So I come home after a short ride this morning, put the bike up on the center stand, spin the wheel to lub the chain... spin the wheel... Houston, We've Got a Problem.

It seems that the rear brake is dragging, excessively. So much so that the rear disk is showing signs of blueing, overheating.

The brake pads are brittle in places and small chunks of pad have broken off.

WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE!?

Could I have unknowingly had my foot on the rear brake pedal, thus overheating the rear brake? If so, then why today? What did I do differently during today's ride?

Pulled the caliper and checked the slide pins, they seem to be fine.

Bled the rear brake, but I don't think this is a hydraulic issue as the piston does appear the retract when I let my foot off the pedal.

Signed, Baffled.

just got my Arrow full system installed , sweet pipe!. Top quality and easy install. With the PC5, no intake sound baffle and a K&N, it makes 95.87 HP and has tons more mid range.

just wondering if any of you guys have had problems with your bikes after a EFI reflash?. I want to get rid of the speed limiter and bump the rev limiter up 500rpm. A wise tuner told me to check and make sure the reflash guy had made a copy of the stock map with ALL CHANNELS to be sure no issues popped up. Any of you guys have issues after reflash?. Also, who did it?

I bought one last winter and finally got around to attempting to put it on. I trimmed the two sides to allow for the turn signals and trimmed where it came into contact with the horns. I made a bracket to bolt it on the the horn attaching nut.

It fits really good now, the only problem I have is the headlight bucket attaching screws. They are not long enough. They are shoulder type screws with about 3/8" shoulder at the head to shim the larger bucket hole.

I need a couple with the shoulder portion being about double the length and the threaded portion another 1/2" longer, (I think). I'm having trouble finding them.

Has anyone put a Emgo fairing on their CB? If so where did you find the longer headlight bucket screws. I believe the Comet fairings come with the longer screws. For the guys that put on Comet fairings, approximately how much longer were the replacement screws than the stock Honda screws?

Thanks for any info you can provide.

Hi All,

What do you think of buying higher-mileage bikes (10k miles or more)? I know Honda engines tend to be overengineered and built to last, but anything I should be on the lookout for? Local seller has a 2013 non-abs listed for $4900 including rear rack and (unspecified) windshield with fairly new tires. He also go a custom Laam refoam/recover which is a minimum $400 process. The price hits my sweet spot, although I hope to get him down to around $4500 since he's had it listed on craigslist for a month or so without selling (although the weather here in northern CO has been crap so far this spring).

Can anybody explain why this bike has a Crankshaft Balancer backlash adjustment screw? This is the first bike I came across that uses one, and I understand why we have to adjust it. But why doesn't the crankshaft stay balanced? Why does it come out of adjustment? Why don't other bikes use them? It seems like Honda is cutting corners with this adjustment screw, because they couldn't figure how to keep it balanced without us having to do periodically .
Just saying........

After replacing my rear tire a few weeks ago, during my first ride on the new tire I felt an unusual amount of engine vibration at speeds over about 40 mph, which is uncharacteristic for this bike. Checking the wheel alignment, I discovered the chain had about 2" of slack. Somehow it must have loosened when I was tightening the axle nut.

I readjusted the chain to 1 1/4" and tightened everything back up. Despite today's crappy weather, I took the bike out for a short ride and voila! the vibration is gone. And ooooh, now the bike has that new tire smell! Love it.

After a long process I finally bought a jacket. It is a new Vanson Road King. It is a waxed cotton jacket with full body armor. I really like it and the fit is just right. I don't think it is too snug to ride with a Gerbing liner. I rode Thursday in the mid 60's and the jacket feels like it will be comfortable up to about the mid 70's.

I just uploaded a new video on YouTube check it out...The title is CB 1100 my two cents. Check it out.

Reading an Australian motorcycle magazine my attention was caught by an article entitled TRAINING CAUSES OVER-CONFIDENCE. The sub-text to this read, “A careful balance must be achieved in training to ensure riders do not develop unrealistic confidence in their ability”. The article then went on, in part:

"On-road motorcycle training does not reduce the risk of crashing but makes riders more cocky, leading to higher risk behaviour such as speeding, an Australian university study has found. It also reported that these riders spent more time riding, which means they are longer on the road and therefore statistically more likely to be involved in an incident.

The study of 2399 newly licensed provisional riders recruited in Victoria was conducted from May 2010 to October 2012. It was funded by the Victorian Government Motorcycle Safety Levy, paid by all state riders in their annual registration fee.

The riders were put through a VicRide coaching program put together by the Monash University Accident Research Centre in conjunction with Honda Rider Training Australia (HART) and Learning Systems Analysis.

The on-road motorcycle rider coaching program involved pre-program activities, four hours of on-road riding and discussion in small groups with a riding coach.

Results were obtained from the riders reporting back to the researchers and crosschecked with police records of crashes and traffic offences. The Victorian study was carried out by university researchers Rebecca Ivers and Teresa Senserrick, whose results have just been released. In their report, they say there is no evidence that on-road coaching helped novice riders avoid crashes."

[My bold]

I've always been a strong advocate for ab initio motorcycle training. I suppose that, like many on this forum, I began riding when the only training available to most of us was conducted by big brother, dad, mate-who-knew-how, or just solo by trial and (mostly) error. This training, such as it was, could have been conducted in a paddock, back yard, lonely road or a back alley in the city. Most of us survived, although those that didn't aren't here to dispute that, I guess. For me it was a solo effort on my mates BSA Bantam in a paddock planted with crops. Then, having mastered that in about ten minutes, it was out on the road, keeping a good eye out for Dad 'cause he wouldn't be amused at me riding without a licence. And he was a hard man. Having sorted things out with Dad (he went to his grave thinking he had taught me to ride extraordinarily quickly), it was into town to get my licence. The local "Walloper", looked at Jack (my Dad) and said, "Is e orright mate?". Jack, not a very verbose kind of bloke, nodded slowly. The "Walloper" said, "Still, we better do this properly. Once around the block son. An' don't forget to give hand signals". Done and dusted.

In this more enlightened age, in Australia and some other countries, the licensing process is comprehensive and can take up to two years before a full and unrestricted licence is granted. [url=http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roads/licence/rider/rider-training.html]This, from the state of NSW, will give you an idea of the process. It varies slightly from state to state. So I was mildly surprised to read that article. Felt counter intuitive that training would lead to higher risk behaviours. Or, on reflection, is there some sense in this? What do the riders on this forum, both experienced and, more importantly, the newbies, think?

Cheers