02-14-2016, 05:03 AM
For me the CB1100 is a superb tourer. It cruises at 85mph, carries enough luggage for a two week trip and gets admiring looks wherever I go. When it rains I get wet and when it is cold I need to wrap up but that is what motorcycling is all about. If I want to be protected from the elements, listen to the radio, have cruise control and a heater I'll travel by car. Motorcycling is supposed to be an adventure. Motorways (freeways) are not an adventure and neither is a climate controlled environment. I don't want gadgets, fairings, music or heaters. On a motorcycle I consider these features are for couriers who have to travel long distances quickly, as a job. As a traveller I want to experience the travelling, not be protected for it. Each to their own but looking back, it is the difficult trips that stay in the memory the longest and the difficult times make you appreciate the good times more.