Seems like all of the major tire manufacturers are offering rebates on tire purchases right now. If you need tires, or expect to later this summer, this may be a good time to buy.

I just ordered a set of OEM Bridgestone BT54's from DennisKirk for $198 delivered, after rebate. DennisKirk had the best deal of the various on-line retailers that I shopped, though most were within a few dollars of each other. The Bridgestone rebate expires on 4/30.

I was really hoping to try the Bridgestone T31 EVO's, which are available in OEM sizes if you happen to live in Europe, but they're not available in the U.S. A large on-line U.K. retailer who ships worldwide quoted me £105 shipping per tire to the U.S.

1st time using imgur - pic from the day I picked up my black beauty with my other Honda.

It was in the middle of the night 6 years ago today our founder Guth started this fine forum.

we currently have 4598 members from something like 23 countries who have posted 11,948 threads and 224,824 posts. whew.

In those 6 years we have made a lot of friends, a lot of acquaintances, and po'd a few people. We have gotten together for rallies ( NC, Virginia, Arkansas, Kentucky and Oregon..and have one planned for West Virginia and Colorado. We've also gotten together for mini rallies and just for lunch or coffee. Unfortunately we've lost a few too rip OldF7guy and Physics Teacher.

not bad for a motorcycle that is so good there really isn't much to talk about it.

Anyhow.. Happy Anniversary folks! and thanks for making the CB 1100 forum the best motorcycle forum on the net.

Oh yea..thanks Guth and Cormanus for your continued hard work on keeping this place up and running.

the Ferret (Mickey)

I want to pull the top fork bolts off and paint them but based on past experience on my other bike-didn’t take load off front of bike,springs shot past my head,maybe 50 feet in the air,landed across the street- can I get the bolts off without any drama provided I get the front of the bike off the ground?

Hello to the forum and thanks to all the warm welcomes. I guess this will be my first legitimate post. So anybody who has read my intro post has seen that I ride about 90% of the time in town and about 10% on the highway. So of course I am already looking at possible changes to suit my riding style. The first thing that I have started looking around for is exhaust including
Yoshimura RS3 slip on $360
Arrow slip on $540
Stayintune slip on $800
Delkevic 8 inch slip on. $225

Delkevic full system $340
Yoshimura RSCV full system $1200

The question being will an aftermarket exhaust help with in town riding performance vs stock. Much of what I’ve read so far indicates no need to adjust the AFR.
Looks like most exhaust on Samurider are crazy $$$$.

Hi guys, something is puzzling me. The only visual blemish that's bugging me on the '13 I just bought is a mark on one of the bar end weights where the P.O. bumped the bar on the edge of his garage.

I pulled off both of the factory end weights and repainted them. I didn't pay a heck of a lot of attention when I removed them, but putting them back on, they do not appear to go inside the handle bar, but rather they butt up against the bar. This gives a sizable gap between the weight and the grip (maybe 3/16") I didn't notice that gap before I pulled them off, but wasn't paying close attention.

Is a gap between the end weights and grips normal? Anyone available to check their '13 (or '14 as well if the bars are the same) and let me know if there should be a gap? The outside diameter of the weight is slightly larger than the inside diameter of the bar, clearly it's not designed to go inside unless I'm doing something wrong...

... and I'm afraid it's for good this time.

Got an email today. My good friend and riding buddy Jnor has sold his motorcycle (that he just bought a year ago) and all his riding gear, and given up riding. Again.

It's not the first time he has done this, maybe the 3rd time he has given up riding ( I think I even posted a thread about it here one time) but for some reason, I think he's serious this time. He says his heart is no longer in it. That he no longer gets pleasure from riding. He's afraid of being in an accident and ending up in a nursing home. He turns 69 next month.

Together we have ridden many thousands of miles, through many states, had some awesome trips. He was a great traveling companion.

We were scheduled to ride back down the BRP down to the Dragon this summer, and next year when we both turn 70 we were supposed to repeat our 2014 cross country ride to California and back. I am dissapointed we won't be making those trips, but to tell the truth with some medical issues I am having the trips were iffy anyway. Still it saddens me to think there is no possibility of them happening now.

It's tough to lose motorcycle buddies, but as we age, it's bound to happen more and more. I'm going to miss him.

Jnor on pacific Coast Highway California



and somewhere in middle America ...maybe Wyoming?

All,
It is with great sadness that I am here to report my stolen 2013 cb1100. It was stolen out of my parking garage in downtown Des Moines, IA last night.

If any of you are in the state, please keep a look out for it. License plate GF6630 (but the plate is probably off the bike by now). Everything was stock and it had a small dent on the outside of the exhaust.

Thank you,
vwinks

Put another 200+ miles on the SR400 when in CA the last few days. It's definitely the "little engine that could" on the freeways... not much to recommend it from a sports handling perspective, but there is something about a small bike for around town cruising (buzzy as the thing is) that's very satisfying. Line the cylinder up in the sight glass and it's very satisfying to kick it on. Small bikes are fun in the right environment.....

My wife everybody. she's tougher than she looks. After 2 years of learning from scratch (she couldn't even ride a bicycle), this last weekend she was genuinely on the road. we've been making trips to the DMV to hijack their test course so she can practice. she's now at the comfort level where she can easily get up to speed in the 60's and ride safely. You can tell she's a little unsteady, but her nerves are solid. even when she goofs up and falls over, we just make repairs and she's fine, not even shaken up. a real trooper.




P.s. Watch all the way to the end if you want to see her throw sparks from one of her pegs.