11-23-2018, 04:35 PM
(11-23-2018, 08:13 AM)Bighonda14_imp Wrote: Motorcycle Consumer News had a thorough review of the 2017 CB1100EX last year. In their review of the bike they say there is tons of vibration about 65 mph. Said it was so significant it gave the tester a headache. Is that the experience others have had? With my 2014 DLX the bike was silky smooth as fast as I ever got it. Zero vibrations.
Thanks for the insights and comments from owners or other who have ridden the 2017 EX.
I'm about as anal as it gets when it comes to motor vibration on the highway, and the '17 EX is the second smoothest I4 I've ever ridden, behind only the CBR1100XX Blackbird. It's equally smooth as the '14 DLX, and you know how smooth those are. My EX (and the '14 DLX) gets a bit vibey between 3,500-4900 rpm, but those are not the rpm you're running while droning on the highway, and even when you do find yourself in that 1,500 rpm window the vibration isn't bad at all. Rather, you just notice it a little because the thing is so dead-nuts smooth below 3,500 rpm, and from 5K to redline.
100%, don't sweat the vibration question. The bike is hilariously smooth, even with the slight bit of lumpy "character" the Honda engineers intentionally added by altering the cam timing. I often do 500-mile days on the EX, including heavy doses of freeway droning, with zero vibration issues. Additionally, I do so without the supposed benefit of a windscreen. My bike is bone stock, and I'm perfectly comfortable at freeway speeds. Due to the lack of a windshield the windflow is not only nice and smooth, it's also very quiet. Between the smooth motor and the turbulence-free windflow, the EX makes for a wonderfully serene freeway slogger.