Does anyone have a picture of the street shield on their bike not the EX the standard they could post?

Thank You,

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I've been riding since 1968 and over the years thought I should continue some sort of pursuit of the next best thing. My first bike was a Honda CB160 & it was the most fun I ever had on a bike. But back then, Japanese bikes did not the status of Harleys or British twins, so I quickly changed to BSA & Triumph. And, also, quickly became intimate with my toolbox and rides home in the back of a van.
Later, I went back to Honda, then Kawasaki because I told people " I just like the people who ride them & the attitude of the Japanese dealers " A few years on vintage Triumph Tridents ( YIKES ! Why the complication ?! ) and Bonnevilles and a further expansion of my tool collection. But it wasn't the maintenance that bothered me. It was the "agenda " that was part of ownership. Constantly criticizing anything they didn't agree with from electronic ignitions to the "correct" Aubergine purple used in 67 ! Can't they just ride the bikes ? I thought that criticism was limited to BMW riders who all think of themselves as engineers.
So, here I am. Full circle. back to Honda. And I could not possibly be happier than when I read the comments on this Forum. Just nice people who enjoy riding their bikes & sharing the experiences with others. Thank you. I've found a home. Rocket
p.s. I pick up my CB110 this Thursday.

Hi all, I took a '13 CB1100 for a quick spin. While I quite liked the bike, there was something that bummed me out. At the time I could not quite point a finger at it, but after the ride it eventually crystallized for me. It was the engine. I loved the bike's looks, the street presence, the handling, but I did not quite like the engine. It spools up quite fast and pulls quite nicely but it seemed not very happy swinging into higher RPMs. Sound was probably the only cue: it didn't sound quite strained, but sorta unhappy. Throttle roll-ons or downshifts were gently but surely hinting me at the magic number of about 3K RPM, where the engine appeared happiest. Thus i spent most of the ride at 3K RPM, out of the ~9K available on tach. I find that very odd, given that it's a four-banger.

I read about the bike a lot, including the fascinating discussion by the bike's designers and a review by Kevin Ash, where he simply adores the powerplant:
http://www.ashonbikes.com/content/honda-...013-review

I also watched a bunch of YouTube videos which show the same engine behavior. So it seems there was a clear design intention for this. Is that what is meant to give the bike a 'character'? Frankly, i found it annoying and would much prefer an engine that sounds smooth and happy as it revs up.

Maybe someone could chime in on the subject. Thanks!

Hey Hey! Me again. I was perusing the mods section as I have been prone to doing as of late and I cam across a great write up by Chip Beck on a home grown plate holder to clean up the reflecto-mess on the back of the bike. Chip Beck's original thread: http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=567

I'm into 1/10 scale remote control rock crawlers and working scale replicas of regular trail rigs. (Since I have no time to build real ones anymore ) Man boy issues, I know. My wife knows. heh. Because of that I have a bunch of different size scraps of aluminum and I was planning on rifling through that stockpile when I found some Acetal plastic blocks. I use it to make suspension components, chassis, and the like. Acetal plastic is also known as Delrin from Dupont Chemical. It is great stuff. Super strong, machinable, and resistant to pretty much everything 'cept machining. So I grabbed a 5/16" x 2 1/2" bar of it made one up. I get the stuff from http://www.mcmaster.com BTW, if you like to make things, this site is pure bliss.












I used a typical dewalt 10" miter saw to cut it down to a little shorter than a US motocycle license plate, 6 7/8". Then a trim router to chamfer the edges 45degrees on the back so there are no sharp edges.



Ran it through the drill press with a couple forstner bits to counter sink the spacers that are included in the stock plate holder. They fit into the holes in the rear light assy and align it nicely. I was able to vary the depth to get the placement I wanted so it floats off the fender a bit.



Makes a crazy mess when you drill it. lol. Should see the mess the router made. I spent some quality time with the shop vac...



Dry fit of the spacers before drilling the bolt holes.



I pressed out the stock bolts that were in the factory plate holder with my bench vise. I figured I'd reused the hardware. They were already the perfect length and they were easy to countersink to hide under the plate.



Here is the finished holder with the holes for the plate screws. This is the side that faces the fender.

Hi All!

Okidoki, my first post on the mod's section here and my first mod on my CB. I picked up a Yoshimura RS-3 slip on in stainless for $280 shipped. Sweet deal from indysuperbikes.com and they were really helpful on the phone as I was trying to get it shipped to CA before the weekend. They called Yoshimura in So. Cal. and had it drop shipped that day. Now, that said I made a mistake on the one I purchased. If you just google the RS-3 for CB1100, there will be a number of vendors that list it as fitting 2013-2014 CB1100 with single exhaust. This is not the case, as the center stand adaptor that ships with the 2013 kit does not work on the 2014, standard or deluxe. When you remove the factory exhaust, it takes the travel stop for the center stand with it that is welded to the factory exhaust pipe. Without it your chain becomes the travel stop. Nifty bit of engineering on Honda's part, not so helpful if you want to upgrade your pipe. So to compensate for this, Yoshimura includes an adaptor bracket that slides over the stock center stand hinge point that serves as a stop, even better that the stock one I think. That said, Honda moved the return spring assembly on the 2014 to the center of the center stand from where it was on the side on the 2013. (to accommodate the dual exhaust on the deluxe I'm assuming?). This makes the adaptor plate interfere terribly with the spring assembly.

