Will the CB1100 be the last of it's kind in America?

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I'm just speculating here, but I think there will be a market for standard motorbikes in the US. I think they will largely be styled along the lines of the current CB500f rather than retro styled like our bike, but there may be a small place for a retro-styled bike in the 400-800cc size from time to time.

I am not a motorcycle historian like Chip and Mickey (BTW, wasn't Chip & Mickey a Vaudeville act in the 20s?), but I thought that the idea of the UJM was that the Japanese attempted to design a bike that they could sell, with very minor changes, all over the world. I think they have bikes that do that now, but there are not styled like our bike and I don't think they ever will be. The aforementioned CB500 and CB300 seem to fit the requirements for a standard bike that Honda sells all over the world. I don't think you'll see a larger displacement bike fall into what I think is the UJM model because 2/3 of the world seems to require sub 1000cc motorcycles and the US market leans the other way. For now.

Then again, what the heck do I know? LOL