2017 CB1100 EX First Ride Review

[alprider]

rotor, believe me, as I stood there trying to frame those pics on my camera, I was flipping my phone back and forth. I ended up going with the vertical aspect because it was the only way to get the full scope of the trees, without pulling back too far and minimizing the bike. In particular, the shot with the Reading Tree kept including too many other things when I tried holding the camera horizontally.

Normally, though, you're absolutely correct.

Ulvetanna, the only explanation I could come up with as to why nothing ever touched down echoes what you're saying about the importance of a properly dialed chassis and overall setup. I've had other bikes with greater ground clearance scrape pegs, centerstands, exhausts, whatever, and it usually occurs when the bike unweights itself and comes back down too quickly in response to a sudden dip in the road, or in an off-camber corner riddled with bumps. Too little rebound damping is often the culprit, or the bike pitches back and forth as a result of choppy throttle response.

It was the utter absence of these factors that I first noticed during the initial bumpy section in the foothills, and was cemented for me on Mosquito Ridge. So many times I would physically and mentally prepare myself for the jolt or rough patch that I'm accustomed to having to ride through, but with this CB there was no need. Nothing ever upset the chassis. Rolling on and off the throttle creates no chassis pitch whatsoever, because there is no drive lash or abruptness from the fueling. In terms of the suspension, most bumps simply become non-bumps. No matter what I threw at her, her chassis remained level and unflustered, her forward momentum resolute.

It was the opposite of the usual racy feeling one experiences from something like a Street Triple, in which you're constantly on and off the throttle, shifting gears, braking hard, throwing the bike around.

You know...sport riding.

With the CB there was none of that. I simply left it in third gear and rolled on and off the throttle. Rather than a sudden slowing followed by a massive rush of acceleration, there was almost no engine braking or big hits of power, so the speed remained relatively constant. It was like riding a monorail, rather than driving a go-kart. When I did snick down to second gear to bring the revs up into the 5-7K range, it was more of the same, the only differences being the higher-pitched engine note and increased acceleration.

It's the seamless integration of each system working together to create a perfectly balanced package. The bike simply never strays from its appointed path, and without those sudden oscillations to upset the chassis the relative lack of ground clearance ceases to be an issue.

All I can think from watching the bike scrape in so many videos is that those guys are intentionally trying to make it scrape. They're doing something in their riding to upset the balance of the chassis.

Either that, or, yep, I just suck.

last week i took a round with my 17model..well....i have still factory setting...i scratch sometimes with the footpeg in littel curves that goes mountain up/down in such situation is the ground closer...supplement too with bumps....here in my place i have any such kind (wonderful) lanes

but just the suspension from the17 model is realy much better in relation to the DLX (or just older models)....ooor the DLX i use now if i like a realy slow smooth easy going sunday sunnyafternoon ride smileeee...

last week i took a round with my 17model..well....i have still factory setting...i scratch sometimes with the footpeg in littel curves that goes mountain up/down in such situation is the ground closer...supplement too with bumps....here in my place i have any such kind (wonderful) lanes

but just the suspension from the17 model is realy much better in relation to the DLX (or just older models) Hello Alprider! 2017 is an entirely new creation, a whole new generation of CB1100.

Maybe someone more "pedantic" can start comparing part numbers, but the frame and swingarm are different, and we already know the wheels and suspension components are also all-new and improved. As are the lights, seat (from what I hear, anyway) and so on.

dont worried i know it very good although I drove only 1200 km so far until now with my yellow bee...(and over 10000 with my blue DLX )

my 2 darlings..........




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