04-25-2015, 10:55 PM
(04-25-2015, 11:23 AM)nhawk7504_imp Wrote: The CB11 is not a relic. But take BMW for example. Look at the bikes they are making. The new R1200R, though expensive, is a great machine. One of us got an R9T. Several friends have BMW 800 and 1200 GS's. Mono shock is better. Just is. My brother and I were talking. Harleys Harleys and more Harleys. Today was a cool day so I took my car ride to Loudon Speedway for the first motorcycle races of the year. What passed me? Full faired Harleys. Mostly I see rice rockets and Harleys. Suzuki is making the new GSX1000S. Kawasaki has the Ninja 1000. In answer to Chip's question though, I think Honda needed more advertising. People don't know how great the CB1100 is. My dealer gave test rides. Most do not. Look at the Engineer's speak section of the World Honda web site. The engineering and development drove up costs. And ask all you DLX owners, the DLX looks nicer. Ferret, TINK et al. Nice looking rigs. The black standard is killer too. JF Coastal - a black beauty, wow. Big air cooled four? They had a tough time passing emissions. But I hope it comes back in whatever form.
All good points. And that's all I see too, Harley dressers and crotch rockets. Agree that Honda needs to advertise more. And, right or wrong, Honda bikes have the reputation of being a bit boring. Many models can do several things quite fine, but don't WOW you in any category. Kind of like the Honda Accord. Good value, Reliable as all heck, but young people don't consider buying them until they have to! Either way, even with advertising, you're not changing some peoples attitudes- the pirate crowd wants their chrome and noise, and the squids want to pop wheelies and rev at 11,000 all the time.