Mods

[KiowaEagle_imp]

I've had my '14 about a month now. Close to 1000 miles and I've done my first oil change (I wish my cars were that easy). And I've done all the cheap mods I can think of. Grip Puppies, rlets and of course ZRXman's beautiful knurled oil cap. Next I'd like to go for a higher seat and an OEM rack (and hopefully getting the two to work together). But here's my problem. Shelling out all that money for the bike just a month ago how do I justify these more expensive mods? I'm having trouble justifying it to myself much less my lady. But man, once you start it's not easy to stop....

I guess I may be at the other end of the spectrum .. just bought the same model 5 days ago ..about to hit 600 miles so I will be dumping oil this weekend . The bike I traded was a Suzuki tu 250 x and I had this very affliction. Bar ends , dart flyscreen , cafe seat , hot rod shorty exhaust and front and rear sprockets all added along with fork gaiters. Absolutely loved all the upgrades and what it did for the bike .

But for some reason the CB just hits me as perfect just as it is both from a styling and performance standpoint . Will be taking it on a short road trip in a couple weeks with a lot of highway miles so I am interested in how the ride will be without a windscreen .. really don’t even want to put anything on the bike .

That being said , I certainly understand wanting to take steps to make a bike even more of your own ... especially a bike as beloved as this one is .


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2014 Honda CB 1100 Standard Hooligan

“ Wherever you go , there you are “

I guess I may be at the other end of the spectrum .. just bought the same model 5 days ago ..about to hit 600 miles so I will be dumping oil this weekend . The bike I traded was a Suzuki tu 250 x and I had this very affliction. Bar ends , dart flyscreen , cafe seat , hot rod shorty exhaust and front and rear sprockets all added along with fork gaiters. Absolutely loved all the upgrades and what it did for the bike .

But for some reason the CB just hits me as perfect just as it is both from a styling and performance standpoint . Will be taking it on a short road trip in a couple weeks with a lot of highway miles so I am interested in how the ride will be without a windscreen .. really don’t even want to put anything on the bike .

That being said , I certainly understand wanting to take steps to make a bike even more of your own ... especially a bike as beloved as this one is .


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2014 Honda CB 1100 Standard Hooligan

“ Wherever you go , there you are “
I just did 1220 miles in 3 days on the CB1100. First day, 432 miles..lots of interstate....3rd day return trip home...531 miles and LOTS of interstate. I have no windscreen either. With a full Face helmet on, honestly it was not tooo bad. I stuck to 65-70mph and rarely exceeded that unless i needed to pass on the Interstate. The worst issue was my A** was burning after 200 miles. the return trip really caught myself having to get off the bike more frequently.

I guess I may be at the other end of the spectrum .. just bought the same model 5 days ago ..about to hit 600 miles so I will be dumping oil this weekend . The bike I traded was a Suzuki tu 250 x and I had this very affliction. Bar ends , dart flyscreen , cafe seat , hot rod shorty exhaust and front and rear sprockets all added along with fork gaiters. Absolutely loved all the upgrades and what it did for the bike .

But for some reason the CB just hits me as perfect just as it is both from a styling and performance standpoint . Will be taking it on a short road trip in a couple weeks with a lot of highway miles so I am interested in how the ride will be without a windscreen .. really don’t even want to put anything on the bike .

That being said , I certainly understand wanting to take steps to make a bike even more of your own ... especially a bike as beloved as this one is .


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2014 Honda CB 1100 Standard Hooligan

“ Wherever you go , there you are “
I just did 1220 miles in 3 days on the CB1100. First day, 432 miles..lots of interstate....3rd day return trip home...531 miles and LOTS of interstate. I have no windscreen either. With a full Face helmet on, honestly it was not tooo bad. I stuck to 65-70mph and rarely exceeded that unless i needed to pass on the Interstate. The worst issue was my A** was burning after 200 miles. the return trip really caught myself having to get off the bike more frequently.

Good to know .. so far I have not had any issue with the wind blast having it up over 70 albeit only short bursts . I will be interested to see how my hind end does on the longer ride .. 120 miles at one time is the most I have done at one sitting so far ( first day I had it ). So far the stock seat has been comfortable . Gonna get out there and log the miles and see what happens !


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2014 Honda CB 1100 Standard Hooligan

“ Wherever you go , there you are “

I don't find the stock seat all that uncomfortable. It's the space between the seat and the footpegs that gets to me. That's why I was thinking of a higher seat. Don't want to lower the pegs, seems like too much hassle vs reward.