Tires

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Apparently Honda did a lot of design work around tire selection for the CB11. Here is an interesting excerpt from the Ash on Bikes inteview with Hirofumi Fukunaga, the project leader at Honda who brought the CB1100 to life:

"AoB: What about the handling, were there problems getting this how you wanted with the 18 wheels and narrow tyres?
HF: This was a tough challenge. The single radius tyre profiles are partly reponsible for the light handling feel, and we spent a lot of time carefully tuning the chassis to match the tyres. The head angle and trail were adjusted but also the stiffness of the rear subframe was important with the rider on board as its stiffness is important for giving the right feel. It makes quite a big difference."

You can find the rest of the interview here:
http://www.ashonbikes.com/content/fukuna...-interview

Food for thought.

Nice find, facinating actually, although I wanted to hear more from Mr. Fukunaga. Nice review too with bits of insight to what went into developing the CB1100. Thanks!!