04-22-2020, 03:15 AM
In August, I'll be 33 per leg...lol...what a great age with a young soul, heart & spirit!
Thanks to Gumby1100, I became our Forum member in January 2016, previously joining UK CB1100 for a short while.
My dream bikes were:Y-RD, K-KH, S-Kettle, H-GW & CBX ++ and the late 70's CB550, which was owned by a friend of mine with 4 in 4 exhaust ( possible Wyvern?)
Started riding at the age of 14 and my last European ride dates April 1981 ......
After emigration, made a few attempts of buying a bike in Canada, that includes a new 550/750 GPZ and used, red CBX with 10K miles...
Most likely would never have another bike if the CB1100 was not rejuvenated, did not even have my Canadian M.
When discovered that the CB1100 was introduced to Canada in 2013, I rushed to a local Honda dealer full of hope to get one right away...and was told all 7 were already pre-sold.
The search for the CB1100 just began, and in January 2014, I located a white, '13 demo with almost 5K kms at a Honda dealer, 70 kms away from where I live. A quick call was made to secure it and by the end of January '14, she was already in my garage.
After a 33-year hiatus, I quickly made my M1/M2 and M lisence.
Rode my '13 model for 50K kms and in spring 2017 she was replaced with a '14 model of 17K kms, which presently has almost 38K kms. No mods, OEM with few accessories: w/shield, bigger tank, chrome engine guards and luggage.
Most likely it will be my last bike due to covid 19 which screwed up buying another bike, a pristine GL1000....
Thanks Guth and others for having/running this Forum.
Thanks to Gumby1100, I became our Forum member in January 2016, previously joining UK CB1100 for a short while.
My dream bikes were:Y-RD, K-KH, S-Kettle, H-GW & CBX ++ and the late 70's CB550, which was owned by a friend of mine with 4 in 4 exhaust ( possible Wyvern?)
Started riding at the age of 14 and my last European ride dates April 1981 ......
After emigration, made a few attempts of buying a bike in Canada, that includes a new 550/750 GPZ and used, red CBX with 10K miles...
Most likely would never have another bike if the CB1100 was not rejuvenated, did not even have my Canadian M.
When discovered that the CB1100 was introduced to Canada in 2013, I rushed to a local Honda dealer full of hope to get one right away...and was told all 7 were already pre-sold.
The search for the CB1100 just began, and in January 2014, I located a white, '13 demo with almost 5K kms at a Honda dealer, 70 kms away from where I live. A quick call was made to secure it and by the end of January '14, she was already in my garage.
After a 33-year hiatus, I quickly made my M1/M2 and M lisence.
Rode my '13 model for 50K kms and in spring 2017 she was replaced with a '14 model of 17K kms, which presently has almost 38K kms. No mods, OEM with few accessories: w/shield, bigger tank, chrome engine guards and luggage.
Most likely it will be my last bike due to covid 19 which screwed up buying another bike, a pristine GL1000....
Thanks Guth and others for having/running this Forum.