04-25-2015, 11:44 PM
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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.
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I bought my '91, then '06 Accords because my '79 CB650 had been so reliable and easy to work on. Maintenance at home is EASY. It's almost always just fluid and filters. They offered the V6...but my good experiences are with Honda 4's! The '06 even has VTEC (which isn't bad when you need to get around a truck in a hurry) and hydraulically adjusted valves. The only weakness I see with the CB1100 mechanically is the 8,000 mile valve adjustments (or at least checks). I figure that's about when the tires need replacement too, so maybe I'll just finally give my Honda mechanic some business in about 3,000 miles!
Motorcyclist magazine called the new GSX-S750 "more Bandit than Gixxer." Assuming the "S" stands for street and the "R" for racing...I'll go with the S. I like riding places, eating good food there, and seeing new things. If I preferred seeing and smelling racetracks (also fun), then I'd buy a full-on sportbike. If you had to ride across the continent, would you choose a Bandit or a Gixxer?
In fact, a ton of members here add fairings and windshields that make the bikes look more like the top-faired Bandit, or ZRX. Totally cool and functional. But my particular tastes run to a naked headlight. I think that's why I lusted for ZRX's for years but never bought one. Also, those things REALLY maintain their value (translation: they never got cheap enough for me to buy one). Because there weren't a ton made, and they're comfy and fast sit-up motorcycles, and there's not much else like them. I have little doubt that, in a decade, the CB1100 will be a sought after expensive cult buy, like the GB500 or the Hawk. Too bad I'm just going to ride the snot out of this thing, rather than use it as an investment! They can have it when they pry it from my cold, dead hands.
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.
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I bought my '91, then '06 Accords because my '79 CB650 had been so reliable and easy to work on. Maintenance at home is EASY. It's almost always just fluid and filters. They offered the V6...but my good experiences are with Honda 4's! The '06 even has VTEC (which isn't bad when you need to get around a truck in a hurry) and hydraulically adjusted valves. The only weakness I see with the CB1100 mechanically is the 8,000 mile valve adjustments (or at least checks). I figure that's about when the tires need replacement too, so maybe I'll just finally give my Honda mechanic some business in about 3,000 miles!
Motorcyclist magazine called the new GSX-S750 "more Bandit than Gixxer." Assuming the "S" stands for street and the "R" for racing...I'll go with the S. I like riding places, eating good food there, and seeing new things. If I preferred seeing and smelling racetracks (also fun), then I'd buy a full-on sportbike. If you had to ride across the continent, would you choose a Bandit or a Gixxer?
In fact, a ton of members here add fairings and windshields that make the bikes look more like the top-faired Bandit, or ZRX. Totally cool and functional. But my particular tastes run to a naked headlight. I think that's why I lusted for ZRX's for years but never bought one. Also, those things REALLY maintain their value (translation: they never got cheap enough for me to buy one). Because there weren't a ton made, and they're comfy and fast sit-up motorcycles, and there's not much else like them. I have little doubt that, in a decade, the CB1100 will be a sought after expensive cult buy, like the GB500 or the Hawk. Too bad I'm just going to ride the snot out of this thing, rather than use it as an investment! They can have it when they pry it from my cold, dead hands.