(04-11-2016, 10:58 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: I'm probably one of the more conservative riders on the board. For the most part my bike lives in the 45-60 mph zone, and a lot of that, even at 45 mph, is in 6 th gear (between 2500 and 3500 rpms). My normal shift point is around 3000-3200 rpms, and my bike has never been over 5000 rpms, and never anywhere near redline to "blow the crud out". (What a hokey wives tale) but there is no problem running this engine to redline, either occasionally, or all the time for that matter. Engines are designed to run within a certain range and the range on this bike is from 2500-8000 rpms. It's ok to run this bike in any gear between those rpms (although it is electronically rpm limited in certain gears meaning you will not be able to run it at 8000 rpms in certain gears) but other than that, it will not harm this motor to run it anywhere between those rpms and it's not " better" for it to run it at any given rpm than another rpm in that range, and the only "crud" you are going to blow out of a modern engine is the crud in your head.

This bike is designed to run on 87 octane and up to 10% ethanol, and running that will not harm your motor unless the bike sits for extended periods of time without some gas stabilizer in it. Running a higher octane is useless, and a waste of money, but will not harm the motor. Running pure gas will not harm your motor either. These bikes will run 100,000 miles whether you run 10% ethanol or pure gas, whether you run 87 octane or 93 octane.

This is not just my opinion, it's all right there in the manual Honda gives you for the treatment and care of your motorcycle.

Modern materials, EFI systems, 02 sensors, ECUs etc are all engineered to keep this motor running basically no matter how you treat it, but applying 1970s automotive wives tales, and back yard garage procedures to 2015 engines is a waste of time. Times have changed, and so has engineering, and materials, and what your uncle or the local hot rod enthusiast, thought he knew in 1970, just no longer applies to modern motors or motorcycles. Engineers have learned a lot in the last 50 years, and what they have learned has been passed onto and into your CB1100.

Coming up on 20,000 miles no issues.

(04-11-2016, 10:58 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: I'm probably one of the more conservative riders on the board. For the most part my bike lives in the 45-60 mph zone, and a lot of that, even at 45 mph, is in 6 th gear (between 2500 and 3500 rpms). My normal shift point is around 3000-3200 rpms, and my bike has never been over 5000 rpms, and never anywhere near redline to "blow the crud out". (What a hokey wives tale) but there is no problem running this engine to redline, either occasionally, or all the time for that matter. Engines are designed to run within a certain range and the range on this bike is from 2500-8000 rpms. It's ok to run this bike in any gear between those rpms (although it is electronically rpm limited in certain gears meaning you will not be able to run it at 8000 rpms in certain gears) but other than that, it will not harm this motor to run it anywhere between those rpms and it's not " better" for it to run it at any given rpm than another rpm in that range, and the only "crud" you are going to blow out of a modern engine is the crud in your head.

This bike is designed to run on 87 octane and up to 10% ethanol, and running that will not harm your motor unless the bike sits for extended periods of time without some gas stabilizer in it. Running a higher octane is useless, and a waste of money, but will not harm the motor. Running pure gas will not harm your motor either. These bikes will run 100,000 miles whether you run 10% ethanol or pure gas, whether you run 87 octane or 93 octane.

This is not just my opinion, it's all right there in the manual Honda gives you for the treatment and care of your motorcycle.

Modern materials, EFI systems, 02 sensors, ECUs etc are all engineered to keep this motor running basically no matter how you treat it, but applying 1970s automotive wives tales, and back yard garage procedures to 2015 engines is a waste of time. Times have changed, and so has engineering, and materials, and what your uncle or the local hot rod enthusiast, thought he knew in 1970, just no longer applies to modern motors or motorcycles. Engineers have learned a lot in the last 50 years, and what they have learned has been passed onto and into your CB1100.

Coming up on 20,000 miles no issues.

(04-11-2016, 10:58 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: I'm probably one of the more conservative riders on the board. For the most part my bike lives in the 45-60 mph zone, and a lot of that, even at 45 mph, is in 6 th gear (between 2500 and 3500 rpms). My normal shift point is around 3000-3200 rpms, and my bike has never been over 5000 rpms, and never anywhere near redline to "blow the crud out". (What a hokey wives tale) but there is no problem running this engine to redline, either occasionally, or all the time for that matter. Engines are designed to run within a certain range and the range on this bike is from 2500-8000 rpms. It's ok to run this bike in any gear between those rpms (although it is electronically rpm limited in certain gears meaning you will not be able to run it at 8000 rpms in certain gears) but other than that, it will not harm this motor to run it anywhere between those rpms and it's not " better" for it to run it at any given rpm than another rpm in that range, and the only "crud" you are going to blow out of a modern engine is the crud in your head.

