02-16-2018, 08:48 AM
Not all serial buyers do this, but most that can be found on internet forums tend to hype their most recent purchases, or those purchases that they are planning to make. They also tend to put down those items that they've already sold and that have now lost their initial appeal (and the cycle will continue to repeat itself). I tend to discredit most everything they have to say. That might be throwing the baby out with the bathwater on my part, but I obviously I have little patience for this type of behavior.
This is no way meant to dampen the enthusiasm that cookiemech or VLJ have for their 2017 EX's. In my mind those bikes have indeed likely benefited from some changes and but also suffered in some ways as well. As long as those changes made are the ones that appeal to the owners then that's all that matters as in the end, it's still a Honda CB1100 which overall I tend to think very, very highly of.
This is no way meant to dampen the enthusiasm that cookiemech or VLJ have for their 2017 EX's. In my mind those bikes have indeed likely benefited from some changes and but also suffered in some ways as well. As long as those changes made are the ones that appeal to the owners then that's all that matters as in the end, it's still a Honda CB1100 which overall I tend to think very, very highly of.