Picked my 14 DLX up about 6 weeks and 1200 miles ago. Yesterday there was a water main break up in town and I was forced to ride thru it, then later with a 30% chance of spotty showers I got caught in the rain. My baby got dirty. Time for her first bath. Wouldn't fit in the sink so she got her bath out in the drive.

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she didn't like it at first
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but eventually she started liking playing in the water

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Once she got dried off , she was really happy.

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Looking good!

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Some of you may have seen my earlier post, asking about the Tiro vintage style seat, since the Cozy has been out of stock for some time with Mr. T.
Since no one else had one to offer up any experience or reviews, I decided to be impatient (in regard to waiting for the Cozy) AND be a guinea pig, and order the Tiro. The fact that it is advertised as the official Honda aftermarket seat carried a lot of weight for me.
As usual, delivery time from Samurider was unbelievably short; ordered last Thursday (my time), and just got it here in SoCal about an hour ago.
Initial impression is "this thing's beefy"! Much heftier looking than the stock seat - though oddly, it actually seem to weigh less. Installing was just as easy as the stock piece, too.
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The seat pan is very stout, even looks like a factory piece, and in fact it's stamped "HONDA":
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The foam is firm, but feels very comfortable, and seems like it'll be nice and supportive for longer rides. Sitting still, flat-footing it, you can feel the sharper corners of top surface intruding on the inside of your legs, but it's soft enough that it's not uncomfortable. When your feet return to the pegs (99% of the time you're on the bike, after all), those corners aren't noticed at all, just a wider, flattish, very comfortable seating surface. It's obviously much thicker than the stock seat, both for rider and passenger. From the specs I've read, it's only supposed to be fractions of an inch taller, but the impression with the "buttometer" is more like a full inch, at least. I'm 6', and I feel like I suddenly got quite a bit more leg room. Here's the difference:
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Bad pic of it on the bike in it's present cramped quarters, but it's the best I can offer during office hours until I'm able to pull it out of hiding. I'll try to follow-up with how it feels after I've taken it out on a ride, too.
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Enjoy!

i have two video's of my stock exhaust and Yoshi.

Yoshi 8.0 0-100
Stock 9.1

These runs where both on a slight uphill grade in the same location. On the Yoshi run you can see the wheel up and bounce at the 30mph area, I was laughing through the whole run after that. So, that's a full second faster 0-100. Anyone interested in seeing the vids can e-mail me.

My first run with the yoshi i spun the back tire, you can see the speedo jump to 55 and back down to 50 and the bike got sideways on me. I have that one too.

Edit: I ran .3 better with a closed airbox ( the vid is with closed airbox )

Sunday was Mother's day and my youngest daughter came home from college early to surprise her mother. So that they both could sleep in, I took little morning ride on some of my favorite roads in middle GA.



It was a bit foggy, but a beautiful morning to ride. Also, I LOVE this Japanese maple next to the driveway.



By the time I got a couple miles from home the sunshine was filtering down to the road and lifting the fog.



GA 11 from Monroe, through Monticello and down into Gray is one of my favorite "Go to" rides. Lots of pretty farm county down that way



This little grove is one of my favorite places in this part of GA.





Between Monticello and Gray the road runs parallel to the tracks; my kind of Track Day



Charming morning out with Katie... and folks got to sleep in around here. Win-Win.



Quick stop in Eatonton for a photo-op with Brer Rabbit.

I generally don't write recommendations but today am making an exception. I ordered a Dart Flyscreen for the CB. Prompt delivery with good communication. Good quality product. So I was a happy camper. No big deal, but there is more to come.

My mate and I fitted the screen and he took my CB for a test ride (I am grounded for a short while). All good, the screen worked as expected however over rough surfaces the brackets made contact with the instrument cluster producing an annoying rattle. We fixed that by increasing clearance between the bracket elbows and the cluster. This was done by elongating the front mounting holes. I was, once again, a happy camper.

I sent an email to Steve at Dart outlining the issue but making it clear this was purely feedback and in no way a request for any further action on his part. His reply was prompt and direct. He did enquire whether I had chrome surrounds fitted (I don't) but saying a redesign was in progress and that I would receive a new set of brackets. I suspect that the design clearance (approx 5mm) was adequate for a new bike but mine has 29000kms on the clock and has run over a good deal of corrugated dirt road. This may have caused the instrument cluster to sag or increased the amount of play in the mounting. In any case Steve has done the right thing, and promptly, to a customer who lives a long way away and doesn't even know where he lives

Couldn't ask for much more than that.

Cheers,

I had a full slider set from T-Rex Racing (ebay seller) on my BMW XMoto. I emailed them Friday and asked if they planned on producing a full kit for our CB1100. Received a reply today (5/12/14) that they will have kits available in 10 days. I'll let you know how they work when they get here. I have no association with T-Rex Racing beyond being a happy customer blah, blah, blah

I like to understand how everything works on my motorcycle. The control that is designed with the most adjustability is the gear shifter. Having this set up right makes riding easier and reduces a potential source of distraction. Besides, it's a cool little mechanism and easy to adjust to fit your unique situation.

A few years ago I had reconstructive surgery on my left foot. Several joints were immobilized and my range of motion is smaller than normal, so I have had to adjust the shifter to suit. I understood the idea behind displacing the shifter pivot away from the transmission spindle but until I did the following drawings I didn't really appreciate the beauty of this mechanism.

Displacing the shifter pivot allows the designers to position it in the right place without regard to where the spindle is, and also use differing arm lengths to control the amount of force needed to execute a shift.



Above is the normal geometry of the shifter. I would assume this is how it comes from the factory, but since I adjusted mine before taking a close look and measuring it, I'm not sure of that.



Above shows upshifting and downshifting behind the normal, at rest position.



When linkage length is about 3.86” (98mm) and the spindle dots are aligned, right angles are formed at both linkage connections; to the lever and to the arm.

Gear changes require a 10° rotation of the transmission spindle, which takes about 1.04” (26.5mm) of gearshift foot peg travel.

The spindle is splined with a 12° pitch which raises or lowers the gearshift foot peg about 1.25” (31.75mm) if the gearshift arm is moved one spline.

For finer adjustments than 1.25” you have to change the linkage length. Facing the bike, the left end is reverse threads. Both 10mm nuts must be loosened so the rod can be turned.

This mechanism is designed to be adjustable to suit individual preferences but it works best with ideal geometry.

I felt the need to disclaim this post. I hope it doesn't spoil it for you.

Avon has an ad for their "RoadRider" bias tires in next month's Motorcyclist. They're touting them as a "performance upgrade for classic and vintage bikes.". I checked their website at http://www.avonmoto.com and they have them in our sizes. I know a couple people said they'd prefer bias ply tires. Has anyone tried these?

In the photos these appear to have the same profile and tread pattern as the Avon Venom tires I ran on my HD. Those were excellent tires in every aspect.

Adjustable, none for the CB1100 but they do make a "universal" for do it yourselfers.

http://www.madstad.com/s.nl/sc.7/.f

The one they make for the Moto Guzzi Quota was the bee's knee's and other bikes found his solution to be very good.

I don't know about you but I'm not a great fan of the modern clear headlamp lens glasses used on current bikes and wonder if it's possible to change the glass for something more '70's like i.e. with some pattern and ridges etc.

Here's a picture I found somewhere from the Tokyo Bike Show of a CB1100 with what appears to be a more retro looking glass. Does anyone know if there's a Honda part # for this or similar that would be a direct replacement?

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