CBF1000F Testride

[Django]

After riding my '13 CB1100 for 15 month now, I'm really considering to move on to a CBF1000F.

While I really like the basic ride on the CB1100, I started to doubt already some time ago, if this was really the right bike for me.

I did some modifications to suit it to my needs as a frequent and high mileage rider:[ul] [li]national cycle wind shield[/li] [li]fender extender[/li] [li]rear rack[/li] [li]sidebags
[/li][/ul] However, most annoying to me is the short fuel range, fill up every 200-220 km and low quality of the model I got, combined with high necessary cleaning effort.

Here are some recent pics:

Rust at ABS front ring:


Engine color flaking, last summer:


Engine color flaking, current state:


There is also rust below the fenders and at the lower bridge.

Well, so I discovered the CBF1000F and had a test ride last Saturday. In short, the bike rides like a CB1100, but is a little bit better in every respect, like power, really quite behind the fairing, has about 400 km fuel range, but definitely not the charme of a CB1100 (at least to me).

Currently Honda Germany is offering the CBF1000F at a very aggressiv price: 9,450 Euro for a brand new motorcycle out of the door.

http://de.honda.de/motorraeder/modelle_cbf1000f.php

I think I would take this color:


Here is a review by motorcycle:
http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/motorcycles/2012models/2012-Honda-CBF1000A.htm

The downside is, I wouldn't get a really good price for my CB1100 as there is low demand and it has already nearly 30,000 km on the clock.

Now I have some hard time thinking about it.

Decisions, decisions...