honest opinions: lowering a CB1100

[misterprofessionality]

What about an [url=http://www.suzukicycles.com/Product%20Lines/Cycles/Products/SV650/2019/SV650A.aspx]SV650 ABS? 785 mm (30.9 in.) seat height @ 196 kg / 432.0 lb. Pretty painted frame and classic round headlight.

(+1) Good suggestion. Seems like a popular choice with some other women.

(+1) Good suggestion. Seems like a popular choice with some other women.
this one is on **my** list of good options for her, but i have yet to convince her that she should consider it. it's another situation where the seat is so thin, that we won't be able to reduce the height at all by changing the seat, so it all has to come out of the suspension.

SR400 is slower than the S40 Savage. The S40 gets over 60 mpg, the Triumph Bobber about 45-50, so range would be the concern.

she's been very vocal about not wanting an SR400. she loves the way it looks, but she does not want to be kick starting things.

new Kawa W800 Street has a 30.3 in seat height and accessory seat that lowers that an inch. 490 pounds, 45 horses. retro performance and almost $10K, but not a cruiser and could keep up with your CB.

i legit did not know this about the w800. do you have a link to the accessory seat? it was a bike i'd made a point to show her in person, but she found the seat really uncomfortable, so she said she'd rather have a Bonneville instead, since they're basically the same thing, but the bonne is better. The problem i see with the W800 is that they're only making this one year, and after that's over with they 're going to be scarce as heck. you won't be able to find one used i don't think.

Webike is showing a lowering kit. I know nothing about lowering kits, but here is the link: [url=https://japan.webike.net/ps/#!&p.m=311&p.c=1085&p.sk=2]https://japan.webike.net/ps/#!&p.m=311&p.c=1085&p.sk=2

there are certainly lowering kits for almost everything in existence. i'm more worried about how it will affect handling than whether or not it exists.

The SV is a great bike, but I can't see getting another inch out of that thinly padded seat. It's pretty skinny though and that would help getting the feet down.

Sounds like she has a cruiser body and a sport bike mind.

correect. but, you know what? she's right. it's not fair. there's no reason they can't make sport/standard bikes with 28" seat heights. Buell made one with a 27" seat right out of the crate, and it handled marvelously. i'd buy her one of those in a heartbeat if they weren't all old pieces of junk nowadays. the motorcycle market is really not fair for people her size.