08-20-2015, 10:43 PM
(08-20-2015, 01:36 PM)Gsnyder70_imp Wrote: I spent the last year agonizing over the choice to buy a Thruxton or Bonneville, then I found pics of old CB750's and thought the four headers coming out the front of the bike looked wicked. As I regularly checked the local shop for used Triumphs, I saw a used CB1100 with 396 miles on it and bought the bike over the phone for $6900. A month later got my M cert and have been riding and loving it ever since! So, unlike most of you old guys in the forums, I never had an old honda as a kid nor did I really know anything about them until I owned one. But I love mine!
Well, first welcome to the party rider.. Be smart, be safe, and enjoy..
Now, You've made a horrible mistake..
Oh, no don't get me wrong.. The CB is a stellar bike, but see that is the problem... now you're as trapped as we (us old guys) are..I've spent been riding for 25 years.. and in that time I've had 14 bikes. The first two (1978 Kawasaki KZ650 and then a 1983 Honda CB750F) ruined me for all other bikes.. There is a feeling, a sensation, that riding a big, simple, standard 4 cylinder, chain driven, bike (Honda in particular) gives you that nothing else offers. Nothing.. Heck from 1991 to a month ago, without really knowing it, I've been chasing that feeling.
There are faster bikes, better bikes, more this or that bikes, but nothing rides like one of these.. It's weird and awesome..
Have fun..
