12-01-2017, 02:57 PM
I would like to thank Guth for his dedication starting ang keeping this forum alive. I also appreciate our moderators ferret and Cormanus for keeping forum rookies like me in line. Where else can you find all the technical knowledge and common experience we have with our beautiful CB1100s in one place. I have learned so much reading the contents in this forum.
As a young man, I lusted for a CB750, but life events took over my priorities. I had my CB77 to ride, so that keep me (more or less) content for 44 years. Of course, Mother Nature and the laws of Physics came into play in recent years when both me and my Super hawk have gotten a little tired. After the 1970s, I lost any desire to buy another motorcycle when I saw plastic covered bikes and I didn’t have a need for a big cruiser. So my motorcycle resume is very limited when it comes to other motorcycles discussions.
When I first discovered Honda made a retro inline 4 and then saw one, it was love at first sight. It took me over a year for me to ask for my wife for permission to buy one. I was more nervous asking her for the CB than when I asked her to marry me almost 45 years ago. When she gave me approval, I had a CB1100 on order the next day, even though I knew very little about the bike.
Like Guth, this was the most exciting purchase I ever made, over any car, house or other man toys. Looking back, The questions I asked the dealer when I took possession of my new CB must have been pretty entertaining; “where is the kick starter? How do you turn the headlight on? What is the purpose of the bump in the exhaust pipe?.....what, since when have they been putting catalytic converters on motorcycles?” Now this shows I have little technical knowledge to contribute to this forum.
I do enjoy the monthly photo challenge thread. It gives me another reason to get out and go for a ride. Like November’s challenge with the flags. On that day, my wife made me get the Christmas decoration boxes out from the back corner of the garage. Of course, I had move me CB out of the way to get to the boxes. I got her set up to decorate and I did my part which involved me disappearing. What a better way to disappear is to fire up the CB and to go look for flags!
Enough from me...
As a young man, I lusted for a CB750, but life events took over my priorities. I had my CB77 to ride, so that keep me (more or less) content for 44 years. Of course, Mother Nature and the laws of Physics came into play in recent years when both me and my Super hawk have gotten a little tired. After the 1970s, I lost any desire to buy another motorcycle when I saw plastic covered bikes and I didn’t have a need for a big cruiser. So my motorcycle resume is very limited when it comes to other motorcycles discussions.
When I first discovered Honda made a retro inline 4 and then saw one, it was love at first sight. It took me over a year for me to ask for my wife for permission to buy one. I was more nervous asking her for the CB than when I asked her to marry me almost 45 years ago. When she gave me approval, I had a CB1100 on order the next day, even though I knew very little about the bike.
Like Guth, this was the most exciting purchase I ever made, over any car, house or other man toys. Looking back, The questions I asked the dealer when I took possession of my new CB must have been pretty entertaining; “where is the kick starter? How do you turn the headlight on? What is the purpose of the bump in the exhaust pipe?.....what, since when have they been putting catalytic converters on motorcycles?” Now this shows I have little technical knowledge to contribute to this forum.
I do enjoy the monthly photo challenge thread. It gives me another reason to get out and go for a ride. Like November’s challenge with the flags. On that day, my wife made me get the Christmas decoration boxes out from the back corner of the garage. Of course, I had move me CB out of the way to get to the boxes. I got her set up to decorate and I did my part which involved me disappearing. What a better way to disappear is to fire up the CB and to go look for flags!
Enough from me...