01-09-2018, 02:36 PM
Sorry folks, but I expect VLJ will be disappointed, just based on his expectations and preconceived notions. Slow? Soft and heavy? Anemic? Gutless? Having to downshift twice just to pass a line of cars? Compared to what, an XSR900? It's not a sport bike, or even a sporty bike, but it can be confidently ridden in a highly spirited manner and gives a subtlety and serenity that most sport bikes can't match.
We have a '56 Jaguar XK-140 Roadster. As a kid, I remember my dad taking it to the local drag races and running it against Z-28's and Mach I's. He was dusted every time. The Jag isn't suited to drag racing but on a rolling, serpentine country road, with the top down and a beautiful woman in the passenger seat, it can't be beat. It could care less about 1/4 mile times but it does bring an air of "classic sports car" that no '60's muscle car can match (well, a Cobra or DB4, but certainly not a Camaro or Mustang). I think the CB is similar, in its own lovely way.
We have a '56 Jaguar XK-140 Roadster. As a kid, I remember my dad taking it to the local drag races and running it against Z-28's and Mach I's. He was dusted every time. The Jag isn't suited to drag racing but on a rolling, serpentine country road, with the top down and a beautiful woman in the passenger seat, it can't be beat. It could care less about 1/4 mile times but it does bring an air of "classic sports car" that no '60's muscle car can match (well, a Cobra or DB4, but certainly not a Camaro or Mustang). I think the CB is similar, in its own lovely way.