09-16-2021, 03:27 PM
"...possibly because the bikes were heavy and underpowered when compared to the originals, and also kinda pricey."
When I read the comments of ADV article, the first argument that the CB1100 was a selling flop is often repeated. I don't think and feel that the CB is underpowered with a weak engine and too heavy with 245kg for the 2013 model. So I bought one and keep it. The discussion about these 2 'negative' criterias often arose when I read something about the CB1100. Mainly when 'professional' testers wrote about the bike. Seems that they all influenced each other with their meaning. It surely depends on what you expect from a motorbike and especially from a CB1100. In Europe the CB offers 90HP, could be less in other parts of the world.
The weight power relation in other bikes is much worther than the one of the CB as shown with W800 (48HP/220kg) and the Bullet (27HP/185kg). Maybe this keeps both machines back from selling well too. And maybe their being overpriced for what they over as written over the CB. If you catch a good deal for all 3 machines, I did, they're kind or fairpriced. Not cheap but not too expensive. My point of view.
The CB is and was definitely not a motorbike for everyone, because it wasn't build for being it. In my eyes it is enough that the CB enjoys the ones, who will be enjoyed by this Honda. There will be some like here in this forum. And the CB is one of the bikes that will be missed after a while when it's put out of the market, because people will then start to notice that motorbikes can be like that, look like motorbikes in a beautiful way.
When I read the comments of ADV article, the first argument that the CB1100 was a selling flop is often repeated. I don't think and feel that the CB is underpowered with a weak engine and too heavy with 245kg for the 2013 model. So I bought one and keep it. The discussion about these 2 'negative' criterias often arose when I read something about the CB1100. Mainly when 'professional' testers wrote about the bike. Seems that they all influenced each other with their meaning. It surely depends on what you expect from a motorbike and especially from a CB1100. In Europe the CB offers 90HP, could be less in other parts of the world.
The weight power relation in other bikes is much worther than the one of the CB as shown with W800 (48HP/220kg) and the Bullet (27HP/185kg). Maybe this keeps both machines back from selling well too. And maybe their being overpriced for what they over as written over the CB. If you catch a good deal for all 3 machines, I did, they're kind or fairpriced. Not cheap but not too expensive. My point of view.
The CB is and was definitely not a motorbike for everyone, because it wasn't build for being it. In my eyes it is enough that the CB enjoys the ones, who will be enjoyed by this Honda. There will be some like here in this forum. And the CB is one of the bikes that will be missed after a while when it's put out of the market, because people will then start to notice that motorbikes can be like that, look like motorbikes in a beautiful way.