Not long ago I finished my this year summer trip. He led me to Irland. Although the report is mainly written in my native language German he may be of interest to those, who like to look at the pics and get an idea of where and how I toured.

Here's the link:

http://www.peterweise.net/Reiseberichte.html

Have joy while looking/reading.

Wisedrum

Hi my dad is struggling to find a tall windshield for his cb1100ex 2017 and I am wondering if anyone has a suggestion or a windshield that knows will fit it.

Thanks

Hello All,

For those of you are well informed....maybe you could explain why there is no info on when Honda US might have a new model year CB1100?

I search and search and nothing!!

thanks...

I am hoping the new model year will help lower price on 2017 CB1100ex

I love reading the articles on Revzilla's Common Tread articles. My recent favorite was their Iron Butt 1000 Challenge, where they rode 1000 miles without putting a foot down. Of the two bikes, one was a Concourse, which refueled from a moving van enroute.

https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/te...zero-stops

Cruising Craig's this morning, lo and behold, the bike is now for sale near my house!
https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/mcy/...87323.html

I have known about this bike for over 6 years. I lost track of the owner over the years but still looked at the pictures I took of it so long ago from time to time.

My wife met up with him and they got talking. Long story short I have closed a deal on a new used bike.

Now this being a CB1100 Forum this bike is TOTALLY at the opposite end of that spectrum. It is a 1950 Indian Papoose.

I have been searching online for a possible parts supplier and there is no such thing. Joined a group 6 years ago when I researched it then and well that group is all but dead now. Just not enough interest in them I guess.

I will throw a Hail Mary and see if any one out there has parts for these. I do not have the bike in front of me but from the pictures I took 6 cars ago I will need a Headlight Bezel or Trim and a license plate mount. Plus a few other small parts to complete the bike.

Let me know if any one in this group could help. LOL!

The pictures are from 6 years ago at the owners place. See the Link... I am an idiot and do not know how to reduce the size of my pictures.

https://beta.photobucket.com/u/teamviseg...226761601c

-- typing with left hand; bear with me --

wow, has it only been a year since i bought my cb and joined this community? seems longer.

these are the kind of posts i hate reading so i understand if you don't.

it was cooler than usual last saturday, the wind was low, so a nice day for a ride to the country.

i was heading west on fm 121 through gunter, texas. i remember seeing that rusted international harvester pickup i took a photo of the week before ...



... and that is the last thing i remember from the ride. the rest was told to me afterward by the local detective.

a rural postal carrier, driving a standard usa left hand drive vehicle, thus pulling up to mailboxes facing the wrong way to fill the roadside boxes, was working the road. i have dealt with them before ... and their counterintuitive behavior.

apparently while i was passing him, he pulled into the lane i was in. i swerved into a field to avoid collision, and hit a sign.

i only remember waking up in the hospital ... with a broken collarbone, some abrasions on my arm, and recovering from a concussion.

i spent the night there and have several weeks to go while my collarbone knits. insurance will determine if my cb is totaled or repairable.

all in all, my injuries could have been worse, and i was lucky ... and it is time to fold my card hand and hang up my remaining helmets before my luck runs out.

of all the motor vehicle forums i have been a member of, this has been the most enjoyable. i have always felt welcome, informed and amused.

and i leave you with a short playlist featuring my cb and my guitar ...

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...6YelM6AydT

I've been stuyding Spanish for nearly 40 years, been teaching it since '92...married a gal from Costa Rica, have lived there for 4 years, also spent some lengthy time in Spain and Mexico...my children are decently bilingual...I even wrote my own Spanish e-book so students don't have to shell out big $$ for a text...but today watching Netflix, I learned a new word in Spanish (actually, I learn a number of new words anytime I watch a movie or read an article), but this word is of vital importance to the CB1100 community...

Hurón: m. Mamífero carnívoro de unos 40 cm de longitud, con el cuerpo alargado, las patas cortas y el pelaje gris rojizo, que se emplea en la caza de conejos.

or: carnivorous mammal of up to 40 cm in length, with an elongated body, short legs, reddish-grey fur, and is used in the hunting of rabbits.

Care to guess which cb1100 member we're talking about here?

Hint: maybe I should say "EL Hurón"

Well, it used to be a Magna 750. It's hard to tell in this pic, but the bike has been converted into a trike and the engine was removed and replaced with an intercooled Caterpillar 2.2L turbo diesel. The guy who owns it is 77 years old. He built it five years ago and has already taken it to Alaska (twice), Costa Rica, and all over the U.S. The trike currently has 153,000 miles on it. I waited for him to start it up and ride away -- it sounds just like a Peterbilt!

Hopefully this offering will have something for everyone. Apparently several of the members here have added a Monkey Z125 to their stables, and I am joining that group. As I get older, I know the day will eventually come when it will not be a good idea for me to continue riding a full size motorcycle, and hopefully that will still be several years more down the road. The idea of not being able to ride at all did not appeal to me, so in addition to the Monkey nostalgia and fun factor, I considered it something that could extend the riding experience for me several years beyond when I might have to eventually give up my CB1100EX.

