11-07-2020, 04:23 AM
All the following has been said already but I am bored so I'll rephrase anyway 
It's fun to play around with pet names like this. Very enjoyable thread and kudos to the OP to maintain the good spirit despite some flak. Having said that I argue that coming up with a name for our bike is a wildgoose chase. For two reasons.
First, to me the 'CB' designation is as iconic and history laden as it gets. When I grew up Honda was in a league of it's own and 'CB' labelled the world's best and most desirable bikes - the CB125, CB450, CB500F, CB400F, CB750, CB900 Bol d'Or and CBX (and yes I include European exotica in this). Thus simply 'CB1100' is spot on and anything shading the CB designation detracts from our bike's grand heritage. A parallel to the CB is the Porsche 911 and the Ford GT40. Say '911' or GT40' and most petrol heads know - unnecessay to specify the brand. Same with 'CB'. Say no more.
Second, I've never seen conscious efforts to construct a pet name to be successful. Widespread pet names come to be seemingly out of their own power and not always with a clear logic. Suddenly they are just there, e.g. the Beetle, the Tin Goose, Slippery Sam and the Old Speckled Hen. As for our bikes some of us have our private pet names, all for personal and different reasons. Thus small chance for consensus on any of these. So, if there's no pet name now, seven years into the CB1100 history, I strongly doubt there will be one now. RLETS, now that's a completely different story...
It's fun to play around with pet names like this. Very enjoyable thread and kudos to the OP to maintain the good spirit despite some flak. Having said that I argue that coming up with a name for our bike is a wildgoose chase. For two reasons.
First, to me the 'CB' designation is as iconic and history laden as it gets. When I grew up Honda was in a league of it's own and 'CB' labelled the world's best and most desirable bikes - the CB125, CB450, CB500F, CB400F, CB750, CB900 Bol d'Or and CBX (and yes I include European exotica in this). Thus simply 'CB1100' is spot on and anything shading the CB designation detracts from our bike's grand heritage. A parallel to the CB is the Porsche 911 and the Ford GT40. Say '911' or GT40' and most petrol heads know - unnecessay to specify the brand. Same with 'CB'. Say no more.
Second, I've never seen conscious efforts to construct a pet name to be successful. Widespread pet names come to be seemingly out of their own power and not always with a clear logic. Suddenly they are just there, e.g. the Beetle, the Tin Goose, Slippery Sam and the Old Speckled Hen. As for our bikes some of us have our private pet names, all for personal and different reasons. Thus small chance for consensus on any of these. So, if there's no pet name now, seven years into the CB1100 history, I strongly doubt there will be one now. RLETS, now that's a completely different story...