Hi all. If you are like me you look forward to annual insurance renewal as much as visiting the dentist. Well having gone through it yesterday I was for once pleasantly surprised. I know everyone’s circumstances are different so £ or $ comparisons are worthless but for me (in the UK) the CB has pulled another bonus ball out of the bag! My premium hasn’t been as low as this for donkeys ( and I’ve been with the same company for about 10 years now mainly because I hate all the faffing about). I guess this must mean Insurance companies/brokers see the CB and its owners as a decent lot? I haven’t looked it up but whatever insurance group it’s in makes it very affordable. Have any of you had a similar experience?

Ya gotta admit this is funny... and accurate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylhsbfQTPDQ

Question,

Will aftermarket hud disable the top speed limiter?

20 miles on the clock, in San Diego:
https://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/mcd/...11552.html

I’ve seen some videos online for the MY 2020 CB1100EX, which must be a Europe and Asia only offering as I haven’t seen one on the U.S. Honda site. Has anyone seen or purchased one? I can’t say I like the styling tweaks - painted fenders and side panels instead of chrome and brushed aluminum, and a cheesy looking “swoosh” decal on the tank. The rubber fork gaiters are a nice touch, but the white piping on the saddle belongs on a Bonneville, not a CB. I’m glad I have a 2017


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The Jeep of motorcycles is back! this time with new styling, including LED lights and factory accessories, and, most importantly, fuel injection! Prices start at $6,699 for the base model and go up to $7,999 for the fully-loaded Adventure model. That's a heck of a lot of bike for the money.

https://www.advpulse.com/adv-news/new-kawasaki-klr-650/

Well seeing as I let the team down with the Coro Loop post, today I took a few pics on my ride down the East Coast of the North Island, New Zealand.

I had the day off and the weather was nice so I took a few hrs and went for a ride to Waihau Bay. Normally I am towing the boat for a kingfish mission when I head to Waihau, so it was good to be able to enjoy the roads without towing.

On the bike I hunt out back roads, so the first part of the ride was through farmland and kiwifruit orchards.



Lots of nice curves, but gotta watch out for the boy racers!



Then out to the coast to Matataa, its pretty straight but the scenery is alright, along the coast with Pohutakawa trees lining the road.



Then over the hill from Whakatane to Ohope, a quick stop at the lookout.



There is lots of places to stop for a view.



There was a nice little longboard wave at West End.



Then on to Opotiki, and from there to Waihau Bay the roads and scenery are real old school NZ.



The road follows the coast, over mountain ridges of native bush and down valleys to the coast again.
The road is epic with plenty of 25-55kph (recommended speed ) corners.



At the bottom there is usually a beach or a river.



Looking along the coast you are greeted with endless headlands ahead.



A lot of the roads are framed with Pohutakawa and Kanuka trees, beautiful.



Opposite the coast are native bush valleys, there are a few secluded tracks heading up into the bush.


It wouldnt be an East Coast roadie without a few dirt roads.



The coast is beautiful, with sand or pebble beaches and rocky bays. Good fishing.



The mighty Pohutakawa is a coastal tree that has masses of bright red flowers around Xmas. They live for hundreds of years often growing precariously out of near vertical rock cliffs overhanging the beach.



After a mince and cheese pie it was back home to Kiwifruit country.



Cheers fellas

Over the last 3 weeks I have tested very carefully the mpg on my 3 bikes.
I took the same road , 80 miles in total on each trip , 20 in town and 60 interstate thru mountains . Same time, weather ,speeds and traffic. My object was to see if the mileage dropped with the O2 sensor installed

2013 Moriwaki 4 into 4 with O2 sensor eliminator installed 47.05 mgp

2014 DLX standard exhaust with two O2 sensors eliminators installed 43.47 mgp

2017 standard exhaust NO O2 sensor eliminators installed 45.45 mgp

It seems that the O2 sensor eliminators will drop the mileage close to 8 % but the bike feels stronger.
It will be interested to see what the mgp is when I install the Pipe Master 4 into 4 with the O2 sensors in place.

I had an interesting exchange last night with a friend-of-a-friend. My wife was out, so I met with a friend in his lavish back yard for a few socially distanced libations. When my friend introduced me to his other friend, we started talking about cars and motorcycles.

When I mentioned that I had a few bikes, he asked what kind of truck I had. When I said no truck... van then? No. He assumed that I needed a vehicle to carry motorcycles. I explained that I had a Ford Fiesta, mainly because it is a small car that doesn't take up much room in my limited garage space, making more room for my motorycles. Before I got into motorcycles, I had a '69 Cadillac, which didn't even leave room for a laundry basket, let alone a motorcycle.

As I made my way home, I started ruminating on the subject. I like having a very small car for that reason, and they are becoming very scarce in the U.S. The Fiesta is gone, the Honda Fit is gone.. I was out for a walk on Saturday, and passing the local Chevy dealer, they had several new Sparks out on the lot. Tiny! But for me, probably ideal.

Does anyone else choose their car around their motorcycles? Or am I weird?

Some unfortunate news in recent days ...

Top Mountain Motorcycle Museum Fire

[url=https://canadamotoguide.com/2021/01/22/update-top-mountain-motorcycle-museum-fire/]

Click on above image for the story.



An earlier write-up can be found [url=https://canadamotoguide.com/2021/01/19/a-surprise-find-the-top-mountain-motorcycle-museum/]here.