My first motorcycle was a blue 1967 Suzuki K-11 Challenger Sport ( Sport = high, street scrambler style exhaust ) 80 cc. I worked all summer on the graveyard shift at a 24 hour diner washing dishes and busing tables to earn the $350 that the Suzuki cost brand new back then. Here are some spec comparisons between my original Suzuki, and the Monkey 125, S=Suzuk, M= Monkey: Length S= 71.6", M= 67.3" Height S= 38", M=40.6 Wheelbase S= 45.7", M= 46.5" Ground Clearance S= 5.3", M= 6.3" Weight S= 177 Lbs., M= 232 LBS Horse Power S= 8.0 hp/7,500 rpm H= 9.3 hp/7000 rpm. Consequently, a lot is comparable between the two bikes in terms of size, weight, and Hp. I think it goes without saying that I am not comparing quality, both cosmetic and tech, nor performance.

Knowing that this might be my last motorcycle purchase, and since it was sort of in keeping with my humble motorcycle beginnings, I thought it would be cool to make it a blue Monkey. The Monkey for 2019 had yellow as a standard model, while the red was available in standard or ABS. For 2020 ( supposedly available in October or November ) there will be no yellow, blue will be standard, and red will be ABS. Originally I had thought to forego blue in favor of getting the red ABS model, as I assumed it was ABS front and rear like my CB1100. Then I learned that the Monkey has ABS front with IMU based rear. IMU ( Inertial Measurement Unit ) in the Monkey reduces rear wheel lift under hard braking, but does nothing to prevent rear wheel brake lock up. In my case, what I really wanted ABS for was the rear wheel. There have been ( fortunately only ) two times in all the years I have ridden, where I hit the rear brake too hard in a panic stop situation. As we all know, in that instance when the rear wheel locks up, more often than not the rear end fish tails. Both times it happened to me, I was able to regain control, but the pucker factor is unforgettable. Since I could not get what I wanted in terms of ABS, I went back to the more nostalgic color for me, and put down a deposit on and for the arrival of, a 2020 standard Blue Monkey with my dealer. It would have been nice to have full ABS, but up until my 2017 CB1100 I had never had it before, so am not really concerned about it.

For those that already have a Monkey, and those that are considering buying one in the near future, the next bits of info might be of interest. I do extensive research on everything, particularly when a chunk of change is involved. Everyone knows that just about no one leaves a bike absolutely stock, as there are always little ( sometimes large ) mods that speak to individual taste. There is all kinds of stuff available for the Monkey, but I am only going to post two mods that offer a distinct functional improvement, and one that is part of a cosmetic mod.

The shift spindle on our CBs have a small space between the casing and the shifter arm. The Monkey on the other hand has a large space of unsupported spindle between the casing and shifter arm. This can lead to spindle flex, and contribute to false neutrals. The fix is a bolt on support with needle bearings. Here are three different bolt on supports: https://store.hardracing.com/cart.php?ta...ry_id=5367 https://japan.webike.net/products/24041525.html https://japan.webike.net/products/23898314.html Here is a Youtube video showing installation of this type support on a Grom, but it is the same procedure on the Monkey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMUA-k5s1L4

The second functional mod is related to the shifter linkage. On the Monkey, and Grom which both have the same shift linkage set up, there is a lot of slop. This Youtube video on a Grom ( again the Monkey is the same procedure ) shows the problem and the fix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZflY-WILVjg The video shows drilling to accommodate 8mm rod ends ( Heim Joint ). Another video shows the same mod using 6mm rod ends. So, 6mm = a small bolt in a comparatively large ( 7mm ) hole, or drilling 7mm stock holes out to accommodate an 8mm bolt. Personally I am not ever drilling out stock holes. The solution is using 1/4" rod ends, as 1/4" is in between 6 and 7MM. Kitaco makes a kit available through Webike Japan, but does not say if it is 6 or 8mm: https://japan.webike.net/products/24078103.html I think Summit racing has the best way to go, stainless rod ends, about $20 for both male and female combined:
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/qa1-gfr4t and https://www.summitracing.com/parts/qa1-gmr4t Add stainless bolts, washers, and nylock nuts from the local hardware and you have all the parts. Bolt length will be 1" to 1 1/8". What I did was 1 1/4" length to cut custom length because I will be using stainless acorn nuts with blue locktite. I like button heads but head style is up to the owner. Probably wont find 1/4-28 at the hardware store, but 1/4-20 should be no problem.

Lastly, a cosmetic mod I particularly like. The Monkey has a black plastic "lobster tail" fender extension that many, including me, are not fond of. The solution is a fender elimination kit that deletes the lobster tail, but retains the chrome rear fender. This Youtube video shows installation of a Yoshimura fender elimination kit, which is what I will be using: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aNW5AqiWWE
The problem with the Yoshimura, and most other kits, is that it requires cutting the
connector off the stock wiring, and splicing it onto the kit wiring. With any Mod I do, I like the option of being able to reverse the mod and put everything back the way it was if I choose to. Using this part instead of cutting stock wiring is, I think a better way to go: https://japan.webike.net/products/24065874.html Here is a link to a kit similar to the Yoshimura, that includes the harness adapter: https://japan.webike.net/products/24047274.html and here is a link to the Yoshimura kit at Revzilla: https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/yosh...onkey-2019 I included all this stuff about fender eliminators because although cosmetic, I wanted to get the word out that you do not have to cut a perfectly good stock harness just to get the plug, there are better options. The stock license plate lamp, wire and plug, which is only available from Honda as a complete unit, is a $90 part!

I hope everyone finds all this stuff interesting and useful. Below attached, me at 17 on the blue Suzuki in 1967.