The true beauty of this motorcycle. (another LONG read)

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I have a 17 EX and I bought this motorcycle for exactly what it is. And what it is not.
Build quality is excellent and the cost reflects a lot of that. There is a plethora of excellent motorcycles that you can get for the same $$ or less.
But they don't offer (me) what the CB does.
The motor is a sweetheart. Full boat of torque right off idle with one of the flattest torque plots I have ever seen. 2 up perfection.
I didn't want a super sport, but I would still consider this(my EX) a sports bike. It handles the twisties just as well as the present tires and suspension will allow. The ABS prevents stoppies, but we all make sacrifices.
I really do like the look (wished it would have been closer to the Whitehouse K10 though), but I have put my own touch on her because that is what we do.
Most people really don't know what to think of this motorcycle which is perfect because I couldn't care crap what anyone else thinks about her. The looks I get from the HD lifestylers are priceless! Maybe I should have bought a "real" motorcycle? LOL!
We live in the most wonderful age of motorcycles. What/How/Where do you want to ride? Take your pick. How can you go wrong?

Well, yeah, folks that think their motorcycle is the only one worth owning are everywhere, I guess. No one on this forum, we're strictly non-partisan, lol.

One of the reasons I got the CB1100 at first was for two-up riding, which it's great at. I did a really long ride up Highway 1, Skaggs Springs Road, back down to Cloverdale and Petaluma on the bike with a passenger. Easy, it loves every kind of road.

Anyone knows Skaggs Springs knows what I mean. Also harassed some BMW riders, two-up with a pillion...all in fun of course.

The CB1100 is not a sports bike, that's already been decided around here.

But don't tell anyone. It'll be our little secret.

Whoa! A Skaggs Springs mention! Nice!

And here I thought I was the only one.

Seriously, though, Skaggs Springs Rd, Rockpile Rd, and Spanish Flat Rd around Lake Berryessa are a few of the roads that worry me when I think about the CB1100. I've ridden those roads for the past two decades, almost always on sport bikes or sporty sport-tourers. Having watched the videos of the CB1100, which show how early and easily the CB scrapes pegs, I just can't imagine that it would let me do anything like my ride a week or two ago on my XSR900 up there on Skaggs.

I'm pretty much resigned to giving up those sorts of rides, if I get a CB1100. Or, if I do continue to ride those roads, I figure I'll just have to start riding them in a slow, leisurely, sight-seeing manner, like the BMW/GoldWing/cruiser riders I see up there.

And I'm okay with that...I think.