Buffalo NY, Niagara River, just south of Niagara Falls:



New Color matching side covers from webike.com:

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Check out the Accessories section, Side Cover post for detailed info:

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OK, just put a new National Cycle Deflector DX on tonight.
http://shop.nationalcycle.com/perl/cycle/N2594
Good price, solid enough mount, but.....its seems like the height is just at the point where my helmet(head) is in the middle of the wind buffeting. If I lower my head a few inches I have no wind, if I sit up super straight I get a more constant wind......I guess I still have some adjustment so can report back if I work this out.
And can post photo although same as I have seen in other posts.

Any Stateside entrepreneurs out there who have connected with all those Japanese aftermarket parts manufacturers - and setting up a shop here in the US? I really dont like buying from someone overseas ... where there's an obvious gap in communication from the both of us using Google Translate?

I found this video early on in my CB1100 research and finally happened upon it once again. For the brief period where the CB1100 is the only bike running you can get a sense of the Mugen's exhaust note until it is drowned out by the CB1300 and the Harley. The CB1100 is fired up around 1:08 into the video.

I saw a pic of it in a thread somewhere on here and thought it looked badass!

After this video though... eh, I'm not really digging it.
I bet the red ones are faster anyway.




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This is my first bike with a catalytic converter. I have to admit sometimes I miss the smell of non-catalytic converted exhaust. Anyone else miss the smell?

I'm enjoying the comments I'm getting on my bike from some of the most unexpected places. Getting gas today and a farmer in his pickup says "That bike sure brings back memories of the old days. I had a Honda 750 years ago". This happens a lot. So many people out there that share the appreciation of what this bike is about. Thats what I love about this forum.

Made this little chain guard extension today. I hate the little splatters of oil up on the luggage rack and bottom of my top box and rear fender, etc.

Cut it out and shaped it from some old aluminum flat stock I had lying around...JBWelded it to the underside of the guard and I'll paint it black to match when I get a chance and hopefully it'll blend it OK.

Looks kind of shade-tree but works good.

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Pete C

Beautiful day today but spent it at home putzing around the house instead of riding. Gave both bikes a good clean, especially the Bonnie which has been washed exactly twice since I bought it a year and almost 10K miles ago; came away with it looking *almost* as good as new.

I have to confess to thinking about selling the Bonnie when the CB came home but have changed my mind. I was - naturally - comparing it to the CB and, in any objective way, it does come up short. But it's an honest bike and I really like it. In fact, I don't think it's really fair to either one to even compare them at all; they're different animals and, in terms of the all important 'emotive' pull, are sort of coming from opposite directions, really.

The whole 'retro' thing doesn't ring true with me anyway. I just want a classic ( in the sense of traditional ) air-cooled roadster that is spirited, reliable, comfortable, relatively economical, easy on the eyes and easy to work on and, when I ride it, will remind me of why I fell in love with motorcycling in the first place.

I've got that in both of these.


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Pete C

After 20+ years on a Ninja with a small fairing, it seemed very odd at first on the CB11....actually I "think" I'm already to order a National Cycle Deflector as soon as they open Tuesday morning. But, just got back from an evening ride and am thinking maybe I should wait a few weeks to see how it grows on me......what do others do, fairing or not?
http://shop.nationalcycle.com/perl/cycle/N2594