Gentlemen,

The designers of the CB1100 went to great lengths to make it a beautiful bike that incorporated many features of the early CB's. One of them are the cool chrome fenders. Unfortunately you can't see much of the rear one as it's completely covered by the ridiculously huge license plate bracket that is festooned with 3 reflectors, is far too wide, sticks way out from the fender, and has the license plate hanging down so low you can't even see the bottom of the rear fender. It's like a big wart on the tip of a beautiful girl's nose. I'm sure it satisfy's a lot of regulatory requirements but beauty is not one of them. So I fixed it with a simpler, lighter, and sturdier bracket I built myself and thought I'd post photos for other members who want to give their CB's a better looking butt. First, here's the original bracket.

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So, down to Home Depot for a strip of 2" wide, 1/8 inch thick aluminum and I cut a 6 1/2 inch piece off of the end. I then filed and sanded all of the edges smooth and sanded the entire surface to give it a brushed finish. After removing the original bracket there are two big round washers with a flat surface that provide a rock solid mounting point for my new compact bracket. Use a 1/4 inch bit to drill the holes and use a much bigger bit to countersink the holes that will attach the plate to the fender so the plate can lay flat against it. I used all stainless steel bolts, washers, and locking nuts so there will never be any corrosion. Drill the top of the plate with 2 non-countersunk 1/4 inch holes to attach the plate to. I tried both chrome and flat black license plate frames and I liked the flat black better but either would look fine. Stainless round Phillips head bolts with acorn nuts and lock washers secure the plate to the new flush mount. NOW....you can see the bottom of the rear fender, the plate is tucked up close to the fender and higher. The taillight illuminates the plate even better than before, the plate is much less obtrusive, and my CB1100 has a much prettier butt. You be the judge.

Total cost, about $10 for the strip of aluminum, $8 for my stainless hardware, $7 for the flat black license plate frame, and about 3 hours of my time. I really like the way it looks now. Cheers.

Chip

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If you need a seat and your Japanese is good, you'll find it here

http://www.kandh.co.jp/shop/shop/show_un...1%BC%A5%C4

Riding with my younger brother yesterday. We had stopped for lunch in the next county over. After lunch we decided to hit some of our favorite curvy roads. Mind you we are not road racers. We ride at the speed limit +- 5 mph. Just a nice pace for us. One we are both comfortable with. We have been riding together for 45 years, ever since he turned 16 and got his 69 CL 350 Honda...red and white.I had a 68 CB 350 Honda..green and white. We've both had a gazillion bikes since and still manage to ride together at least once a week.

Anyhow, at one point I came around a corner and the turn was covered in gravel and the bike did the getting all squirrely thing, which required several quick corrections to stay up. Jezzalou, glad I wasn't hot dogging it, that could have been bad. As close to ending up on the ground as I have been.... for many years, but I managed to stay on 2 and we continued on.

About an hour later we hit our absolute favorite road. It's 8 miles of perfect snaking curves, not tight, what I call rhythm curves, where you just get into a back and forth rhythm..no need for brakes, just left sweep...flip it...right sweep...flip it...left sweep...flip it...with small elevation changes thrown into the mix. The speed limit is 55. I have found if I run it at 52 I don't have to touch the brakes for the entire 8 miles. It's a rhythm thing.

Well apparently the state did a crack fill job on it and there were a million tar snakes. Very disconcerting under the wheels, never felt planted. Felt like riding on marbles. THEY HAVE RUINED MY FAVORITE ROAD..... Arrrrgggghhhhh
Oh and I got gas on my way to little brothers house and got my first guy to walk up and ask what year the bike was. When I said 2013 he got this dumbfounded look on his face, and says " I thought it was an old one..didn't know they made them like that anymore" then proceeded to tell me about the 72 CB 750 he had and how fast it was etc etc lol

2013 Honda CB1100 Cycle World Magazine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGcVpsqQlBM

2013 Honda CB1100 | First Rides | Motorcyclenews.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCHcafZ2auM

2013 Honda CB1100 Old Vs New | Road Test | Motorcyclenews.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3VU1PP_jD4

2013 Honda CB1100 First Ride - RiDE Magazine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPOwZYT3fEQ

Just found this on the tube





I think it kind of looks funny, maybe it would appeal to me more if it was shorter and still had the the heat guard like the Staintune...

1974 CB750 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlCHx7hpjP4

1974 CB750 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2akzJrZ8XM

1975 CB750 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rqcc0sTVks

1976 CB750 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5R5BO5b1YQ

Old School - New School:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D1py5FgzGg

This video posted in the General Discussion Section titled "Day of Freedom" is also available on youtube at

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

Does anyone know exactly what the dealers do for setup? Does it come with oil for example. I ask that because the owners manual says 10W30. My dealer said, your bike has 10W40 in it as I was buying some oil. No said the dealer, your bike has 10W40 in it. But, I kept saying the owners manual...... The dealer said, they didn't reprint the manuals; it's suppose to say 10W40. I started to open my mouth again and he said, your bike has 10W40 in it. What's the verdict? Does he know or not? Did he put the oil in or not?

I read positive reviews on this polish and my sales guy also recommended, so I used it on a few CB1100 areas, gas tank, side covers, fenders, etc. Seems to do a good job, I was wondering if anyone else uses this or if you think it's safe to use on the stainlees exhaust, if not what is?

Thanks
http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/49/-...4AodjiEAXQ