08-08-2014, 01:53 AM
I think my 14 clunks a little louder than my 13 did, especially from first to second. 2 nd to 6 th is pretty much snick snick snick snick. May be my imagination too. The shift from neutral to first on every bike I've ever ridden is very noticeable audibly. Since nothing in the trans is moving or meshing that is to be expected. I can sit at at light and tell when anybody I'm riding with drops their bikes from neutral to 1st by all the clunks. All in all though, the CB 1100 is the smoothest shifting bike I have ever ridden.