12-27-2019, 09:18 AM
(12-27-2019, 02:42 AM)VLJ_imp Wrote:(12-26-2019, 11:52 PM)jimgl3_imp Wrote: unless you are going to race on a GP circuit, this bike has plenty of power.
FTFY
The bike has a wonderful motor that is perfectly suited for the CB1100's design brief, but make no mistake, for an 1140cc I4 from Honda, it is definitely at least 25 rwhp underpowered. Give the CB1100 75 ft-lbs of torque and 115 rwhp straight from the factory, and there would be precious little reason to own any other retro standard.
E11, the Z900RS isn't available in tacky Kawi green. Its main color motif is a rootbeer brown and orange homage to the original Z1. No green to be found anywhere on the bike, unless you're talking about the Cafe variant with the bullet fairing and lower bars.
Also, the Triumph for you (someone who seems to want a performance retro, as opposed to something like the Speed Triple, which falls into the Supernaked category) is the new Speed Twin, which is a lighter, more agile, much more comfortable Thruxton R that looks more like a Bonneville, only with modern 17" wheels.
Oh, and yes, as others are mentioning, the Yamaha XSR900 would also be a great choice, but it does stray rather far from the whole retro thing. Great bike, but thoroughly modern. Unless you're talking the yellow and black "Yamaha speed blocks" paint scheme from the Kenny Roberts replica 60th Anniversary model, only the XSR900's single round headlight and bench seat really give any sort of a nebulous nod to any old school Yamaha model.
FTFY
The bike has a wonderful motor that is perfectly suited for the CB1100's design brief, but make no mistake, for an 1140cc I4 from Honda, it is definitely at least 25 rwhp underpowered. Give the CB1100 75 ft-lbs of torque and 115 rwhp straight from the factory, and there would be precious little reason to own any other retro standard.
E11, the Z900RS isn't available in tacky Kawi green. Its main color motif is a rootbeer brown and orange homage to the original Z1. No green to be found anywhere on the bike, unless you're talking about the Cafe variant with the bullet fairing and lower bars.
Also, the Triumph for you (someone who seems to want a performance retro, as opposed to something like the Speed Triple, which falls into the Supernaked category) is the new Speed Twin, which is a lighter, more agile, much more comfortable Thruxton R that looks more like a Bonneville, only with modern 17" wheels.
Oh, and yes, as others are mentioning, the Yamaha XSR900 would also be a great choice, but it does stray rather far from the whole retro thing. Great bike, but thoroughly modern. Unless you're talking the yellow and black "Yamaha speed blocks" paint scheme from the Kenny Roberts replica 60th Anniversary model, only the XSR900's single round headlight and bench seat really give any sort of a nebulous nod to any old school Yamaha model.
I yield about the elevation thing, not much of that around here, but not the sport bike thing. It's not a sport bike. Stop trying to make it into one. And since you got me started, I used to watch Garrett Gerloff make dogs of liter bikes on a 250. Skill wins. HP only counts when skills are equal.