01-15-2018, 01:42 AM
OK, so your had my full attention right up to here:
My next impression, however, was a much cheerier "mickey is on crack!"
This, after hitting the throttle on Pleasant Grove Bl, and again as I merged onto Hwy 65. Nope, no sundials necessary here. This CB was plenty fast, regardless of the gear or rpm. Starting from zero, it accelerated briskly up to speed. Once up to speed, hitting the throttle in sixth jumped me forward just about the way I would expect such a motor to jump me forward. Dropping it into third and ripping up to redline, and repeating the procedure in fourth, it had zero problem racing up to 100 mph. In sixth, it accelerated from 70-100 with acceptable alacrity.
At this point you, still demonstrating no grasp of Mickey's original post about upper gear acceleration, lost credibility in my eyes, so I skimmed through the rest. I'll confine my critique of your critique to your comments about the bike being slow (and yet being fast):
I find it oddly insulting (odd because I shouldn't really care enough to feel insulted) that you view this bike as one that will "force you to slow down". First off, it won't. If anything, it being so smooth at high speed will lull you into riding faster than you think. Second, you just finished saying that the bike is "plenty fast" so maybe you mean that it doesn't get through turns fast enough...that's a user problem, not the bike's problem. I don't ride very well at all, but I can point to several people on this forum who do and while they would all tell you that it's not a sport bike, they would also tell you that they can get it through the twistiest set of turns quickly and effortlessly (except for some front end dipping on decel).
Three more things --
I think this bike may very well be a good bike for your touring needs. It has served me very will in mainly this capacity since I bought mine.
I would suggest getting a taller seat rather than lowering the pegs to avoid dragging the latter (also, remove the 'curb feelers')
I have long contended that the CB1100 does a few things exceptionally well, does most everything very well, and does nothing poorly.
My next impression, however, was a much cheerier "mickey is on crack!"
This, after hitting the throttle on Pleasant Grove Bl, and again as I merged onto Hwy 65. Nope, no sundials necessary here. This CB was plenty fast, regardless of the gear or rpm. Starting from zero, it accelerated briskly up to speed. Once up to speed, hitting the throttle in sixth jumped me forward just about the way I would expect such a motor to jump me forward. Dropping it into third and ripping up to redline, and repeating the procedure in fourth, it had zero problem racing up to 100 mph. In sixth, it accelerated from 70-100 with acceptable alacrity.
At this point you, still demonstrating no grasp of Mickey's original post about upper gear acceleration, lost credibility in my eyes, so I skimmed through the rest. I'll confine my critique of your critique to your comments about the bike being slow (and yet being fast):
I find it oddly insulting (odd because I shouldn't really care enough to feel insulted) that you view this bike as one that will "force you to slow down". First off, it won't. If anything, it being so smooth at high speed will lull you into riding faster than you think. Second, you just finished saying that the bike is "plenty fast" so maybe you mean that it doesn't get through turns fast enough...that's a user problem, not the bike's problem. I don't ride very well at all, but I can point to several people on this forum who do and while they would all tell you that it's not a sport bike, they would also tell you that they can get it through the twistiest set of turns quickly and effortlessly (except for some front end dipping on decel).
Three more things --
I think this bike may very well be a good bike for your touring needs. It has served me very will in mainly this capacity since I bought mine.
I would suggest getting a taller seat rather than lowering the pegs to avoid dragging the latter (also, remove the 'curb feelers')
I have long contended that the CB1100 does a few things exceptionally well, does most everything very well, and does nothing poorly.