06-20-2020, 01:33 AM
(06-19-2020, 08:39 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: ^^ If he used rude words, I might be offended.
That XSR looks small, Ferret. Like the CB1100.
The XSR is much taller than the CB, with quite a bit more legroom. Wheelbase is shorter. The view from the saddle offers a lot less frontal area, due to the tiny, offset, minimalist instrument cluster and retro-tiny headlight, plus it has a slimmer midsection, so the overall impression is that there is a whole lot less bike beneath you.
Weight-wise, it's apples and oranges. Pushing both bikes around the garage, the XSR feels almost like a bicycle, by comparison. Once out on the road, it still feels lighter, but not to anywhere near the same degree. It's really only under heavy braking or quick, side-to-side transitions that you notice the CB's massive weight, relative to the 150-lbs-lighter XSR.
The biggest difference is in the overall feel. The CB feels so much more polished and relaxed. The XSR feels very raw and frenetic. It can do the slow thing just fine, as it's much torquier than the CB, and its powerband is just as linear as the CB's, albeit a whole lot wider, but it (or maybe you?) never feel content going slowly on it. Its Inline Triple scream combined with so much thrust above 5K RPM simply goads you into riding it faster and harder, and you're both the happier for it.