Went out to Vegas to see family over the holiday. My SIL is into four-wheeling, and took me on a little tour of his local four-wheeling spot, to a place called Red Rock Canyon, near the Red Rock Casino. What a beautiful place, and the weather was fantastic! There's a big loop of a very nice road, Scenic Loop Drive, that is one-way, from the park entrance off Hwy 159, about 15 or 20 miles through the basin, to end at Hwy 159 a few miles west. Fantastic road, smooth, wide, no frost heaves, no tar snakes, no sand, no pine needles, no leaves, just turn after turn with plenty of elevation changes. I can't wait to take the CB or the BMW out there.

I'm one of those guys who gets to ride twice a month, if that. I don't use the bike for short runs around town, I prefer to wait till I have somewhere to go and the weather is good. Also, to take my wife cuz she loves to ride.

Anyway, we went for a long ride yesterday, ran a few shopping errands and grabbed lunch, was bit cool but the knee ache was worth it.

Point of this post is simply the love I have for the CB1100 and the pure joy of riding. Why is it that everything looks different from the seat of a motorcycle? You (we) just seem to see more, even the huge crows perched up at top of the trees.

I find riding invigorating, I don't seek out fast corners or challenging endurance rides, though I respect those of you who seek that. It's just such a nice, simple way to spend some time and 'get out there'. Maybe bit simplistic but man, what a nice ride.

Sodbuster

My 2017 has been out no less than once a week (average ride is 100 miles, odometer is 7k) since buying brand new 2 years ago. The last three weeks CB has sat in the garage unused. Today I jumped on turned the key and found a dead battery. Charged it, started it and the engine sounded like Patti and Selma after singing We Love To Smoke. Water spewed from the pipes. CEL came on and revving beyond 6k was not possible. Turned it off and left it alone. 20 minutes later it; started immediately, sounded great, no CEL, revving was at my command. Then, took it out for 80 miles with no complications.
What happened?
What did I do wrong/right?
Does this beast need to be turned/ridden everyday to stay happy?
Do I have a jealous lover on my hands?

[Note to moderators: I started this as a new thread because the other idle problems I have read about are different than what I am experiencing. However, if you feel that it's similar enough to be added as part of an existing thread, feel free to move this there.]

A little over a week ago, I noticed that my CB1100 was idling high. It was a relatively cold day and I assumed that the outside temps had something to do with it. Instead of idling at around 1200rpm, it was idling at about 2300rpm at stoplights with clutch lever pulled in. Interestingly to me, the idle would drop to about 1800 when in neutral. I continued to ride it, hoping that riding at a higher speed for a longer period of time might help solve the problem. No luck. I text my friend, The Ferret and he relayed to me some of the advice from this forum (I was not in a position at the time to sit at a computer and search/read more on the topic. He suggested using the Kill Switch instead of the key. No luck. He suggested the "Open/Close Throttle" TPS reset technique. No luck. I rode it a few more times and noticed that the idle speed increased to 2800 and one other interesting thing: if I pulled the clutch lever all the way in the idle would drop to about 2000rpm, but if I let it out just a bit, but not into the friction zone, it would pop back up to 2800. I tried the TPS reset a couple of more times and sometimes it would idle at the more or less normal 1200rpm, but only until I'd engage the clutch at which time, it would increase to 2800 and stay there. The last thing I discovered is that the idle would not drop below 2800-3000 upon up-shifting or when rolling the throttle all the way off to slow down. This became disconcerting while making a turn at an intersection.

Took the bike to my dealer Tuesday. They determined that the ECU has failed. I don't know yet what other troubleshooting they did or possible solutions they may have implemented. All I know at this point is that they swapped the ECU from my bike with another 2013 that they happen to have at the shop and the idle problem stopped on my bike and immediately started on their bike. The service tech indicated that this is a "hardware" problem -- that there's a component within the ECU that is not working -- so re-flashing or other "software" solutions wouldn't help.


This is a pretty expensive repair (over $900) so I am going to have a few more questions for them about other possible solutions and about the price of repair for a customer that has bought 5 new bikes from them in 10 years, but I do trust these guys.

So, I am sidelined for a few more days while they repair my bike and fit it with new Pirelli Angel GTs. My 2020 goal of 183 riding days is on hold at 168 and my goal of 15,000 holds at 14,860. I'm going to use my riding time to finish off a couple of old Seat Time reports and maybe post a new one or two. Free time and dry pavement is a depressing combination for motorcycle-less rider.

Anybody try these sprockets? I ran them through the gearingcommander.com for my 2013 and I'd only lose 4.1 KM/h of top speed, but I'd get there much quicker. Just curious if anyone's done this.

https://www.race-driven.com/2013-honda-c...ket-16-45/

Hey all,
Reading a few other threads and noticed that many of us love the looks of the CB1100. Would like to see what other bikes you think look good. Forget about performance, comfort, cost etc...just good looks. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder so let's see what you upload. And it's gotta be Stock. No customized bikes. I'll start...

I have come to free the engine head, but the valve cover does not come off the frame.

I removed all of this:



and I'm here:


is there any trick?

Thanks

Got some parts from Japan
https://photos.app.goo.gl/3ppxayuPsmHdz3Bt5
https://photos.app.goo.gl/DzVDqm9MJWb9Bm6W7
https://photos.app.goo.gl/DhJ8aRaSBuMSj9zx5

Morning all, I was lucky enough to hear about an RS about to go to market so had opportunity to buy it. IMHO I think it's lovely so did. Arrives next week. Will add a few bits over winter. Got my RLET's all ready to go on! Hope you like it too

Nice to know I still have one. This one never needs maintenance and no RLET's.