CB1100 or Harley?

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Yesterday for the lack of anything better to do I road my new to me Valkyrie to Twiggs in Hagerstown. Those fellows from top to bottom are the nicest most professional people I have encountered in my dealings. M&S Harley in Chambersburg is also a top notch outfit but Twiggs is outstanding. Never too busy to talk with you and always more then willing to allow a test ride or to do what ever it takes. Anyways I looked at two bikes. The F6B which is nice but probably more then I need. I test rode a CTX with the auto transmission and that's a very interesting bike. I personally like the auto shift but they make the bike with a regular shift. I thought the bike was especially nimble and easy to ride. Can be set up with a nice fairing and small hard bangs, sorta like a baby wing. Anyone looking for a bike for a new rider or a short distance run around would do well to look at the CTX 700. A little expensive however. As an aside I some how got to one of the Harley forums and they were talking about the Honda F6B as it compared to the street glide. I found it interesting that they freely admit to some significant quality issues with their bikes. Specifically the CVO which I thought was supposed to be their "best" bike. I haven't had a problem with any of my Harley's but admittedly mine don't get ridden much. I was rather surprised about the comments. They typically don't like the esthetics of the Honda's but they freely admit better performance and better quality at a reduced cost. If you are getting it straight from the Harley guys themselves must be some truth to it. I was surprised to read this from the boys themselves. And it makes me reconsider my opinions.