05-20-2015, 12:16 AM
What a tough question! Every time I look at the darn thing I fall in love all over again. I am trying to think back to when I first got it, and if I *had* to pick one thing I think it would be the air cooled engine with the four downpipes coming out the front, but then the green dials, the drop dead gorgeous '13 red tank, the gleaming chrome fenders, the awesome old school taillight, two-tone mags, the overall café racer proportions...what a glorious machine!!! It reminds me of everything I dreamed about motorcycles when I was a little kid.
After owning more than 30 bikes of all brands over the years, some with $30K+ invested, I have come to the conclusion that the CB1100 represents to me the quintessential motorcycle design of all time. What's more, the type of riders it attracts-people like each of you-remind me of what motorcycling was like in the old days, over 40 years ago when I first started riding. I've been through the speed daemon squid crowd, the image conscious pirates, the dirt riders, and this is what I like best-real people who respect each other and love real motorcycles.
After owning more than 30 bikes of all brands over the years, some with $30K+ invested, I have come to the conclusion that the CB1100 represents to me the quintessential motorcycle design of all time. What's more, the type of riders it attracts-people like each of you-remind me of what motorcycling was like in the old days, over 40 years ago when I first started riding. I've been through the speed daemon squid crowd, the image conscious pirates, the dirt riders, and this is what I like best-real people who respect each other and love real motorcycles.