Bolted on the used, stock Honda OEM rack I bought off member SouthPaw50. Went on pretty easy. Came delivered in 'AS NEW' condition with all hardware. Thanks SouthPaw50. Pleasure doing business with you.

I have some oil I bought for my Triumph Tiger 800 but never used, am about to sell that bike, and wondering if I should give it away or use for my first oil change on the CB1100. What weight motor oil does Honda recommend for our beloved bike?

Glad to give the oil filter and washer away free of charge if any one of you own a Triumph and live near Basking Ridge NJ.

Thanks!

Last year I started [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=6905]this thread which stiffened my resolve to buy the CB. I made a deal for a leftover 2013 locally, and then I got cold feet. I don't remember why, exactly, but I decided not to do it. That was September, I think.

I noticed in a recent poll here that the typical forum member is, um, of a senior persuasion. I just turned 55.

I've been riding bikes since I was 19 (CB350) and then a CB400 and I sold it to buy my first house and then a break of several years followed by a Kawasaki and then I got into Beemers. I quit riding a couple of years ago, largely because of tendonitis but also because I was just nervous a lot, riding in town with the morons on their phones or out in the boonies with Bambi just waiting to rush out and kill me. I hit her once (but stayed up). After that event, I bought a Porsche 911. But that's a different story.

I'm starting to feel my age now, my knees hurt, my stamina is down, every year that goes by it seems that I have more trouble getting a good night's sleep and don't even ask about my bowels. I'm not here to complain or to get sympathy, I'm just sayin' that I'm getting older and my mortality is more evident to me. I see my father-in-law, angry at the world because his body is failing (86) as is his memory and he knows that he doesn't have much longer here, and he certainly is not enjoying himself most of the time. Debbie downer.

So I thought, why not get the motorcycle? The CB1100 appeals to me because of its retro looks, the riding position, and it's not very expensive. And it's no heavier than the BMWs that I rode, but appears to be a bit smaller and easier to tuck into the side of the garage.

I don't have to ride it every weekend, right? I don't even need to ride it once a month, if I don't feel like it. I can roll it out and ride it around the block long enough to warm up the oil and have an excuse to wash it, right? I don't have to do the Easy Rider journey across the southwest, or the Iron Butt rally to prove that I'm not a poseur. Those days are behind me, and there's nothing wrong with putt-putting down the street at 35 MPH like a geezer with my left turn signal blinking the whole time.

Thoughts?

Is there an online or PDF source for the manual? I am waiting for the shipping company to bring me my bike, may be as long as 3 or 3 weeks, and would love to review and familiarize myself with the manual prior to the arrival of the bike.

Thanks!

So yesterday I decided to get my one allocated bike drop out of the way. I was leaving my carport and the dirt/gravel driveway combo took the bike right out from under me. Buggered up the left crankcase cover pretty good and I decided to go ahead and buy a replacement now even if I don't install it. Coming from the vintage Honda world, I know that once a part is dropped from production, NOS or nice used parts can get hella-expensive. I'm looking at the hondapartshouse fiche and they have the metal cover for $94.63 (not bad, considering), but then I notice that the plastic sprocket cover is $136.89. In what universe does it make sense that a piece of plastic would cost $40 more than a comparably-sized metal part? I guess I just don't understand

For $13, why not?

https://www.amazon.com/Sanusic-Honda-Cb1...rds=cb1100

Anybody use the Fenda Extenda (front fender extension) like PaulB? He said he glued his on. I was thinking about one of these for my xcountry trip, but would definitely want to take if off when I got back.

RE: https://shop.fendaextenda.com/product.sc...tegoryId=2

PaulB's recommended glue:

http://go-araldite.com/products/araldite...r#r_34_206

For some feel good vibes

http://youtu.be/-6N1n9yfj84

I was just flipping through the registry and noticed that all of the bikes #10 and under seemed to be ABS bikes. My bike is number 11 and is non-ABS. I was wondering if anyone had an under-10 bike that was not ABS? Possible that the first 10 were all ABS for some reason?

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