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comments on retro looks - Carl Hopkins_imp - 10-03-2013
I was about to fire up and pull off from a refuel yesterday.
A guy pulls up, I thought it was a fried until he took his sunglasses off. Anyway he says to me "you would want to sell that old beat up hunk of junk would you"?
I knew what he was thinking after realizing he wasn't who I thought.
He was rather taken by the retro style and said he really thought is was a well kept 750.
Just thought I would share.
Carl
RE: comments on retro looks - flynrider - 10-03-2013
At least once a week, at a stoplight or a gas pump, someone inevitably asks me "the question". "What year is it?".
RE: comments on retro looks - cbfan_imp - 10-03-2013
I have the original retros, 1975 CB750 and 1978 CB550..............you meet the nicest people on a Honda.............ready to meet next generation "Nicest" with the CB1100.
RE: comments on retro looks - ChipBeck_imp - 10-03-2013
Gentlemen,
The CB1100 is an "old beat up hunk of junk" just like the 1969 Camaro or a 1965 Mustang Fastback. Their styling is a benchmark that has been studied and copied for decades.
Chip
RE: comments on retro looks - GaryRudolph_imp - 10-03-2013
Happened today at lunch. What a gorgeous bike. It's in great shape. What year is it?
RE: comments on retro looks - HondaJon_imp - 10-03-2013
I removed my "CB1100" side panel emblems to just to increase peoples confusion
comments on retro looks - Capo - 10-03-2013
I went to a bike night last night and had a steady stream of admirers and inquirers. Split 50/50 among those asking what year the CB was and guys who knew about it but hadn't seen one yet. Lots of 'I had a 750 back in 197x.' I'm used to this with the Bonneville, but it's just as prevalent with the CB.
RE: comments on retro looks - cbfan_imp - 10-04-2013
I rode mine through Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas and no one gave hoot to what I was riding....I was invisible.
RE: comments on retro looks - cbdtran_imp - 10-04-2013
(10-03-2013, 12:11 PM)cbfan_imp Wrote: I have the original retros, 1975 CB750 and 1978 CB550..............you meet the nicest people on a Honda.............ready to meet next generation "Nicest" with the CB1100.
yes, yes - cb1100 is nice bike to own by nice people. maybe it is the reason they tuned the bike mildly?
i received too many compliments about this bikes, some even honked, it become annoying.
RE: comments on retro looks - hondahoarder_imp - 10-04-2013
(10-03-2013, 12:11 PM)cbfan_imp Wrote: I have the original retros, 1975 CB750 and 1978 CB550..............you meet the nicest people on a Honda.............ready to meet next generation "Nicest" with the CB1100.
You do you do, and as you can see in this pic of three from our Hoard, they did a very nice job keeping this one true to it's heritage. 1977 K, 1981 K, and the Cb1100
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