Howdy y'all. As I mentioned in [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=14400]my intro post, I wanted to swap out the previous owner's handlebars to go back to the stock bars. The ones on there before were too low, wide, and straight for me and I had to sit in an uncomfortable "twerk" position. It also never felt like I could move the motorcycle around easily.

My friend (and moto mentor) helped guide me through the installation, so enjoy the pictures of the process!







This is my CB1100 with the old bars. Black. Straight. Annoying.
You can see my friend's old (1972?) Honda CB750 in the background.





I ordered everything from [url=https://www.babbittsonline.com/oemparts/a/hon/511a8de3f870022e4ccd3285/handlebar-top-bridge]Babbitt's, and their diagram actually came in handy when we were putting all the pieces together.



Here you can see all the pieces needed to fit inside the handlebar ends to essentially hold the weight in place. 6 little pieces on each end. Refer to that Babbitt's diagram I mentioned to see the illustrated version. It was VERY hard to get all these pieces inside the bars, and we had to apply a lot of force to make it work. But everything eventually snapped into place nicely, including those handle weight snap rings.





Throttle cable fun! We eventually figured out a little trick in pulling those cables out of the channels, but it took some elbow grease. We did not end up having to remove the tank to loosen the cable, though we did think about it.



This is the motorcycle without the bars. I saw a trick online from a guy using a yard stick to rest the levers and housing units while doing this project and it was actually pretty handy.







SIDE PROJECT! Some of y'all may have seen the world's smallest pillion backrest in my original post - that thing was bolted on so as we removed the seat to consider loosening the throttle cable we went ahead and took this piece off. No idea what to do with it. Excuse the selfie - I was trying to see what kind of nut was holding it in place.





Naturally I didn't get any good photos of us putting the new bars in place as we were moving pretty quickly at that point (except for jamming all those little bits in the ends) but here's the final product! Stock bars!

My seating position now is WAY more comfortable and I feel really confident in moving the motorcycle around, whereas before I felt really unbalanced.

I hope any of this can be helpful for y'all. Please feel free to ask questions. As I mentioned, bar end mirrors are my next project. I really don't like the lollypop look so bar end is the plan. If ANYONE has found good ones that work for our CB1100s, let me know.

Hi all,

I did look through the how to section but couldn't see this topic. Yesterday i put my scottoiler (vacuum operated automatic chain oiler) onto the bike, done it many times before. I noted each injector has two rubber hoses though, slightly unusual, and I presumed these are all vacuum pipes. Normally i would expect at least one to be blanked off with a little rubber bung or cap but not so.

Anyhow, i used a T piece connector and took the outermost RHS rubber hose as the tapping point, mainly because its the easiest to get to.

I presume all the gubbins is to do with Euro4 emissions and i'm content to leave it all there.

So, does anyone know if there is a problem using this outer most pipe and am i right in thinking it is just a vacuum hose?

Kind regards jon

Not sure if this is old news but I stumbled upon this video about a new cb1300.

https://youtu.be/fTDuE8Pna7w


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today was 20min away a int. GW Meeting


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He'd better learn how to keep that front wheel of the Honda on the ground. Broken T6 vertebrae in his back this time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foh3ZHbpV4g

Last week at Catalunya he took out 3 riders after losing the front end

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gls-S5Mwlzs

I’m having a front end shimmy at high speed. I can also feel it a little at lower speed. Anyone get this in their cb ? Tire is balanced, head bearings are not loose. I do have over 58,000 miles on it, fork oil?


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round 300km

My F800GT uses a standard H7 bulb for the low beam, which decided to burn out yesterday. The bulb is clipped into the socket with a simple wire bale, which is not unlike a big bobby pin. Most European automobiles use the same method.

The boys over on the F800 forum are adamant this is a failed design. They keep breaking the little plastic tabs which secure the wire bale to the headlight assembly, which renders the assembly useless ($$$. Several folks are ready to sue BMW for such a negligent design.

Well, today I went in and changed my bulb without issue. It didn't even take two minutes. Easy peasy. I'm not sure why those guys have such difficulty but it's very straightforward. You simply unclip the bale, swap out the bulb, and clip the new bulb in. Feeling quite proud of my accomplishment and ready to roll the bike back into the garage, I pushed it off the centerstand, only to have it fall away from me and land on its side in the driveway, with the wheels completely off the ground. Hmm, I thought, that's what the nether regions of my bike looks like. I certainly never expected 440 lbs to be so heavy. With my neighbor's assistance, we got the bike back on its feet and inspected for cosmetic damage. There was none. That could have been an expensive headlight bulb. Phew!

Have just bought a Samurider Daytona seat for my 2015 CB1100.

Has anyone fitted one of these and if so do I need to transfer the rubbers from the standard seat and the catches too onto the Daytona seat ?

Best wishes


Chris

2014 deluxe here. So, my bike is randomly cutting fuel. Sometimes the pump works when turned on, sometimes not. But it has cut fuel in traffic twice now. Sometimes it just doesn’t start. I have the service manual but wow there are so many sensors and doodads. First thoughts are.. bad pump ($400)/ECU ($700)/or throttle bodies out of sync. It’s vibrating more and I’ve replaced relays. Who the heck knows. Any ideas before I take it to a dealer? Really difficult when you can’t replicate the issue. Intermittent problems SUCK. Only 12k miles on this bike.