I'm on the verge of owning one of these awesome looking machines.

It is about to go down.

First thing I need to do is have it shipped though. Kinda daunting but I'm doing the research. any suggestions for that is appreciated.

Next, well.....

buy some stuff for it.

I'm probably gonna need some leather bags. Nice ones to go with the retro vintage theme. That and some heated grips. And maybe other bits that I don't know I need yet That's after I tally up all the costs. I might have to settle for a duffle bag.

I was wondering where you guys get all the add ons. Tires, bags, seats, racks. etc. etc. I'm guessing from everywhich where. ebay, oem honda dealers, private sellers, etc.
any links suggestions are appreciated.
I will post up pics - don't want to get ahead of myself tho.
thanks

My '14 DLX build (aka: The Transformation) is still a work in-progress so she's not quite ready for a full photo shoot reveal.... But, I took this pic, edited it and it came out too cool not to share.

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYduc7D_388]Post Historic Livingston Parish Flood Ride

A nice place to eat


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It’s on river road also near Convent La

So I did some searching and couldn't quite find what I'm looking for.

Does anyone have a pic of the Force design air cleaner covers with the 14 style side covers? When looking I found CB4ME's avatar sort of shows them with the 13 cover but the exposed frame breaks up the red. It's the same on the Samurider website. With the 14 it may all seem to meld.

It may be too much red but I'd like to see.

I know I know, I said I was putting away the wallet and she was done....it's a sickness. Help.

A spectacular day in the Northern California Wine Country, perfect for a wine run through the Napa, Knight's, Alexander and Dry Cree Valleys. Came home with a few Zinfandels, Cabernets and an excellent Meritage.
The attached photo was taken at the intersection on Skellenger Lane and the Silverado Trail. The mustard is in bloom while vines are being pruned and tended to. The CB was flawless as always.

Yeah, you guys all know how great the CB1100 is, but I only knew how nice it looks, until yesterday.

Weather was damp and warm, but at least not raining (much), so I took the EX out for about 80 miles or so. Oh, my! I have at least 400K miles of street riding experience, but none whatever on an inline four. It's so silky smooth and pleasant . . . effortless. I have two Harleys with the new Milwaukee Eight motor; you would generally view these as "torque" engines (and they are worlds above the earlier Twin Cam engines in terms of rideability). But the CB1100 is just plain silly in the way it pulls hard from low rpms. When I read through the owner's manual (and I had plenty of time to do that, with snow and ice around here), it indicated that you "should" upshift to sixth gear at 37 mph. No way. No how.

But you can! That bike doesn't really care what gear it's in. It just sounds a bit different. I ran it down a divided four-lane road at 55 to 70 mph and it was like a car with an automatic transmission. Rode it on busted two-lane roads and it was competent and easy. Did I say easy? Easy. Great clutch, great brakes, beautiful throttle transitions. Need to keep my feet up on the pegs, because I dragged my boots a couple of times (and I'm not "that kind" of rider . . . )

Thinking about the sorts of bikes I have, my old BMWs (and I have the most experience with BMWs) seem like no-nonsense machines. If a dirty job (like riding to work in all sorts of shaky weather) needs to be done, there is no substitute. Point to point, gotta be there, it's a BMW, hands down. Do the maintenance, never cut corners, and I'm pretty sure these bikes cannot be worn out. I trust my BMWs.

The Harleys are just pure comfort and pleasure. They're awfully expensive and heavy, but they are the only machines on which I can ride all day and not have physical discomfort from the bike (just fatigue). I don't especially like the stereotypes associated with Harleys, but I've gotten over caring who rides what. Modern Harleys are well-built and in stock form pretty refined.

The CB1100 is just a sweetheart. It's sitting in my garage saying "Oh, you don't want to take the Accord (though there isn't currently one here)? Take me! I'm just as nice!" I have some experience with Honda automobiles (my wife has a 2015 Fit and had an Accord years ago) and it really is the same sort of feeling of seamless perfection. Even though the CB1100 has a manual transmission, it snicks through the gears without a missed shift or any drama whatever.

If you can't tell, I like it! It's a cheerful machine.

2013 CB 1100

Starting of the beast from approx 4:50...




The motor is a Deutz MAH711 from 1953.