04-20-2015, 03:05 PM
I'm 30 now, was 28 when I bought the CB1100. I had older Japanese cafe bikes growing up and when it came to repairs and maintenance, most were like helicopters (2 hours maintenance of every hours of use). Finally got sick of this and thought I'd go for a new retro bike. Cross shopped this with a Monster and a Guzzi V7 and went for the Honda partly because of looks, but most because of build quality. This is probably the only machine I've seen in its price range that actually manages to approach automotive build quality and materials. I basically wanted something where I just hit the starter button and rode off, this thing seems to have fit that bill perfectly.
