What plays the main role in the design of the CB1100? Definitely the engine.

it just had to be an air cooled engine

http://world.honda.com/design/designers-...index.html

everyone involved in the quest for a 3000 rpm rhapsody



http://world.honda.com/CB1100/engineer-talk/index.html

I checked and have noticed I am spending two hours a day on this bleeping forum. What the...?

I guess there must be something interesting going on.

I will absolutely install heated grips on my 2017 model after it arrives; I have had them on (almost) every bike for 30 years. And I did a search on "heated grips" to see what others here have done.

The OEM grips with installation kit runs around $400. I can certainly afford that and will buy them if they are superior in some obvious way to aftermarket units. But I contrast that with the OEM Harley-Davidson grips I installed on my Road King and Road Glide Ultra; H-D isn't exactly known for competitive pricing, and those units were $200 each for the plain Jane ones (the ones that are reputed to work best, BTW).

Are there mechanical reasons that make installation of aftermarket heated grips a compromise affair (as in, it is necessary to modify some part of the throttle, bars, bar end weights, mirrors)? I would guess there are good aesthetic reasons to use the OEM grips (and that might tip it for me). Are the OEM grips nice and hot? My new H-D grips are uncomfortably warm on a 50°F day if I turn them up beyond "2" (out of 6) with thin deerskin gloves.

Just wondering about Honda's pricing on these . . .

yes, I'm bored and can't sleep. so, I've reviewed and can't find where I've argued oil on this forum, so here goes. modern oil is good oil. no two motors are put thru the same paces, nor exposed to identical conditions. some folk need 5w20. some need 15w50. but for the cb, I will say this... change it often. One thing any oil is for, is to clean out the gunk. The CB holds 5 quarts, and we can only change 4 of them. So dirt is staying in there. so change it often. and, yes on mine I feel a noticeably smoother shift with fresh oil.

I just got a message from TheFerret that he has no internet connection for the time being. He is filling in his time watching movies and planning the KY trip.

That gave me an idea.

What are your top 5 favorite movies of all time? Hmmm... that might not be motorcycle-related, better come up with something better.....

What are your top 5 favorite movies of all time in no particular order, but only post your list if at least one of the 5 is a motorcycle-related movie. Do not list more than 5 movies unless they are part of a series.

My thread...so I go first.

The Godfather/The Godfather Part II
Casablanca
World's Fastest Indian
Bridge on the River Kwai
The Magnificent Seven

Pretty hard to confine my list to 5.

Next!! Post quickly, because the whole thread could be removed at any moment.

just curious if anyone here has inside information about if and when Honda North America will announce a 2018 CB1100ex coming to the US. I saw the video from the Tokyo show, and pictures of the pearl blue version they'll be getting in Germany. But here--nada. Wasn't news of the 2017 US model announced in Dec 2016?

When you pray about something it may happen fast.

Saw an ad for a 2013 CB, low mileage, one owner, garage kept, new tires and battery. Picking it up Monday, woohoo. Sparky is most pleased.

I'll start this post by taking a moment to apologize to Ulvetanna for recently making a bit of a "peppered" statement (as he put it) about him that was uncalled for. It's not an excuse, but I'd note that he recently managed to really to get under my skin by implying that I would try to convince someone to purchase a CB1100 just to crank up the activity level on this site and that has stuck with me. The reality is that nothing could be further from the truth. Just to be clear, I don't care about pushing up the activity on this site nor am I worried about the number of active members we have on hand at any given time (as I've previously noted). I started this forum simply because I wanted to create a place on the web where people that enjoyed the Honda CB1100 could discuss the bike (along with other motorcycle-related content as it turned out). If we don't happend to have much to talk about at times then that's okay.

At one point not long after I started this forum I was contacted by a company that owned multiple other powersports related forums. They wanted to purchase cb1100forum.com from me to add to their network of sites and keep me on to help manage the resulting product. The amount they offered me wasn't mind-boggling, but it was enough to make me think about their offer. Sill, I turned them down as I felt that if I did so, in no time at all this this forum would quickly become heavily infested with advertisements everywhere. Perhaps more importantly, with someone else calling the shots, I was worried that this place might just another flame-riddled forum like so many other out on the web — the kind of forum where few people participating manage to treat each other with respect. That's just not the kind of environment that I personally wanted to be investing my time in.

Later on I was contacted by a couple of businesses about advertising and ended up with a some site sponsors as a result which I appreciated. But I ended up pulling the plug on that as I never wanted to turn this site into a business — I'd rather just maintain a simple, straightforward, low frills, low drama place where other like-minded individuals could come hang out online and talk about motorcycles (and of course the CB1100 in particular). I honestly never really wanted to accomplish anything more than that when it comes to this forum. Since I'm not doing this for the money, I'm not concerned about the volume of activity on the site. End of story.

I'd also like to note that I will soon be posting a banner (by my own choice and suggestion) indicating that Samurider.com has been named as "The official aftermarket parts supplier to the CB1100 Forum". Besides the fact that I just think it sounds sort of cool, the reason that I'm doing this is because it is the one place that I personally would like all people who are new to this forum to know about. As anyone who has already dealt with Mr. T realizes, no one works harder at providing excellent customer service than Takashi (the owner of Samurider.com). Not to mention that Samurider's dedication to the CB1100 is beyond impressive.

That's about all that I wanted to get off of my chest. I truly hope that all personalities on this site, old and new alike, will continue to get along as well as we have to date. Whether you like to ramble on at times like I do, or you tend to keep your contributions short, sweet and far-between, it's all good with me as long as it's offered up honestly with the thought that we are a small, respectful and well-knit community unlike so many other forums out there on the web. In a lot of ways, the quality of character exhibited by so many on this forum reminds me a lot the CB1100 itself. I suppose that shouldn't come as a real surprise.

All the best,
Guth

January 16th, it's -12C/10F and snowing. I am bored because I can't ride my motorcycle. But while cruising the Internet I came across a video of a bike ride on one of my favourite roads.

It was filmed in fall of 2016 by a member of the Ottawa Valley Touring Club, a club I belonged to in the early 80s. If you have 15 minutes to spare, it is a ride that starts on the South Lavant Road just west of Robertson Lake here in Ontario. At the stop sign it turns south on Snow Road 509 towards Sharbot Lake. These are the type of roads I like to ride, especially in the fall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19I9y_zk3Cs