Anyone know how easy or difficult the valve check procedure is on these bikes?

I had a 2001 gs500e that really benefited from ethanol-free gas. It started easier and ran smoother. I guess it was supposed to help keep the tank and fuel system healthier too. Now that I've got the very modern CB1100, should I keep with the ethanol-free if I can?

So to day was the slimy curd rally. It is always the first Sun. in May.
It is held in two places Pine Bluff Wi and Layland Wi.
I could go on about this rally that is not a rally and how it got started but that would take pages and pages. You can find more about it on the internet. What it is everyone shows up to show their bike and then ride to
Leland if you want. I was not feeling well but for once the weather was good so I know it would be a big turnout. I wanted to see whet people
would say about the CB1100 mixed in with all the weird and expensive
bikes. There was a lot of people asked about it or told stories about their
single cam Honda's . I also had a chance to see some of my old customers,
I even saw one of my big store stickers on a case of a BMW and saw two
people wearing my old store T-shirts.There was so many bikes this year
I know I walked up and down the street for more then 2 miles and still did not see them all.I will try to post some pic. but am not to good at it.
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I could go on and but if if it s odd or weird someone show's up with it. I would 5 10k bikes at Pine Bluff and 3-5k bikes at Leland.
Please feel free to ask me about this rally.

Heading up highway 47 towards Vernonia, the train tracks have been converted to a (bi)cycle path. You can see where part of of the trail crosses the highway over the awesome old bridge.





North of Vernonia is some of the nicest riding, unfortunately the pavement isn't so hot in this stretch. Towards the end of the video, you can hear my forks bottoming out over a pothole.

Soooo......

Who has actually gone through and read the owners manual......hmmm???

I found something a bit....."odd".....you might say within those pages that I felt I should point out and get some reactions to it.

I headed out today for a bit more highway time and to check on how my CB is fairing in the MPG department (I've been getting less than 40 mpg in the stop 'n go city traffic that is my weekday commute). I got in around 150 miles total today but filled up before receiving any kind of warning from the instrument panel. My travels included [url=http://oregonmotorcyclist.com/ridepage.php?page=hwy47]this beautiful stretch of road. The CB performed really well on this trip and the plentiful torque allowed me to work through all of the twists & turns with far less shifting than I've been used to. Temps were in the 80's and there was abundant sunshine. All in all it was just about a perfect day for a ride. The exception being that I got stuck in bumper-to-bumper stop 'n go traffic crawling along at a snail's pace for about 15 minutes on Hwy 26 before I could turn off onto Hwy 47. Even with that setback, I averaged 53 mpg today and am quite happy with that.

Before making my way out of the city, I stopped by the local Ducati dealership to see what they had on hand for tail bags. While I was there every employee that happened to be outside stopped by to look at the CB, all of whom were extremely complimentary of the bike. I was surprised to see it garner so much attention at a place full of Italian exotica, but it was a big hit.

The CB, ready to roll:

Are there any after market back rests for is bike yet

cb1100 oil filter and oil filter wrench combo part number
15010-mce-h51. order 1 time and have a filter wrench for life, fits auto also.
Paul.

I have been going back and forth between 3, the UK version, the ADV thread and this one. The Brits seem to like to talk amongst themselves ( although Chris is extremely helpful it seems), and the ADV forum has careened hopelessly off topic onto televisions.

Guth..no kidding man, this is the best most active place for lovers of the CB 1100 on the net. I'm done going elsewhere. This is home. You guys are stuck with me now

I saw a pic of a new cb11 with the matching fairing, now I can't remember where it was. Anybody know? Where can you get one?

thanks