What did you do on or to your CB 1100 today

[Inhouse Bob]

You're a champion, Bob.  

Tell me about the impact driver. Is it a new-fangled electrical one? Or is it one of those marvellous old-fashioned beasts where you put the bit in the screw head and give the end a belt with a hammer?

It's a battery operated one. Lots of bang to it!
I have the old fashioned kind but never found it satisfactory, not to mention satisfying.
Anyhow, I now feel just like a Formula One pit crew guy!

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Whoops
Inhouse BobAll righty! Perhaps earn I will the Full Jedi Badge from Lord Popgun with all the servicing I have given the bike this month. At around 40k miles, I thought I'd better learn to do some stuff.

- New tires (Angel GT radials, as before. Thanks to Euro Motorsports of Asheville for the mounting. Good folks).
- New oil and filter (OEM filter and Honda 10w30 dinosaur renderings).
- New sprockets (OEM ratio. Thanks to several forum folks for advice and consultation on this one).
- New chain (of course).
- New sparkplugs.
- New air filter cartridge.
- New brake pads front and rear.
- New mount for the GPS (left the old one attached to my rental bike in Italy, dang it).
- New chromium bar ends donated by a fellow forum member a good while ago. Thanks, Christian!)

I gotta say, I enjoyed most of the the process. Special thanks to forum member and neighbor Mark for his help and supervision. Sorry about the occasional blue language. 
The brake pads , chain and sprockets showed no significant wear and could have gone many, many more miles. But while I was in there, why not?
I also got to purchase some fun new tools. I especially like my fancy impact driver. I need to find more things to impact!
So, I'm ready for the rally. See everyone there!


I'm so curious to see a picture of the new shiny bar ends. Do you perhaps have one? I find it very interesting to see how people have customized their bikes.

I'll get a shot for you. Meanwhile, they came off of a 2014 DLX, so you can spy them there.