02-20-2018, 06:12 AM
mickey, unless the guy you met on tbe Z900 was willing to buy a new bike from a Canadian dealer, he would have had an extremely long wait had he waited for the RS. As in, possibly forever. Is he aware that Honda isn't bringing any CB1100s to the U.S. in 2018?
There is little reason now to believe they will bring any here in 2019, either.
Ulvetanna, on what are you basing your guess that Honda will soon introduce an all-new CB900 and bring it here?
If American Honda has shown anything regarding the CB retro model line, it would be a distinct lack of interest or confidence in the project. The '13 and '14 models bore no resemblance to the original artist's sketch, and Honda made very little effort to promote the bike here before cancelling it altogether after only two years. Now, three years later, they've cancelled the new one again after only a single model year.
Meanwhile, they're set to introduce a much more appealing replacement for another bike that was also DOA here from the beginning, the CB1000R.
So, now they're going to come out with a smaller displacement version of a bike they already treat like a redheaded stepchild? And they're finally going to make it look like/have the specs of the original sketch?
Performance-wise, such a bike will still get its doors blown off by the lighter, more powerful, air-cooled competition from BMW, and also by the pseudo-retro Z900RS. And for all that, a CB900 would cost just as much as the CB1100, so where does American Honda find anything new there on which to hang their hat?
The funny thing is that I'm pecking out this post on my phone as I sit here at a breakfast stop in Winters, staring out the window at my shining red '17 EX. It was only 28 degrees when I set out this morning on another trip to Mendocino via Skaggs Canyon Rd and Hwy 1 up the coast. I'm freezing my butt off, trying to warm up with some hot chocolate, and for all the talk of a CB900 and the CB1100 RS I couldn't be happier with my pretty red EX.
Well, except for the tiny bit of brake squealing, which remains her only flaw to date. I'm really looking forward to seeing that one niggling issue go away.
There is little reason now to believe they will bring any here in 2019, either.
Ulvetanna, on what are you basing your guess that Honda will soon introduce an all-new CB900 and bring it here?
If American Honda has shown anything regarding the CB retro model line, it would be a distinct lack of interest or confidence in the project. The '13 and '14 models bore no resemblance to the original artist's sketch, and Honda made very little effort to promote the bike here before cancelling it altogether after only two years. Now, three years later, they've cancelled the new one again after only a single model year.
Meanwhile, they're set to introduce a much more appealing replacement for another bike that was also DOA here from the beginning, the CB1000R.
So, now they're going to come out with a smaller displacement version of a bike they already treat like a redheaded stepchild? And they're finally going to make it look like/have the specs of the original sketch?
Performance-wise, such a bike will still get its doors blown off by the lighter, more powerful, air-cooled competition from BMW, and also by the pseudo-retro Z900RS. And for all that, a CB900 would cost just as much as the CB1100, so where does American Honda find anything new there on which to hang their hat?
The funny thing is that I'm pecking out this post on my phone as I sit here at a breakfast stop in Winters, staring out the window at my shining red '17 EX. It was only 28 degrees when I set out this morning on another trip to Mendocino via Skaggs Canyon Rd and Hwy 1 up the coast. I'm freezing my butt off, trying to warm up with some hot chocolate, and for all the talk of a CB900 and the CB1100 RS I couldn't be happier with my pretty red EX.
Well, except for the tiny bit of brake squealing, which remains her only flaw to date. I'm really looking forward to seeing that one niggling issue go away.