12-27-2019, 04:47 AM
(12-27-2019, 04:39 AM)VLJ_imp Wrote: E11, the 900F will never do and be what the CB1100 does and is. The CB is a retro design, but a thoroughly modern motorcycle.
Spend your money on the brand new, 100% reliable 2014 CB1100 Standard. Ride it. Decide for yourself whether you need more power. If you decide that you do, and that your goals can be achieved without completely reinventing the bike, then spend a little extra to get there. Otherwise, hopefully you will be like the vast majority of us and simply leave your CB1100's motor, fueling, and suspension stock, and enjoy the crap out of it. It's not meant to be an R1, or even a CB1000R. That's not why you're looking at it.
It's a CB1100. Embrace it. Enjoy it for what it is.
The plus side is, hey, even if you you ride it for a spell and decide it's not for you, you will have bought it so cheaply that you won't lose your behind on it should you decide to ditch it on Cycletrader. You live in Motorcycling Mecca, the Bay Area. You will not struggle to find eager buyers there.
A very good reference point. One that fits to the CB. All others are somehow inadequate.
Wisedrum