03-07-2015, 08:44 PM
(03-07-2015, 03:30 PM)JustPassinThru_imp Wrote:(03-07-2015, 03:23 PM)Elipten_imp Wrote: I have a BMW K75RT, full fairing, smoothest bike BMW made. The CBis almost as smooth, but the transmission is like a Swiss watch, the BMW is like a clunking Mac truck. I love both bikes. Never was an R bike fan, rode them, owned them, but we'll never understood why they still exist. I love the CB as I wanted a naked bike again. You will enjoy it.
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That about sums up my mindset about Der Boxter. Before owning one, all I heard was about the smoothness and balance of those things.
Now, they're precision equipment. They're tractor-torquey. AND they're fast...and I do like the chassis balance. Took some getting used to, but on a trip two months into ownership, it and I made friends. BUT...it's almost as bad as my long-ago SR 500 thumper. After an hour on the saddle, my arms go neuralgic. And the shift linkage vibrated apart, behind the sheathing, unbeknownst to me...fortunately, I was three miles from the dealer. Thought the shift pawls were shot, that I couldn't get it into gear. Instead...vibration.
It's fifteen years old (owned it a year) and high mileage. Time to set it aside for rethinking; and maybe a divorce.
Nowthe CB1100 seems the chance to get a retro UJB that actually FITS...a grown-up TU 250. I just hope it's as good as the magazine reviews scream it is.
Yes, it is. And even better. The vibrations will not harm your hands.
The fuel consumption is smaller I suppose. It will be good for
high mileage too. I do not regret buying this nice and smooth motorbike.
Wisedrum