Touring: CB1100 vs. F800GT

[the Ferret]

Whenever I wonder about another motorcycle, I google " issues with X bike" and usually an owners forum pops up, like ours. They are the ones living with a bike day in and day out. I just did it for the BMW F800 GT. being a man made machine of course there will be some issues ( we see a few as well). I have to assume you have done the same as research. There is an F800 riders forum

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=bmw...es&start=0

I have taken 2 multi day, multi state trips on my Cb1100s ( and I am about to take another one in a couple weeks) and they did great. Chain was not an issue. Never needed adjustment, just a lube mid week. Shields are available as are hard and soft luggage. Since I have a dedicated touring bike, I prefer to set up my CB as more a sport tourer with soft luggage, easily removed when not on a trip.However excellent hard luggage is available for it.

Btw have you read any of the reports of the Belgian couple traveling the world on a pair of CB1100s?

Here are a couple of my ride reports

[url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=4083]http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=4083


http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1312


http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=836


http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=839


And might I suggest Reading ANY of the awesome ride reports By Empty Sea, Cormanus or Pterodactyl in the seat time section of the forum.

I can't tell you how good of a middle weight tourer the BMW F800 GT , but I can tell you the CB1100 will do the job day after day, mile after mile, year after year, without even breathing hard.