Hi All - Been awhile since I've checked in!

This never really occurred to me until I caught this video of JLG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f4-NpWKR24

I have a road comet II on the way and a few other accessories, however after seeing the side fairings/cowl setup for the CR750, was wondering if anyone is familiar with any shops manufacturing a similar replica race fairing for the '13+ models?

Including a photo of a replica CR750 below for reference

I’ve been anticipating this bike for a long time, and while the price is somewhat high I am contemplating making the purchase for my new dual sport.

Wondering if any of the nice Honda fellas here have any experience with it? My concern is buying anything during its first model year, but I really don’t want to wait for another year plus. How do you longtime Honda guys feel about that concern? Can I trust the R&D without seeing some longer term reports?
I should mention I am in the USA so the bike will not be corked up for the Euro4 regulations (25 hp on a machine that costs that much is pretty annoying in my opinion) which seems to be a non starter for a lot of folks overseas. That being said, most people I see using it as a true dual sport/light adv bike are in Europe or Asia

If I can get the fleet down to two bikes I can afford to add the Africa Twin or maybe the new CB500X. Final decision will probably boil down to what fits better. I certainly don't need the power of the AT.

I do like the lower weight of the new 500X, and the 19" front tire means for my mild "off roading" it would be just fine (21" would be even better).

Since I'm at that "what if" stage I so enjoy I thought I'd toss this to the collective for your thoughts.

For myself, I think I have given up any pretense of long rides (e.g. 500-600 miles one way, three day weekends tops - no touring). I enjoy a cabin with heat and AC way too much to do that.

Sidebar: "kid" at coffee has a well kitted out AT, longest ride he's taken has been to Payson. About 90 miles away. Makes me look like a seasoned pro! Alas, that is about all I've even done on my well kitted XR650L so I have little room to comment on.

I was hunting around Honda's Japanese website earlier and discovered a media release from 15 March 2018. Buried in it was a statement that Honda expected to sell 1,800 CB1100s across the 3 models (Std, EX, RS) during 2018. That number was for domestic sale only, so it doesn't help much with working out how many were exported.

I've saved the translated release and attached it.


[url=attachment.php?aid=9332]Honda _ Partial change and release of color variations and specifications of the large-scale road sports model _CB 1100_ (Size: 893.48 KB / Downloads: 19)

I would like to thank Amos for the nice lunch and beer when we met at the Sierra Nevada Brewery near Asheville . It is a great to visit and is always busy with people from all over the USA.
Asheville would be a nice place for a future rally but after organizing many CBX rallies in the North East I have to be honest that I am a little rallied out . We could still have a come together and people can stay wherever they want in this area. Plenty of places to visit and great rides.

So whilst I love my new bike, I'm really not feeling the colour of it. The K10 tank is a bland grey and the side panels look like they've been sprayed with a rattle can in black.

I'm going to have a proper paint job done but I'm not sure what colour to go for? I've always liked the look of the candy gold but thats the most expensive paint going apparently and I've been quoted £650 to have the tank and side panels done

I also thought emulating the CB Four prototype would be cool, and the silver would be a cheaper colour. But then I think a silver tank, silver engine and silver wheels may be too much of the same colour.

I'm interested in peoples opinions.

Anyone have a simple but effective way of removing tar spots from wheels and mufflers and other bits of the bike?

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Day 1
In early January, I put my wife on a plane to visit her daughter overseas and went riding for a few days with @Pterodactyl, [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=13844]a tale already told.

Then I came home.

I had an important social event and a doctor’s appointment and the bike needed a new rear tyre before I headed out for a couple of weeks riding. The Michelin PR3 rear is no longer available, so I decided on Bridgestone T31s, but my usual supplier wasn’t able to source them.

I was under the pump. A young lady, known on the Australian forum [url=http://www.netrider.net.au]Netrider as Valvoline, had booked me a room at the end of day 1 of a ride she was organising. Having completely ignored my request to cancel it, I felt I should make every effort to use it rather than pay to have it sit empty. Besides, I’m stingy.

Valvoline’s bike—a KTM 390—is known to her readers as ‘The Lawnmower’. Their adventures are many and varied and popular amongst the readers of ‘Seat Time’ like posts on Netrider.

