No CB for 2015?

[Motogeezer1949_imp]

Bad, sad, sorry? What? A great bike intentionally designed to appeal to a limited target market and IMO, totally successful, mission accomplished. You all have one, a few people here may still want one, and there's still a few out there. I say, celebrate! It's a wonderful bike in practically every way. No reason your glass should be half empty. Give those less fortunate people admiring and commenting on how great your ride is, more opportunity to do so. Get out on the road and enjoy the ride!

[1100rider_imp]

If there are no more CB1100's, does that make the ones we have more valuable in the future? Are they to be considered limited production? I plan on keeping mine till the wheels fall off anyway.

[hb9400_imp]

It's interesting to hear we only got 2 years of the bike here. Love riding it, makes a great commuter. I am amused that Kawasaki has been able to get 7 years and 3 model variations out of the Versys which looks like an ugly duck next to the CB in my garage. Love them both but I make a point not to ride the Versys right after the Honda

[Rocky_imp]

One of my close friends recently had business in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, but made time to visit some of the big dealerships in those cities. Most of the dealerships here in the east are quite small compared to those in the big US cities.
He was quite surprised to see CB1100's still sitting on the floor. He was able to sit on a Deluxe and was smitten, but alas he had to leave it behind
It would seem that the leftovers that are not selling is the reason for no 2015. The US is a major market and if the CB isn't doing well there, then............

[Randy B]

I have not seen any advertisements for it. Sure there have been a few reviews on it, but without actually having TV commercials for it they will never garner the interest that it deserves. Even ion the joint Geico/Honda spots they leave it out. That shows ALL THE TIME and that would have gotten to word out on it very easily.
I think Honda just dropped the ball on a wonderful motorcycle.

[JustPassinThru_imp]

Is it just bad marketing or a lack of it? Is it that it appeals only to those of us who lived through the the earlier iteration? I'm not sure it's the latter; there are plenty of members here who are young enough not to remember it. I'm also not sure it's the former, but I've no evidence. My suspicion—sad though it is—is that the bike just doesn't really hit the retro sweet spot that lights people's fires. They mainly want the twin look alikes that preceded the Honda 4.

Can't figure it myself. For me it conjures memories of people who got no real joy from riding but pretended they did. What they really wanted was to sit in a puddle of oil on the garage floor pulling their bike apart so they could put it back together.

Anyway, I'm happy. I've got the modern variant of a bike I always wanted and I think it's wonderful.

Bad marketing; actually NO marketing. I didn't know the CB11 existed until I tripped over it on a dealer's floor.

You know...THINK of the advertising that was done back forty years ago. You know..."You meet the nicest people on a Honda" ..."SOMEDAY...you'll own a Yamaha." Stuff that made motorcycles mainstream and launched a whole new market - bikes as, not so much transportation tools but recreational rides.

The makers of standard bikes, and big highway scooters, too...need to get back to that. Instead of this brand confusion...Yamaha with its "Star" line, and it's crotch-rocket line, and it's Yamaha dual-sport line...get an identity; don't try to borrow that of other cruisers; and then RUN with it!

I would say the CB1100 would have been a roaring success if some promotion had been put into it.

[rboe]

If they had done a remake of the CB450 twin, I'd been all over that. I don't recall a 650 they built I really drooled over.

[Toddman_imp]

I always have different bikes in and out of the garage. I was warming up the CB at the bottom of the driveway (I live on a cul-de-sac) and my neighbor and his wife stopped and said, "That's the coolest bike we've seen you ride." They really don't know much about bikes and I thought it interesting that they would comment on this one.

The other day a police cruiser slowed way down while I was at a stop sign. He was leaning way out of his window trying to look at the sidecover to see what it was.

These things happen every time I ride this bike. It never happens when I'm on the Busa. I'm not one to want to show off what I ride, I actually don't care what other folks think, but this bike does get attention.

I haven't been to a bike night in years...I'm thinking it's time.

[ClassicVW_imp]

Bike night. You just gave me an idea. A couple times a year there's a bike night nearby where they line up all the classic bikes from the 60s, 70s, and 80s and judge them. No real prizes, just something small. I'm thinking it'd be neat to slip the CB in the lineup somewhere and then stand back and watch the confusion!

[veech_imp]

Stirring up the pot-I love it!