08-17-2016, 01:06 AM
Perhaps you are right, because I am old(er) than you, that I see the bike with different eyes. My son is 37 has younger eyes, and doesn't consider the CB sporty in any way whatsoever and yes he has ridden it. He thinks it's a perfectly "nice" motorcycle. In the sporting category it doesn't compare to his 115 hp 450 pound FJ-09 which is lighter, faster and handles better.
However if I were 18-25 and looking for a "sport bike" I wouldn't cast a sideways glance at the stodgy CB1100, or the FZ/FJ for that matter, but would walk right past them to the rows of Ninja, Gizxxers, R-1s and CBR's, which are lighter, faster, handle better, brake better, have sportier rubber, and have a sportier look than either of them. Bikes actually designed to be sport bikes. So I guess it's really just a matter of perspective.
However if I were 18-25 and looking for a "sport bike" I wouldn't cast a sideways glance at the stodgy CB1100, or the FZ/FJ for that matter, but would walk right past them to the rows of Ninja, Gizxxers, R-1s and CBR's, which are lighter, faster, handle better, brake better, have sportier rubber, and have a sportier look than either of them. Bikes actually designed to be sport bikes. So I guess it's really just a matter of perspective.