09-18-2015, 05:40 AM
Perhaps my opinion is not totally pertinent here... as I do not have a CB1100...but I think that the facts that you will be regularly going 270miles(135 one way) on Interstate(s) at 85-95 mph... and considering about $9100 for your outlay... you would be better off looking for a clean & fairly new used sport-touring ST1300 type bike... Yamaha or Kawasaki Concours, such... you will have good reserve power for those speeds & will have much better fairing protection...& not get "beat-up" out there on Interstates... If I were doing the trip(s) as you describe... that would be my personal choice... If you were off Interstates... on secondary roads... going 65-70mph...with some rest breaks to avert rider fatigue from "naked bike wind blast"... then for fun the CB1100 type bike would appeal (to me)...& like you... the cruiser rider triangle has no appeal to me, either!