Hey y'all, new to the CB life. Threw down nearly 2400 miles I'm 2 months on the sweet 2013 I snagged from an old retired fella for $3800 (WHAT A STEAL, and it's ABS). I was riding on an unfamiliar road in the dark when it was super smokey here in Oregon and did a big doozy and wrecked the bike. It's luckily cosmetic damage. I need suggestions for a new instrument cluster, I do find the OEM one bulky and I'm sure it's expensive. Any quality after market suggestions? I will also need a new exhaust tip, I was thinking of the Arrow slip on as it looks OEM but is slimmer. I also like the bike quiet for my 5am commutes. It needs new side covers and a new right side peg and brake lever. The headlight housing and trim ring also took some damage. The bars got bent and so did the center stand. Any and all suggestions are welcome. I thank my lucky stars my tank only got the tiniest clear coat knick considering the bike slammed me to the ground at 30+mph and slid 30ft or so. All in all, I walked away with a minor concussion and some bruises, mostly to my ego. I'm still waiting to hear back from insurance about whether or not they are going to total it but I'm anticipating the worst case scenario. But you best believe this is the most brilliant bike I've ridden and I'll for sure be fixing it up even if they total it because there's no way I'm finding one for that price again.

Im looking at Dunlop Roadsmart 4 tires, with tubes (2018 CB1100ex spoked rims)
I can get these in 140/70 R18 and 150/70 - R18 for the rear.
Diameters are different of course at
140/70-18 - 653.2mm (Sidewall of 98mm)
150/70-18 - 667.2mm (Sidewall of 105mm)

Has anyone done such a width upgrade? Bike has ABS so dont want to cause any issues there either.
Is it worth doing even or just stay with std width?

In case you are interested in making your cb1100 into a CB1100R, this is on Ebay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/254249680442?ch...gKyZPD_BwE

Don’t see another one of these often.

You had on a mostly white helmet and jacket.


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C'mon, own up, was it you? CB1100 and another collide.

https://youtu.be/AzwGGPJpRo4?t=413

Today was the Cpl Humberto Sanchez escort ride from Grissom AFB to the funeral home. I'm setting this as the back drop. Temps were in the 90's and then procession was slow. Alot of 1st and 2nd gear riding in the heat. I noticed my idol was low during the ride. After the pass at the funeral home we ran a pretty spirited ride thru Logansport to Wabash. The bike then died at the light when I was taking off to make a left turn. It eventually fired and I parked it for an hour while we ate. It sat for an hour and when I fired it up the idol was was between 1700 and 1800rpms. I rode the bike home like that for 45 miles. Any ideas? I'm at a loss. No mods to the engine, stock air filter, Yosi exhaust with the quiet baffle removed.

Titus 2:13
2013 HONDA CB1100

The past few summers the wife and I would normally vacation in Ireland or Scotland. Covid has disrupted that travel pattern going on 2 years now. Upside to that is I'm banking a ton of money as those trips occasionally involved the kids and their significant others that I was bankrolling.

Anyway, this year the wife had an opportunity to reconnect with a dear friend she hadn't seen since 1991 so her and the Iron Ogress (mother in law) took a vacation by themselves.

At almost the same time my best friend was coming back to Utah from Virginia to visit his kids and grandkids. He's retired and has plenty of time on his hands so we agreed before his arrival to take a weeklong, slow, unstressed trip through some mountain ranges while attending the annual Longmire Days Festival in Buffalo, Wy. Plan was on the way back to go through Yellowstone and spend a night in Jackson, Wy.

We had one other friend (for a total of 3 of us on the ride) on a 2020 Goldwing coming with us.

Cleaning/wiping down the CB the night before launch



My friend wanted to ride the CB for the bulk of the trip with a plan to swap between it and the Road King on some stretches just for a change up.

Loading the bikes:



We left last week on Wed AM and rolled east on I84 to Rock Springs Wy under a hot sun with very poor air quality from the fires in California. From there we headed north to the Farson Cut-off (original portion of the Oregon Trail) and then turned east again towards South Pass and Lander Wy.

NOTE: because of the poor air quality we took very few pictures and a couple on this thread were off the internets public domain to flesh out the pictorial

We stopped in Lander at what was at one time officially the oldest continuous Kawasaki Dealership in the USA and unofficially the oldest in the world. Stopped there to buy some chain wax for the CB and the owner sadly informed us they no longer carry Kawi because of something related to a Polaris Corp policy.

After a brief break we continued to head east out of Lander going through a couple of small western towns until we skirted the eastern shore of Boysen Reservoir and entered the Wind River Canyon where we were stopped for about 10 minutes due to road construction:

Taking a break while waiting for lane to open:



After the lane opened back up we rode through a very scenic, deeply carved canyon until we arrived at our destination of Thermopolis, Wy for the night. It was a 370 mile day and we immediately soaked in the hot-springs and then went off to eat dinner at the One Eyed Buffalo Grill in town. Afterwards we hit the hay.

