01-15-2018, 06:33 AM
(01-15-2018, 06:19 AM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: Analysis paralysis. You seem so tormented by a relatively trivial, inconsequential, and easily reversible decision. If you love the bike for how it moves you, listen to your heart and buy one. Enjoy it for what it is and expect nothing more. That's one secret to happiness.
That said, I don't think you'd slow down but instead become frustrated and unfulfilled. While the CB's siren call can be irresistible to some, it really sounds like your expectations would be better served elsewhere. If you had the maturity and temperament to do so, you could continue riding your current bikes in a more relaxed manner, without having to bump off the rev limiter or ride 100 mph on public roads. They'll go just as slow as the CB.
They will, but they won't be happy doing so, and I won't be happy making them do it. You don't buy a Ferrari just to take it to Costco, and you don't date Megan Fox just to have someone nice to bring home to Mom.
As for my expectations, I think the '17 EX would serve them just fine. I don't expect a CB to behave like a sportbike, nor do I want it to, or I'd just want another sportbike. A large part of the reason I want the CB is because I know I ought to slow down, and I think the CB is the one bike (along with the T120, to a lesser degree) that would make me slow down and not feel frustration over having to do so.
To your other point, which mirrors Ulvetanna's, I agree. More and more, I think the answer is the obvious one: scratch the itch, because, well, why not? What have I got to lose? Worst-case scenario, I eventually have to swap bikes again? Yeah, so? I've done so a million times before, so what's one more swap?
At least I will have owned a CB1100. That's a definite plus in anybody's book.
(01-15-2018, 06:19 AM)3rdbike_imp Wrote: I'm just gonna repeat an old adage: it is better to ride a slow bike fast than ride a fast bike slow.
Bam.