I'm thinking of ordering a set of the chrome bar ends that (I think) are standard on the '14 Deluxe for my '13. I searched, but didn't find reference to anyone on here having done that particular swap. Any reason to think they wouldn't fit?

Still waiting on parts from Samurider. Carbon side covers, Over swingarm

Currently:
Hakofugo Fenders
Renthal Fatbars
HyperPro piggyback shocks
Yoshimura
PCV
TSR intake/ K&N filter

Is there a way to search for unread posts? I haven't been able to find anything.

Heading Home

Thursday 14 August 2014

Having decided there was no way I was going to ride north along the back road to Pembroke again, I decided to head straight out to the Pacific Highway (Australia’s often disgraceful main highway). I expected to follow Pterodactyl, with whom I’d been riding for the past three days, but he suddenly turned right and vanished.

If you’ve missed them, the other stories of the ride are [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=3700]here, [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=3808]here, [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=3809] here and [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=3758] here.

The map of my day’s ride is [url=http://goo.gl/maps/WQL8j]here.

The first part of the ride took me up the Pacific Highway to Coff’s Harbour. The last bit of the road was quite good—an improvement I think from when I was last there—with dual carriageway allowing me to make good time. I was undecided about whether to ride the 700 kms home; we had been later starting than I’d planned, but it was do-able. No matter what, I wanted to ride from Coff’s Harbour to Grafton via Nana Glen, up a road a mate of Pterodactyl’s had recommended to him.

I duly turned off on to the Coramba Road. It was pleasant indeed. A good surface and any number of corners to keep a motorcyclist happy. Just before Coramba I turned right on to East Bank Road which, while well sealed, was narrower and without a centre line. Still, the visibility was good and there was next to no traffic, so I had a lovely ride along it to Nana Glen.

East Bank Road




The Idle In Café in Nana Glen was motorcycle friendly.


It must have been about 1.30pm by the time I got to Grafton and had to make a decision about another night on the road or the big run home. I opted for another night and so turned left onto the Gwydir Highway which would take me back up the range to Glen Innes and then Tenterfield. And the cold. Still, I’d wanted to squeeze the Gwydir into the trip somewhere; Pterodactyl and I had made other choices and so had missed it. Near Grafton it was relatively flat and quick and I made good time.

Looking west towards the Great Dividing Range


The Lollback Rest Area and Mann River Bridge




The Gwydir runs along the river for a bit before offering 10 kms of really good twisties


Of the four roads up or down the range that we’d ridden this was the prettiest. The Oxley is a better riding road, but there was a special quality to the bush on the Gwydir. It was very lovely. There are some walks and some National Park it would be well worth exploring some time.

Like Jackson Browne, I’m looking east




I refuelled both the bike and me in Glen Innes, a town against which I’ve always had an irrational prejudice. It was bloody cold, but perfectly pleasant that afternoon. I thought I might find some serious winter riding gloves there, but didn’t. I then set out along the New England Highway for Tenterfield, about which I wrote in an early part of this report. This photo of the New England Highway shows not only how dry it was, but the sort of terrain one rides through on the plateau. Of course, road conditions vary a bit.


I was a bit unnerved by this letter box. I’m not completely sure it didn’t take a shot at me.


And, for the Ferret, this is the spectacular Bluff Rock south of Tenterfield.


I stopped for the night at the Henry Parkes Motor Inn. It was a mistake. Not because it was bad or uncomfortable; it was just more expensive than the usual accommodation I look for.

As usual, sleep was not a huge problem.

What a trip back in the past. Had a Windjammer fairing and all. It was pretty rough to be honest but still ran good up on cam but the carbs seemed to be stopped up a little. Needed a good tune up for sure but it was amazing and fun. THis bike probably has not had the oil changed in it since 78 let alone anything else.

My buddy bought it for motor only and will be transplanting it to a home made chopper. I think its a crime but its his money. It felt so much heavier than my 750 but its not on paper.

Just glad I got to ride it. My buddy rode mine and said bleep that thing is smooth. lol

I will try to post pics but I had to get new computer a week or so ago and forgot what to download to make that happen.

FUN DAY Wednesday!





TINK

....worth reading in full, if only to get an appreciation of the obsessive detailing that went into this bike, which could only ever have had a limited target market.

http://world.honda.com/CB1100/engineer-talk/

Includes confirmation that the bike was designed with 40 and 50 year olds in mind!

I have been hanging around here for a bit and I am getting pretty serious about buying a 14 CB1100 DLX. I sold my last motorcycle about four years ago it being a ST1300. I don't believe I will be riding much long distance any longer so I started looking at early mid 70's CB750's and CB500's. Should have bought one about three years ago before they got pretty pricey. Anyhow I would like to actually see a CB1100 before buying one and if possible ride one. My local dealer can get one and he has given me a fair price but I cannot seem to find one any where close. I live in the Chicago area (Indiana) so I am wondering if any one from the Chicago are knows where there might be one to test ride? Thanks for any input and I have enjoyed this sight for awhile now.

After looking at how expensive some of these systems are are how I'm not totally sold on the looks, I decided to just build my own utilizing the factory header. I plan to cut the header right at the weld to the cat, delete the cat, run mild steel pipe back and up following the factory exhaust routing to a megaphone-style muffler (brand TBD). The look I'm going for is perfectly represented by this V&H system. (http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/998...st-system)

But my question is, what is the pipe diameter at the cat? Before I say the measurement I got, I wanted to see if a few others got something different. Just tried pulling the OD with a straight edge and tape measure.

Once all is done, I'm going to have all the mild steel used chromed. I'm hoping I can keep the factory bronze color of the header and just chrome the steel and muffler. Oh well, may just have to chrome it all..

Thanks!

I've used the Mag-Knight product on many of my bikes. http://mag-knight.com/Simple%20Sheet.htm

I like the fact that it does not use adhesives which can, over time, damage the painted surfaces.

Magnetic tank pads can easily be removed and the entire tank surface polished.

With 700 miles to date I've already scuffed the clear coat along the edge of the tank, so, I'm extending the knee pads to cover the areas where my pants rub the tank.

My pattern for the Mag-Knight magnetic knee pads.


The Mag-Knight Simple Sheet is 12" long, just long enough for my knee pad pattern.


The knee pad pattern can also be cut to exclude the extra material that protects the edges of the tank for that classic knee pad look.


TINK