01-16-2022, 01:21 PM
The CB (well, any bike) will strike different folks differently. What I find annoying other folks just don't see it.
I'll just submit that the valve train adjustment if fine. Originally Honda spec'd 8000 miles to check, changed that to 12,000 miles for the '14 and newer models after gaining some experience while not changing anything in the engine. Many folks that have checked find little to no need for adjusting. So I'll call this one a mountain out of mole hill. But I do agree that hydraulic adjusted valves like the Nighthawk would have been the bees knees.
The bike was targeted at certain narrow niche of older guys and judging from the guys here (and it seems to be mostly guys) that have kept their bikes, Honda nailed it. For the bikes bought and then moved on; well, I'll submit they were outside the target demographic (for the most part). It appears that some guys loved it and still sold it - mainly because they simply go through bikes because, you know, so many bikes, so little time.
You were not the first to not get on with the CB and some of your complaints were also voiced by many of the other sellers. I do hope you can find a bike you can gel with like many of us have gelled with the CB.
I'll just submit that the valve train adjustment if fine. Originally Honda spec'd 8000 miles to check, changed that to 12,000 miles for the '14 and newer models after gaining some experience while not changing anything in the engine. Many folks that have checked find little to no need for adjusting. So I'll call this one a mountain out of mole hill. But I do agree that hydraulic adjusted valves like the Nighthawk would have been the bees knees.
The bike was targeted at certain narrow niche of older guys and judging from the guys here (and it seems to be mostly guys) that have kept their bikes, Honda nailed it. For the bikes bought and then moved on; well, I'll submit they were outside the target demographic (for the most part). It appears that some guys loved it and still sold it - mainly because they simply go through bikes because, you know, so many bikes, so little time.
You were not the first to not get on with the CB and some of your complaints were also voiced by many of the other sellers. I do hope you can find a bike you can gel with like many of us have gelled with the CB.