CB was the star of the show, and saw my first ever "other" CB

[Gone in 60]

I woke up unusually early on Saturday morning. I hadn't been to the Donut Derelicts gathering of hot rods and bikes in quite a while, so I headed to Huntington Beach.

For a little history, Donut Derelicts is the grandfather of all Cars and Coffee shows. For several years, hot rodders have gathered early on Saturday mornings in a strip mall parking lot on Magnolia and Adams streets in Huntington Beach. The gentlemen's agreement is that everyone will be cleared out before the stores in the strip mall open, so cars gather very early in the morning, and are gone by 9am. The donut shop in the center opens up early for everyone, hence the name. Loud radios, revving engines and burnouts are highly frowned upon.

This begat other shows on Saturday mornings that have replicated the "get up early and show off your car" concept.

I rode the CB to Donuts, and as I rode slowly through the parking lot, several people noticed the bike, and a few followed me to where I parked. Several people asked what the bike was... was it old and restored to look like a newer bike?... Wow, Honda made these recently?... Is it fuel injected?... Does it ride like a Honda from the old days?...

I was quite surprised at the amount of attention my bike attracted. So much so that several cars had started leaving, and I had to politely excuse myself so I could look around at the cars that were still there. One car that drew my immediate attention was an early Falcon two door sedan fitted with a 2-liter EcoBoost engine.

Eventually, after chatting with a few more guys who were standing by my bike when I got back to it, I headed up Pacific Coast Highway, and ran across the only other CB1100 I have ever seen on the road!

Hey other CB rider, if you're on the forum, you were on a '14 Standard, and we waved at each other at PCH and Warner.

[pdedse]

That's awesome! Good to hear of their reaction.

[Cormanus]

^^+1

[GoldOxide_imp]

Nice story Gin60.

I want Donut Derelicts here.

[DAC]

Cool story and pic. That’s a very interesting swap with the ecoboost going into a falcon, particularly in a rear drive application. Bet it screams.

[Gone in 60]

With the bigger turbo, the guy was claiming some serious HP numbers for the Falcon. It's running through a 4L60E, and he said it took some doing to get them to mate up.