Almost sold the CB

[ChipBeck_imp]

Gentlemen,

Touring on any motorcycle is a big challenge. No one would consider the Mazda Miata to be a "touring car" but even it beats the whiz out of a Goldwing in luggage carrying, wind protection, passenger comfort, and maybe even mileage. Touring on a bike is like hunting with a bow. It's fun because it's a challenge. Some men think that hunting with a modern compound bow is too easy so they use an old style recurve bow. And some take it farther and hunt with Middle Ages technology long bows. Personally when I see someone on the highway riding a full dress Goldwing pulling a small trailer I think it's ridiculous. At what point should you just drive a car? I own a Harley touring bike as well and have travelled a fair bit on it. But this summer my son and I are riding to Montana and back and I'll probably take the CB11.

Compared to a new Suburban the finest touring bikes suck wind. But we ride them because there is adventure in the challenge of motorcycle touring. Like John Kennedy said when he put our nation on a path to the first moon landing, "We do not do these things because they are easy, we do them because they are hard". When I was in college the CB11 would have been a world beating tour bike. With the right attitude it is today as well. Cheers.

Chip