The CB1100 Community Forum

(10-24-2017, 08:01 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Hey VLJ was thinking about you today while out riding (and very much enjoying) my DLX. Hadn't seen you post here in awhile, and wondered what direction you had taken.

For me on the Kaw it would have to be the root beer and orange with the 4 pipes, although I agree not nearly as good looking as the CB

The root beer and orange is the least awful paint scheme for that bike, but it's still mighty awful. I think it's the bodywork beneath the seat that most offends, along with the drab, cheap look of the seat, and that motor with that giant radiator just looks so dang generic.

The entire design just screams, "CHEAP, GENERIC JAPANESE APPLIANCE!" By all accounts it's a very solid ride, with strong acceleration and zero vibration for an I-4, but there is simply no aesthetic beauty to be found anywhere on that bike.

As for me, I went and visited the '17 CB1100EX again today. It's still there. Same VIN. I know this, because I check the VIN every time, wanting to know whether the one I'd been looking at ever sold.

I almost bought it a couple/few weeks ago. I made an offer, and we ended up $800 apart. I figure that if the thing sits there long enough, they'll eventually accept my offer.

I'm not budging, though. I really don't need a second bike, so either I get it for a price I can stomach or I continue to wait.

In the meantime, I just learned that Hwy 1 in the Big Sur region is finally open again, at least from the northern approach, so I'm loading up the XSR900 and heading out tomorrow morning for a two-day stay at Deetjen's Big Sur Inn. I'll take the Skyline Bl/Alice's Restaurant route (yes, that Alice's Restaurant, immortalized in the Arlo Guthrie song, where I once had breakfast with Neil Young, who took the opportunity to hit on my wife), and I'll enjoy unseasonably warm weather all up and down the central California coastline.

I like the Kawi in white and light green with spokes. Not something I would go out and buy but something I do find more attractive than many other bikes currently out there. BTW, just to clarify, the Alice's Restaurant in California is NOT the original, but named in homage after the one in the song.

the one in the song belonged to a friend of Guthrie's from Massachusetts I believe

there is also an Alice's Restaurant in a small town about 40 miles from me.

According to most of the usual sources, Kawasaki is supposed to officially unveil the Z900RS in a day or two. I, for one, am very interested.

Hey, wasn't Honda supposed to do a press release today? I'm unable to find it on the net. Thought somebody posted on this site that Honda was doing a press release related to Goldwing models today.

Supposed to be today. I can't find it either.

GIANT RADIATOR=no go. Thumbs down

(10-24-2017, 06:35 AM)Blockhead_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Congrats on the new bike mininsx, enjoy!

Thanks! Now if the weather would just cooperate...

Well, here it is!

[url=https://www.cycleworld.com/new-2018-kawasaki-z900rs-is-kawasakis-answer-to-retro-standad?src=SOC&dom=fb]https://www.cycleworld.com/new-2018-kawa...SOC&dom=fb

"Kawasaki claimed they have re-tuned the motor to deliver more power below 7,000 rpm. That reworking does come with a cost, however, with claimed horsepower dropping from 125hp to 111 horsepower and claimed torque dropping from 72.2 to 53.5 pound-feet of torque."

No reason to do that. Everyone agrees that the Z900's engine is perfectly smooth, and just a great streetbike powerplant. They should have left the motor alone, as Yamaha did with the FZ-09 mill when they created their retro XSR900.