As I drove home through the rain early this afternoon—if you have followed [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5168]this thread you'll know I was in the car—I pulled alongside a motorcycle entering the highway.

'B*gger me,' I said to my wife, 'that's my bike!'

A Black CB1100 with top box, fortunately on what looked like an OEM rack which meant it wasn't really my bike, was hurtling up the the Bruce Highway. I felt a bit sorry for the rider who had no gloves in the intermittent rain. That now makes 3 I've seen in the wild.

Mate, if you rode a black CB1100 from Caboolture to the Caloundra turnoff on Sunday 22 March and you're lurking, out yourself.

Voice audio kicks in around :34 and my thoughts on it around 2:15 if you don't want to watch the whole thing about 4 minutes total.

Dang it! What's wrong with my 2014? Only got 49 mpg on 2nd tank fill up. Just don't know if I can stand anymore less than $6 fill ups.

Need directions on posting videos. I have searched for
"video" and got too many hits and "posting video" and go no hit. Thanks all.

I am finding some good deals on Shoei helmets that ship from Japan sold via eBay. Has anybody bought one this way? Are they going to have DOT stickers? Is it a legit product? Someone at the local motorcycle shop said that Shoei helmets differ in design from market to market (North America vs. Asia for instance). Not sure I can take her word for it since she wants to sell a $600 helmet.

Me thinks YES!

lol well other than desperately needing a bath

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Not a lot, but enough to bond
Bad news is I like it more than my Scrambler

Does anyone know where to find a kickstand foot that will fit a 2013 CB1100? Givi makes 18 different feet for various bikes but the only Honda they list is a CB500X. That foot won't work. I have that model on my NC700X and it's too big to secure the foot.

Our sidestand foot is tiny and threatens to topple the bike every time it's parked on a soft surface. I end up using the centerstand and that's a b*tch.

Question. Be it MotoGP or WSBK, what are likely to be the most interesting rounds of a racing series? Some might say "It depends". And they would be right. Too many hypotheticals. However here in Oz I reckon that we do reasonably well. Phillip Island (PI) hosts Round 1 of the WSBK series and Round 16 of the MotoGP. Round 1 of either series approaches and we look forward, with rising anticipation, to the coming contest. The last series revitalised! What will new bikes, new riders, changed teams and, sometimes, even new rules bring us in the months ahead? [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5190]This thread, courtesy of Inline4, says a lot about that. So what's good about Round 16? Well the chances are that, even if the Championship is already decided, and it may not be, the riders are getting down and dirty to secure their places in the race for fame and fortune, and next seasons upsized contracts. So on a little island far, far away from the myriad race tracks of Europe and The Americas, the Motorcycle Heroes do battle each February (Round 1 WSBK) and October (Round 16 MotoGP). I love it, and just have to be there.

However, I must misquote our old mate Ralph Waldo Emerson, who said "Motorcycling is a journey, not a destination". In early February, with Ralph Waldo in mind, and the taste of excitement from last October's MotoGP still with me, I set out to plan the journey to PI for WSBK Round 1. Normally I like to ride south from Sydney and on to PI through the Snowy Mountains. The Snowies are a motorcyclists paradise; the Omeo Highway, the Mount Selwyn Road, the Great Alpine Road, the Kosciusko Highway and others, offer some of the best motorcycle roads in Australia. I've relished them all. A plethora of hairpins, twisties, sweepers and fast straights all set in a mountainous, scenic, remote and low traffic environment. "Ride me, ride me" they shout. However on opening my tattered road atlas, my eyes are drawn away from the Snowies and, with mounting excitement, to some roads less travelled. What about Brown Mountain Rd? Grand Ridge Road? The Barry Way? Haven't ridden those. OK, I will plan a coastal route that follows, departs from, and then rejoins the Princess Highway and allows me to ride those three roads, and some old favourites. I will work on three days down, three at the track, then three for the return. I'll camp out at the track and en-route. Done.

