It's amazing my dealer has 5, 2013 CB1100's

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All kidding aside, either version is great. I suspect that the 5 2013s would have been sold last year if they hadn't come out with the DLX and the 6th gear, but who really knows? Symmetry, chrome, lower revs, and slightly longer range are all wonderful, but then again, so are asymmetry, stainless, higher revs, and stopping for gas a bit more often.