08-01-2020, 02:43 AM
Enjoy this thread and couldn't agree more with the initial premise that the CB1100 is "such a good motorcycle." I've only been able to put about 100 mies on mine due to an unforeseen surgery/recovery, but it does everything I wanted it to do. Reminded me of my '78 CB550K Four and what biking felt like to a 16 year old.
The recent veering into favorite bike is fun too. I can't say any one of my bikes has been a "favorite". Each has been good at doing what I wanted it to do at the time. Except maybe one.
This bike taught me the nuance between a bike being fun to ride and a bike being fun to ride on. This one was fun to ride on--mostly to get to Rick Fairless's Strokers--and then park and let it look pretty. The 300 rear tire made riding it on anything other than a straight road very interesting.
The recent veering into favorite bike is fun too. I can't say any one of my bikes has been a "favorite". Each has been good at doing what I wanted it to do at the time. Except maybe one.
This bike taught me the nuance between a bike being fun to ride and a bike being fun to ride on. This one was fun to ride on--mostly to get to Rick Fairless's Strokers--and then park and let it look pretty. The 300 rear tire made riding it on anything other than a straight road very interesting.