04-16-2017, 11:37 AM
If you weren't a part of the motorcycle scene back then it's hard to imagine how brutal the CB1100 was. It's hard to imagine 108 hp being brutal, but back then the locomotive rush to 108 hp seemed like it was going to rip your arms out of their sockets. Now anything with under 100 hp ( like our beloved CB1100s) is considered gutless. Oh how jaded we have become. You have to wonder what it's going to take to make todays 175 hp bikes seem gutless to future generations of motorcyclists, and if history is any indication something will.