09-08-2016, 10:37 PM
I came across CB1100 when looking for a replacement for my current motorcycle (CBF600N).
My ideal bike would have a 4-cylinder 600-800 cc engine, about 200 kg dry mass, seat height of no more than 800 mm, normal upright riding position and power to travel-mass ratio of 150 w/kg minimum and 200 maximum. While I like "the look" of CB1100, for me "the looks" is way down the list of criteria for selecting a bike. (I don't see much of a bike when I'm riding on it, and I couldn't care less about how the bike (and me on it) looks to others I'm passing on the road). While I am open to both air and liquid cooled bikes, I realize that the bike would probably have to be liquid-cooled to meet emission and my power/mass specifications
Why such precise specs? I need one single bike, (BTW just like my current one), that is well-suited for a solo rider in both dense urban traffic, as it is for a 1000's of km trans-continental motorcycle trip that includes riding on fast divided highways.
How is all of the above pertinent to this thread?
CB1100 was close to the bike I am looking for, even though it is somewhat over the displacement (and thus the mass) limit I have in mind. However, there is no bike, from any brand, available on the new bike market in Europe or North America, that would fit my specifications. It might well be that it is not CB1100 specifically that will be no more, it might be that there is no market for multi-purpose motorcycles in general. This market is disappearing as the use of motorcycle as a transportation device for working blokes is yielding to the use of motorcycle as a toy for the rich...?
My ideal bike would have a 4-cylinder 600-800 cc engine, about 200 kg dry mass, seat height of no more than 800 mm, normal upright riding position and power to travel-mass ratio of 150 w/kg minimum and 200 maximum. While I like "the look" of CB1100, for me "the looks" is way down the list of criteria for selecting a bike. (I don't see much of a bike when I'm riding on it, and I couldn't care less about how the bike (and me on it) looks to others I'm passing on the road). While I am open to both air and liquid cooled bikes, I realize that the bike would probably have to be liquid-cooled to meet emission and my power/mass specifications
Why such precise specs? I need one single bike, (BTW just like my current one), that is well-suited for a solo rider in both dense urban traffic, as it is for a 1000's of km trans-continental motorcycle trip that includes riding on fast divided highways.
How is all of the above pertinent to this thread?
CB1100 was close to the bike I am looking for, even though it is somewhat over the displacement (and thus the mass) limit I have in mind. However, there is no bike, from any brand, available on the new bike market in Europe or North America, that would fit my specifications. It might well be that it is not CB1100 specifically that will be no more, it might be that there is no market for multi-purpose motorcycles in general. This market is disappearing as the use of motorcycle as a transportation device for working blokes is yielding to the use of motorcycle as a toy for the rich...?