01-16-2022, 10:03 AM
Im 72 yrs old, 5ft 10 living in New Zealand where we ride all year round, have had my 2018 CB1100ex for 8 months now and done some 5000kms (3100 miles) on our tight windy hilly bumpy roads riding with other experienced Ulysses club members who are capable of getting along at a fair clip and my comments would be as below. My experience / previous bikes in order newest to oldest to me in last few years so you get an idea of what I have been riding in the last 5 yrs - Triumph T120, Suzuki SV650, Triumph T100 (water cooled), Suzuki Vee Strom 650, Triumph Bonneville SE, Honda NC750, Suzuki S83, BMW R1200C, BMW R850R, BMW R1150R (guilty of buying and selling while seeking the ultimate ride for me!)
Suspension is soft but actually quite good for our road conditions and my age and back!
Handling is that off a cruiser and providing you understand what you are on, its fine and acceptable and certainly way better than any 'real' cruiser i have ridden like a Harley or big Suzuki Vee twin and then it has brakes!
Top end weight, one thing I felt when i first rode the CB was how low the weight felt once moving! Bit heavy to push into garage sure but can always ride it in!
Finish is second to none and bike suits those who take pride in what they ride and actually enjoy the cleaning and polishing that goes with it.
Engine is the jewel in the crown with this bike, wind on sewing machine smooth power from 2000rpm, what else gives you that smile for the money and with what I would term very good fuel economy also.
Touring, well the longest I have done is 400kms in a day (250 miles) but im about to tour the Sth Island of NZ with 2 other riders and will be looking at 450-550 kms a day for 10 days (so 4500 kms in total or 2800 miles over 10 days), dont see why its not upto such a task, more the question is am I up to it!
Here in NZ these bikes are starting to be understood and appreciated, recently a 2019 CB1100ex with just 900kms on it, sold within hrs of going to market for NZ$22,000 (US$12900).
I say if you arnt happy with your CB1100 sell it and give someone who will appreciate it the opportunity!
Suspension is soft but actually quite good for our road conditions and my age and back!
Handling is that off a cruiser and providing you understand what you are on, its fine and acceptable and certainly way better than any 'real' cruiser i have ridden like a Harley or big Suzuki Vee twin and then it has brakes!
Top end weight, one thing I felt when i first rode the CB was how low the weight felt once moving! Bit heavy to push into garage sure but can always ride it in!
Finish is second to none and bike suits those who take pride in what they ride and actually enjoy the cleaning and polishing that goes with it.
Engine is the jewel in the crown with this bike, wind on sewing machine smooth power from 2000rpm, what else gives you that smile for the money and with what I would term very good fuel economy also.
Touring, well the longest I have done is 400kms in a day (250 miles) but im about to tour the Sth Island of NZ with 2 other riders and will be looking at 450-550 kms a day for 10 days (so 4500 kms in total or 2800 miles over 10 days), dont see why its not upto such a task, more the question is am I up to it!
Here in NZ these bikes are starting to be understood and appreciated, recently a 2019 CB1100ex with just 900kms on it, sold within hrs of going to market for NZ$22,000 (US$12900).
I say if you arnt happy with your CB1100 sell it and give someone who will appreciate it the opportunity!