05-23-2014, 09:52 AM
(05-22-2014, 05:38 PM)Buffalorider_imp Wrote: Last spring most people asked what year it waw and complimented me on a great restoration. Now people comment on how the "retro bikes" look so good but I have gotten remarks that they should have made them 1600s or so.
I remember when the original 750 was a large motor and the XS11 Suzuki GS were seen as monsters.
I've always considered 750 CCs just about right for my kind of riding and most of my bikes have been 750s. Liter bikes of old had more power (and weight) than I needed and consequently marginal gas mileage compared to the smaller 750s. They were great fun, just more than I needed on a day to day basis.
I was pleasantly surprised that the CB11 gave me the extra horses and turned in better fuel mileage than my CB750 (nod to technology
). Still, if Honda had offered the CB in a 750 instead of 1100 I would've snapped it up just as quickly.