01-17-2022, 02:08 AM
Hey PaulB ... Love to hear contrasting opinions on just about everything, not just motorcycles. They get me fired up sometimes and that is one of my bigger flaws. In the end, though, I value other perspectives. Of course, as you may expect, the last two sentences were a disclaimer, of sorts, for the next few:
1. Don't mistake correlation with causation - You have no way of knowing why people are selling their CB1100s with <10,000 miles on them.
2. Don't present opinion as fact - The bike is not "uncomfortable". Rather, you find it uncomfortable. I have logged 50,727 miles on my current CB1100 and had 30,273 miles on my first 2013. (In checking those numbers, I realized that I have a "milestone" in that I just turned exactly 80,000 combined miles on a 2013 CB1100...not sure if that's "Milestone Thread" worthy or not). 80,000 miles - including one Ironbutt SS1000, six 500+ mile days, twelve riding trips of 5+ days averaging about 1500 miles per trip (not counting the rides to and from the destinations). Yes, I'm bragging, but to the point, I don't find the CB1100 uncomfortable. My wife does, so she rides her own bike.
The rest of what you said about the power, the suspension, the weight, and the valve clearance interval seem on point. My opinion on the "acceptability" of some of these flaws is what we differ on. It's not "unacceptable" to me that the valve clearance check is frequent; annoying to me, but not unacceptable. The suspension, while softer than I like, does what it needs to to for me. The engine is powerful enough to get me out of bad situations and anemic enough to keep me from being tempted to ride with the sport-bike packs I hear nearby through my open window on warm Chicago nights. It's not been a terrible bike for me to live with.
I haven't owned a lot of other bikes and that might make it seem like my opinion should carry less weight than others. I have had ample opportunity to make a change and did so in 2017 - I traded my 2013 CB1100 in for a zero-mile 2013 CB1100 with ABS. 80,000 miles of riding this bike should also factor in when weighing my opinions on this bike.
Thank you for posting you opinions and I hope that your 2013 CB1100 went to someone who finds it more suitable to his/her taste
1. Don't mistake correlation with causation - You have no way of knowing why people are selling their CB1100s with <10,000 miles on them.
2. Don't present opinion as fact - The bike is not "uncomfortable". Rather, you find it uncomfortable. I have logged 50,727 miles on my current CB1100 and had 30,273 miles on my first 2013. (In checking those numbers, I realized that I have a "milestone" in that I just turned exactly 80,000 combined miles on a 2013 CB1100...not sure if that's "Milestone Thread" worthy or not). 80,000 miles - including one Ironbutt SS1000, six 500+ mile days, twelve riding trips of 5+ days averaging about 1500 miles per trip (not counting the rides to and from the destinations). Yes, I'm bragging, but to the point, I don't find the CB1100 uncomfortable. My wife does, so she rides her own bike.
The rest of what you said about the power, the suspension, the weight, and the valve clearance interval seem on point. My opinion on the "acceptability" of some of these flaws is what we differ on. It's not "unacceptable" to me that the valve clearance check is frequent; annoying to me, but not unacceptable. The suspension, while softer than I like, does what it needs to to for me. The engine is powerful enough to get me out of bad situations and anemic enough to keep me from being tempted to ride with the sport-bike packs I hear nearby through my open window on warm Chicago nights. It's not been a terrible bike for me to live with.
I haven't owned a lot of other bikes and that might make it seem like my opinion should carry less weight than others. I have had ample opportunity to make a change and did so in 2017 - I traded my 2013 CB1100 in for a zero-mile 2013 CB1100 with ABS. 80,000 miles of riding this bike should also factor in when weighing my opinions on this bike.
Thank you for posting you opinions and I hope that your 2013 CB1100 went to someone who finds it more suitable to his/her taste