Today my younger brother and I rode out to Amish country to pick up some goodies. Came home on Oh 247, one of our favorite roads















and a motorcycle selfie


Gotta love the Amish





they do make a good ham and cheese sandwich

Still looking for grab rails / bars that work well for a pillion, don’t need a luggage rack. 2017 CB1100 RS with gloss black frame and chrome bits so either of those would be ok I think. Not happy with the tiny stock grips and seat strap. Don’t want to be the only solid object that my pillion grabs!

Saw this on Facebook the other day



Looks a bit like

I’ve searched this site and haven’t found much on tank protection. I have a nice OEM protector on my ST1300 and looking for similar for the CB. Thanks

Fun to watch what it sells for, and the comments it generates.


https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-honda-cb750-k4/

Sent one of my Oregon coast beach photos into advrider.com's "photos of the week" page and it made this week's entry...scroll down to the last photo:

https://advrider.com/potw-inmate-photos-...week-9-21/

This is a great website with some useful resources for those of us who drive on the left hand side of the road. It is aimed at newer or less experienced riders and its "know the dangers" series is a good highlighter of particular scenarios.
https://shinysideup.co.uk/know-the-dangers/

For Advanced Rider material, again for those of us who drive on the left, you would do well to check out John McDonalds series he has up on YouTube. He got bored during Covid lockdown and decided to make the videos. This is based on ROSPA training and the Roadcraft manual. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvOR0E7...NqhOnqjB3Q

Hello everybody,

I’m new to the honda forum but not new to the world of motorcycles. I remember trying a honda cb350 four in india as a teenager with a 4-1 Kerker (I think) exhaust and always loved that look of a retro bike.

Here in America my first bike ended up being a mint condition 2000 Triumph Thunderbird Sport which was all stock but after a stupid spill due to a guy running a atop sign got me thinking of customizing the triump. I owned her (Emma) since 2014 and made quite a few changes to her. I’ll let the before and after pictures do the talking

This was Emma all stock the way I got her:




Emma when she got sold:









So why am I adding triumph pictures on a honda forum. Well I just brought home my new (to me) “Katsumi” (pictures below) who is a 2014 cb1100 and I was hoping to gain some guidance from the gentlefolk here for the few mods I have planned.





Planned ideas so far:

1. Tail light: will be changed to a black powder coated Lucas tail light to clean up the rear area but I want to keep the rear mudguard unlike the triumph.

2. I changed the stock headlight on the triumph (also a 7” headlight). I tried the motodemic but found it too modern looking and eventually settled on the truck light 7” complete enclosure as I love the beam pattern and retro look but it bothered me that it sticks almost 1/3” out of the headlight bezel so I’m open to ideas as I feel the oem headlight is not that great.

3. Handlebars: I’m a bit ocd so I ended up try 8/9 bars on my triumph and actually made an excel sheet pointing out the differences. Issue is that those were foe all fat bars that fit on the larger diameter Rizoma risers. With the Honda I was thinking ok keeping the mids as minimal as possible so as to keep that retro look the same. I still do have 7 handlebars in storage and a pair of Rizoma risers which may end up going on the honda but first is love to hear more ideas.

4. Mirrors: either bar end mirrors or the reverse Napoleon mirrors are planned. Much easier to decide than all the other planned mods.

5. Exhaust: I’m going to save this for last as the ideas I have sound really pricey and experimental ($$$$

6. Blinkers: I have a set of arc blinkers which are small led nullet shaped blinkere. Just need to figure out wiring and compatibility

***** Rear tyre - still need to decide on this but my Triumph Thunderbird Sport had the same size rear radial tyre as the stock cb1100 when I bought her but found the ride to be much much more fun with a 150/70/17 tyre on the twisty roads. I still need to cover more miles on the honda to decide if this is a requirement.

Hope to hear positive and constructive thoughts

Zee


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I tried searching but try searching for RLET’s on this forum. You get the phone book.

How the heck do you get the big silver ball in that tiny little opening? I tried water, a screwdriver, brute force, Notta. Hints please…

I was a pilot for 45 years and watched technology change the way we flew, from round gauges to flat screens. It was a great period of time. Sorry I had to retire.
Now I'm into motorcycles and sure would like to see some of that technology come to our sport. Fly by wire was such a great thing, sure would like to see that come to the motorcycle world. Ride by wire, Abs, Gps, electronic cruise control, traction control, flat screens instead of the standard round guages. Some top end bikes have made the transition.
I would like to see the after market engineers develope that technology for the smaller bikes so we could ad them on. Is anyone out there doing this? I would pay for this technology!!!!!