Will Honda market a 2016 CB 1100 in the USA? Thanks

(Actually, I think it's `Where's Waldo?' in the USA and Canada.)

As the weather here at 12°C, blue sky and brilliant sunshine was teasing for a ride, we decided to introduce a winter group ride for today.

We were 12 riders on different types of bikes and did a ride together thru the Kraichgau, a nice countryside NW of Stuttgart.

We met at 11 am at a gas station in Heimsheim, had a nice ride, which led us to a cozy restaurant for lunch and finally after many curves we arrived at home of one of our rider friends, who invited us for some cafe and the famous Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte prepared by his wife.

Overall I put 222 km on my CB for today and arrived at home just at sundown.

Here is a link to the interesting part of the route:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z...0huozUySuU

And here are some pictures, where you may search for a CB between Beemers (that's why I call it Where's Wally):

70 degrees and sunny at the end of December? I'm not complaining! I took a nice ride from Asheville down to Mills River, cut through to Etowah, almost into Brevard, ,and the back to Asheville. -back roads all the way. I ran into some nice folks from Hendersonville out riding some really nice vintage bikes. Turns out that one of the guys restores vintage Brit bikes. They were as impressed with the CB as I was woth their Norton and Triumphs. What a great day for a ride!

Cafe Racer magazine,Dec/Jan2016, has a comparison of an '83 cb1100F & a '13 model of our bike. Both are somewhat modified but make for good reading. A little expensive at $7 but if you are into cafe bikes it's the only mag out there. lots of good stuff in this issue too.....LouA

Can any one steer me in the right direction to where to get new front brake lines made? It seems they are all one piece from the front master cylinder to the calipers. I would like to add length to them.

Any resellers in the U.S. for this product? And price?

Thanks...

Anybody found any lowers for the 2014 that will attach to the forks? I get too much updraft with my new PS2 shield. I tipped it back some and that helped the updraft but I get more air in my face. I had lowers on a previous cycle and they worked flawlessly but Memphis Shades does not have lowers for a CB1100.

G'day Ferret,

In response to your question in [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=7612&pid=116777#pid116777]your post below, "Honest Officer, I've never seen him in my life before". But he was very determined to drop in behind 'Birds. Thought he might be a forum members buddy.





Cheers

Gentlemen,

On Christmas Day I finally had a chance to ride my new 2015 Sportster Forty Eight for the first time. Charley is home from Texas for a week so he accompanied me on his Ducati 796. I currently own and ride a H-D Road King on long trips but ride my CB11 most of the time. Like the CB11 the "48" is an air cooled throwback bike that looks "right" and takes one back in time every time you look at it. My last Sportster was a 1980 Shovelhead, 4-speed, chain drive, 1000cc model. It had a ridged mount engine and a low vibration sweet spot at 65-70 mph. This new bike has a rubber mounted engine, a 5 speed trans, and belt drive. My rubber mount Road King is smooth as glass out on the road and I expected this rubber mount Sportster to be significantly smoother than my 1980 Sportster. So is it?? In a word, no. It vibrates at least as much as my old one and it has a low vibration sweet spot at 65-70 mph as well. The type of vibration below that speed is not the pleasant locomotive feel that the old ridged mount bike had either, it just shakes. Perhaps this will improve as the bike breaks in but I doubt that. Next is the suspension that has only 1.6 inches of travel in the rear and a very thin seat. With the forward foot controls all of your weight is on your tailbone and after that 1.6 inches of travel is used up the disks in your back need to absorb the rest of a large impact. Which brings me to those forward controls. They are too wide in my opinion. My former Sportster came with standard mid controls and I had highway pegs in front that allowed me to both shift and brake with my heals. Without the forward controls the highway pegs were much narrower. This is the set up I'll be installing on my 48. The 2 gallon tank is good for a whopping 95 miles before you walk. The bike is so low that one must be careful going over big speed bumps and there are no provisions (seat or pegs) to carry a passenger.

To sum it up, the Sportster is like a Tesla, it would make a lousy only bike but it's a fun addition to other bikes so you only use it when it suits you. The CB11 could be my only bike and it will continue to get a lot more use than my "48".

And finally, am I glad I bought it on a whim?......YES. Looking at it brings me great joy just like looking at my 1973 Husqvarna. Happy Holidays.

Chip

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Face Book Group, reminiscent of our pic at Iron Horse Enjoy!