06-19-2019, 08:22 PM
Nice comparo VLJ and nice that you found 2 bikes quite opposite that make you happy (caveat the CB's brake situation). Btw the FJR has floating front discs which do make a click you feel and hear when braking. newbies are sure their steering head bearings are loose since that is what it feels like when braking, but Yamaha assures you it's the floating discs)
From our conversations in years past I never believed you would like the heavy, underpowered, under torqued CB 1100 and I'm pleasantly suprised that you do. It's a great bike despite it's sporty shortcomings (which apparently the Kawi makes up for .. although it apparently falls short of the CB's overall civility). Vive le difference!
I have ridden Rt 49, Monitor Pass and Ebbetts Pass, although I'm sure I took them at a much more sedate pace than you did. I was riding an NC 700 with my wife on the back. Ate at the restaurant overlooking the lake up top. We rode up from Minden, Nevada while on a trip visiting my nephew. Some really fine riding out there.
From our conversations in years past I never believed you would like the heavy, underpowered, under torqued CB 1100 and I'm pleasantly suprised that you do. It's a great bike despite it's sporty shortcomings (which apparently the Kawi makes up for .. although it apparently falls short of the CB's overall civility). Vive le difference!
I have ridden Rt 49, Monitor Pass and Ebbetts Pass, although I'm sure I took them at a much more sedate pace than you did. I was riding an NC 700 with my wife on the back. Ate at the restaurant overlooking the lake up top. We rode up from Minden, Nevada while on a trip visiting my nephew. Some really fine riding out there.