03-22-2018, 10:30 AM
Thanks again for all of the replies, and I really appreciate it. My original issue was that my daughter seemed he**-bent on getting some super cheap very used Rebel (mainly due to cost). The ones that I rode that she asked me to check out from her local Craig's List just seemed unsafe at any speed. When I checked them out, it seemed really scary. Not to mention the fact that these carbureted versions didn't seem to like to start and run even in the balmy SoCal weather.
When I started riding street bikes, I had already been riding dirt bikes as a kid, and I always associated size with safety and comfort on the streets (and I still do.) I get though, and thanks in part to all of the replies, that what's comfortable to a middle-aged guy who is 6' and 175 lbs is different than a young woman who is 5' 8" and 125 lbs who has never ridden on the streets.
Anywho, my idea of satisfying my urge for a CB1100EX shouldn't be a reason to inflict that on her. I could just get a CB500 for me in SoCal for when I visit, but neither of us would really bond with the bike I'm guessing. I'll let her do her own thing, which probably is an older Rebel to start. She doesn't love the look or the ride, but feels like it's the responsible choice. That's fine by me (not that I have any real say on the issue) but I just hate to see her buy into a bike that doesn't start or idle reliably and feels like a clown bike on the Freeway.
In any case, I still do have a hankering for a CB1100EX. Most of my riding is short commuting or weekend outings. So, my current thinking is to ship out the R1200C to CA, keep my R1200GS here for when I want the bigger bike, and get the CB1100EX to replace the R1200C here. And let my daughter do whatever it is she wants to do out in SoCal. I just hope she doesn't get something so old or so unreliable that it turns her off to riding....
When I started riding street bikes, I had already been riding dirt bikes as a kid, and I always associated size with safety and comfort on the streets (and I still do.) I get though, and thanks in part to all of the replies, that what's comfortable to a middle-aged guy who is 6' and 175 lbs is different than a young woman who is 5' 8" and 125 lbs who has never ridden on the streets.
Anywho, my idea of satisfying my urge for a CB1100EX shouldn't be a reason to inflict that on her. I could just get a CB500 for me in SoCal for when I visit, but neither of us would really bond with the bike I'm guessing. I'll let her do her own thing, which probably is an older Rebel to start. She doesn't love the look or the ride, but feels like it's the responsible choice. That's fine by me (not that I have any real say on the issue) but I just hate to see her buy into a bike that doesn't start or idle reliably and feels like a clown bike on the Freeway.
In any case, I still do have a hankering for a CB1100EX. Most of my riding is short commuting or weekend outings. So, my current thinking is to ship out the R1200C to CA, keep my R1200GS here for when I want the bigger bike, and get the CB1100EX to replace the R1200C here. And let my daughter do whatever it is she wants to do out in SoCal. I just hope she doesn't get something so old or so unreliable that it turns her off to riding....