07-13-2015, 12:32 AM
Hello everyone,
Late last month I posted that I'd bought the $6,995 2014 STD at Newburgh Powersports in southwestern Indiana. I'd given then my Amex over the phone on June 30th so as to take advantage of the $2,000 in rebate money that was on the table at the time. Dealer cost on the 2014 Standard is $9,671 so that $6,995 represented $1,000 in Honda-to-buyer money, $1,000 in Honda-to-dealer money, and $676 in dealership losses.
The July 4th weekend I was in a crash at Laguna Seca that stretched my neck pretty far so I decided to pick up the bike this past weekend instead of doing another race. (I race a variety of crummy old cars and occasionally a new one.)
I arrived at Newburgh Powersports Saturday around noon expecting the worst. I figured they'd have some way to get some of that $676 back --- maybe a $599 "dealer cargo fee" or something like that. Nope. They handed me my paperwork and I was out in five minutes. The bike had one mile on it.
They had another one on the floor which they'd like to sell. The Honda money isn't as good as it was last month but if you want a zero-mile Standard from a no-BS dealer I can't recommend these guys enough. They didn't add a penny to the deal.
From Newburgh, I rode to Altamont, IL to meet a friend who was helping to run the Van Nationals event. Along the way I realized that the CB1100's range is, uh, a bit limited. But I refueled and finished the 171-mile ride.
My plan was to stay overnight in Altamont but there was a pretty major weather front coming in so I decided to ride the rest of the way to Powell, Ohio that night.
All told, I rode 527 miles in the 11 hours after taking delivery of the bike. Most of that was spent varying speeds for break-in purposes from 50-105mph on the freeway behind the "chase car" of the girl who took me to the dealership. To stay ahead of the storm we tried to average 80 miles per hour but at those speeds I was filling up every 120-130 miles and seeing about 2.9-3.1 gallons per fill.
I was pleasantly surprised at how strong the headlight was, I don't much care for riding after dark but the CB is fine for that.
All of you know the bike's virtues so I won't bother to go over them again. For this trip I'd have liked to have had a Vetter Windjammer on the front of the thing but I was amazed at how generally tolerable the wind was up to about 80mph after which I tucked-in behind the headlight like some hipster cafe-racer wannabe.
Got home tired but not too badly beaten. I hadn't planned to break the bike (and myself) in like this but it's a great way to get to know a motorcycle.
Glad to be part of the community, hope to see some of you on the road. If any of you need me, I'll be looking at those Samurider tank/sidepanel/wire wheel kits...
Late last month I posted that I'd bought the $6,995 2014 STD at Newburgh Powersports in southwestern Indiana. I'd given then my Amex over the phone on June 30th so as to take advantage of the $2,000 in rebate money that was on the table at the time. Dealer cost on the 2014 Standard is $9,671 so that $6,995 represented $1,000 in Honda-to-buyer money, $1,000 in Honda-to-dealer money, and $676 in dealership losses.
The July 4th weekend I was in a crash at Laguna Seca that stretched my neck pretty far so I decided to pick up the bike this past weekend instead of doing another race. (I race a variety of crummy old cars and occasionally a new one.)
I arrived at Newburgh Powersports Saturday around noon expecting the worst. I figured they'd have some way to get some of that $676 back --- maybe a $599 "dealer cargo fee" or something like that. Nope. They handed me my paperwork and I was out in five minutes. The bike had one mile on it.
They had another one on the floor which they'd like to sell. The Honda money isn't as good as it was last month but if you want a zero-mile Standard from a no-BS dealer I can't recommend these guys enough. They didn't add a penny to the deal.
From Newburgh, I rode to Altamont, IL to meet a friend who was helping to run the Van Nationals event. Along the way I realized that the CB1100's range is, uh, a bit limited. But I refueled and finished the 171-mile ride.
My plan was to stay overnight in Altamont but there was a pretty major weather front coming in so I decided to ride the rest of the way to Powell, Ohio that night.
All told, I rode 527 miles in the 11 hours after taking delivery of the bike. Most of that was spent varying speeds for break-in purposes from 50-105mph on the freeway behind the "chase car" of the girl who took me to the dealership. To stay ahead of the storm we tried to average 80 miles per hour but at those speeds I was filling up every 120-130 miles and seeing about 2.9-3.1 gallons per fill.
I was pleasantly surprised at how strong the headlight was, I don't much care for riding after dark but the CB is fine for that.
All of you know the bike's virtues so I won't bother to go over them again. For this trip I'd have liked to have had a Vetter Windjammer on the front of the thing but I was amazed at how generally tolerable the wind was up to about 80mph after which I tucked-in behind the headlight like some hipster cafe-racer wannabe.
Got home tired but not too badly beaten. I hadn't planned to break the bike (and myself) in like this but it's a great way to get to know a motorcycle.
Glad to be part of the community, hope to see some of you on the road. If any of you need me, I'll be looking at those Samurider tank/sidepanel/wire wheel kits...