Do you remember your first CB1100 Ride?

[Stichill]

Rolls your story is so visceral! Amazing that a CB1100 was the first bike you'd ridden in all those years. We must be about the same age; I looked long and hard at a 1984 V30 Magna but ended up deciding not to take the risk (in hindsight, wise given my behavior/attitude at the time). Then got married, kids, etc. but when they got old enough...at 49 I got a bike. My first highway ride was exactly as you describe yours: Scary! What in the heck have I done?! Then the discovery of earplugs to cut the frantic wind noise and a gradual adjustment to the joy of riding as the nervous tension fades away.