08-12-2019, 11:08 PM
Paradoxically, what is weak about the design is also strangely, its biggest strength. Because it is so bland, it enables even the lightest customising touch to have a disproportionately big impact. Witness all the variations that guys on here have achieved - some 'bikes hardly look like CB1100s when they've finished!
There are the real cafe racers, cut down sports 'bikes, smart tourers, superb retros (like those Whitehouse ones) and so on. A very versatile 'bike.
I'd like Honda to grasp the nettle and let us have three variations - the standard, touring-oriented 'bike (with maybe higher bars, screen, rack, panniers, spots, etc.), then a real sports version (slightly rearsets, lower bars, engine slightly breathed-on, and that suspension mod that they've already done) and finally a true retro version, looking as much like the old 'bikes as possible.
There are the real cafe racers, cut down sports 'bikes, smart tourers, superb retros (like those Whitehouse ones) and so on. A very versatile 'bike.
I'd like Honda to grasp the nettle and let us have three variations - the standard, touring-oriented 'bike (with maybe higher bars, screen, rack, panniers, spots, etc.), then a real sports version (slightly rearsets, lower bars, engine slightly breathed-on, and that suspension mod that they've already done) and finally a true retro version, looking as much like the old 'bikes as possible.