Hello folks,

New member to this forum. I have been riding my friends 2013 CB1100 on and off for a few months now. I actually ride and own a CTX700 but was involved in an accident a few weeks ago and I am pretty sure Geico will total my motorcycle.

In any case, after this accident, I would really like to ride only ABS equipped motorcycles for now and was wondering if anybody here can illustrate for me how I can determine if my friend's CB1100 has ABS or not. Thank you.

Regards,
Ricardo 'PilotRider'

Need torque specs for lower handle bar clamp, which mounts to the upper triple clamp. Thanks a lot

I have 120 printed road maps I made from Google Maps. Some are my roads from home to my jumping off points. But the majority are just my favourite roads to ride. Each has the distance and time on them. Like a deck of cards I pick them out to set a different route for each of my day rides. I then print a schedule using Excel to set the time needed to reach my breakfast stop, morning rest stop, lunch and gas stop, afternoon rest stop, and time to home.

Having this many maps ensures I seldom ride the same route. If I get bored I ride the route in reverse. Amazing how different routes can look just by reversing direction.

THIS IS THE FIRST HOUR AND HALF OF MY DAY-RIDE ON TUESDAY.
Riding on the Five Arch Stone Bridge over the Mississippi River at Pakenham an hour from home.

The north shore of White Lake.

The Burnstown Bridge over the Madawaska River.

Renfrew for breakfast an hour and a half from home.

I'm in Erie, PA this week for a series of meetings with Erie Insurance. Tuesday's event (building a home for Habitat for Humanity) was canceled which left me with a free day to explore the shores of Lake Erie. I headed out around 9:30 am after having breakfast with a friend of mine from the Chicago area who just happened to be staying in the same hotel and who also had meeting with Erie this week. He's an actuary, though, so he had nerdy, intellectual, meetings probably of much greater import than my meetings. My planned route was supposed to take me east into New York where I would wander around for a couple hundred miles before returning for a 4:00 cocktail reception and dinner.

Route 5 clings fairly tightly to the lake shore all through Pennsylvania and it's a delightful 2-lane motorcycle road. Direct, but not straight. Light traffic (except through Erie) and nice views of Lake Erie on one side and vineyards on the other. If you're traveling through the area, I recommend it over the interstate or other US highways that bypass the city.



About 20 miles out from "home", I spotted a guy and his ST1300 on the side of the road. I slowed and he signaled that he was 'OK'. I continued on into New York State.



I came upon a blue Dodge minivan of the 1990s variety putzing along at below the posted speed limit of 55 and well below my internal speed limit of 65. As luck would have it, I came upon him at speed and at a perfect place to pass safely. Naturally, I accelerated into the opposing lane to execute the pass and it was then that the rear tire slid out. Not much, thankfully, but enough to startle me. It felt a little like a patch of ice but there was no ice and, an ice patch, I couldn't ride away from it. Telling the story takes much longer than the actual event. I was too far into the pass to let up, so I finished it then pulled immediately on to the shoulder. I'm sure the driver in the minivan thought I was a jerk.

I had noticed odd handling earlier in the ride, but I thought I had just squared off my aging Michelins on the mostly flat trip from Chicago. I knew before my bike had stopped that the rear tire was flat, though. I have never had a flat on the road before. I think my dealer found a screw in my stock tire once when they were replacing it with the PR3s, but I hadn't noticed it and it was still holding air. This was going to be an adventure, I thought. I'm 600 miles from home in a town about which I know nothing really. I have tire repair kit so I figured I was going to learn how to use it.

Just about the time I had unloaded the bike, Curt stopped his ST1300 in front of my bike and offered his assistance. He's from the area and was riding around on his day off. My luck under the circumstances could not have been better. Not only did he have experience fixing a flat, but he had a friend who owns a campground about 1/2 mile from us who had a compressor to fill the tire to proper pressure. Then, after getting me back to riding condition, he suggested that I ride to Forest Park Honda in Erie to have it patched correctly or replaced if needed. I agreed and asked him for directions, but he insisted on riding with me the 25 miles in the opposite direction to the dealer to make sure I arrived safely and to introduce me to John the service guy.








John was working on the front end of an ATV, but stopped to look at the damage, give me the usual warnings that it's probably better to get a new tire, but that he doesn't have one stocked and that it would take an hour or so and $100 to patch. I agreed to his terms. Curt, who was late for lunch with his wife, said goodbye and refused my repeated offers to buy him and his wife lunch in exchange for his help.

I went to a new BBQ place for lunch ("new" because John said he hadn't been there yet). I returned to a repaired bike and John's confident assurance that the patch would hold up to 100mph and to ride as normal provided, of course, that my "normal" was less than 100mph.







The acid test will be tomorrow's ride home. So far, though, I could not have scripted a better first flat tire experience.

P.S. As I don't think PR3s are available anymore, what should I use as replacements?

Dart screen,powder coated footrest hangars black,Chinese black footrest lowering touring pegs(really nice quality),remodelled seat to raise height and blend in with the tank profile better,renthal758 bars silver,rizoma retro bar end mirrors black,arrow end cans(beautiful quality),sidestand hook for foot removed,all on my 2017 cb1100rs.

Hello wondered if anyone would know if the footpegs from the cb1300 would fit the 1100rs rear.Thanks

I promise I searched. I wear a 2x in Bell helmets for street riding. xl for track. the other day I tried on a 2x HJC at a dealer and it fit like a Bell xl. anyone know if this is common across bell/hjc ?

My 2014 Standard turned 8500 miles today, after bombing around some of our finer 2 lane state highways. I bought this little bike in April of 2017, and frankly, didn't ride it too much until I'd installed lighter Ikon shocks and spent some time on the forks, also reducing the harshness I was experiencing. We have some wonderful roads here in NE Ohio, but some have taken a real beating over the past couple of winters.

Since that time, I've really enjoyed running our roads east and north of where I live, thru Amish country, then north into Ohio wine country. For only 88 hp, this bike puts it to the ground nicely. Aside from a bit of drive line 'clunking' on slowing down (I've learned to ride around it) all is well. She's a little bulldog in 2nd and 3rd, even when taking the revs no higher than 4500 - 5000rpm. I've found it isn't necessary to whip this bike to quickly accelerate to the speed limit and well beyond. Once in 6th, she's almost like an electric bike that barely requires downshifting. Lots of torque. My bike isn't equipped for longer distance touring, but with a few mods, would be more than capable of stringing several days in the saddle together.

A well-thought out bike. Congratulations, Honda.

Note: I still think I'll have to switch to a Corbin Gunfighter solo saddle.

Bob

My wife is out of town tending to her mother, so I had my mates over last night to help me with my whiskey bottles, some of which were still on the upper shelves.

We started talking about fun ideas for personalized license plates. I'd love to get them for my bikes. However, there have been issues with the car pool lane cameras on the 110 freeway in downtown LA, which apparently get confused only with a personalized plate on a motorcycle and end up sending the owner a violation notice.

The best choices I could come up with for my two bikes are:

DFUGAWE

DAMF1NO

The second one has a double meaning, as Buster Keaton is my favorite actor.

Anyway, if anyone else is interested in this combination, have at it. Both configurations are currently available, in California at least.

I am going to be in Denver next week and thought I might rent a bike for a day or two. Anybody have any experience renting and could suggest a good place in Denver? I checked Eagle Rider and that looks like a good option. Just curious if someone has a better suggestion.