09-22-2021, 11:50 PM
I looked out into the garage...and it's still there. A new bike always seems so unreal to me.
Thanks for the well-wishes, appreciated. When I went in to the dealership to look at the bike (about 4 times this summer), I was on my CB1100 and the sales guy seemed to be asking with high hopes if I was going to use it as trade-in...nope!
A couple of other employees were out in the lot looking at my '17 EX and I overheard one said, "that's the CB1100--the one I was just telling you about"...I suppose it's all vanity but it's nice to hear others talking well about your bike...kinda like another parent at your kids soccer match wondering whose child just scored a goal when it was yours.
After a good 1.5 hours on the w800 yesterday, knees, hips--all good; lower back--the usual stiffness. I'm eager to get it out this morning for another hour plus ride.
I actually did not like the look of this bike--I mean, at all--when I first saw photos on the internet...first the cowling...then, the brown is just too UPS looking...
![[Image: 9f910072984bd80c3186396d9fecb246.jpg]](https://cb1100forum.net/forum/uploads/imp/202109/9f910072984bd80c3186396d9fecb246.jpg)
But I've never experienced before such a stark difference in how a bike looks in photos and how it looks in person. This photo is a bit stylized, but it's more true to how I perceived it the first time in person:
![[Image: ebcfcba0fa70dcfd154c248a76975342.jpg]](https://cb1100forum.net/forum/uploads/imp/202109/ebcfcba0fa70dcfd154c248a76975342.jpg)
In person, the brown takes on hues of green and grey, and has nice bronze gold flake that shows radiantly in the sunshine. I might remove the cowling--it's easy to do so--and try a different bar at some point. But I'll ride it a good 1000 miles before I do anything to see how it fits.
Anyway...now I'm just waiting for my wife to notice there's another bike in the garage. She works at home now with covid and doesn't need to go out much, so it might take her a few weeks.
Thanks for the well-wishes, appreciated. When I went in to the dealership to look at the bike (about 4 times this summer), I was on my CB1100 and the sales guy seemed to be asking with high hopes if I was going to use it as trade-in...nope!
A couple of other employees were out in the lot looking at my '17 EX and I overheard one said, "that's the CB1100--the one I was just telling you about"...I suppose it's all vanity but it's nice to hear others talking well about your bike...kinda like another parent at your kids soccer match wondering whose child just scored a goal when it was yours.
After a good 1.5 hours on the w800 yesterday, knees, hips--all good; lower back--the usual stiffness. I'm eager to get it out this morning for another hour plus ride.
I actually did not like the look of this bike--I mean, at all--when I first saw photos on the internet...first the cowling...then, the brown is just too UPS looking...
But I've never experienced before such a stark difference in how a bike looks in photos and how it looks in person. This photo is a bit stylized, but it's more true to how I perceived it the first time in person:
In person, the brown takes on hues of green and grey, and has nice bronze gold flake that shows radiantly in the sunshine. I might remove the cowling--it's easy to do so--and try a different bar at some point. But I'll ride it a good 1000 miles before I do anything to see how it fits.
Anyway...now I'm just waiting for my wife to notice there's another bike in the garage. She works at home now with covid and doesn't need to go out much, so it might take her a few weeks.