For me the 14 DLX is nearly prefect. Just one flaw that has caused me much consternation. Honda in it's infinite wisdom after years of having one left switch layout, turn signal switch in the middle, horn button on the bottom (like my two other bikes which I alternately ride) decided all of a sudden to reverse the location of the turn signal and horn buttons. Any given day may have me riding any given bike. Hopping from bike to bike, has got my muscle memory all messed up. I go to indicate a turn and blow the horn, or go to blow the horn and " cancel" the turn signals that weren't even on. Just today after washing the CB I stopped at a buddy's house about 6 miles up the road. Pull into his drive and see the garage open so I tooted the t/s switch to let him know I was there......arrgghhh

So this afternoon I went over to my brothers house and we swapped out the stock L/H switch for a 2013 L/H switch.

Stock 14 CB 1100 DLX L/H switch. ( horn in middle)

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Stock 06 ST 1300 Switch (horn on bottom)

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14 CB 1100 Deluxe with 13 CB 1100 L/H switch (horn on bottom)

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NOW... It IS perfect lol

BTW it was pretty much plug and play OTHER THAN again Honda, in their infinite wisdom, moved the locator pin in the switches, and we had to drill a new hole in the bars for the switch locator pin on the 13 switch. All in all I am very happy with the mod.

Thanks again to Elipten who fortunately for me decided he liked the 14 switch layout better, so replaced the switch on his 13 with a new one from a 14 and had a 13 switch left over.

In the event that anyone's interested, the following stats are from the Forum's [url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AlRYSET40JT7dGtUV3VLTURNeFlhRXZiREdoaUNrWWc&single=true&gid=0&output=html]CB1100 Registry

There are 223 CB1100s registered from 10 countries:

2010—3
2011—7
2013—174
2014—39

Of the 2014 models

STD—10
DLX (US only)—26
EX (Europe)—3

Number by country of registration:

United States—192
Australia—8
Germany—5
Canada—5
Italy—4
United Kingdom—3
New Zealand—2
France—2
Netherlands—1
Estonia 1

"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." (Neil Armstrong)

On July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC the Apollo 11 Lunar Module landed the first humans on the Moon. Without doubt a triumph of American scientific, technological, and political purpose. A triumph in which Australia played a minor, but significant, role. Due to intermittent communications difficulties, radio, television and telemetry transmissions were relayed through Honeysuckle Creek tracking station, a NASA tracking station in the Namadgi National Park, to the south of Canberra. The station received and relayed to the world communications with Apollo 11. The first historic TV images of astronaut Neil Armstrong setting foot on the Moon were relayed through Honeysuckle Creek. The station was opened in 1967 and closed in 1981.

Every five years since that landing, a Canberra motorcycle club has run a rally at the Honeysuckle Creek site, on or about July 20th, to commemorate the event. This year the rally was held from the 18th to the 20th July. It is a "back to basics" rally with firewood and water provided on site but all the rest comes by motorcycle. A twenty dollar registration fee covers park costs, that is firewood, facilities and cleanup. The rest goes to charity. For me, a perfectly good reason to put the OEM rack on the back of the CB, pack my tent, sleeping bag and thermals and head to Honeysuckle campground.
The route; to the south of Sydney, through the Royal National Park, up the Macquarie Pass and then down the highway to the east of Canberra; then on to country roads to Honeysuckle. Both the RNP and Macquarie Pass are brilliant motorcycle roads but are heavily speed limited. Still, on a cold weekday morning both can provide some entertainment. Apollo Road, the final run up into the Namadgi, is challenging; narrow, winding and there is no room for error. The shoulders are treacherous and on a winters day black ice may be present on road that has not yet had sun. Take care!

Route Map: [url=http://goo.gl/maps/5inQA]Sydney to Honeysuckle Campground

Some photographs:

Stanwell Tops, Royal National Park



Apollo Road



Honeysuckle Camp.
A light dusting of snow on arrival but quickly dissipated with some clear sky. Honeysuckle lies at an elevation of nearly 1400m (4500ft) with temperatures during the weekend from 3degC (37.4F) during the day to -10degC (14F) at night. Beautiful clear sky though, and at night the southern sky, with the milky way, was spectacular.




Last Blast under cover for icing conditions


Some bikes:

Road warrior


Oldie


Speed machines


Long gone tracking station


Campfire conversations

In the spirit of the occasion the rally organisers had brought along an audio recording of the final stages of the Lunar Module landing. Around the campfire and under the stars it made for very compelling listening. Aldrin and Armstrong a long way from home and, considering the possibilities, ice cool.
It was agreed by those of us old enough to remember that the lunar landing was one of those "I'll always remember where I was when ...." moments. In 1969 television coverage was not widespread in Australia but some remembered huddling with their families around black and white TVs or, in country areas, listening to the audio on the "wireless". The younger blokes had not even been thought of while all this was happening and for some it was the first time that they had heard the audio. They were impressed. For me, listening to that audio took me back to sitting in a rubber plantation in Vietnam listening to the audio being rebroadcast over our unit radio net - was it really that long ago? Well..... yes, it was.
Funnily enough there was one young bloke around the campfire who had been on all the right websites and reckoned that the whole deal was shot by Stanley Kubrick and that all those involved in the filming had been "terminated with extreme prejudice" by some shadowy organisation. A lot of rum filled derision and the odd empty beer can was, in good humour, cast his way. After all, who is going to ride 600kms and camp out in sub-zero temperature to listen to that?

Cheers

Why must there be incredibly annoying pop up adds at the top of the page on this site? Every time you click on a link to another page adds pop up and push the page down so you have to scroll up. Please think about putting the adds in a sidebar. They are much less intrusive that way and also easier to navigate and read.
I understand the need for adds but they need to be presented properly.

Thanks
Allan

Anyone seen this? About double the price of a basic Spyder. Claimed 200 hp and 130mph top end. I just got a teaser email from Polaris.

After yesterdays ride

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a little S-100

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followed by a rinse and waalaa

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Mo better

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Does anyone know if the 2014 deluxe seat will fit on the 2013

Hi, I am new here, say hi to everybody~

Hi,

Just watched this [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNNUYHhoDiU]movie. Quite interesting. And one sentence at the end - "they had character, which is an euphemism for not being reliable". I guess taking away time, one had to spend with his bike repairing or modifying it, crippled the relationship in some way. Internet forum, even an interesting one, is not a substitute :-).

Voitus

Warsaw, Poland.

Son called last night and asked if I wanted to join he, an old high school buddy and his father on a ride in N Ky today. Weather terrorist says 20 percent chance of rain. I check the radar before I leave and nothing on radar. I show up at his house in a light drizzle. The high school buddy and his dad were a no show so we went alone.

On the ramp to the Ferry that shuttles us from southern Ohio to Northern Kentucky

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we weren't the only ones that fell for the 20% line. This area of Northern Kentucky is a motorcyclist playground. The ferry hauls a lot of bikes on weekends.

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headed across the river towards Kentucky

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We did about 60 miles of curvy road riding at a reduced pace due to the wet roads. This is the same loop I led Empty Sea's group on when they came through back in May.

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Leaving Kentucky, headed back to Ohio on the Ferry. It costs $2.00 for the ferry ride each way, or you can drive around and cross on the bridge 20 miles up river. Just about a wash cost wise for 1 gallon of gas if you ride around.

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The worst part of riding in the rain....

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Tomorrow, the CB gets a bath.