07-12-2014, 02:44 PM
This bike is an absolute blast!
How it beats the CB1000R I HAD:
It's lighter.
Even more comfortable and seat height is just a bit shorter.
Sounds better.
Quicker off the line.
Cruises in top gear at 75mph at about 6Krpm and doesn't vibrate uncomfortably.
Red lines at about 14Krpms.
Great gas mileage.
HAS A GEAR INDICATOR.
Easy to read instrument cluster/gauges.
Was able to set suspension up to me without having to replace fork springs or any other part.
Almost just as much horsepower and torque (I really don't feel a difference between the two bikes)
CHEAPER TO INSURE
AND IT'S RED!!!!! (the gray 2010 is my cousin's)
I will never go back to a bike over 1000 cc's. I hardly ever used the 6th gear on the CB1000R.
The only problem I have with the STR is that it isn't a Honda, but I wanted to branch out eventually.
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So I started out riding a 2003 Nighthawk 750 2 years ago, then in April 2013 I upgraded to a CB1100.
I wanted something quicker and figured, "Hey, 1140 CC's should do the trick." But eh, I ended up trading it in for a 2013 CB1000R that same year.
Here is that thread: [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=939&highlight=cb1000r]http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=939&highlight=cb1000r
I called up the insurance for a quote and it wasn't too bad, but it turned out the person on the other end of the phone put down 100 cc's instead of 1000. So they told me when my policy renewed in April 2014, it would go up.
Well, I ended up getting in a little wreck soon after getting the CB1KR. Was going about 40mph or so and went over a bump in the road while leaned over, lost traction and the bike went out from under me.
Well with the CC's being wrong and having a claim with 100% being my fault, I have been paying $263 a month since my policy renewed in April!!!!
But now with the STR I am only paying $71 a month.
I went with the STR because I liked my cousin's and I recently took the Lee Parks Total Control Course over here and one of the instructors had a 2012 STR. I fell in love with it then. Turned out a dealership over here had one in stock with 6575 miles, bar end mirrors (hard to see crap but I can get used to them) and some frame sliders, everything else is stock.
How it beats the CB1000R I HAD:
It's lighter.
Even more comfortable and seat height is just a bit shorter.
Sounds better.
Quicker off the line.
Cruises in top gear at 75mph at about 6Krpm and doesn't vibrate uncomfortably.
Red lines at about 14Krpms.
Great gas mileage.
HAS A GEAR INDICATOR.
Easy to read instrument cluster/gauges.
Was able to set suspension up to me without having to replace fork springs or any other part.
Almost just as much horsepower and torque (I really don't feel a difference between the two bikes)
CHEAPER TO INSURE
AND IT'S RED!!!!! (the gray 2010 is my cousin's)
I will never go back to a bike over 1000 cc's. I hardly ever used the 6th gear on the CB1000R.
The only problem I have with the STR is that it isn't a Honda, but I wanted to branch out eventually.
![[Image: 2a847122b0121b2c767dd44e5fe1dae0.jpg]](http://s1001.photobucket.com/user/renoLR/media/2012%20Street%20Triple%20R/photo1_zpse26515e9.jpg.html)
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So I started out riding a 2003 Nighthawk 750 2 years ago, then in April 2013 I upgraded to a CB1100.
I wanted something quicker and figured, "Hey, 1140 CC's should do the trick." But eh, I ended up trading it in for a 2013 CB1000R that same year.
Here is that thread: [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=939&highlight=cb1000r]http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=939&highlight=cb1000r
I called up the insurance for a quote and it wasn't too bad, but it turned out the person on the other end of the phone put down 100 cc's instead of 1000. So they told me when my policy renewed in April 2014, it would go up.
Well, I ended up getting in a little wreck soon after getting the CB1KR. Was going about 40mph or so and went over a bump in the road while leaned over, lost traction and the bike went out from under me.
Well with the CC's being wrong and having a claim with 100% being my fault, I have been paying $263 a month since my policy renewed in April!!!!
But now with the STR I am only paying $71 a month.
I went with the STR because I liked my cousin's and I recently took the Lee Parks Total Control Course over here and one of the instructors had a 2012 STR. I fell in love with it then. Turned out a dealership over here had one in stock with 6575 miles, bar end mirrors (hard to see crap but I can get used to them) and some frame sliders, everything else is stock.