10-02-2018, 07:22 PM
From another thread:
I get it. My point is this. The CB 1100 has been designed, engineered, and manufactered as a UJM. If you want/need more modern technology, then buy a CB 1000R.
DBM, I'm not trying to pick a fight; I'm interested in your view and that of others on this oft-posed question. I've started this thread because I'd like to discuss it in a general way without reference to individual members' decisions about their bikes.
The CB1100 is hardly a UJM of the 70s and 80s. While looking a bit like one, it's really thoroughly modern with fine brakes, fuel injection, a computer under the tank working lots of stuff out on the fly in a thoroughly modern way. Some of them have ABS and fuel gauges and fancy calculators to tell you how much fuel you've used and how far you have to go before you run out. The new-fangled ones even have a slipper clutch and dual bending forks. How long will it be, if the model continues to roll out, before there are electronic suspension and power settings?
Should that not be the case? Should we all still be riding a 70s or 80s UJM? If it is OK for the bikes to evolve, why shouldn't people upgrade their older CB1100 to take advantage of it?
More generally, why shouldn't people modify their bikes in any way they want?
I get it. My point is this. The CB 1100 has been designed, engineered, and manufactered as a UJM. If you want/need more modern technology, then buy a CB 1000R.
DBM, I'm not trying to pick a fight; I'm interested in your view and that of others on this oft-posed question. I've started this thread because I'd like to discuss it in a general way without reference to individual members' decisions about their bikes.
The CB1100 is hardly a UJM of the 70s and 80s. While looking a bit like one, it's really thoroughly modern with fine brakes, fuel injection, a computer under the tank working lots of stuff out on the fly in a thoroughly modern way. Some of them have ABS and fuel gauges and fancy calculators to tell you how much fuel you've used and how far you have to go before you run out. The new-fangled ones even have a slipper clutch and dual bending forks. How long will it be, if the model continues to roll out, before there are electronic suspension and power settings?
Should that not be the case? Should we all still be riding a 70s or 80s UJM? If it is OK for the bikes to evolve, why shouldn't people upgrade their older CB1100 to take advantage of it?
More generally, why shouldn't people modify their bikes in any way they want?