01-26-2018, 08:55 AM
Let me clarify my position. I've been riding motorcycles and motorbikes since 1960. My first bike (that I owned)was a 1963 BSA Spitfire Scrambler. I didn't know any better, so I rode this bike from Charleston, West Virginia almost to Brownsville Texas and back home in August, 1966. But remember, I was 23, not 75 at the time.
Let me clarify: I am not a track day rider. I am not a canyon racer.
All I expect of a 500 pound bike that looks like it was designed to be a daily rider, a do it all machine ...... is to be just that.
With front suspension that doesn't destroy wrists, and rear suspension that doesn't catapult the rider off the seat.
I have logged over 500,000 miles on motorcycles.
In my wildest dreams, I never expected the CB1100 to be a harsh riding machine. I guess I was beguiled by the standard appearance of the bike. And I thought Honda would market this bike as a standard that took on standard tasks, including roads that weren't A++ in smoothness.
They didn't, and I'm disappointed.
That's it for me.
Bob
Let me clarify: I am not a track day rider. I am not a canyon racer.
All I expect of a 500 pound bike that looks like it was designed to be a daily rider, a do it all machine ...... is to be just that.
With front suspension that doesn't destroy wrists, and rear suspension that doesn't catapult the rider off the seat.
I have logged over 500,000 miles on motorcycles.
In my wildest dreams, I never expected the CB1100 to be a harsh riding machine. I guess I was beguiled by the standard appearance of the bike. And I thought Honda would market this bike as a standard that took on standard tasks, including roads that weren't A++ in smoothness.
They didn't, and I'm disappointed.
That's it for me.
Bob