This bike is designed to run on 87 octane and up to 10% ethanol, and running that will not harm your motor unless the bike sits for extended periods of time without some gas stabilizer in it. Running a higher octane is useless, and a waste of money, but will not harm the motor. Running pure gas will not harm your motor either. These bikes will run 100,000 miles whether you run 10% ethanol or pure gas, whether you run 87 octane or 93 octane.

This is not just my opinion, it's all right there in the manual Honda gives you for the treatment and care of your motorcycle.

Modern materials, EFI systems, 02 sensors, ECUs etc are all engineered to keep this motor running basically no matter how you treat it, but applying 1970s automotive wives tales, and back yard garage procedures to 2015 engines is a waste of time. Times have changed, and so has engineering, and materials, and what your uncle or the local hot rod enthusiast, thought he knew in 1970, just no longer applies to modern motors or motorcycles. Engineers have learned a lot in the last 50 years, and what they have learned has been passed onto and into your CB1100.

Coming up on 20,000 miles no issues.

(04-10-2016, 11:56 AM)jamestkirk_imp Wrote: Let me preface this with the fact that I've yet to own any Honda CB that wasn't built in the 70's. I've had some dirt bikes that are from the 21st century but the street bikes have all been old school. Time for a change of pace.

And WHAT A PACE THIS BIKE SETS!!


Oh.My.God!

I'm going to get into big trouble! Big big trouble, with the LAW!

Lighter, more maneuverable and faster. Much Much Faster. The first mod I did was to transplant the radar detector from the 750. It's saved my hiney so many times I can't keep track. I'm really happy with it's sensitivity and ruggedness.http://www.adaptivtechnologies.com/gear/tpx-radar-detector


My first bummer: CATALYTIC CONVERTERS! What the heck ever! On a motorcycle? The problem is, is that I'm a pilot and I have free access to minor amounts of 100LL aviation fuel...


This stuff has been the nectar of the gods for all of the motorcycles I have ridden. It's the cleanest, highest octane(100) fuel I have ever used. And did I mention, free?

Now what am I going to do! I know that leaded fuel wreaks havoc with catalytic converters. But, 'LL' means low lead. Much lower than standard leaded fuels.

Are there other systems on this new-fangled CB that will be adversely affected by the 100LL?

I'm having a hard time not using that stuff in a bike. I'm still on my first tank of gas. It's 2/3rds unleaded, 1/3 100LL. And the bike rockets down the road...

So, I'm reaching out to you guys for opinions about mixing 100LL with unleaded fuel.

-Kirk Out

(05-02-2016, 04:05 AM)rotor_imp Wrote:

(04-10-2016, 11:56 AM)jamestkirk_imp Wrote: Let me preface this with the fact that I've yet to own any Honda CB that wasn't built in the 70's. I've had some dirt bikes that are from the 21st century but the street bikes have all been old school. Time for a change of pace.

And WHAT A PACE THIS BIKE SETS!!


Oh.My.God!

I'm going to get into big trouble! Big big trouble, with the LAW!

Lighter, more maneuverable and faster. Much Much Faster. The first mod I did was to transplant the radar detector from the 750. It's saved my hiney so many times I can't keep track. I'm really happy with it's sensitivity and ruggedness.http://www.adaptivtechnologies.com/gear/tpx-radar-detector


My first bummer: CATALYTIC CONVERTERS! What the heck ever! On a motorcycle? The problem is, is that I'm a pilot and I have free access to minor amounts of 100LL aviation fuel...


This stuff has been the nectar of the gods for all of the motorcycles I have ridden. It's the cleanest, highest octane(100) fuel I have ever used. And did I mention, free?

Now what am I going to do! I know that leaded fuel wreaks havoc with catalytic converters. But, 'LL' means low lead. Much lower than standard leaded fuels.

Are there other systems on this new-fangled CB that will be adversely affected by the 100LL?

I'm having a hard time not using that stuff in a bike. I'm still on my first tank of gas. It's 2/3rds unleaded, 1/3 100LL. And the bike rockets down the road...

So, I'm reaching out to you guys for opinions about mixing 100LL with unleaded fuel.

-Kirk Out

I consider the "global warming" to be the scam of the millenium. But lead is poison, I have grandkids, and I would not emit any of that stuff out of my tailpipe. Ever.