It came to pass that, having sourced some tyres on 24 January, driven the wheels miles to have them fitted if they arrived, driven miles to collect them after lunch on 25 January, changed the disk pads and reinstalled the wheels, changed the oil, adjusted and lubed the chain, packed clothes and camping gear, I was on the road by 0600 on 26 January making my way to Valvoline’s favourite meeting spot at Nerang.

The only memorable moment on the ride down was a [url=https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chooch%20de%20louche]chooch de louche on a sports bike who passed me travelling at an instant-license-loss speed before cutting off a truck. I saw the truck’s brake lights come on and the faintest hint of a wiggle in the trailer. Even before I could begin to ponder the folly of cutting off something with the sheer mass of an articulated truck, the rider re-appeared to make an exit.

From the freeway.

I’m not confident of seeing him again.

I met Valvoline and another Netrider, JoshKTM, at Nerang. Having filled up, we set out for the Sphinx Rock Café for breakfast. Valvoline’s partner, Kaiser Soze, was busy that morning, but planned to catch up with us later in the day.

It got hotter and hotter all day, but it was a good ride. Kaiser Soze caught up with us at the service station in Armidale.

Map:

[url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZbapFkLEoD-NL6gZlOAqNge1ZTMdA5qL&usp=sharing]The Map.It’s actually the map of the entire first part of the ride. As usual you can toggle days on and off and zoom in and out should be so inclined

Leaving Nerang, we were quickly out of town.
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The photos above were taken on the Numinbah Valley Road where Cormanus achieved a milestone.

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Valvoline seems to collect people and we had soon acquired a tribe. They had no stamina, though, and abandoned us at the border with New South Wales

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Mt Warning

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Valvoline and JoshKTM inspect one of Australia’s better letterboxes

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JoshKTM’s travelling companion

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Somewhere along the Summerland Way

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JoshKTM

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Valvoline in her natural habitat
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Just as well her feet can’t reach the ground

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Oh, gawd we were clever. Carefully lined our bikes up in the shade at the BP in South Grafton and went inside to hydrate and eat. We came out after half an hour or so to find the sun had moved and the bikes were cooking. So much so that the petrol in the tank I’d just filled had expanded and some had spilled.

We stopped for a rest at Ebor Falls.
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Looked to be a storm brewing as we rode to Armidale

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We dodged this one

I’m a big fan of lateral thinking. Someone installed a new toilet in the Caltex Armidale and then discovered the door wouldn’t close. Easy fix.

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We didn’t dodge this cooling shower on the Uralla-Walcha Road, but it didn’t amount to much and was welcome. We passed a comfortable and suitably lubricated night in the Apsley Arms at Walcha. For dinner, I had lamb cutlets which would have been excellent if not drowned in gravy. But it was Australia Day and eating lamb is expected.
Day 2

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With the forecast promising temperatures around 40ºC, I pondered which of the inland or coastal routes would be wiser. Neither looked inviting, so I chose the less trafficked route down Thunderbolts Way to Gloucester and Dungog, before heading to Maitland, Cessnock and Wollombi. I filled the bike with petrol and myself with water in Gloucester and stopped to eat in Dungog. Frequent stops for hydration were important.

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[i][size=small]Outside Walcha

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A pretty stand of Eucalypt along Thunderbolts Way
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Soon after the turn off to Nowendoc, the road starts to descend and the nature of the forest changes. It was cool and pleasant for riding until this point.

At Carson’s Lookout I took the last photos (bar one) I was to take that day. It was too hot.
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I planned to refuel at Millbank, but arrived to discover the place closed. I parked in a bus shelter and got off for a quick drink. My weather app said it was 40.7ºC. I tried to ride with the visor of my helmet open to allow air to circulate; but it don't work. The temperature of the air made it even more uncomfortable.
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A little further on, after Laguna—little more than a small shop, petrol station and bar, where I got fuel and plenty of water—it started to get cool. A change had come in and a cooling sea breeze made riding pleasant again.

I stopped for tea and a pie at the Old Road Café at Mt White and watched a storm approach. As there was no one much around, I moved the CB under cover.
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I shouldn’t have bothered. Not much rain fell and I soon left for Sydney where I spent the next day.

My clutch felt like it wasn’t disengaging all the way so I replaced the fluid with Dot4 Honda fluid. It was better for awhile but it’s happening again. My question is, what fluid have you all found to be the best ?


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