With two days before departure I do an oil and filter change (The oil? M**** **W - **W of course. I'd be a mug to use anything else!). I clean, lube and adjust the chain. I check and blow out the air cleaner, ensure the suspension settings, such as they are, look good and then lubricate all hinges and pivot points. Finally I give the mighty "Last Blast" a final look over before loading my gear. My gear? Well I keep it simple; camping essentials such as tent, sleeping bag, ground sheet; Trangia spirit stove, fuel for same and means of ignition; food for three days (I'll replenish en-route), mainly canned of the beans and bacon, chunky soup or beef stew variety; tea, coffee, UHT milk capsules; a two litre water bottle that I can refill along the way; eating irons and a mug; jeans, one good polo shirt and enough t-shirts, underwear and socks to last and a pair of sandals; toilet kit; wet weather gear, spare gloves with water resistant inserts, thermals (just in case summer turns to winter); lastly, a puncture kit and chain lube - the CB already has an adequate Honda tool kit. Thats it. Oh, I almost forgot! A first aid kit and a large bottle of Bundy rum. Both purely for emergency or medicinal purposes of course. No dedicated camera this time. My well used iPhone 4 will suffice - sorry folks, photo quality may be not to the high standards set by others on this forum. There I am, the day before departure, something like this:




Shoot! Ah'm gunna have a pretty good weekend in PI with all that stuff.

The night before departure and with the prospect of a long day tomorrow, plus a week of camp food, I decide to make a pizza and wash it down with a glass of Aussie red. Sorta like a carbohydrate load:



OK, down to business.

Day 1 (Tues, 17th Feb):

[url=https://goo.gl/maps/Gq7UO]The plan.
Weather perfect, clear sky, 27deg C with a light north easterly breeze. I ride south from Sydney through the Royal National Park (described very well by Cormanus in his thread [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=4453&highlight=a+bit+of+a+ride]A Bit of a Ride) and stop for the obligatory photo at Stanwell Tops.




Leaving the RNP, I rejoin the Princess Highway and take a short deviation along the Jamberoo Road. Scenic, light twisties with a good surface. Dairy country.


Once more back to the Highway before riding the Nowra to Braidwood Road. The last time I was on this road it was with Cormanus and Jalalski. And it was wet, very wet. In fact it was as wet as a ... No, in the spirit of Forum Decorum, lets not go there. Suffice to say I took advantage of the perfect conditions to enjoy this road. As an aside - Jalaski, I now know how to get to Braidwood with no dirt . No time for photos - I have a long day ahead.

From Braidwood it's down the Kings Highway to the coast. The South Coast of New South Wales is beautiful; a boating, fishing and holiday maker's paradise with a climate milder than to the north of Sydney. Numerous rivers, sourced from the Great Dividing Range, flow into inlets that open to the sea.





I don't suppose that there is a boy in the world who can resist a sign, on a bridge, that states: "Danger, strong current. No jumping or diving from this bridge". Bear in mind that all the water in the previous photo flows under that bridge.

A quick stop at a roadside café for a cup of coffee and up the sugar levels. Plenty of butter keeps both dairy farmers and cardiologists in work so I feel good about that.



The afternoon wears on so I push it hard down the Highway, hoping that the revenue men are all out fishing or having an afternoon nap. They must have been. Just south of Tilba Tilba I leave the Highway and take the coastal road to Tathra. Some nice sweepers and a few twisties provide an unexpected bonus. Just north of Tathra I locate the turnoff that leads to the 5kms of dirt track to Gillards Beach, my home for the night.



As I ride the last few kilometres the sun gets lower and I am happy at the prospect of setting up camp.





A beach without footprints:




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Thanks for your patience guys. I'm limited by the photo count but if someone cares to post I will post days 2 and 3.

Cheers.

This new Honda strangely enough really appeals to me, butt ugliness and all. Hey, they might build it and it is far better looking than a DN-01.

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