02-11-2018, 05:05 PM
Guth, where I live there is simply no avoiding extended freeway time, unless I never want to ride any fun, twisty roads. I don't live on a mountain road. I live in a large suburb, not far from the mountains. Heading west, I have a forty-five-minute freeway slog to get to the beginning of the fun stuff, and west is often the only direction worth taking during winter. Heading north or south, the freeway time is a bit less, but, again, winter can put the kibosh on those areas. Heading east, weather permitting, I can mostly avoid freeways if I want to, but long days in the mountains are probably going to see me hopping on the freeway for the final slog home.
Trips like my Magical Mystery Tour ride, or any rides to the ocean, will almost invariably involve major freeway time at some point or another.
The CB1100 is absolutely fine for me on the freeway. While my buddy had a problem with the windblast when riding the CB, I have no problems with it whatsoever. I'm used to riding naked standards on the freeway. He isn't. My only issue with the CB on the freeway is its tendency to make me slouch, which ends up hurting my lower back, but even that issue has already gone away, for the most part. It's certainly not enough of a problem now to make me rethink my choice of the CB as my touring bike. Not at all. I just completed a long, two-day day ride on the CB, and I will do so again at the very next opportunity.
As for tearing up the backroads, yes, the CB will happily do that, as well. After today's ride, I know I'll probably always ride more aggressively on the XSR, but the Honda will still be plenty entertaining when asked to pick up the pace. It's just a different style of riding; a different type of fast.
This Honda will do anything I want, much better than I ever imagined. Fortunately, I don't want her to be an XSR, nor do I want to ride her that way.
I won't lie, though. The XSR showed me today that I still want to go fast sometimes, despite knowing that I shouldn't. The CB doesn't always make me want to go fast, the way the XSR does. For this reason alone, the CB was a great purchase.
Trips like my Magical Mystery Tour ride, or any rides to the ocean, will almost invariably involve major freeway time at some point or another.
The CB1100 is absolutely fine for me on the freeway. While my buddy had a problem with the windblast when riding the CB, I have no problems with it whatsoever. I'm used to riding naked standards on the freeway. He isn't. My only issue with the CB on the freeway is its tendency to make me slouch, which ends up hurting my lower back, but even that issue has already gone away, for the most part. It's certainly not enough of a problem now to make me rethink my choice of the CB as my touring bike. Not at all. I just completed a long, two-day day ride on the CB, and I will do so again at the very next opportunity.
As for tearing up the backroads, yes, the CB will happily do that, as well. After today's ride, I know I'll probably always ride more aggressively on the XSR, but the Honda will still be plenty entertaining when asked to pick up the pace. It's just a different style of riding; a different type of fast.
This Honda will do anything I want, much better than I ever imagined. Fortunately, I don't want her to be an XSR, nor do I want to ride her that way.
I won't lie, though. The XSR showed me today that I still want to go fast sometimes, despite knowing that I shouldn't. The CB doesn't always make me want to go fast, the way the XSR does. For this reason alone, the CB was a great purchase.