Design Disadvantages of the CB1100

[calamarichris_imp]

All I can say is this bike seems like it was personally designed for me. It has more power than a sane person needs, and it can do, or be adapted to do, just about any type of street/road riding one might want.

As for advantages/disadvantages, I am an older, working class stiff, I do not have enough bank account for multiple motorcycles, (God bless you if you do, but I don't). I wanted a bike that not only looks and runs good, but is versatile enough to go for short rides, or to throw a couple of bags on and ride to the Grand Canyon, (plan to do that this spring, 2300 miles round trip). The CB1100 is by far the most suitable bike for my needs. I am going to ride it for years, take a few trips, etc. Once it is paid off, I might cafe it , then buy another bike for trips, maybe, or maybe not.

Disadvantages, I can't really think of any that matter. That's the point, just ride it, and see where you are when you stop.

This bike is what the gentleman from Australia, (among others), stated in an earlier post, it is a Gentlemans bike. Best UJM on the market, for sure.

Cheers

That's not true and I really wish people would stop saying it. Whatever your reason for thinking so doesn't mean it has more power than anyone would ever need. I like my bike, but I definitely wish it had another 20-30hp for getting into the HOV lane without worrying if you're going to get crammed in the butt. On my CBR, that's not any kind of a problem, that thing's a missile. And I don't ride fast, not by any stretch of the imagination. I regularly get 50+mpg on the CB (and 40+ on the CBR). It's just those small occasions when I would really like the confidence of accelerating like I'm entering low-Earth orbit so I know I won't get rear-ended.

Otherwise, the bike is nearly perfect. Except for the hand grips. They suck a special kind of suck.

In his defense, "enough power" is as subjective as "advantages" and "disadvantages." I used to think my little Harley Sportster had "enough power" before my first ride on a Japbike.
True story: I used to crush a lot of the bigger FXR Harleys in Pueblo, Colorado off the line with my little 883 Sporty. They had straight pipes, aftermarket carbs, had milled their intake ports so that they'd flow faster...
I later learned that this port smoothing and polishing was actually reducing their efficiency and slowing their bikes down. Turbulence is good for intake tracts, because it aids in the atomization of the gasoline droplets. Some of them accused me of running a sleeper (boring my little 883 up to 1200 and leaving the 883 emblem on the tank), but it turns out Mr. Harley and Mr. Davidson knew a little more about making a bike fast than they did, because my bike was stone-stock--even had the California smog equipment on the intake.
I later learned that Mr. Honda and Mr. Kawasaki know even more about it.