I was riding with a friend on Saturday and he had what appears to be a decent modular DOT helmet. His large fit me nice and I wear an HJC fullface. He paid $89 for in on jafram ! He thought it was going to match his new Valkarie, it dosn't, but its real close to the CB red. Jafram only had sm and huge sizes left, but I managed to find it elsewhere for $150.

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A night in the big smoke was enough. It was time to head home the next day and I decided to retrace my steps for the early part of the ride, but then come down from Mt Glorious to the east and enjoy the Mt Mee Rd. I’ve [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5204]been there before.
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So I set off again up the Mt Nebo Road that I’d ridden down the day before.












I decided to turn off and see if I could cop a decent view of the city. The road to the lookout was a bit of fun.





Invisible in the distance in this photo is the Pacific Ocean


A glimpse of Brisbane from Mt Nebo

Just after Mt Nebo, I turned down the hill towards Stamford. My camera’s memory card was full again and, even though I made some room on it at Stamford, I didn’t actually take very many more pictures on the way home.

Mt Mee was, as usual, magnificent. I wanted to stop at the Pitstop Café for lunch as it’s very motorcycle friendly and has commanding views south over the valley to Brisbane. I pulled up, switched off and was taking my helmet off when a woman appeared behind me nearly startling me to death. She told me I was dead out of luck; they were closing in five minutes and had put everything away. It was kind, I guess. I was saved the climb up the steps and also from taking off much of my gear.

So I went on my way. There were no police or damsels in distress. I stopped and took one photo looking north over the Glasshouse Mountains.


For some reason that was it for photos. Actually, I was not feeling particularly well and was beginning to ache as if I was getting a fever. I should have found the highway and headed home. But I didn’t. A stop at Woodford’s Braisen Hussy for lunch perked me up a little and I thought to ride a back road to Beerwah. I soon discovered it was dirt and I couldn’t be bothered so I rode back the way I’d come the day before.

At Beerwah I took a pretty back road to Mooloola Valley where I refuelled and, for no reason I can now recall, decided to go in search of a road I’d intended to take on an earlier ride. I’d missed the turn off, and thought I’d see what it was like. If all went well, I’d end up just above the final magnificent set of twisties on the Nambour-Mapleton Road.

Do you think I could find it? I got onto the road it runs off and set off up it. It’s an old favourite road that climbs up sharply to Montville. I was looking for the entrance to Jackson Road that, on Google Maps sticks out like the things to the rear of the proverbial dog. But it wasn’t there. I went up. I went back. I went up all the way to Montville and then back down again. In the end, I turned on the GPS and tracked it down. It's the northernmost Point A on the map thumbnail. There was a pathetic goat track that looked more like the rarely-used route to the local farmer’s back paddock than a road. I was reluctant to ride it as I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to turn around if it petered out.

Grumpily, I rode back up the hill to Montville, turned right, headed along the ridge, took the road down to Nambour, hit the highway and went home. Aching.

In the middle of the night I was woken by the ache in my right thigh. It turned out to be bursitis, although I have no idea what I did to bring it on, and it has been followed by a weird hamstring injury which has largely kept me off the bike. So you’ll not be troubled by ride reports for a bit.

As to that road, I’m not frightened by a bit of dirt so, one day, I’ll go and find the other end of it, ride up it and report.

I’d been home about a week before I had to return to Brisbane for a specialist appointment and a baby inspection. Again, I had the luxury of taking some time and going the longer way, so I decided to ride the way I’d returned home on the [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5283]last trip so I could experience the best bit of Mt Glorious from the bottom to the top.

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I got myself on to the motorway, which is being significantly upgraded very close to home, and headed south to the turn off onto the Steve Irwin Way, named after the eccentric crocodile hunter and zoo owner killed by an obstreperous sting ray in about 2006.



Road Works


A not very good picture of the entrance to Australia Zoo, Steve Irwin’s legacy. Some of metallyguitareded’s gremlins must have found their way into my camera


A glimpse of the edge of one of the spectacular Glasshouse Mountains from the Beerwah turnoff

I turned off at Beerwah to give myself the pleasure of riding the Beerwah-Kilcoy Road which offers a few agreeable twisties on the way up the hill to the junction with the Maleny-Stanley River Road.



Just before one of the fun bits, I had to stop to delete some photos from the memory card in my camera so I could keep taking photos

After stopping I rode to Kilcoy where I turned off onto the Esk-Kilcoy road. As usual there was almost no traffic and I made good time across the flat. There are enough small hills and turns on it to make it interesting.





Heading south towards the Somerset Dam. Not too far north of the dam and for a stretch to the south the road gets a lot more interesting


Somerset Dam
After the Somerset Dam, the roads takes you across relatively flat land with a few long sweepers, but there’s no traffic, the surface is good and it’s always more fun than I expect.


You turn left onto the Northbrook Parkway which almost immediately becomes a more interesting ride, although the surface of the road is not so good in parts and you have to keep a close eye on corners as you head into them.





