07-08-2013, 06:06 AM
(07-07-2013, 04:35 PM)ChipBeck_imp Wrote:(07-07-2013, 03:34 PM)mrhonda1987_imp Wrote: Crikey, I feel like I'm being vilified here. Don't get me wrong, the CB1100 is a fantastic bike; smooth, powerful and very well put together, but its just not as smooth, powerful and it's just as well put together as my 919. I don't need to go 100+ all the time, and I rarely do (only if there's a girl with me, tbh), but its nice to know its there. Granted, I'm not in my 60s and I didn't pine for a Triumph 650 until the CB750 came out, then the Z1 as I skated around on my Doodlebug scooter. They're great. They have character because of the era and what they were. Speaking only for myself, I'm on the fence. I can ride it one time and think its the most boring thing, then the next day, think its positively brilliant. My expectations failed me. Simple as that.
I'm genuinely in a pickle. With a comfy seat, crash bars and highway pegs, I could very easily live with it. But that's what? $600 for a seat, $150 for crash bar and I'd have to get a pipe, so $600 for the Moriwaki. That's $1350 in just farkles to make it liveable for me. For that, I could trade it in for a Shadow or something, get the seat, pipes, bags and windshield and have... a boring V-twin. Damn it all. They need to do a modern day Kawi Eliminator. If I could weld... boy howdy. Wrecked 919 engine in the frame of a shadow or something... comfy and it'd go like a stabbed rat. That'd be ideal. Anyway, I'll have to think on it.
MrHonda,
Heck no. You started one of the best and most read threads on this forum. Old dogs like me could sound off and give our opinions and you sparked a lot of discussion. Most of us wish we were your age and had your eyesight and reaction time too. Remembering when the first CB750 hit the showroom is ok but I'd rather be 26. Keep sounding off bro.
Chip
MrHonda,
Heck no. You started one of the best and most read threads on this forum. Old dogs like me could sound off and give our opinions and you sparked a lot of discussion. Most of us wish we were your age and had your eyesight and reaction time too. Remembering when the first CB750 hit the showroom is ok but I'd rather be 26.
Chip Not me. I wouldn't be 26 again if I could. It's great to be able to look back over 30 years of riding. I know the youngsters will just reject everything I suggest and will go out and do whatever the hell they want. One thing about doing it three decades is you know a lot, that is if you actually rode a lot. I hated guys that were my current age (56) when I first started riding at 26. They thought they knew everything and most of them didn't mind telling me so. I thought of them as a bunch of smug know-it-alls. That's because they had what I wanted; they had made it through most of a lifetime of riding. Now I have that and the youngsters mostly hate me for it. This dude should just sell the bike to some old retread who will appreciate it and save his money. Someday he will "get it".