I remember when these bikes came out... thought they were cool- as I understand and appreciate usefulness over image. (in this case compared to full sport-bike)

I ended up never getting one...although I did own a beautiful silver ZRX1200R with muzzy pipe and jet kit.


A one owner 919 just popped up on my local area- 18k, appears to be all stock other than 2 brothers mufflers and a fly screen windshield.


Given it has fuel injection, new tires... I'm tempted.

Might be fun to source a power commander, do some airbox mods and throw it on the dyno.

Well, after misterprofessionality placed his order for that stunning Thruxton FE and got pangs of jealousy!

I just put a deposit down on the new 2024 Triumph Daytona 660. I know, what was I thinking? Totally impractical, no good for travelling, built to a budget, no gadgets (which I quite like) and a small engine. Will my back, wrists and legs take it? Well, it is a very mild sporty position like all of these budget mid range bikes now so I'm sure I will be fine. I only plan on keeping it a year and will try and recoup my depreciation with some YouTube videos. There are three on the way to Dublin, a grey one in March and one white, one red in May. So it's grey then!

I'm considering buying a used CB1100EX and if I do will be on the lookout for one with low miles and in excellent condition.

KBB lists them at $9,700 right now as the asking price (though they note that is not the same as the actual purchase price)

Does something in that range sound fair for a well-cared for bike? I checked out the Used Bike For Sale section of this forum and a few comments suggested close to $8,700 would be more in line with the present market.

Thanks for any insights!

Not an oil thread.
Don’t care what oil you use.
Don’t care how often you change it.
Don’t care if you recycle or pour used oil in the ocean.

But right now Amazon is running $38.50 for a case of six quarts of Castrol 10w40 synthetic.

If this is your flavor jump on it now. This won’t last long.

I've had the same Monday-Friday commute for many years. Besides street traffic on both ends, a ten-mile slog down one of the most traffic-choked freeways in our county. Four lanes of gridlock, with a car pool lane to the far left moving a bit faster.

If the weather is clear, I'm riding. Standard California riding practice is to move to the far left lane, and if lane splitting is called for, split between the far left and next lane over. So, I'm riding in the car pool, moving faster than the main lanes, and splitting as needed to the right of the cars in the car pool. Easy peasy, and I get to work in less than half the time in a car.

If the weather is bad, I'm in my car, sitting in the traffic, usually in one of the middle lanes. They're all slow, so just pick one and crawl. In bad weather, there won't usually be any motorcycles on the freeway.

Toward the end of last year, Mrs. G took on a new work assignment that put her along my same commute route, about 15 minutes past my office. I told her that the commute would be misrable, and threw in a "hey, this would be a great time to learn to ride" pitch, which didn't go far. I waited for the shoe to drop, and when it did, she suggested "Hey, we should car pool!"

She knows that my motorcycle commute is the only real time I get to myself, I enjoy it, and the mind-erasing level of concentration I need to do it safely is mentally therapeutic. Conversely, I know that she's not happy sitting in traffic in her car. We compromised, and I ride a few days per week, and we car pool a few days.

When we car pool, I'm now driving a car in the same lane that I normally ride in, at the same time I ride, and motorcycles are splitting past me when I'm moving slowly. I have the perspective of the people I'm riding near for the first time, and it's been quite educational.

Darth Vaders in black helmets and all-black gear don't catch my eye until they're either right up on me, or passing me. Guys in light or white helmets and bright gear are easy to spot in the right mirror further back. Hi-viz gear particularly so.

I've always worn white, bright or hi-viz helmets, nothing dark, so I've got that box checked. I have worn hi-viz jackets, but have gotten lazy in the past few years, with much of my gear tending to brown, grey or dark green. I have one hi-viz jacket that I'll wear if it's foggy, or if I'm out the door at the crack of dawn. I'll probably invest a few bucks in a hi-viz vest to wear over whatever jacket I want to wear that day, that I can keep in my top box all the time.

I've been driving instinctually toward the left side of the lane to give bikes room whether I see them or not since I ride myself, but it's interesting to observe other riders' behaviors from the wheel of a car. A few times, I've seen riders hugging the right rear corner of the car in the mirror, and have muttered "Come on, either pass me or back off". I can see how this would freak out someone not familiar with riding. I don't think I ride this way, but I sure won't now.

And I usually wave if a car moves over for me when I pass them. I'm over to the left, and nobody on a bike has waved at me. Where's my freakin' wave!?

Similar to the other threads, I hope the photos may be helpful for people performing the job the first time:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/9LGh7ZGnsx3VG4L7A
For reference, the bleeder tool is a simple one-way valve like this:
https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/stoc...id=1124076

Similar to the other thread, I hope the photos may be helpful for people performing the job the first time:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/FJrAsepDHNavrgy98
For reference, the bleeder tool is a simple one-way valve like this:
https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/stoc...id=1124076

Gentlefolks

I just did the first oil change on my new to me CB1100@2013, using Rotella T6 and a Purolator PL14612 oil filter.

Thought that it would be nice to share the photos as it may be helpful for other forum members:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/S9VnJvP2PzBHdXey7
For a pretty affordable (but good) set of JIS screwdrivers:
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And here a portable set (made in Japan):
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I visit San Francisco to visit our cousin every now and then, and in the past few years, have noticed the proliferation of Waymo cars, white Jaguar SUVs festooned with cameras, sensors and spinny things, plying the streets. They have progressed to the stage of fully-autonomous, unmanned robocars, offering ride sharing service. I've only noticed them on long walks through the city, and while I've heard that locals consider them a nuisance, I've only seen them as a curiosity.

Any time that I've ridden straght through San Francisco without stopping to get somewhere, they haven't seemed to be on the route I take.

I don't stay glued to the news, so I only pick up things here and there, but recall hearing some chatter about Waymo bringing their cars to Los Angeles. But, I hadn't seen any to my recollection. There was an article about people either tricking them or doing something to make a whole fleet of them bunch up at the end of a dead-end street somewhere in the city.

I didn't allocate brain cells to them until my commute to the museum on Saturday. I spotted the spinny-sensor-encrusted Jaguars on the streets of L.A., and didn't pay much attention to the first one for the first few minutes in traffic. That is, until it changed lanes fairly close to me, making a rather assertive move that a non-aggressive human driver in L.A. would not knowingly make near a motorcycle.

Ok, it's a robot, it didn't try to kill me, no problem. On the way home, threading my way through traffic to the freeway, I came up on one of the Waymo cars again. Any normal human driver glancing at a motorcycle in the mirror would make a reflex move over to one side just a bit to let the bike go through. This thing stayed glued to it's lane position, with it's spinning barnacles protruding out of both sides. I had to plod along behind it for a while until there was an opening wide enough to scoot through.

"Ok, these things officially suck" I thought as I got on the freeway and made the rest of the trip home.

Clicked on the tube as I relaxed at home, and what pops up in my YouTube feed?
https://abc7.com/waymo-car-set-on-fire-s.../14415284/

A robot car R2D2's itself into the middle of a Lunar New Year celebration in a city that's put up with them a lot longer than we have in L.A.? Yeah, whaddya thing is going to happen.

On my FJR1300, have been very pleased with the Admore brake light bar that fit above the license plate and came with a plug and play wiring harness adapter. The light has a programmable pulsing flash when the brakes are first applied and also has a turn signal feature. [url=https://admorelighting.com/product/admore-light-bar-8/#description]Admore Brake Light Link

What are similar devices that will work well with my new 2013 CB1100? (preferably with a wiring harness plug and play adapter)

Thanks!