Just what you don’t want to meet heading into a stretch of tight twisties







Roadworks towards the top of the mountain brought me to a stop until an escort vehicle arrives to lead you through. I don’t think I’ve ever struck this before. The chaps in front of me were fully leather clad. I’d seen them in a rest area at the bottom of the hill and let the guy on the right (who was on a CB400) pass me on the way up. He was practising his track moves, moving across the seat and putting his leg down elegantly as he led me up the hill. His mate came tearing up after him.


As I’d hoped, it had been well worth the ride up Mt Glorious from the west. It’s a good road and steep and windy in parts. It’s the sort of road that would repay work and experience. As a bonus, there’s good coffee at the Mt Glorious Café, and bikes to be photographed too.






This is the CB400 that passed me on the way up the mountain. His mate’s bike’s in the background




Can’t help liking the one in the foreground
From the Mt Glorious Café, it’s a pretty ride along the twisties of the ridge before the descent into Brisbane down the Mt Nebo Rd.




There’s something very satisfying about being able to ride from my home to the State’s capital without spending too much time on a main road.

On April 5th, 2013 I swung my leg over my CB1100 and put the first mile on the odometer.

Today I was running errands around town and stopped at the post office to mail a letter. When I came out I hit the starter button, the engine slowly made about a half turn and stopped. Further attempts got similar results. I could tell voltage was low because when I let go of the button, the tach and speedo would go through their full sweep (as if I had just turned the key on). This had all the earmarks of a dead battery.

To make a long story short, lots of huffing and puffing ensued while I attempted to push start the bike with the side stand down (Doh!). I eventually figured out my goof and the bike started up nicely in second gear with the side stand up.

When I got home, I did some diagnostics and now I'm thoroughly stumped. I let the bike sit for about 1/2 hour (longer than I'd been in the post office). When I went back out I attached a multimeter to the battery and it showed 12.6V, so I turned on the key. The headlight was bright, so I hit the starter and she fired right up. I checked the charging system and it was showing a healthy 14.0 - 14.1 volts at 5,000 rpm. Battery connections were tight. Basically, everything looked good. I'm stumped.

Because of the extreme heat here, lead acid batteries typically last around 3 years on my bikes. I had higher hopes for the stock sealed battery, but maybe not. I suppose the next step will be a load test on the battery (when I get my load tester back from my neighbor). Any other ideas?

I have wasted more than enough time on the Internet with negative results. Let me ask my CB buddies. Is there anyone you recommend for making a highly customized license plate frame?

The idea is to match the [url=http://www.olympiabookfair.com/antiquarian-books/d/black-beautyfirst-edition-in-original-cloth/82224]cover of the original 1877 edition of the book Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell.

Attached is my mockup, which has many things wrong with it, including a messed up left corner and non-matching colors throughout. I'm looking for someone who can take the [url=http://www.olympiabookfair.com/antiquarian-books/d/black-beautyfirst-edition-in-original-cloth/82224]image of the first edition and faithfully reproduce it on a reliably long lasting license plate frame.

Still playing with the new camera, so pulled out the Guzzi the other night and rode to our local Louisville Vintage bike night. Some cool old bikes in here.

Wasn't sure if I should post this thread here, or in the modifications thread. Anyways, I've completed all of my modifications to my bike for the time being. Weather is getting warm and miles are quickly adding up. Dam, I love this bike. !! Love how everyone on this board has a different take on the same bike. So, here's Mine. !!

2014 CB1100 Standard "Black" Mods Completed.

black low rise handlebars
Biltwell Grips
Bar End Mirror (Left Side)
front and rear turn signals
fender eliminator kit
Hakofugu short front fender
moriwaki frame sliders
Ryujin Fender Eliminator kit
Arrow slip on exhaust
Power Commander - V


That's about it, I doubt i'll be doing anymore modifications for the time being.

Glorious day today, sunny mid 60's. Nice to see winter's back has been broken. Had a bit of time before we are to head over to my son's house for Easter dinner so a ride to a nearby lake sounded good. Grabbed a thermos of tea and a granola bar for lunch and took off. It's about 60 miles round trip to the lake. All good roads, lots of curves, little traffic.

At the lake

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really starting to green up around here where the sun can get to the ground

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down to 2 bars but who can pass up gas at this price?

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A nice long down hill sweeper to the right

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a nice tight right hand curve

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left-flip it quick-right

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have to watch out for forest rats around here...someone got one last night or this morning. It was in my lane/

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right-left-right

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Daffodils blooming, a sure sign of spring.

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It was a great ride. Happy Easter.

Fired up my Sportster today. Changed the plugs, air filter and added a half a can of B-12 to the tank and she runs like top. Little polish and she will be ready to sell.

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Surfside Beach (looking South)

Anybody with a 13 swap out turn signals from a 14 model? Appears to be a simple job.