Today is the Big Day for me!!!

[SportsterDoc]

Hope the tires are OK for the ride back from Ohio

[Houtman_imp]

I bought my 2013 in Ohio too, but being a Canadian I had to have it expatriated. It's got little Canadian flags on it and it runs maple syrup instead of 10w40.

I do not believe you......

[suhawk305]

Congrats 96! Looks like patience and perseverance paid off! I will keep an eye out for you when I am riding in the Lake Wallenpaupack area.

I bought my 2013 in Ohio too, but being a Canadian I had to have it expatriated. It's got little Canadian flags on it and it runs maple syrup instead of 10w40.

I do not believe you......

I do not believe you......
I believe bigsheep! He forgot to mention that he uses Labatt Blue Canadian Pilsner as fuel!

[Cormanus]

Congrats 96! Looks like patience and perseverance paid off! I will keep an eye out for you when I am riding in the Lake Wallenpaupack area.

I bought my 2013 in Ohio too, but being a Canadian I had to have it expatriated. It's got little Canadian flags on it and it runs maple syrup instead of 10w40.

I do not believe you......

I do not believe you......
I believe bigsheep! He forgot to mention that he uses Labatt Blue Canadian Pilsner as fuel!

Why? Is it not fit for human consumption?

[Nortoon_imp]

Congrats 96! Looks like patience and perseverance paid off! I will keep an eye out for you when I am riding in the Lake Wallenpaupack area.

I bought my 2013 in Ohio too, but being a Canadian I had to have it expatriated. It's got little Canadian flags on it and it runs maple syrup instead of 10w40.

I do not believe you......

I do not believe you......
I believe bigsheep! He forgot to mention that he uses Labatt Blue Canadian Pilsner as fuel!

Why? Is it not fit for human consumption?

Why? Is it not fit for human consumption?
I depends on who you talk two. The two largest brewers in Canada are Labatt and Molson. Those who live in Montreal or Ottawa and favour Molson beers would say no. Molson had a share in Montreal's Hockey Team the Canadians. Those who live in the Toronto would say yes. Labatt owned a share of Toronto's professional baseball team the Blue Jays that won the Worlds Series in 1992. Toronto's hockey team the Maple Leafs also have blue uniforms. Don't know if Labatt had something to do with that. Pity they could not spell leaves properly though.

Now where did I put my flame proof suit?

[Houtman_imp]

I really like the Molson Golden lager and the Moosehead lager is nice too.
One of my worst head aches from drinking too much beer was in 1973 went I got drunk on Labatt Blue . I spend that year 3 months in Farnham , outside Montreal working for a Dutch animal feed company.
Still , I did not learn from that as I had many hang overs from other "sessions"

[LongRanger_imp]

I worked for Coors Brewing Company and was on the acquisition team when we bought Molson. Spent a lot of time at the Molson breweries and office facilities in Montreal and Toronto. Good times! People are astonished to learn we had beer taps in the cafeterias and conference rooms, and employees were free to enjoy a beer or two during lunch or at their desk. However, if you abused the privilege, you'd quickly find yourself out on the street without a job.

[Nortoon_imp]

I worked for Coors Brewing Company and was on the acquisition team when we bought Molson. Spent a lot of time at the Molson breweries and office facilities in Montreal and Toronto. Good times! People are astonished to learn we had beer taps in the cafeterias and conference rooms, and employees were free to enjoy a beer or two during lunch or at their desk. However, if you abused the privilege, you'd quickly find yourself out on the street without a job.

Thank you for buying Molson.

When I was a young my preferred beer was Molson Export. After getting married and putting on some weight, I switched to Coors Light. I seldom drink beer now, but when I do it is Coors Light.

[96gears_imp]

Greetings to all! And thanks for all the interesting replies. No... I did NOT ride it home as it's almost 400 miles from the greater Cleveland area, to the Scranton area. I rented a nice MC trailer from our local U-Haul, so my buddy and I made the trip all in one day!

I still don't know the exact reason why anyone would put only 137 miles on this amazing machine in 5 years?!! Could it be a recent purchase of a "left-over" bike?
I did find evidence of a "lay down" as it has deep gouges in the right-hand polished engine cover, plus a few small scratches at the end of the huge chrome muffler.

Maybe the owner got scared and decided to trade it in?...

Whatever the case, his loss is definitely my gain!! This bike is absolutely ASTOUNDING!!! From every angle, it's a work of art! It sounds as good as it looks.
Even the starter motor sounds good to me!!...

After signing what seemed like dozens of documents, I was finally allowed to take it out for a spin... What a HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT!!

As soon as I got out to the main road, I grabbed a handful of throttle, and it bogged BADLY!!! Every time I tried to accelerate, it would bog down! It felt like it was running out of fuel (maybe they were using Budweiser instead of Molson?)

All this time I was riding an emotional roller coaster! While sitting around in the
waiting area, feeling like an expectant father, my salesman (thanks for all your hard work Jacob!) came out to talk with me...

As he was letting me down gently, he offered me a full refund on the bike, as they couldn't seem to get it running right. I had just hit an emotional low point, when the head mechanic, Adam came running out. He then rolled the only other CB1100 at the dealership, from the showroom, to the service area. He didn't say a word to us, but looked like he was on a mission! (It was a brand new 2017 model).

He came out a few minutes later to announce the operation was a success!!! He explained all that was needed, was a set of new plugs and all diagnostics were good, with no codes showing up!!!

It turns out it had a loose spark plug wire on the #2 cylinder!!! After waiting for over 2 HOURS for the mechanics to diagnose the problem, it still wasn't running right! They had removed and cleaned all 4 plugs, cuz at least one had "fouled".

They rolled the beauty outside, just as it was getting dark, and told me to give it a good hard ride. So I did... YIKES!!! My life flashed before my eyes, as it was all I could do to hang onto the bars!! In a split second, I went from 30 to 60, as my face shield completely fogged up! I was able to pop it open enough to clear it, after I regained my composure. I then cautiously, ran up thru the gears and could not believe the power and smoothness of this incredible machine??!!!

I'm pretty sure this is motorcycle number 25 for me, (bought my 1st bike in 1971) and all I can say is, nothing even comes CLOSE to the riding experience! I can't wait for a chance to take her out on the back country roads that we have here in NE Pa. Unfortunately, the weather has turned really cold here, with rain, wind, flurries and sleet thrown in for good measure!!!

Thanks guys, for allowing me to share my story with the Forum. I look forward to our first ride together, hopefully sometime in the near future? Come on Spring!!

Best regards to all,
Skinny Bill

[the Ferret]

Glad they got it running Bill. Congrats. I'm guessing the gas isn't in too good of shape either. If you can fill it up with some new gas and pour about 6 or 7 oz of Seafoam ( avail at auto zone,Walmart etc) into the fuel tank and then take it for about a 20 minute ride to circulate it thru the injectors. The bike will thank you, and it will be better for it if you are going to lay it up for awhile. If you do lay it up, remove the battery and take it in the house/basement. Pick up a battery tender jr and let it charge every month.
I wonder if it's the original battery. If so you might want to start shopping for one. They have an average of 4 year life.