09-22-2024, 05:58 PM
While some people were celebrating 4/20 in other ways I was buying a Honda CB1100 in red, the only color they had available. It was the first CB1100 Cycle Center of Denton (in Denton, Texas) sold.
Yesterday they performed their first 600 mile service on a 2013 CB1100. They also cleaned it up for me, but that didn't last long as it rained on me going home. I took it out later last night to thrash it a little now that I'm no longer trying to keep it below 4k rpms.
So here's my quick and dirty list of what I like and don't like about the bike so far. Although it's a fairly heavy bike on paper it doesn't feel heavy at all and it's very nimble. It's pretty quick and, as I found out last night, the gearing is very tall. The engine is probably the smoothest and quietest I've ever heard. I've snuck up on people in the parking garage at work and they don't know I'm there until I'm right next to them.
The bad... the brakes are soft and so is the front end. It's too darn quiet!!! For as much as I love how quiet the bike is I also hate it. It sometimes makes me feel like I'm riding a scooter. I don't like loud bikes, but I like bikes that are loud enough. I like being able to rev my engine to let other cars know I exist and on this bike you just can't do that.
Overall I really like the bike and it's a lot of fun to ride. I'm racking up the miles as fast as I can. I've ordered a new seat and luggage rack which I'm sure will make it that much better, but it's definitely not the perfect bike and it does have it's flaws.
On the showroom floor before I bought it.
Yesterday they performed their first 600 mile service on a 2013 CB1100. They also cleaned it up for me, but that didn't last long as it rained on me going home. I took it out later last night to thrash it a little now that I'm no longer trying to keep it below 4k rpms.
So here's my quick and dirty list of what I like and don't like about the bike so far. Although it's a fairly heavy bike on paper it doesn't feel heavy at all and it's very nimble. It's pretty quick and, as I found out last night, the gearing is very tall. The engine is probably the smoothest and quietest I've ever heard. I've snuck up on people in the parking garage at work and they don't know I'm there until I'm right next to them.
The bad... the brakes are soft and so is the front end. It's too darn quiet!!! For as much as I love how quiet the bike is I also hate it. It sometimes makes me feel like I'm riding a scooter. I don't like loud bikes, but I like bikes that are loud enough. I like being able to rev my engine to let other cars know I exist and on this bike you just can't do that.
Overall I really like the bike and it's a lot of fun to ride. I'm racking up the miles as fast as I can. I've ordered a new seat and luggage rack which I'm sure will make it that much better, but it's definitely not the perfect bike and it does have it's flaws.
On the showroom floor before I bought it.
