09-13-2015, 07:32 AM
Old thread, but to answer Ferret' s question, the (now former) CEO of Honda (Takanobu Ito) owns a Pearl White CB1100. Here's a quick excerpt from the above link (great article) that describes how he used his CB to get around town after that earthquake/tsunami in Japan.
"The 57-year-old executive said he first drove a Honda car from Tokyo to his house in Utsunomiya, in the same prefecture as Tochigi, taking back roads with the highway network from the capital closed. The CEO then changed to the still brand-new motorbike he bought last spring to approach the quake-hit area. The pearl white 1100cc-engine CB was able to roll through disrupted roads around the facilities that a car would find it hard to navigate, he said."
Here's a pic from a German website:
http://www.mojomag.de/2012/02/giri-ceo-in-japan-sein/
"The 57-year-old executive said he first drove a Honda car from Tokyo to his house in Utsunomiya, in the same prefecture as Tochigi, taking back roads with the highway network from the capital closed. The CEO then changed to the still brand-new motorbike he bought last spring to approach the quake-hit area. The pearl white 1100cc-engine CB was able to roll through disrupted roads around the facilities that a car would find it hard to navigate, he said."
Here's a pic from a German website:
http://www.mojomag.de/2012/02/giri-ceo-in-japan-sein/