03-01-2021, 06:58 AM
VLJ I wish we could compare numbers, unfortunately this info is not available. I was told that by corporate Honda when I set up the CB1100 History Section here on the forum. Honda evidently sold enough of them to let them continue in production whereas other niche bikes in Honda's line up never sold enough world wide to keep them in production more than a year or two... NTV 700, NM-4, or DN-01 for example.
Honda's 100 ish hp 1000cc inline 4 Big One which is pretty much what you described how Honda should have made the CB 1100, only made it 3 years from 94-96.
Buyers are a fickle group. I got rid of a 1000cc 125 hp Yamaha inline 4 FZ-1 to buy the CB 1100. Makes no matter to me the Honda has less HP, and more weight. I'm not a racer. For me the CB is a far superior bike than the FZ-1 even though the numbers would indicate otherwise.
I think Honda knows if they brought in the CB 1300 which makes 114 hp, it would achieve even less success here than the CB 1100.
and by 2014 a lot of buyers were obtaining new CB 1100's for $7995 instead of the $12,199 asking price, partly proving what you are saying. Price it low enough and it will sell, even though the numbers aren't stellar.
It would be hard to argue that the Moto Guzzi V7 series and the Kawasaki 650/800 series and the new Royal Enfield 650 series as well as the Hinkley Triumph Bonnevilles have not been a success, even though their numbers (hp, torque and probably sales) are a lot worse than the CB 1100's numbers..
Honda's 100 ish hp 1000cc inline 4 Big One which is pretty much what you described how Honda should have made the CB 1100, only made it 3 years from 94-96.
Buyers are a fickle group. I got rid of a 1000cc 125 hp Yamaha inline 4 FZ-1 to buy the CB 1100. Makes no matter to me the Honda has less HP, and more weight. I'm not a racer. For me the CB is a far superior bike than the FZ-1 even though the numbers would indicate otherwise.
I think Honda knows if they brought in the CB 1300 which makes 114 hp, it would achieve even less success here than the CB 1100.
and by 2014 a lot of buyers were obtaining new CB 1100's for $7995 instead of the $12,199 asking price, partly proving what you are saying. Price it low enough and it will sell, even though the numbers aren't stellar.
It would be hard to argue that the Moto Guzzi V7 series and the Kawasaki 650/800 series and the new Royal Enfield 650 series as well as the Hinkley Triumph Bonnevilles have not been a success, even though their numbers (hp, torque and probably sales) are a lot worse than the CB 1100's numbers..