Average CB1100 Rider Age

[ohiorider_imp]

Guess I need to go back to the beginning of this thread and click a new box, possibly. I'll hit 76 in January of 2019. I've just gotten the suspension to where I really enjoy this bike. She may weigh in at over 500 pounds, but feels at least 100 pounds lighter (how does Honda do that??)

Also threw a bunch of $$ at my soon-to-be 28 year old '91 BMW R100GS, and she's running nicely! I've owned since new in March of 1991, and at slightly over 155,000 miles, she now has a new lease on life. Carbs rebuilt, tranny bearings replaced along with seals, new driveshaft, new clutch plate and spring .... singular... it's one diaphragm spring, and a bunch of incidentals. Engine top end was rebuilt approx 25k miles ago, ignition by Alpha, Nippondenso starter motor, so she should be good to go for as long as I can throw a leg over.

And the Guzzi, at 65,000 miles, just rumbles sweetly along! Here she was in 2010, near Warsaw, Ohio, riding along the Walhonding River.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXtUxm0HY_o

Bob

What did you do for the suspension? I had RaceTech do my ZX 9R for Track Day riding and was very happy with the result.
They quote $320 parts and labor for front, and $900 for rears for the CB 1100.

What did you do for the suspension? I had RaceTech do my ZX 9R for Track Day riding and was very happy with the result.
They quote $320 parts and labor for front, and $900 for rears for the CB 1100. Ended up installing Race Tech kit, with some really good tech phone support from Matt Wiley of Race Tech.
- installed lighter fork springs (.80 wt) a better match for my weight (160) and our rough secondary roads.
- drilled OEM damper rods per Race Tech (enlarged 4 existing 1/4" holes in each damping rod to 5/16" and added two more 5/16" holes in each rod.
- Per Race Tech, drilled two additional small holes in the RTG valve plates.
- initial sag came out to 45mm (too much) so added additional 25mm spacer to the 165mm spacer (both pvc, not oem.) Resulted in approx 30-32mm static sag.

I still need to change out 10W Honda fork oil to 15w or 20w per Race Tech, to firm up the rebound damping. We're into much cooler weather, so that'll wait until next spring.

For the rear suspension, I installed a set of Ikon 7610 shocks (PN 7610-1507) with 3 positions of preload and 4 positions of rebound damping, and ordered the lightest of two available spring rates (15/21/28.) Roger at Ikon in Bedford PA was another helpful source.