08-28-2017, 10:04 PM
(08-28-2017, 09:41 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: As you point out the CB is in it's element riding around on backroads at 45-60 . It's not that it won't do freeway slogging, loaded down with gear, because it will ... but once you've ridden a dedicated tourer or sport tourer with wind protection, generous hard luggage capacity and maintenance free shaft drive on a long trip, it's hard to make the sacrifice in total comfort and amenities to put the CB in that role.
Warning: I do not address the touring with a passenger, as I believe everyone should ride his or her own bike.
So: if you need to take on a trip more stuff than cb1100 will comfortably carry, you should consider the first rule of comfortable travel:
Before leaving, put together tho piles: one of all the stuff you intend to take with you, the other with all the money. Then take one half of the stuff and double the money.
Quote:...maintenance free shaft drive on a long trip... If chain maintenance is too much trouble, so will be keeping the helmet visor free of bugs. Consider a sporty four-wheeled vehicle.