Reconnecting with my CB1100

[Novice_imp]

One of the great things about the CB, for me, is it will fill whatever roll I want it to. While it's clearly not the best at anything, it's pretty good at everything. I can cruise around, I can go fast, whatever suits me at the moment and that's the beauty of a standard. There's fast, lighter, more powerful, etc. but if you can only have one then the CB is hard to beat. This weekend I cruised amish country and then spent some time working on my apexes.

[Southwend]

Could not agree more, this part of Va we have a large Amish population and I spent a lovely afternoon dodging horse poo on the back roads. This was after a run out to a restaurant with some friends on their various bikes. When we returned home folks were all done for the day. But the CB is just so easy to get along with; I couldn't resist and struck out again alone.
Wait, why am I here? I need to go home and get some seat time in!

[Cormanus]

A while ago now, in The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame wrote these immortal words:

“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”

Guth, your post is a reminder that, for some, Grahame could as well have said:

“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply going for a ride.”

[Ghis_imp]

People who don't ride don't get all that. I get sad when they say that they are not interested at all in motorcycles. I truly don't get it. But then I get happy when I read threads like this. When bad weather, harsh winter days, and having to transport many people at once gets in the way of riding, I find that reading Peter Egans' books "Leanings" and "Leanings 2" do me a lot of good. He too truly gets it. Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul.

[Guth_imp]

People who don't ride don't get all that. I get sad when they say that they are not interested at all in motorcycles. I truly don't get it. But then I get happy when I read threads like this. When bad weather, harsh winter days, and having to transport many people at once gets in the way of riding, I find that reading Peter Egans' books "Leanings" and "Leanings 2" do me a lot of good. He too truly gets it. Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul.

Interestingly, Egan's writing about cars is every bit as good as his writing about bikes.