02-11-2014, 06:49 AM
The only design flaw is that the bike didn't come with a personal assistant to handle my daily chores, thus giving me a lot more time to ride it.
There are quite a few old dogs on this forum and I'm one of them, so if I trot out all my riding experience I won't be alone. Suffice to say this damned Honda is the most fun, cool, rideable, useable bike in my garage and truth be told I'd probably pick it as the ONE bike, if I had to.
I've had the V-4 Hondas, the BMW boxers, the Harley sportsters and Big Twins, and quite a few singles. The I4 is of course (Spaceman's sarcasm aside) the most efficient engine design for a motorcycle. The CB1100's I4 is just superb. The powerband is flat as Kansas and it's pretty damn quick, too.
I've riding the cuss out of this bike the last week and can't find anything wrong with it, other than, for real, the rear suspension. The shocks need to be better. They're not bad at all for a rider of my weight (150), solo, for freeway, around town, and moderate scratching. But get up to over 50-60 mph whilst cranked way into a bumpy corner, you will be wanting to do something about them.
The easy fix is just slow down a bit in such turns.
Other than that one complaint, I can't find a single thing that I consider a flaw. See my new thread: "What's Great About the CB1100?"
There are quite a few old dogs on this forum and I'm one of them, so if I trot out all my riding experience I won't be alone. Suffice to say this damned Honda is the most fun, cool, rideable, useable bike in my garage and truth be told I'd probably pick it as the ONE bike, if I had to.
I've had the V-4 Hondas, the BMW boxers, the Harley sportsters and Big Twins, and quite a few singles. The I4 is of course (Spaceman's sarcasm aside) the most efficient engine design for a motorcycle. The CB1100's I4 is just superb. The powerband is flat as Kansas and it's pretty damn quick, too.
I've riding the cuss out of this bike the last week and can't find anything wrong with it, other than, for real, the rear suspension. The shocks need to be better. They're not bad at all for a rider of my weight (150), solo, for freeway, around town, and moderate scratching. But get up to over 50-60 mph whilst cranked way into a bumpy corner, you will be wanting to do something about them.
The easy fix is just slow down a bit in such turns.
Other than that one complaint, I can't find a single thing that I consider a flaw. See my new thread: "What's Great About the CB1100?"