Took a relaxed ride on my CBR, about three hours. Didn't stop much for photos today...was essentially "in the zone."

But, couldn't resist stopping for these wild dogwoods in bloom.



Took a break in the forgotten little town of New Liberty, Kentucky.

At Elk Creek in Ferguson NC. Giddyup.

My 2014 Std still has the original factory tires with a whopping 780 miles on them now. My back tire started feeling squishy today and I could hear a ticking at low speed. I had a guess as to why.

I made it home at a very slow speed (<25/mph). When I went over the tire in the garage and found the item stuck in the tire, there were actually two holes. I picked up a very large gauge framing or roofing staple in the middle of the rear tire tread.

I obviously need to replace the rear. I guess my question is should I also replace the front as well? The bike was assembled in March of 2014 so the tires are now a little over 7 years old even though they show zero wear or sidewall aging.

Opinions, advice, reasons?

Picked her up today
Put my 2015 ex side by side in the shop to compare and what a different bike the rs is, so many changes and non I dislike.
Brilliant ride home and I love the lower bars which leans me a little more forward and feels very sporty. The sound is different much deeper and a little louder. I could go on but won't so here's a few picyys with a couple of extras fittted from my ex, small screen next job.

American Honda started business in n a small storefront in L. A., 4 blocks from where I grew up. Now, most of it's motorcycle division is moving to their assembly plants in South Carolina or Georgia or Ohio. Bear in mind, most of this was administrative, and some upper management remains, along with Honda and Acura cars.

From L.A., Honda then moved south 20 miles to Gardena, across from Isky Cams, and from there, to nearby Torrance, a stone's throw from Edelbrock. I mention Isky and Edelbrock because the '60s and '70s were an explosive time for cars and motorcycles and things on wheels, and So Cal was the center of it all.

Many of the 2 million who had come out to work in wartime aircraft plants and shipyards stayed afterwards for the weather, and found peacetime jobs at Boeing and Douglas and Lockheed, or in the new aerospace industry. And these were gearheads, eager to get their hands on a machine, tear it apart, figure how to make it faster and better.

Without good timing and the So Cal car and bike culture, the motorcycle industry , especially Honda, would not have have had the boom it did. (In the early '70s, Honda had 50% of the market.) Now times are different, the nature of business, the market, and the population have changed. It was a great run, great fun for 63 years. Hope for more wherever you are.

Adios

I'm looking for a metal rack that fits over the existing brake light assembly for my 2014 Standard.

The most active luggage thread here seem to be more about saddle bags, panniers, and top boxes, but I'm just looking for a simple metal rack.

Pics and/or part numbers would be greatly appreciated!

Hello everyone. I’ve been silently enjoying this forum since last summer. I have a 81 cb750c with 13,000 miles in my basement in pristine shape. Finally bought a cb1100 last summer and after two hundred miles I laid it down taking an off ramp to fast. My fault not respecting my new machine. Bigger difference between drum and disc rear brakes then I anticipated. Needed to learn the machine better....humbling to say but true. Been riding all my life so I must have needed a safety reminder.

Good news to me was I’ve repaired my bike to new condition and its ready to roll. Now it has 2500 total miles. That was easy part. Hard part was fixing me. Completely tore left rotator from bone. Surgery last august blah blah blah. Finished pt in January and proceeded to fall on ice (hate New England winters more and more) and snapped humorous bone on same side. Six more weeks sling time. Just back from right rotator cuff surgery this morning. It was torn 80%. Now finally looking at 8-10 weeks then I’m praying I can ride regularly. I’ve put 350 miles on this spring but no fun with right shoulder pain.

I’ll be living through everyone here and their bike adventures for the next few months. Thank you everyone and I look forward to participating more. At 52 years old I’ve spent my life wrenching on things as many have here and this forum is good stuff. Please be careful and respectful of the machines we are privileged to own and ride...I’ll certainly do better for the rest. Ofmyriding days.

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I have been thinking for quite some time about getting a new bike. I wanted something a bit different to the CB, and for a while I was looking at a proper sports bike. My mind had been set on a Ducati Supersports 950, but then last year I began turning away from that.

I'm not getting any younger, and at 6.2 feet I am pretty tall, which has my legs quite bent on the Honda. I love riding it though, but I notice that my knees do hurt more and more after longer rides. So, the Ducati, although ergonomically really good, was not the ideal choice. It was better to go something taller. That is when I started looking at scramblers and ADV bikes. Given my type of riding, the scrambler seemed a better fit as I don't expect to do an trips around the world!

I had tried previously Ducati Scramblers, and really liked the bigger 1100 one. Then last year I began looking at the Triumph Scrambler 1200. I though it looked great, but never got a chance to test ride one. So, this spring I started my quest again. I first had a go on a Moto Guzzi V85TT, which was very nice. Then on Monday I finally got give the Triumph a proper test ride:



I just loved the bike. It looks fabulous, with very nice details and overall quality. My position once on the bike was perfect, and I was able to stretch my legs quite a bit more than on the Honda. Riding out through town, the thing was so nimble and easy, and even though it is a twin you can go really low in the RPMs with no hesitation.

Once out of the city, I could properly explore the engine, and it is amazing. The torque is incredible, and comes in very early. The shocks are top quality, and will absorb anything a road will throw at them. The handling is so intuitive, and with the fairly wide bars, it just goes in to corners any way you want. All the while, the sound was great, and I was happy to feel again the pleasant (but never annoying) vibrations of a twin.

I was sold! Order placed on a blue one like this:



Now I just have to be patient until the bike arrives. I think it will make a perfect companion to the Honda.