Haha I got a screwdriver and a fuse remover - that's it!

I went in and added a spanner wrench, plyers and an adjustable wrench but I thought that was kinda weak on Honda's part!

Well, I picked up my CB from the dealer on June 9th and wound the odometer past 1000, non-commuting, miles last night. About half of those miles were racked up on fairly local trips away from the urban sprawl of Chicago to at least the fringes of the more open country that surrounds it, including one one 60 mile ride with the sole purpose of enjoying a cigar in a neat little park in southern Wisconsin. Also, some rides to bike nights and a pretty cool ride to a vintage bike show in the city called "Mods vs. Rockers" where my bike got a ton (pun intended) of attention from the cafe racer crowd in attendance. The remaining 500 miles was clocked on our second annual Solstice Ride.

The Solstice Ride was conceived by my brother-in-law and has four simple rules: you must be on your bike at sunrise, on or near your bike all day, on your bike on sunset, and your route should return you to your starting point at the end of the day (avoid using The Ride as the first leg of a longer trip) . Last year, it was just two of us. This year, there were four riders (two BMWs, a Yamaha, and me).

Our route took us to breakfast in a bar in northwest Illinois called Poopy's, then north along the Mississipi to Galena then crossing the Big Muddy into Iowa, following The Great River Road. Crossed the river into Cassville, Wisconsin; this time via a small ferry that you board after a mile-long ride down a gravel road. From Cassville, it was down to Potosi for lunch at the Potosi Brewing Co. Then we meandered east across Wisconsin, stopping at a state park, New Glarus Brewing, a Hooters, and dinner at a diner on Hwy. 45 in Bristol, WI with plenty of. Curves, twists,, and turns in between. Left my house at 5:15am and returned home at 10:45pm.

By the end of this month, my odo should have ticked over 2500 miles as my wife on her CTX, me on my CB1100, and three friends on Wings (one on the new F6B) will have completed a circle tour of Lake Michigan by then. I will post a report of that ride when it is in the books, but expect a report of miles and miles of smiles

My feeble attempts at photography and posting said photography follow...

After seeing a U-tube video of them I sent a note. Nice looking 4x4's from down-under.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL6GmnRmI9o
E-mail: pipemasterspower@gmail.com

Reply from Pipemasters:

Hello Paul,
Thank you for your enquiry about our CB1100 4-4 exhaust systems.
These are manufactured from 304 grade stainless steel and polished to a mirror finish.
The cone megaphone mufflers have a slight bend and have removeable adjustable baffles.
The design and sound enhance the retro style of the CB1100.
Photos have been posted on http://www.cb1100.fr .
The price is $1980.00 plus freight.Airfreight delivery door to door anywhere in the mainland States costs $145.00.
Delivery time is currently 3 weeks, as we have moved our workshop to new premesis, and are busy setting up.
Also my website is offline as I am updating it with new information and the workshop move after 28 years in the same place has slowed my production.

We accept payment via bank transfer, VISA or Mastercard.
Regards
Peter Gray
Pipemasters

I've been checking out exhaust's lately, That Staintune slip-on is sweet, thanks for the thread, Scoobynut.

Hi All ,
Wanted to share my riding experince yesterday from Naperville IL to Bloomington IL (120 Miles) .

Started Cruising about 45 MPH in the City when I touched 75 , 80 and then 90 MPH on the interstate 55 .Bike was extermely stable under a very moderate wind factor. Extremely pleasurable ride. Fuel Economy was extremely good ....120 miles in just 2.5 gallons of gas ....

Lot of people Noticed the bike and few were checking it out in the rest area....(Esteem Booster )

On the way back , The Wind factor played a spoil Sport (IL is notorious for Wind factor).....it was very dificult to maintain the 70 MPH speed . I never felt myself so heavy ,although I was wearing perfect Gears . At one point in time it was really difficult to keep my neck up.

Final verdict :- Bike is too good, very Stable and comfortable , But be aware of the WIND ... The biggest adversary of the CB 1100 riders .....

Ive always enjoyed ride reports. About the only thing I find interesting on the ADV forum. Anyhow ride reports let me see places I'll never get to and see places I plan on going to. Im going to post up some links for ride reports I have written for another site. If you enjoy em fine. If youd rather not see em, like Obi Wan siad in Star Wars..nothing to see here, move along .....

Of course this one I posted here

http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=551

Heres some more

http://rideohio.org/showthread.php?t=114...t=Michigan

http://rideohio.org/showthread.php?t=109...=Edelweiss

http://rideohio.org/showthread.php?t=14978

http://rideohio.org/showthread.php?t=176...ellowstone
Btw the next ride report I'll be posting will be on the CB

In the near future a buddy of mine from Columbus, Ohio and I are meeting over near Athens,Ohio, then riding down thru W Va, Va, down the Blue Ridge to Cherokee North Carolina, a trip to the Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Muesum, then back north through Tenneessee and Kentucky back to Ohio. Even though we both have Sport-touring bikes (mine is a Honda ST 1300 his a Suzuki VStrom 1000 set up with Givi luggage) we decided to take this trip on the roadsters, his a Harley Davidson 1200C Sportster that he has outfitted with a 19" front wheel, longer rear shocks and mid mount foot pegs and shift linkage to set it up more like a standard bike, and me on the CB. Should be interesting. Probably around 2,000 miles in 5 days.

Does anyone know how to turn on HTML in your forum signature? I am trying to create a link to my fuelly.com page and all that shows up is a hyper link instead the actual html code. As you can see the code works perfectly in the text section of a message (box below), but not in the signature portion of the message below the black line. Setup in UserCP says HTML is OFF.

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Even before purchasing the CB1100, I was scratching my head searching for bike specific accessories. Guth mentioned Samurider in a thread, and since then several folks including myself have ordered seats from the owner, Takashi Takase. Takashi is very easy to work with, and he promptly answers all your questions in excellent English.

Honda's Japanese accessories brochure lists a chrome chain cover from PLOT. The cover is not listed in Samurider's website, but when I asked him about it, Takashi ordered one for me and is sending it out in 3 days. Shipping will be another 3-4 days. I'm paying 600 yen less than what it's listed for in the brochure, plus about $22 for shipping.

I suspect Takashi can order just about anything from the Honda catalog or any other accessories manufacturer in Japan. So while shipping may still be expensive on some items, US riders can customize their bikes more easily through Samurider than when dealing with some other Japanese firms.

http://www.samurider.com/?cat=98

179 mile ride- 49 miles per gallon. A Sunday mid-day well spent.


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My wife and I celebrated our 45th wedding anniversary in Paris in May, and of course I could not help but notice how many motorcycles are in use by everyday commuters. The main clue was they are parked on virtually every inch of available space on sidewalks, alleyways, and doubled up in parking spaces on every street. Sorry I did not see a single CB11.

You see, no matter how much income you have in Paris, you cannot continue to make it if you can't get to work. So you see clerks driving Vespas, and company presidents, fashion models, lawyers and of course the Police all driving BMW R1200Rs. The motorcycle dealers are lined up in a row along the street, and you can shop seven brands walking from door to door.

There are no parking meters, "lane sharing" is perfectly legal, and we did not see a single accident. Oh, did I mention I saw Joan of Arc? Yes, 5'11", silver skin tight leathers, calf-high high-heeled black boots, gauntlet gloves, full face silver helmet, blond hair down to mid back. Of course her ride was silver BMW R12. Sorry no video of that one, I was too dumb struck to catch it, honest.

Enjoy the video at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHNzH0aTT4I

2013 CB1100, 1981 DOHC CB750K, 1977 SOHC CB750K

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