The CB1100 Community Forum

Hi Guys,
Owners Manual says there is an under seat document bag to hold the owners manual.
I didn't get one - and I imagined it would be coloured plastic with possibly a Honda logo impressed onto it.
It somehow has to clip under four prongs on the seat base.

Anyhow dealer sent me out part code 77251-GR1-000 described as "bag, service book"
. . . and it is literally a clear plastic bag inside a Honda parts bag.



the bag it came in looks more like a Honda part than the actual bag inside !!

Can anyone put up a pic of what their document bag looks like - especially if it is a 2016 year model. This just seems like a lame part to me. You get these clear nylock bags free when you buy Kawasaki parts

I found a web link to the part here - https://www.cmsnl.com/honda-cb1100a-2010...251gr1000/
Thanks from Mark
This is what I got sent -
Looks about as strong /protective as a plastic bag - which is exactly what it is LOL

My '14 only came with the standard tool bag and the owner's manual (French and English editions) in a plain sealable plastic bag.

I just used a Ziploc sandwich baggie in order to keep the manual and registration and insurance certificates dry. It worked great because I, too, wanted the official bag until I learned it wasn't anything special.

I keep the manual with my service records in a binder, not on the bike. Agreed -- a zip-tie plastic bag for registration and insurance papers works well under the seat.

Mark, the US bikes come with a small blue plastic pouch for the (very) limited tool kit. I wonder if that's what they meant?

under ? in the saddle by underside of it (stocksaddle)...owner Manual : there is in principle only place with a simple Plastik bag

(03-12-2018, 08:05 PM)Rocky_imp Wrote: [ -> ]My '14 only came with the standard tool bag and the owner's manual (French and English editions) in a plain sealable plastic bag.

My Owner's Manual kept falling out every time I removed the seat. So now the English edition is in my tail bag, and the French edition in the drawer of my computer desk.

After 27 years of riding, most things are just common knowledge. But at my age after a long winter I never remember how to set the clock or get the gas mileage count down to work.

The maintenance schedule was scanned and stapled to the garage wall. Where I also keep a chart of ride mileage and MPG. The MPG is just another way of knowing that maintenance is required.

(03-13-2018, 01:58 AM)Nortoon_imp Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-12-2018, 08:05 PM)Rocky_imp Wrote: [ -> ]My '14 only came with the standard tool bag and the owner's manual (French and English editions) in a plain sealable plastic bag.

My Owner's Manual kept falling out every time I removed the seat. So now the English edition is in my tail bag, and the French edition in the drawer of my computer desk.

After 27 years of riding, most things are just common knowledge. But at my age after a long winter I never remember how to set the clock or get the gas mileage count down to work.

The maintenance schedule was scanned and stapled to the garage wall. Where I also keep a chart of ride mileage and MPG. The MPG is just another way of knowing that maintenance is required.

My Owner's Manual kept falling out every time I removed the seat. So now the English edition is in my tail bag, and the French edition in the drawer of my computer desk.

After 27 years of riding, most things are just common knowledge. But at my age after a long winter I never remember how to set the clock or get the gas mileage count down to work.

The maintenance schedule was scanned and stapled to the garage wall. Where I also keep a chart of ride mileage and MPG. The MPG is just another way of knowing that maintenance is required.
I admit to putting up data where I can see it too. You can't remember everything so no harm in that. I did that for all my bikes to keep track of tires and battery ages, mileage for oil changes, etc.
I'll make a bet that many others do it too.
ferret provided a list of wrench sizes for the various fittings and I printed that and have it up too along with their torque settings.

(03-12-2018, 08:05 PM)Rocky_imp Wrote: [ -> ]My '14 only came with the standard tool bag and the owner's manual (French and English editions) in a plain sealable plastic bag.

I used to own a torque wrench. But sold it at during one of our garage sales, as I no longer rode British motorcycles. My right arm is my torque wrench now: snug and a quarter turn more.

You got the right one. Its really pretty much just a sandwich bag

Of equal importance for the performance of the motorcycle is the plastic pouch in which they put the tool-kit: it is invariably ripped by a combination of frequent use and all the metallic additions I consider missing and stuff into it. Thus I replace those immediately with a bespoke, old-style, roll-out canvas tool-bag, and keep the dinky little plastic pouch as a kind of souvenir of my motorcycles past.

This is pretty well the only "mod" I'm inclined to to on my bikes. (not counting installing rear carries, (rant) as, unlike in the days of my youth, the motorcycles are rarely sold with those as standard equipment. (/rant over