05-16-2014, 05:12 AM
(05-16-2014, 04:49 AM)Rocky_imp Wrote: We already had a thread about "age", but I'll jump in anyway.
I got my CB about the same way as Gumby got his - I happened to be there when it was being unloaded off the truck. I had to pull the trigger then and there as they were only getting two and one had been spoken for as I learned later.
Only Pearl Spencer blue is coming to Canada so Gumby's will be blue too just like I posted in another thread. It's not the deluxe model that's available in the US, but it certainly has a lot of "deluxe" features that I like - and I'm sure he will too.
I jumped from British motorcycles in the 1950's to a new Honda in 1992 - the year I retired and rode off into the sunset. I missed everything between those dates because it was nose to the grindstone for 34 years.
But I like vintage bikes and there are a number of the CB750's in our bike club. When the 1100 became available here last year I knew I had to have one, but missed getting one then so had to wait another year.
Oh yes, BTW, I'm 76 years-old and loving the new CB
I didn't realize that the US Deluxe had dual mufflers. It does look more retro that way, but my CBF1000 had dual mufflers and I always found that the left muffler got in the way at chain cleaning/adjusting time. Besides, the 4-into-1 looks more like the older Kerker header system from my youth. Most CB750 owners I knew back then scrapped the original four mufflers for the lighter Kerkers.