Flashed CB1100 Review

[the Ferret]

Motorcycles are the perfect medium for individualizing...and I for one encourage that.

I think once the second motorcycle was sold, one of the two guys that bought them wanted to change his to make it more personal than the other guys, and probably make his faster than the other guys too. That is how we as human beings are. We love buying perfectly well engineered products and then modify them to make them a little different than the other guys'. That's cool.

I think it's great that Cip and Ridem are seeing what this bike is capable of. I like what Ack and Silas, and CB4ME have also done. Do I have any intention of ever emulating what they have done? No, I like my bike as it came from the factory, which also means I wouldn't café it, or street fighter it, or turn it in to a full fledged tourer, chopper or bobber. I'm not going to make it faster, or louder or a different color or put on different fenders, or put on a different seat, add luggage racks, or different turn signals, or different handlebars, different exhaust, or remove the reflectors. I'm not going to put rear shocks on it, or fork springs or a fork brace or remove the air snorkel or a myriad of things other owners have done to this bike to make themselves happy. I have made a few minor changes to suit me... new grips, rlets, removed curb feelers, ummmm aluminum valve stem covers, but I have all the original stuff in a box in the garage and could put it back to bone stock in 10 minutes. I might change the left switch out but that would be a safety issue, because for me, right now, the left switch is a danger and could get me killed. I will continue to use genuine Honda oil filters and Honda GN4 10w30 oil and when it comes time I will replace the stock air cleaner and brake pads with oem parts. But that's just how I roll.

Love seeing other guys mods though, so keep changing them and keep posting the pics (or dyno results as the case may be)