Hi all,
Have you seen this or heard anything more about it???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxgK4xUZQWU

I understand this Kawasaki W800 is not imported to the US. You can still get the 2016 SE model in Australia, but that looks like it.

In my view, this is a better looking bike than the SE—see [url=http://kawasaki.com.au/shop/motorcycles/sport/2016-w800-se/]here.



The 2016 SE

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-other-clothing/b...nFlag=true

This is amazing. New old stock hondaline jacket made in Canada in the 70's. It still has a $234 dollar price tag, which is like $1200 of today's dollars. I don't think even at the thinnest I could get and still be healthy I'd be a 38.

It's only a few short hours from my house, would be a nice afternoon ride, if it were a 44 I'd already own it.

Thoughts? Ok, maybe "Ultimate" is a bit of hyperbole, but man would that look good on a CB rider.....

I have about 1,800 miles on a Honda Africa Twin Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT) model. A DCT transmission is an automatic transmission of sorts. My understanding is that it has two clutches, one for gears 1,3, and 5 and the other clutch for 2,4, and 6. Shifting from 2nd into 3rd, for example, is the process of release one clutch and engaging the other one. The shifts can be so smooth at times that all I can detect is a drop or rise in engine RPM.

The bike always starts in neutral and once you put it into gear there is no blipping the throttle, or you will look a bit silly at the traffic signal as you lung forward. With the bike in automatic mode you can select from 1 of 4 shifting modes, D-Mode and Sport 1 thru Sport 3. These modes differ in the RPMs at which the bike will up shift or down shift. Down shifting is as smooth as up shifting. You can also put the bike into manual shift mode and use the handle bar mounted paddle shifters. You cannot shift into neutral when the bike is moving but you can manually punch a button and put it into neutral once you are stopped.

The Africa Twin (or CRF1000) has an optional foot shifter. This allows you to use your left foot to shift in the same way the handle-bar mounted paddle shifters work. But there is still no way to shift into neutral unless you are stopped.

The purpose of this post is that I have come to believe that what such bikes as this one really needs is a clutch lever. My big reason for this is that motorbikes in general don’t act like cars and trucks at very low speeds, either stopping or just starting out. Cars will never act the same as ‘we’ motorbike riders only have two wheels. Every riding knows what happens when your speed drops so low that it is hard or impossible to balance the bike. Also how is feels to start out in very slow speeds in stopped traffic or in a parking lot etc.

My assertion is that a DCT motorbike would be far more acceptable and ‘user friendly’ if Honda were to add a shift lever. If the bike is in automatic mode and the shift lever is pulled the bike slips into neutral but stays in automatic mode. Once the shifter lever is released the bike continues as before. The rider should be able to slip the clutch and thereby ease the difficulty of slow starts and stops. On a standard manual transmission bike I find that the ability to slip the clutch a bit comes in very handy from time to time.

Now if the rider squeezes the shift lever and also moves the left-foot shifter up or down then the bike changes into strict manual mode. In my view such a bike could be ridden very similarly to a bike with a conventional transmission. The only difference is that the rider is shifting ‘by’-wire’ or ‘by-computer’ so to speak as opposed to shifting by pulling a physical cable. In my view the shift lever should be made to respond to touch in much the same way as a ‘real’ shift lever.

I am attempting to have my cake and eat it too.

Hi all Riders,
Check this out...

http://www.honda.co.jp/CB1300/special/

https://indianautosblog.com/2017/10/2018...hts-285621

So 2 years ago I trade my 2009 Harley Lowrider for my 2014 Honda CB1100. Now I traded in my CB1100, complete with Windjammer for a 2017 new Lowrider. They gave me $6000 for the Honda. The Lowrider was $15,000 plus all the dealer crap. They are sending the Honda to auction, not sure where. They don't sell used bikes other than Harley's. So someone may get a great deal on the first (documented) new CB with a windjammer installed as well as a few other custom upgrades. Only time will tell. I left zero info with the bike. I really missed my other Harley and the 17 is a little bit nicer. It also has the high output 103/1690cc's. The Lowriders are considered a cruiser but olnly weigh 630 pounds dry. It also has a low center of gravity. And the best part, it has self cancelling turn signals.