Thursday AM started out with another long soak in the public hot springs and a very light breakfast before we loaded up the bikes and headed towards Worland and then Ten Sleep. Ten sleep was named by natives as such because depending from where you started to get there it took ten sleeps (nights). Ascending the south western portion of the Big Horn Mts the views appear very 'Dolomite' like until you reach the upper plateau and begin to wind through wooded terrain towards Buffalo



We made it to Buffalo early afternoon and stopped by the 'Longmire Day's festival HQ's on Main street for a couple of souvenirs. HQ in the picture background.



We briefly walked around to stretch our legs and then made our way to the motel and got checked in and situated. We took the opportunity to walk over to a lounge close to us and were pleasantly surprised that it was somewhat upscale with very good AC going and huge overstuffed chairs to relax in. We were the only ones there. My friend ordered a round of the bottle shown and we sunk into the chairs as classic 60's country played in the background.



The festival was very scaled back and we spent a total of three nights there which encompassed a day trip to Sheridan (60 miles there and back on interstate).

We left Buffalo Sunday AM and headed north once again to Sheridan to pick up my credit card at a business I left it at the day before. Thankfully it was a fly fishing shop that provided guides so they were open on Sundays before 9 AM. I picked the card up and we continued north to Ranchester were we picked up Hwy 14 and once again climbed back up the Big Horns, this time from the east heading west. Once again the air quality was extremely poor with limited visibility towards natural objects on the horizon.

Looking East towards the plains as we climb the Big Horns:



Close to exiting the mts on the west side we came across a scenic stop and took a picture of this waterfall:



Pressing on we made it to Grey Bull and stopped to eat a late lunch at a pretty decent Chinese restaurant. Cody Wy was our destination for the evening and the ride to the town was devoid of ANY scenically noteworthy points of interest. Along the way we were passed by two 1%'rs riding 85 mph side by side in the same lane. To their credit they were wearing helmets.

The historic Hotel Irma in Cody with our bikes out front for the night. At the far left end are some 1%'rs machines.



After dinner I took a long shower while my two friends went down to the bar and imbibed a bit more than they probably should have.

Monday morning we sat in the hotels turn of the century dining room and wolfed down a huge breakfast before loading the bikes and heading towards the east entrance of Yellowstone. The ride through the park was a very relaxing one. Almost no traffic coming from the east. We were only behind a couple of RV's once or twice and for Labor Day weekend it just seemed like the crowds were very small and traffic exceptionally light.

Along the north shore of Yellowstone Lake.



We pressed south out of the park to Moran Junction, turned south and started to pick up traffic all the way to the grand Teton Nat Park Viewpoint turn out. I didn't adjust this picture for anything and it shows just how bad the air for the California fires is even this far east



It was stop and go traffic into Jackson. It always confounds me why people find this town so enticing. It's crowded, expensive, always under construction etc. etc. Must be because its close to the parks. We rented a cozy stand alone log cabin for the evening, cleaned up and ate dinner at Bubba's BBQ before heading back and sitting on the porch for a couple of hours sipping Irish peated single malt whiskey (Connemara), listening to Johnny Cash on the blue tooth speaker while getting caught up on messages from our families. We went to bed around 9 PM.

Bikes by the cabin in Jackson:



Our porch:



We got up Tuesday AM to a balmy 32 degrees and waited a couple of hours after breakfast for the temps to climb. We launched south towards Alpine Wy in 45 degrees and made slow progress out of Jackson as there was once again a stretch of construction which entailed a lot of slow riding over gravel. We were able to clear Sage Junction and the ride along the Snake was stellar as the bikes ran strong in the cool mt air and the road had little traffic. We pressed south through Alpine and another strecth of gravel construction and then on to Afton, Cokeville and eventually Woodruff were we turned west over Monte cristo and rode high mt roads for many miles down into the Ogden Valley and back up over Snow Basin along Trappers Loop and on home.

I left a lot out. Almost no bugs for the entire trip. Surprisingly light traffic along the entire route considering it was Labor Day weekend. My buddy REALLY liked the CB. He came off an older Triumph Scrambler with the 880cc (?) motor and said the CB had a lot of power, more than he would ever need. He loved the torque down low and though all the gears. He spent a lot of time discussing that each night. Funny thing is he never asked to ride it when he lived in the area and had his Scrambler. there's more, much more that could be added but I'll leave it here. Was a really good trip with two of my best friends.

Every day we have about 40 guests reading our great forum.....would that mean all these people already have CB1100 or are thinking of one soon.... or only are once or twice visitors ???

In case anyone is looking for air filters-

Our filter is the same as the CB1300. Here are other options-

Stock- Honda 17210-MEJ-003

BMC FM375/12

Sprint Filter CM101S

K&N K&N HA-1301

Hiflofiltro HFA1917

The best excuse for a ride is the ride itself. I sure we can all agree to that. How about two excuses? 157 mile for a bottle of a favorite Rose'. Isn't life good?[attachment=14392][attachment=14392][attachment=14392]