Just curious, how many veterans on the forum?Post branch and time frame.Sorry if this has already been done . U.S . Air Force 73 to 77. Its Memorial Day gets me thinking about friends and family that served.

https://youtu.be/M4MvqWHrVQU - great sound - subtitles.

Love the motor. But I'm just too old for pop pop pop jostling over these New England Roads. We have so many high speed damping issues. Holes. Cable ditch bad patch jobs. Frost heaves. Road buckles. High manhole covers. Low manhole covers. Not like my brother's house in Melbourne FL, that's for sure!

Saw my first ever F6B during my ride today. The bike was entirely matte black, head to toe, completely featureless. Helmetless rider, short sleeves, feet way up on highway pegs, moving down the highway at about 80 mph. He seemed to be enjoying himself, and as he passed, I muttered inside my helmet, "what an ugly pig of a bike!" No offense to anyone here who happens to own one. In a world of beautifully designed motorcycles, this one didn't float my boat. Not sure if they're popular elsewhere.

A little over a year ago, I traded my 2013 Suzuki DL650 in on a 2011 BMW R1200GS. The dealer where I work lets us take used bikes home for tge weekend, and in doing so, I convinced myself I needed that bike. It was, and remained an awesome bike without any issues over the year I owned it. Two things led me to trade it. One, I never grew accustomed to the normal BMW quirks: lack of steering feel with the telelever front end and the odd sounding engine with its rough idle. Two, I work at a metric dealership and I have been surrounded by Africa Twins since they started hitting the showroom a year ago.

The first one we got in that didnt have a deposit on it, was a manual version. I hopped on and rode it down the street and back. I nearly bought it on the spot, even though I just bought the GS and I'd probably would have had to pay retail price since these were in such high demand. That bike ended up selling a couple hours later, so of course I was disappointed. As soon as I hopped on my GS, all in the world seemed right...for a while.

For the rest of the year, all we got were DCT models, in which I had little interest. I knew Honda's DCT was neat, but not for me. I like to shift my own gears. Then, I decided to ride one. We have a demo DCT Africa Twin and I rode it home a few weeks ago. Having ridden the DCT NC700x, I was expecting the riding experience to be dull. What a difference doubling the horsepower makes! I knew I liked the Twin's riding position, handling, suspension, and brakes, but I was not expecting to be a DCT convert so quickly. The lack of clutch lever and foot shift is odd, but 10 minutes later, I was sold.

I could have bought that demo bike, but I knew the red/white/blue color scheme was coming stateside. I wanted that one. A few days later, a young man came in asking if we had any r/w/b in stock. We said no, but we will run a locator to see if we could trade one in from another dealer. Honda's locator showed we had one, lol. Sure enough one came in the day before and nobody knew. Once I laid eyes on it, I was done. This bike was sold to the customer, but it was a manual and I wanted a DCT.

A couple weeks ago, a coworker tells me we had a r/w/b DCT in the warehouse. I just about fell out of my chair. The next day, I rode my GS in and left a new Honda owner. 450 miles in and loving every mile. For my commute, not having to shift is a blessing. For my weekend fun rides, the manual shift paddles are very engaging. There is no loss of fun riding the bike aggressively. The worst part of fetting a new bike is not wanting to ride my other bikes. The CB1100, Grom, and Z125 have sat in the garage for 2 weeks.

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I'm in London on way to the Isle of Man, and stopped in to the Bike Shed show, a remarkable custom/ hipster/ whatever Gathering that just blew me away with a remarkable array of one- off machines. Not the least of which was this CB. Like it or not, it certainly shows the CB1100 can be dialed up to 11.




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I was just wondering who else is in the Northeast Ga/Western N.C./Upstate S.C. area? I ride alone most of the time and would love to meet up with another CB and ride.

Question: I'm loving the look of the eliminated rear fender, and I also like having my Givi rear rack and top case. If I want to eliminate the rear fender, and keep my rear rack, am I going to hide my tail/brake light?

Small ride around post.



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Hi Guys,

Here is my finished cafe racer project.

Parts:
Corbin Gunfighter seat
Ohlins shock HO239
Yoshimura RSCV Full 4-1 System
POSH Wide Watt Blinker Position Relay
4 x Motogadget Flashers m-Blaze Pin Black
Front Fork Brace
Black Front Fender
Rear LED fender KIT
Custom Side Covers
Power Comander V
K&N Air filter

Hope you like it, just love this bike.

Best regards
Carsten