09-12-2017, 08:29 AM
(09-12-2017, 07:45 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: I'm a pup compared to Rocky, but at 67 still managed to land in your oldest age group in the poll. Older? yes. More conservative? yes. I don't consider myself wealthy by any stretch, but I don't owe anyone anything, there's a roof over my head and there's food on the table every day, so I don't consider myself poor either. Being of German heritage from depression era parents we learned to be pretty frugal growing up. Never outgrew it. Motorcycles are my luxury item. Still, I won't spend willy nilly on mc stuff either. Buy my riding gear on sale ... or gently used. A $300 purchase is a big decision for me, not because I don't have the $300, but do I really NEED the item in question, and is it worth more to me than the $300 sitting in the nest egg?
Buying the DLX was an easy decision for me, even though I had already splurged on a 13 CB1100. I mean look at one. They are drop dead gorgeous. I HAD no choice but to buy one lol .
This is what drives my curiosity in relationship to the article. It's well known that the DLX turns your crank while I find the 13 Standard to be the best looking CB1100. I had not previously given much thought to our age difference as a factor in what we each find appealing.
I like most all of the vintage CBs (not a real fan of the Customs however). But if I had to rank them for beauty the original CB750 would fall below the CB400F and even the later CB750F/CB900F/CB1100F bikes of the early 80's. I'm guessing that the CB750 would rank at the top of the list for most DLX owners (or perhaps I'm wrong?). But what I hadn't considered previous to reading the Road & Track article was if this could be a function of age and at what point in our respective timelines that those old CBs became something that we could actually ride (or contemplate riding) due to our age. The CB750 was a bit more of my dad's time while the CB750F of the early 80's was a but more of my time relatively speaking. This probably has a fair bit of impact as to what appeals to me.
None of which is to say that I don't admire the old CB750's — just ask cooldrum (he owns a beauty).
Just interesting to think about.
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