Good article:
http://www.superstreetbike.com/how-to/bi...ythbusters

Can't determine if this rack fits a 2013 Standard. Want to order it ASAP. Anybody with a 13 that has it mounted? Fit Ok?

Carriers (Black) with Tandem Grip
by ENDURANCE
MODEL : EE80000MGCA12
http://japan.webike.net/products/21870523.html
*Currently in stock shortly

We could confirm that this item fits follwing models.

CB1100(up to 2014 model)[SC65-1000001-1299999]
CB1100(from 2014.Feb model)[SC65-1300001-]
CB1100EX(from 2014.Feb model)[SC65-1300001-]

Rode down to my local dealer today to pick up a gallon of GN4 for an upcoming oil change and the owner showed me a CTX? 700 With DCT (dual clutch transmission) that he took in on trade. Care to ride it? He says. Sure! say I. Never ridden a bike with DCT but have been wanting to. Last auto bike I rode that wasn't a scooter was in 1976 (CB750A).

The bike had a button on the right switch assy you pressed for neutral, drive mode 1st gear, or sport mode 1st gear. And a finger swith for upshifting and a thumb switch for down shifting on the left bar switch assy ( but you don't even have to mess with that if you don't want to). I decided to try drive mode 1st, and let the bike do the shifting. Start bike, click right hand button from N to D1 and give it the gas and it takes off. It quickly shifts itself into 2 nd and you feel a slight bump as it shifts. Then you feel the bump again and you are in 3 rd and so forth up to 6 th. As I slowed down to turn around I could feel the bumps reversing as it downshifted back to 1 st. Not alot of get up and go in Drive mode. Let me try Sport Mode, so I toggled the right button to S1 and took off. Much peppier in sport mode but it still wanted to shift early and did, bump, bump, bump bump up to 6 th, and bump bump bump down to first as I slowed down to turn around again. Time to try the left paddles. Take off and bump bump I'm all of a sudden up to third and haven't touched anything, so I thumb the left - paddle and the bike down shifts to second, then I accelerate and hit the finger trigger and shift third, fourth, fifth and sixth. Then start slowing and hit the thumb to downshift to 5,4,3, and let the bike downshift itself into 2 and 1 as I slow down to turn around.

My conclusion, it was weird and although shifting was seamless except for the bumps you felt as it chaged gears, I didn't like the bike deciding when I should shift ( even though my truck does it all for me). It wasn't as smooth as driving an auto car or truck. Hard to explain, you will just have to beg a ride for yourself to see what I mean. Definitly a new experience and one Honda believes in.

Can't imagine riding the new Africa Twin 1000 in the dirt with one of these transmissions.

I would like to buy new brake pads for my 2013 1100 and was thinking of just buying the pads from Honda. Has anyone else done this? Or is this more expensive than after market? Babbitt wants $49.00 for front but I'm assuming that's only for 1 caliper right? $32.82 for the rear. I'd have close to $150.00 in pads with the shipping and all. What is the best way to go that you guys have found?

modmaster

The black one's mine, complete with scratches from where a meth head shoved it over while I was at work.

Who's the red one? Any of you guys?

I forgot I hadn't shown you guys any pics from this year. Stay tuned:

Arriving at the dealer in Toledo OH. sometime in April. 60th Anniversary Limited Edition XSR900 triple. They're only getting one. I'll be doing my usual fly up, road trip home. This pic was taken at Bike Week at the Yamaha display:
This was my last Yamaha XS. A 1977 or 78 that Lee and I rescued from a garage where it had sat for a couple of years. I love triples

Does anyone know the maximum header temperature of the CB1100? I bought a clearcoat that is stable up to 1100 degrees f. It is a ceramic clearcoat that can be used on bare metal. MC-156 by Cerakote. Thought I'd give the headers, on my standard, a really good cleaning and give it a try? I don't think they should ever get that high but thought I'd check. I'll probably try one pipe just to see.

Honda Canada have posted a 2016 CB1100A on their website:

https://motorcycle.honda.ca/model/naked/cb1100a

Looks to essentially be like a 2014 Canada model, with a different paint job. Still nice though.

We had our first group ride this year last Sunday.

From March 'til October we plan one group ride every month. For every ride, one of us takes over the task of organisation.

The first ride of the year is in March and we call it the Wimp's Ride. Well, that's not really logically, as normally it's still quite cold and we really had bad weather sometimes in the past. So, it's more the opposite of a wimp's ride.

Well, this year it was 2°C in the morning and high fog. During the day we had some sun and temperature raised to 8°C.

We met at a gas station and had some coffee there together before starting at 9:30am. The trip was nearly 300 km thru north of Black Forest in the morning and Kraichgau in the afternoon. We had lunch together in a nice restaurant and talked a lot during breaks.

[url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z9I6LYEiNfxY.kviHdU7Vl7BM&usp=sharing]This was our route.

After the winter we all were really longing for a nice ride and so we were 22 motorcycles. Normally we're 6 - 12 bikes, so this was really a big thing of a group ride, for us at least.

Here is a group picture:


And this is my new motorcycle in daylight: