06-18-2013, 02:14 AM
(06-17-2013, 11:37 PM)Bbref36_imp Wrote: [quote='mrhonda1987' pid='4834' dateline='1371501277']
Hey Dudes. For as long as I've pined for the CB1100, since first looking at the Tokyo Motor Show's prototype, I'm finding myself underwhelmed. At only 26 years old, I can't look back fondly at the 70's and the great CB's of the era, although I've owned a few. A CB350, CB500T, CB750, etc. All great. But this new one leaves me... let down. I understand it was never going to win drag races against ZX14s or out-cruise a Harley, but compared to more modern offerings, it seems like the 11 is a bit boring.
I took my CB350 down the highway yesterday and I was grinning ear to ear the entire time. Took my 919 for a 60 mile loop around my house and back, and was completely into it. Did the same ride on my 11 a few days later and I couldn't have been more bored.
Maybe, although I've loved my old CBs that I had, it was simply because they were mine. The nostalgia hasn't fully enveloped me. Maybe that's that mystique that Harley owners insist 'I won't get.' Maybe cruising around on old tech, however modern, and harkening back to the old times, isn't my bag. If the CB750 in 1969 was the Ferrari 250GTO of the day, this CB11 isn't the F40, or the Enzo. Its a F50. It looks fantastic but isn't near as good as that which came before it.
Anyway, that's my .02 on the matter. Having lived with it, it makes me love my 919 that much more. I'm seriously considering downsizing and just enjoying not having the debt.
Anyone else want to chime in?
A a bike salesman I have to ask this question- did u get a test ride, did you get a presentation about the cb, do you have questions etc? Reason I ask is my number one goal in sales is getting the buyer on the right bike, everything else comes after. If we sell the wrong bike to a customer then they get upset at the dealership and place the blame on the store (sold me a Lemmon, hate the bike, I got screwed etc).
Just curious as hopefully I can avoid this in helping my customers. Mark
My dealer, Mason City Honda, did everything right. Curt was very upfront with any questions and as soon as they came in, I thought, because I'd built it up in my mind, that it was going to be absolutely brilliant. Its only after living with it for 500 miles that I'm starting to feel this way. It wasn't a dealership failing, or even the bike failing, it was me. I let it down.