(11-20-2020, 05:42 PM)bioman_imp Wrote: Next to the CB11 I really LOVE my Moto Guzzi Griso. What a wonderful bike, both for looks and character. It is just perfect.

If I had a LOT of money I would want to own a Yamaha Niken GT. I know it looks really weird but it rides like a dream.

I still have to test ride it one day, but I have liked the look of the BMW R9T since it first came out. I lost the count of all the different R9T variants that exist nowadays, but I guess they all ride very nicely.

And lately (and belatedly) I fell in love with the looks of the (by now almost ancient) Yamaha MT-01. Old school but futuristic at the same time. Pity Yamaha stopped making them but I guess it was just an experiment.

And for the quick shopping trips and occasional logging-road adventures, I've also put a Zero FX on my wish list. It is the silence that attracts me to the electric bikes. Never tried an electric bike yet, but that must be such a wonderful experience. (disclosure: since 2 years we own a Tesla Model 3, and my wife & I still fight every day on who can drive it today. Again: it is the quiet, silky-smooth ride that I love a LOT)

(11-20-2020, 03:50 PM)teamvisegrip_imp Wrote: When I first saw the CB1100 I knew this was the bike I would be getting for two up local and longer one up rides in my area.

If it was never produced I would have wen vintage 5500 to 750 CBs.

At this time there is not another new bike that interests me. I stopped buying the cycle mags and stuck with the Vintage Bike Mags.

So glad Honda made this one just do not understand how it did not become a big seller.

(11-20-2020, 10:21 PM)Houtman_imp Wrote: Many times people are truly honored after they died , the CB 1100 will probably appreciated after they stopped making them.

(11-20-2020, 08:44 AM)j3gq_imp Wrote:

(02-01-2019, 02:10 PM)emullick_imp Wrote: If the CB 1100 didn’t exist I’d probably be on a Ninza 1000 (used) or a Suzuki GSX S1000F(used). Here’s why.
I bought my “last motorcycle” in 1999, a new Ninja ZX 9R when I was 57 years old. Kept it until 2018 when I was 76 years old. Along the way I owned a Monster 1100, sold it, and bought my 2013 CB 1100 2 years ago. The Duc was my first and last non Japanese bike, for reasons known to all Duc owners. Funny how Ducati and Triumph are the journalists favorites now, even though Japanese brands beat them soundly on road racing tracks, as well as on maintenance and reliability. But then, everybody should buy and ride the bike they like. Most of the reason I’m on the CB 1100 is nostalgia, it reminds of the CB 750 I used and abused 40 years ago. If we were rational we wouldn’t ride motorcycles. I was one of the first So Cal club racers to get an AMA Expert RR license for Superbikes. Motorcycles are still part of my life, not rational, especially at my age.
I do miss the power and handling of the Ninja, that’s why a used Ninja 1000 or GSX S1000F is appealing to me. I haven’t bought a new bike since 1999.

Thank you for this report. Just that last sentence strikes me. And, with all due respect I disagree (and I think you do yourself). We are rational by all means. Here is why. Psychologists know that people who take all risks by all means die fast, that people who take no risks go insane even faster, and that reasonable people take risks to avoid the other two outcomes. Personally I think it's wonderful to imagine that at age 76 you walked into that Honda dealer outlet and paid for your CB. Safe rides, always !

(11-21-2020, 06:24 AM)Tev62_imp Wrote: I have fancied a CB1100 since the spoked EX models came out but did have an eye for the W800 which seems a popular choice here too. It was in fact my riding buddies purchase of a used W800 a few weeks ago that spurred me on to finally look for a used CB1100. That saying, "if not now, when?" sprung to mind.

I have my alternative, my 1995 Triumph Daytona 1200 which is a very charismatic bike and part of Triumph's early resurgence as a mainstream motorcycle manufacturer. It in many ways is a bit like the CB1100 is today, a bike that was not at the top of the heap and was not a big seller in its day.

With such bikes comes headaches as I’m sure most of you know. After some months of refurbishing the suspension with some really nice Wilbers kit I went to take it out for its first test ride but my no1 carb had other ideas, a jammed float bowl and lots of leaking petrol, darn! (see pic, the rag is getting the accumulated petrol out of the head) That was earlier this year, I only recently got the carbs back on and got the thing going again, just in time for winter, DOH!