08-28-2015, 06:06 AM
(08-19-2015, 10:09 PM)skimhitz_imp Wrote: I find it really funny how people call this a slow bike, or a more relaxed ride. A geezer bike? Oh my god, maybe for some but not others. The CB1100 is a throwback to the CB750 of the 70's, which was the first bike ever dubbed a "superbike".
I'll be honest, I like ride my CB1100 for all its worth. Hard pulls, redline shifts, dropping gears just because it sounds amazing. I've been riding for a decade, and the CB1100's acceleration still scares me on occasion. I came from a GS500 and heck I'd make that thing go too, bit it never had the same twist-and-go at any RPM.
Maybe people's perspective changes since there are so many faster bikes out there, but when I'm riding, I think back to how to my dad, this was a superbike then, and to me, it still is now.
When my W800 was in service for guarantee sometime ago, the dealer gave my a
Kawa 1000SX as a substitute. All the time I wondered, what should I do
with its power. Still overpowering the 145HP after
I tried some of them out, so overpowering, that I decided not to wring it out.
When I got my W back it feels so much more comfortable in every aspect of motorcycling.
The CB is something in between and I mostly even don't use all the power this
bike provides. Still enough and fast enough...somehow more than I need
but still fond of having the strength.
Wisedrum