.

 

[eg6sir]

that bike makes you look tiny.. haha..

 

[Celerity]

I'll only ever look "right" on the 250. I'm a short dude that weighs 135 lbs. But that doesn't mean that I can't ever upgrade!

When it comes to the other bikes I look at, I always run into "What does this bike offer me over the 250?" At my weight, the 250 does quite a lot. but honestly what gets me with the blackbird is what my eyes see when I'm on it. The gauges, the fairing, the position.. it all works out. Big bike ? You bet. Biggest bike in that category ? Hardly. I still have no idea how people ride Vstroms and those BMW touring monsters.

 

[phyregod]

Or Goldwings, for that matter. Goldwings are luxury cars on two wheels. CD Changer, intercom, heating, AC, navigation, 1.8l motor, ABS brakes, reverse... Its getting silly.

I can't believe you only weigh 135. You're a tiny lil bastard!

 

[Celerity]

I've ridden a Goldwing before, Not one of the new ones with satellite nav screens and shit, but I rode a 1990. It wasn't that tough. My friend's newer VTX1800 is WAY more challenging to ride and stand upright with.

Newer ones though, I've swung my foot over them. I couldn't get it off the stand. What a fuckin pig those things are.

 

[TurboMirage]

how the fuck do you do heat and a/c on a bike? lmao

 

[Celerity]

my friend's Concours has heat. It's a vent that you move with your foot. Move it so the engine heat is blasting up on you. It's VERY effective.

As far as A/C, I have no clue or if that was just an exageration. Goldwings DO have heat though.

 

[phyregod]

Yeah, no AC yet. I thought they did, but couldnt find anything on it.

ABS is real though, as is navigation, airbags, 6 speaker audio, heater, heated seats and grips, electronic pre-load setting suspension, 6.6 gallon tank, and a 820 pound dry curb weight. So you can tack on another 50 pounds for gas and other fluids.

 

[Celerity]

Once the goldwing is moving faster than 15 mph and you have a destination to get to, I'm sure its the most pleasant travelling method in the world.

I wouldn't do the riding that I do everyday, that's for sure.