It is a bit of a bear to put on the bracket and slide the 2 little elusive $#@% spacers between the bracket and the frame. I was lying on the ground for the better part of 45 mins trying to get them in and the whole time my shoulders were screaming, WTF is this messed up angle you're working at??? I finally got it bolted up and pulled the bike of the center stand to test it out and it just goes up about 2 inches and binds. Super nice. At this point I get on the web and found another member here on CB1100 that had the same issue to no avail, it looks like he dumped his stand. I had already installed everything, so no returns. I went to Yoshi's site and sure as shinola there are two different part numbers for the 2013 and 2014 and the 2014 version mentions nothing about the nifty center stand adapter they include with the 2013. I had hoped I could order the proper bracket from them, all other posts I found about issues with their systems seem to be well supported and handled by their support team. Unfortunately it looks like they do not have one available. I was pretty thrilled with the center stand and a lot of maintenance in the service manual starts with, "Place the bike on the center stand on a level surface and check the level of ..." Anyhow, long story short I was able to modify the bracket and it worked out well. And it doesn't look *too* shody. The exhaust itself went on smooth, zero issues. Bolted right up with no exhaust leaks. It sounds really good! I added a K&N too and it jumps when I roll the throttle. Did I mention how good it sounds? So here's the required pics and details on the adapter plate modification I did in case anyone else runs into this bit of fun. Hope there not too many pics and they make sense. Post about my new license plate holder fab up to follow.






I ended up cutting out the middle section of the adaptor plate. I mounted them on each side as per the instructions. It is still plenty strong, really strong, when it is mounted.



Cleaned up the cuts. Eased the corners on the grinding wheel and filed it all down smooth.



I brushed on a couple coats of black enamel to keep the freshly cut steel from rusting. Delay it anyhow, I live 1/4 mile from the ocean: Death, taxes, and rust.



Ready to install! I picked up some stainless bolts and a nylock nut to replace the zinc coated ones and the regular nut they included. No split washer or anything? weird. Fixed that up.



Here is the plate installed and doing it's job. It's twin looks the same on the other side.



Here is how the spring assembly sits in the middle with the plate I cut up on either side. This should make a bit more sense seeing it.



It only has to support the tension on the return spring and maybe an occasional slap of the center stand coming up. The bracket they supply is WAY overbuilt. Considering the way it is sandwiched in the rolled up side of the frame and how it cantilevers against the frame when the stand is resting against it with no side load on the bolt; I can't see how it would fail. You seeing this Yoshimura folks??

I bought the 13 CB the beginning of August 2014. Within 250 miles the headers had turned the usual bronze color. Since I'm retired and have nothing else to do I decided to clean them up.

The wife just had me clean the stainless steel fridge with Bar Keepers Friend and it worked great , so I figured it would work ok on the SST headers.

The headers cleaned up great and now at 1000 miles the headers are still shiny. Hopefully, they will stay this way.

Has anyone else found anything to tame the bronze?

Hi
i am thing about trading 2013 for 2014 deluxe
The best offer so far i got from a dealer my bike plus $5500 that includes sales tax tag fees etc OTD, I am debating is this a good deal
Any advice or comment
Thanks

I have this road. It's less than 10 minutes from the house . As a matter of fact I just returned from a spirited ride on the CB on my road. It's my favorite road to ride close to home. I could literally ride it every day and not tire of it. When I tell Dianne I'm taking the long way home she knows where I'll be, without me saying it. It's got it all. Just the right amount of lefts, rights, some of them S shaped sweepers and some pretty tight curves. It has elevation changes, starting level then pitching downhill, then uphill before leveling out, then plunging downhill again finishing with a long downhill curvy section. Officially called St Rt 743, it runs between St Rt 222 to St Rt 52 in Clermont Co. Ohio. I probably run my road 5 times a week. Always pure joy. The trick is hitting all the curves at just the right speed so that you don't have to brake. You metaphorically speaking become a snake slithering thru the grass. It's magical when you do it right. There's one sharp right hander near the bottom that nearly always makes me tap my brakes, spoiling the run, but I have, on occassion, run it cleanly top to bottom. It's clean, it's lightly travelled, the road surface is smooth and the speed limit is 55 MPH which I adhere to although a really good rider could probably ride it at 75 MPH or more. If it has a drawback at all, it's that early in the morning or late in the evening there's a good chance you'll see deer crossing this road. I did at 2:35 this afternoon. Other than that, it's perfect...well it could be 20 or 30 miles longer, as unfortunately my road's only 8 miles long.

One way to make it longer? Well, my son and I have a saying: " turn around, it's just as much fun going the other way", and if we purposely set out to ride this road, we will often run it down, turn around at the bottom and run it up and then turn around at the top and run it back down again for a 24 mile run.

I add my road to a few others (that are nearly it's equal) to make a loop. Todays ride included 4 or 5 of these roads in the loop and totaled 33 miles. Not a single stop light, and only a couple stop signs in todays 33 mile loop, and other than 1 section 1/2 mile long that's 45 mph, it's all a 55 mph speed limit. Easy on the throttle, easy on the brakes, easy on the transmission and easy on the rider. Add in a couple more roads and it's easy to make it a 50 mile loop.

Id I only have an hour to spare, I head for my road.

So do you have a road?

Why in the would would HONDA design the seat release latch into a twist your back into a pretzel process trying to get it open! What Gives,