I’ve been slightly distracted by another of my youth era bikes. A mid eighties GSX-R750 Suzuki. This one was a near miss from my early m’bike riding history as they had stopped selling (new) the year before I bought my 1st new big bike. I’m not sure if its the rose tinted specs effect but it’s been brill and it copes with our crap roads in a manner that is surprising given it’s age. It’s not wearing it’s factory colours but the paint is in good order and not to shocking a design to make me want to change it for the immediate future.

I am trying not trying explode. My brand new 2014 I purchased two weeks ago is a black beauty and great ride. I ordered a taller and flatter seat from samurider to arrive in a few weeks. While sitting in my garage admiring this good looking new bike I decided to read the owners manual in a little more detail. The oil level in sight glass appeared completely full. After starting and rechecking it was obviously overfilled. Good ole you tube offered easy ways to remove to much oil with a spray bottle nozzle and hose but I could not wedge a hose in oil filler hole to replicate this hack.
So....drain pan and correct socket being used I slowly removed drain bolt and let a little oil out. Still too high. After several times draining and checking it was at about the middle level on sight glass. Ran it around and returned it to centerstand and it was nice and level in the middle. I cleaned up and grabbed a plastic jug to put the drained oil into to see how much it was overfilled.
At least a quart in my estimation. I called the sales manager to express my surprise and concern I had put on a hundred or so miles with it overfilled. He claimed there was no way it was overfilled that much and alleged the container must have had something else in it. Here is a picture of the amount I drained out.
He said if it was overfilled so far it would have leaked oil into the air box and told me to bring it in to service department for them to check. (The dealership is 60 miles away). I took it as a proper response but he did not believe I took out so much oil even after I texted him a picture.
Lesson learned. I should have checked oil level sooner. I went ahead and checked the air box and air filter and there was no oil contamination. Whew!

Looking to get a motorcycle lift for maintenance. Do you have a recommendation for a table lift or regular lift? And what brand? Thanks!

So here's the deal: My CB1100 has pretty much been doing nothing but sitting in my garage for months now. After returning to riding over 10 years ago, this year I've hardly ridden at all. I've pretty much stopped commuting by bike. After a switch to a different work location, none of the current route options appeal to me very much — my commute now takes me through the heart of Portland's ever increasing traffic congestion and is a real nightmare. In addition, the sports car acquired over the summer has pretty much taken over as the weekend vehicle. For the time being it would appear that I've seemingly lost my interest in riding. If I had to sum this up quickly I might just call it moto disconnection disorder. Please note that this is not meant to make light of any actual health disorders anyone reading this might be experiencing.

Initially, this disconnect began with some issues I was experiencing with my eyes that had me spending far less time riding (in addition to the changes to the commute mentioned above). Later I experienced some improvement with my eyes but then we got the car. The "new toy" received most of my vehicular attention. Not exactly surprising at first I suppose, but this has now gone on throughout the entire summer into fall. Part of the attraction here is that the car is a shared experience for my wife and I (there is no way she is getting on a motorcycle, but she does enjoy the car). Some of it might have to do with my overall mental state as I've pretty much stopped fishing as well (the other passion that has always eaten into my riding time). Even though I never racked up the miles like many of you here on the forum (The ferret has surely accumulated more miles on his CBs than I have on all of my vehicles combined over the past few years), riding was still something that I enjoyed. That was probably my biggest reason for choosing to commute by motorcycle. When I was commuting by bike I probably rode somewhere around 200 days a year.

I know that plenty of people grow tired of their motorcycles, but that's typically because they are wanting to replace them with other motorcycles, lol. I also realize that a lot of people are forced to give up riding at some point in their life for a variety of reasons. That's just not the case with me. Right now I figure I'll just see how things play out over time. I understand that all of this probably sounds pretty strange to most of you, especially coming from the guy who started a motorcycle forum. While I'm doubtful that this will strike a chord with very many people here, if any of you have experienced similar "moto disconnects" of your own at one time or another then I would like to hear your story.