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RE: Can I hear from all 45 and under riders? Why did you pick the CB1100? - Lord Popgun - 05-23-2015
Wait. Your username is username? Is your password password?
RE: Can I hear from all 45 and under riders? Why did you pick the CB1100? - username_imp - 05-23-2015
Nope. Lol. Just couldn't think of anything else and it was available.
RE: Can I hear from all 45 and under riders? Why did you pick the CB1100? - username_imp - 05-25-2015
This bike has rejuvinated me when it comes to riding. My first bike was a 2006 Victory Vegas Eight Ball. I'd come home and ride that thing every day. In late 2008, I decided to trade it for a 2009 Fatboy. I always liked the look of the Fatboy. I found out quick that I didn't like the ride that much. After a couple of years, I sold it.
Four years later, I decided that I miss riding. I kept looking and looking at this bike. Of coarse, it's a new 2013 and marked down, too. So Saturday, I took the plunge. All weekend, I couldn't stay off of it. Whether going a couple of miles to get something to eat, or making a 100 mile trip to go the 10 miles to hang out with a friend on Sunday night.
RE: Can I hear from all 45 and under riders? Why did you pick the CB1100? - SCCBrider_imp - 05-25-2015
I thought I was one of the youngest when I bought mine in 2013, at the young age of 46 (now 48). Guess I will settle for being one of the youngest at this weekends gathering in North Carolina. Out of the 10 bikes that I have owned, this is probably my favorite. She handles great for a standard naked, has great low end torque, looks great, and is unique in today's world. It also takes me back to when I was young. I just love the feeling I get when I ride her. I love the twisty roads and use to do a lot of track days on my CBR's, but I have just as much fun, or more on the CB in the twisties as I did on my sport bikes. And, I don't have to go as fast to do it.
RE: Can I hear from all 45 and under riders? Why did you pick the CB1100? - 12zsawer_imp - 05-26-2015
I am 31, was 30 when I picked up the CB11. I was happy on my '77 CB400SS. I wasn't even really "in the market" when I happened to see it in a magazine review at the dentist office. I obsessed until my woman couldn't stand it anymore and demanded that I "just buy it already". Haven't looked back. My friends and I have always been picking up and rebuilding old Hondas for fun. Too easy and too cool. It has been said again and again but it bears repeating: The styling is timeless... if not my time. I have no need for what today's sport bikes offer and cruisers are not me either. The CB1100 is what I think of when I hear motorcycle. To me it is my reflection on two wheels, at least how I would have myself be seen: handsome, refined, versatile, understated and low key without going unnoticed. Also, like me, it straddles the gap between simplicity and technology, and in just the right way. I ask, what other bike would I choose?
RE: Can I hear from all 45 and under riders? Why did you pick the CB1100? - Riko_imp - 12-01-2015
and 5 months later you are selling your bike....how come?
RE: Can I hear from all 45 and under riders? Why did you pick the CB1100? - Cali4nia_imp - 12-01-2015
I am 34, and this style (naked/std) has always been my favorite. I echo a lot of what other users have shared here. BTW this is the very first m.bike I've ever owned.
2014 BLACK STD CB 1100
RE: Can I hear from all 45 and under riders? Why did you pick the CB1100? - LikeAfox_imp - 12-02-2015
I'm 36 and really don't have a lot of experience with bikes. Started riding at 31, all my bikes have been light-medium cruisers, which is not a very good representation of a motorcycling in general. I was looking for something with suspension travel, upright seating position, long tear reliability, low end torque and it absolutely positively should not look like a jetski. The contenders were older Concourse, naked GL1000/1100, VMax, Bandit 1200, Bonneville, you get the idea. The CB ended up being the most expensive of the bunch, but it just ticked off all the right boxes. And the look and feel of it is perfect. Can easily see myself keeping it forever. Will see how it holds up an longer trips.
The crazy low prices on leftover CBs make it a heck of a bargain. There is a brand new 0 mile 2013 still sitting at a local dealer for $7500, crazy stuff. I found a new 2014 for only a little more.
RE: Can I hear from all 45 and under riders? Why did you pick the CB1100? - Jamil Torres_imp - 12-03-2015
25 here. I have ridden a cb750 for two years now and love the fact that I don't look like a 90's power ranger on it or the cb1100. It just ticks all the boxes for me. Power that wont get me either killed or a felony speeding ticket, light on the plastic with a beautiful engine, not a harley, and it stays classy.
RE: Can I hear from all 45 and under riders? Why did you pick the CB1100? - Rebel73_imp - 12-03-2015
Hey Jamil,
welcome aboard! Downey, huh? Not too far from you. Totally agree with you. You get A LOT more motorcycle for your money than with a Harley, and stand apart.