defects CB 1100

[Houtman_imp]

2017 model motorcycle footpegs attack is the same as previous models motorcycle footpegs attack?

Yes, I have the Vario foot pegs on my 2013 , 2014 and 2017 CB 1100

[Mercurysilver_imp]

Yes, I have the Vario foot pegs on my 2013 , 2014 and 2017 CB 1100
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Do you have a P/N for them?
Revzilla said "no match" for the MFW Vario on 2017 CB1100

[tod.branko_imp]

Life would be so boring if we were all the same size and shape, and if we all like the same things. Funny enough, we all know what you are talking about because it's a fact, this bike was built for a stature of an average Japanese rider, and the engine is indeed very quiet and smooth.
I solved my riding position with an padding my seat with an extra inch of foam and putting on dirt bars (also flipped the bar mounts 180° to push them more forward)
Footpegs were never an issue because I like sitting with feet under my butt, I will occasionally put them up on the passenger pegs, too!
As for the engine, there are many things people do to make it louder and more engaging. Coming from a Guzzi, I am still enjoying the lack of noise and linear power delivery.

Good luck with whatever you choose next!

'14 CB1100 STD 5 speed

[zirconxi_imp]

Had you tried changing to a lower handle bar as well? I know a rider who is 182cm tall, before this he said his stock CB is not comfortable to ride for long. After he change to a lower handlebar and taller seat, he had rode few hundreds km on it and he felt the ergo is much suitable now. But I believe the real problem here is not just the ergo, but more of the "chemistry" between the rider and the bike. If it doesn't click, find something which do is a much better options. Just like a wife, some like humble quiet type, some like tough independent type. No point forcing yourself to married a type of girl who doesn't touch your heart.

[Ale72_imp]

thank you guys.
known that many consider the engine anonymous and many have raised the saddle and lowered the motorcycle footpegs as it is designed for Chinese and Japanese with average height different from us Westerners.

[Wisedrum]

Rode a California before I brought it back to the dealer after a few kms and months within the warranty of the used bike and took the CB instead. I didn't regret the decision. The Guzzi had real defects. Something with the valves went wrong and he couldn't fix it. Needed a bigger operation. Reason for me to leave the Guzzi theme, although these machines are somehow nice and attractive. I still like them but would never buy one again.

The CB has no defects. It runs well. It is a bike which will fit some but not everyone. I'm not a small guy and can sit pretty on the CB and ride with her on smaller or real long trips over weeks without changing the seat or anything else and don't feel uncomfortable. But this is my impression. The engine always spreads the aura of being reliable and trustful. It never dissapointed me on 67.000km. One of the top aspects motorbikes luckely can have. I like the way it runs. Some don't as the administrator of the German W-forum. He tested the CB when the bike came out only to put her down as being boring with no kick. But he doesn't like inline fours. I think, it is the rider who brings boredom to a motorbike not the other way round. I still enjoy the CB after more than 6 years and don't share the opinions of some riders about the bike. I don't have to.

[Ale72_imp]

Also triumph boneville 1200 is much more comfortable than CB for both rider and passenger. Boneville is designed for European riders non Chinese e Japanese riders and size is more important, then the 1200 Triumph conveys non-anonymous Japanese emotions, my opinion.

[Wisedrum]

If you like watercooled motorbikes, buy one! I prefer oil aircooled ones. There aren't many of them out on the market.

[alprider]

i can only say : with my 173cm is our CB absolut perfect in seathigh and kneeangle....

[Cormanus]

Rode a California before I brought it back to the dealer after a few kms and months within the warranty of the used bike and took the CB instead. I didn't regret the decision. The Guzzi had real defects. Something with the valves went wrong and he couldn't fix it. Needed a bigger operation. Reason for me to leave the Guzzi theme, although these machines are somehow nice and attractive. I still like them but would never buy one again.

The CB has no defects. It runs well. It is a bike which will fit some but not everyone. I'm not a small guy and can sit pretty on the CB and ride with her on smaller or real long trips over weeks without changing the seat or anything else and don't feel uncomfortable. But this is my impression. The engine always spreads the aura of being reliable and trustful. It never dissapointed me on 67.000km. One of the top aspects motorbikes luckely can have. I like the way it runs. Some don't as the administrator of the German W-forum. He tested the CB when the bike came out only to put her down as being boring with no kick. But he doesn't like inline fours. I think, it is the rider who brings boredom to a motorbike not the other way round. I still enjoy the CB after more than 6 years and don't share the opinions of some riders about the bike. I don't have to.

What an interesting observation, Wisedrum. There was a long thread on this forum once about what gives a motorcycle character which never, in my view, reached any sort of sensible conclusion. You've nailed it, I think. Like Paul Simon's song One man's ceiling is another man's floor, the only real response is that 'character' is about what appeals to the individual. After all, a motorbike is a machine. How does 'character' enter into it?

Ale72, if you don't like the CB1100 or find it boring and devoid of character, that's fine. That's your judgement. Good for you. Find another bike that suits you better. Putting aside the question of language and translation, your not liking the CB1100 does not make it defective.