I didn't like the stock horns because they were frozen-juice-can sized and they sounded too high pitched. I had a pair of giant 5" Hellas with the red grille, but they were way too big (and I was too lazy to hook up a relay).

Then I found a pair off an old V65 Sabre that were deeper and louder, and looked better to me. I didn't hook them to a relay, but I will the next time I have the tank off.

When the rumors that Indian was going to build a street tracker started to surface I was more than a bit skeptical. Well, here we are getting ready to head into 2019 and Indian has truly managed to surprise me. I was confident that Indian wasn't going to be able to achieve what we saw in the concepts, but they came much closer than I would have imagined.

I know that this won't be everyone's cup of tea and I could think of a few things that I'd like to have seen done differently, but this is a much bolder step that I was expecting from Indian. For that, I tip my cap to them. I hope sales of this bike manage to exceed my expectations — it won't take many. That's more of a knock on motorcycle sales overall these days than it is about this bike in particular.

[url=https://www.indianmotorcycle.com/en-us/ftr1200-s/]2019 Indian FTR 1200 S

[url=https://www.indianmotorcycle.com/en-us/ftr1200/]2019 Indian FTR 1200

I'm planning on riding next weekend.

Any tips on food and/or hotels?

I'll be starting in Nashville.

Anyone else headed that way, it would be great to share the ride!

Looks like cool weather is predicted. 30 degrees below today.I'm

Prettiest find in the Vintage Weekend swap meet.

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Need few pics from a close range of:
OEM installed heated grips, both handle bars and wire routing along handle bar only.
Want to see its look, not interested how to do this job or if someone likes it or not.
Do not intend to run this thread too long

I know, Josh and Ferret have OEM, unless I am mistaken (again)
Thanks in advance to all for nice pics.

Well, Friday evening, a week ago, it was already really dark under the clouds when I wanted to turn left into the lane to the restaurant to meet with some friends to have a nice dinner and some fun.

I overlooked the choker/narrowing, run up the curb in a pointed angle with the front wheel, dropped to the right and felt at my right shoulder. I had bad luck and my right clavicle was broken.

Didn't notice it at all in the beginning, while I got up back on my feet really quickly. However, when I wanted to lift the bike, I noticed, something seems to be wrong with my right shoulder. Then I could feel with my fingers that there is a gap in my clavicle.

Went over to my friends at the restaurant to ask my friends to look for my bike. Then my wife came and brought me to the hospital. The x-rays showed a really displaced clavicle. However, next day was the day of the marriage of my son. Really bad! So I just got a pile of painkillers and was home again at 11:30 pm. 7:00 am we started to drive 200 km to Freiburg to celebrate my son's marriage, Sunday evening I was home again quite groggy.

Monday I was at the doctor again, Tuesday was the op to fix my anatomics and yesterday I left the hospital. I'm still down and in desperate need of painkillers. But it's getting better every day, the clavicle is fixed again and just has to recover.

Here are some pictures.

Before op:


After op:


This is exactly one year after my last accident, when I was hit by a car and crashed my bike. That's too bad. Before that I had my last crash with a motorcycle 1989, many years ago. But these days I seem to try to fix the statistics...

Just arrived in Paris for holiday and have already come across 3 different CB's (and an immaculate silver '79 CBX). Piaggio and its Korean and Chinese clones definitely dominate the landscape, but three CB's in less than an hour is a new record for me. All appeared to be '13 models with red tanks and 4 into 1 exhaust, though I can't be certain. Handful of Moto Guzzi V7's too, including a chrome-tank Anniversario. And several brands I'm unfamiliar with, including Bullet and Mondial. Surprisingly, quite a few Harleys too, all nicely muffled and civilized. It's a refreshing vibe.

This was (just traded in for Honda) my Australian friend's Suzuki Intruder, 1400cc, carbs.

So, A while after I bought my bike my dealership grabbed another '14 CB1100, then sold it shortly after that, so I knew there was another one of us somewhere in my town besides me and SCCBrider. Today, pulled right up next to him on my way to work. We chatted in traffic a bit, and I gave him the website.

This left me wondering, though, do we have business cards or any kind of flag or sticker that Guth has had made? My wife's local Mini club has calling cards they put under people's winshield wipers when they find a new mini they don't recognize in a parking lot. It seemed like a good idea in the event i should meet another CB1100 rider in my area.

Most of the Mods I do are either small cosmetic, or what I consider piratical. I have been discussing a potential Mod with an old friend and riding buddy, who also has a CB1100 and is a Forum member as well. I thought I would throw it out there and see what everyone here might think of the idea.

Back in the day, the horn was a button in the bottom position on the left switch housing, with the turn signal switch just above the horn button. For that reason, some members have substituted a 2013 switch housing to get back to that configuration, as 2014 up models reverse the position of those two controls.

From what I have experienced over the years, and more so with my 2017, I find that when I need my horn, I need it quickly, and frequently that by the time I have found the horn button ( current bike horn buttons are more like a paddle ) , the need has come and gone. This got me to thinking, looking at the ergonomics of switch position, handlebar grip, and hand/finger dexterity.

For me, the motion with my thumb to find the horn button is somewhat unnatural, with the added detractor of releasing thumb grip on the handlebar. That motion and loss of thumb grip is not a big deal, and not urgent when using the turn signal switch, but grip, urgency, and clutching could be significant related to horn use.

I rarely use the "flash to pass" button, and when I do it is not urgent. This made me wonder, suppose the flash to pass became the horn, and the horn became the flash to pass? The index finger is more agile than the thumb, the flash to pass is very close to the index finger in riding position, and thumb grip on the handlebar would be preserved. Clutching could still be easily done with the remaining 3 fingers. This might NOT be a good idea for riders that have years of muscle memory, as in members that have gone to the 2013 switch housing.

I think that reversing the flash and horn switches could probably be relatively easily done without cutting, and could be put back to stock if the owner did not like it or needed/wanted to sell the bike. If memory serves, the wire harness leads are permanently attached ( riveted? ) to their respective switches inside the switch housing. The reverse and/or restore to original could then be done by tracing the wires from the respective switches in the switch housing, to the connectors at the end of the switch housing leads inside the headlight bucket. At the connector/s release the switch wire pins for only the horn and flash from their connectors and plug the horn pins back into where the flash connector pins were, the flash pins back into where the horn connector pins were.

Before trying this myself, I wanted to get feedback from the membership on the idea, Pro and Con, as there may be factors I have not thought of. What does everyone think?