Anyone remember the 1994 cb1000?

[Roger the shrubber_imp]

Although I have two CB1100s, I just bought a new 2014 black standard CB in the crate for a custom superbike project. Less than $8000 out the door, so I couldn't resist.

It's gonna look similar to my 20 year older CB1000SF when I'm done with it, but there's absolutely nothing in common between it and the older CB, aside from two wheels and the Honda logos on the tank.

One thing for certain, that old CB1000 "Big One" as it was called, is a HUGE bike. Almost 61 inches between the axles, it's also tall and heavy... about 580lbs. My new black 2014 CB1100 disappears in it's shadow. Yet somehow it's easier to lift off the stand, and it feels lighter at parking lot speeds. You sort of sit "in" it, which keeps the mass centralized and makes it more responsive and easier to ride. An awesome bike which only saw two years of lackluster sales in the USA, while it continued on and grew into the CB1300SF in other parts of the world to this day.

[Cormanus]

Wow! You might be the first member to be the owner of three CBs. Well done Roger.

Interesting comments on the CB1000. As I looked at it, I was thinking it reminded me of the CB1300. Then I read on and whaddayaknow?

Photos of the conversion process would be very exciting.

[alphonsus_imp]

This bike looks very similar to the CB1300 which has been available in Europe for ages, and available new until as recently as 2013. I don't think it has been selling very high numbers as it was HUGE, really heavy, and with terrible mileage. It's a good looking bike, but after the CB11, the back just looks wrong to me, and the engine nowhere near as classy as our air cooled one.



On a slightly off topic note: that CL ad, it really amazes me how terrible pictures people can use for their adverts. Everything is wrong about those three pictures, terrible angles, dirty bike, clutter everywhere, including a huge rubbish bin for chrissakes... Same as bad spelling, to me it just says something about the owner that would put me off even checking the bike...

[Roger the shrubber_imp]

The CB1300SF was an evolutionary change from the CB1000SF it grew out of, and you can see some of those changes in the bike's cylinder head with its narrower valve angles and slightly smaller dimensions. Still a very big bike. It was a newer design, modernized with fuel injection and ABS, borrowing elements from European models like the X11, among others.

That said, I'd like to get one stateside, along with a Yamaha XJR1300, and perhaps the Suzuki GSX1400 for good measure. Importing them is troublesome because of DOT and EPA non compliance, but it can be done. I have connections.