After a delay into the new year (and an increased 121.00 fee for taxes (or whatever the law that passed in Illinois is)) I managed to pick up my 2014 deluxe. Thank you all for the help I’ll definitely be sticking around to learn as much as I possibly can. Hoping to one day get my 82 wing running and made to my liking, only problem with that bike is it’s a bit too tall because the giant bucket seat.. besides that.
I’m getting Pirelli sport demon tires on the back as part of the dealerships so called “deal”. Looking into a shoei full faced wine red helmet to match the bike, along with a cardo slim Bluetooth piece for the helmet. One day hope to get the 500.00 comet fairing to match the bike.
How often do you have to change the air filter? Didn’t get the owners manual but I’ll be looking up the pdf soon here.
Congrats Nick, glad you were able to make the deal. With regards to air cleaners, here in the midwest I replace mine every 25,000 miles. The manual probably says every 12,000. It's not hard to do, but you do have to push some wires out of the way (and remove a coupe of screws).
Congrats on your DLX! You'll love it!
Congrats, it was the prettiest bike I've ever owned.
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Congrats on the 2014
Our 2014 Canadian model was a sort of combo between a standard and a deluxe and only came in Spencer blue; one model; one color.
Oh seeet thank you for the info. I spoke of a k&n filter in another thread I made and some said it’s not worth it.. but in the long run which would be more cost efficient? K&N or replacing the air filter as normal.
I looked up the pdf but couldn’t find anything for the 2014 CB1100 dlx, only one on the 2013. Is this the same exact bike besides the 6 speed?
Hello Nick, congrats on your Deluxe. I can offer a few of my opinions here, and you can decide if any of them work for you. If you are handy, and like working on your bike, one of the best investments you can make is to buy The Honda OEM shop manual for your bike. The manuals are a wealth of knowledge, and you just cant go wrong owning one.
As to maintenance items, I always use OEM Honda spark plugs, oil filters, air filters, and batteries. I have seen some aftermarket air filters that were just slightly off in terms of fit and sealing. I have seen some aftermarket oil filters fail, causing a mess at least, and potential engine damage at most. Oil I might experiment with in terms of brand, the same API service classification, JASO standard, and viscosity as called for in the Shop and Owners manuals. As a matter of personal preference I do prefer full synthetic oil, although there is nothing wrong with Dyno oil. Unless there is a VERY compelling reason to do otherwise, you just cant go wrong with OEM parts.
(01-10-2020, 03:07 AM)2017EX_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Hello Nick, congrats on your Deluxe. I can offer a few of my opinions here, and you can decide if any of them work for you. If you are handy, and like working on your bike, one of the best investments you can make is to buy The Honda OEM shop manual for your bike. The manuals are a wealth of knowledge, and you just cant go wrong owning one.
As to maintenance items, I always use OEM Honda spark plugs, oil filters, air filters, and batteries. I have seen some aftermarket air filters that were just slightly off in terms of fit and sealing. I have seen some aftermarket oil filters fail, causing a mess at least, and potential engine damage at most. Oil I might experiment with in terms of brand, the same API service classification, JASO standard, and viscosity as called for in the Shop and Owners manuals. As a matter of personal preference I do prefer full synthetic oil, although there is nothing wrong with Dyno oil. Unless there is a VERY compelling reason to do otherwise, you just cant go wrong with OEM parts.
Oh duh! I completely forgot about OEM.. that’s what I run in my rebel/gl1100. That’s a much better idea than buying some other brand that’ll potentially cause damage. Thank you for the sound advice. I did have plans to purchase the service manual when I get home after work. Found one a couple of weeks back but I wanted to make sure I got the bike before purchasing it. I believe people say the owners manual says to run 10-40 oil correct? I have about a gallon of Honda 10-40 out in my shop ready to use. I’ve heard others use 10-30 because the engine makes a weird noise when using 10-40, ever had any issues with that?
As for synthetic oil.. how do you convert over to that? Do you have to do anything special or simply throw it in?
Thanks again!
A service manual is a wealth of knowledge and well worth the money.
Changing over to synthetic is just a matter of draining the old oil and filling it with synthetic. I only use Honda filters.
When I first got my 1100 I was using 10W-40 and experienced no unusual noises at all. The bike ran perfectly fine. It later came up here on the forum about 10W-30 and I read the owners manual (duh!) which does indeed say to use 10W-30, which applies to Canada and the U.S., so I switched on the next oil change.
I'm using Motul 5100 in all my modern bikes which is readily available here. It's dino oil with a synthetic blend. I think you would be hard pressed to find much/any difference in any of the name brand motorcycle oils. Oil today is made to a very high standard.
Others may have a different opinion - but let's not start an oil discussion
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