04-14-2015, 10:50 AM
I know that, at 48, I'm technically out of the age range you specified but hopefully still "within the margin of error". 
I can still relate to the younger crowd, though, if only because when the first CBs appeared in 1969 and then throughout the 70's, I was too young to ride or own one but, nevertheless, it was the motorcycle "look" that I grew up with. All of those formative years were spent daydreaming about riding a motorcycle that looks, not coincidently, like the one I now have in my garage!
While researching this bike I read something on the World Honda CB1100 page that pretty much sums up everything I feel about this bike and why it is so appealing to me.
"Although it offers a sporty ride, the CB1100 is not a sport bike. It's a great motorcycle to take on a tour, but it's not a tourer or a cruiser. Despite how good it feels to zip around town on the CB1100, it's not a street bike, either. Focused only on the elements that make a motorcycle a motorcycle, we built the CB1100 on the origins of Honda's motorcycles and polished it to perfection. The result is an archetypal "cool bike." (My underlining)
I know that sounds like just some marketing hype to some folks but it pretty much sums it up for me.
I can still relate to the younger crowd, though, if only because when the first CBs appeared in 1969 and then throughout the 70's, I was too young to ride or own one but, nevertheless, it was the motorcycle "look" that I grew up with. All of those formative years were spent daydreaming about riding a motorcycle that looks, not coincidently, like the one I now have in my garage!
While researching this bike I read something on the World Honda CB1100 page that pretty much sums up everything I feel about this bike and why it is so appealing to me.
"Although it offers a sporty ride, the CB1100 is not a sport bike. It's a great motorcycle to take on a tour, but it's not a tourer or a cruiser. Despite how good it feels to zip around town on the CB1100, it's not a street bike, either. Focused only on the elements that make a motorcycle a motorcycle, we built the CB1100 on the origins of Honda's motorcycles and polished it to perfection. The result is an archetypal "cool bike." (My underlining)
I know that sounds like just some marketing hype to some folks but it pretty much sums it up for me.