2014 good 2nd ride?

[pdedse]

Hello Inline, Welcome to the Forum. I live in Texas, and have had no problem with the heat. I have the SW Motech engine guards on my bike, and there are several other members that use them as well. They are made in Germany, perfect fit, and very well engineered. https://www.twistedthrottle.com/catalogs...ine+guards

Here is some in depth on the Motech subject. If you go with them pay particular attention to using the Motech long bolts included with their bars, and use the torque values covered in this thread. http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread....#pid179410

Agreed! I had the sw motech guards on my '14 and and now have them on my '17; both times install was easy. On the '14 I put an inexpensive pair of hiway pegs on the bars of the engine guards and that made long-distance riding more comfortable. Haven't done that yet on the '17. I like the black ones because I think it makes it look like part of the frame. A few shots from different angles in the garage from this morning...











...and one from a recent ride along the Columbia River where you can see what it looks like from a distance:

[suhawk305]

Inline, Welcome to the forum!
There are more pictures and information about engine guards on this thread:
http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=11923

[LongRanger_imp]

Welcome Inline! After you own your CB for a bit, I'll be curious to hear if your VFR becomes your "2nd ride."

[Inline Sk8r_imp]

2017EX- thanks for the info! I know twisted throttle from my vfr. They used to have a distributor in Phoenix.

PDEDSE- you hooked me up with the pictures I was looking for. Grassy ass!!

LongRanger- It’ll be my go to ride for around town. Already see that happening. My idea is to leave 1 bike at work. Ride one bike to work, take the other one home, and rotate daily. It’ll be my weekend ride unless I have to ride to my group cycling rides, then I’ll take the vfr since I have a bicycle rack for that motorcycle

[Stichill_imp]

Sliders Popgun?? Hadn’t crossed my mind....interesting

Link didn’t work for me Wisedrum

Going have to search for some real life pictures of the bike with guards/sliders on
Curious
How is the seat? Looks slippery
Thanks

Worked for me for some reason. Here are the pictures at the other end of Wisedrum's link:





Engine guard model 1113 MS HO CB 1100 by [url=https://www.fehling.de/index.php?content=preise&markenid=6&lang=eng]Fehling. 85.67 Euro / pair.

[Inline Sk8r_imp]

Thanks Stichill for the help with pictures!
Since I’m getting the black bike, I’ll going for the black guards.
Figure it’s only a matter of time before I hopefully lightly drop it.
Put my vfr down for the first time at the post office a couple weeks ago. Frame sliders on so no issues.
Thought the kickstand was fully down....nope. Even laid into the horn by accident so everyone can see what I was doing. As you can imagine, everyone just watched me struggle to get it back up. No help. Welcome to Arizona LOL

[flynrider]

Welcome, Sk8r!

I've been riding air cooled bikes in the desert for about 40 yrs now. The only problems I've had were when I was sitting motionless, idling in traffic for 1/2 hr. or so in 100+ temps. The simple solution is to just shut the bike off if you're not going to be moving. Even moving slowly will allow the engine to keep it's cool.

As for guards, I'll have to give a plug to the OVER Racing guards available from Samurider. Thanks to a suicidal deer, I got to test out the left side guard a few years back and it was impressive. Although I cracked the instrument housing and scraped a lever, nothing on the left side of the bike got so much as a scratch.

I have the polished stainless ones, but they're also available in black powder coat, here :

https://www.samurider.com/?p=26952

[Inline Sk8r_imp]

Hola Flynrider

That’s for the feed back about the heat from a fellow Arizonan. It’s really appreciated!!
Sitting in traffic is for big cities like Phoenix. Tucson traffic is manageable on a motorcycle with the use of bike lanes hahahaha

I’m finding out there really are a lot of guard options...makes your head spin

Side note..
Went to the Honda website. It only shows the 2014 & 2017. Is there any difference in the earlier years? Like between the 14 and 13. I see a couple threads on the 2013. Did it start in 2013?

Thanks for everyone’s input and showing me which threads were beneficial to me!!

[Cormanus]

The first model of this iteration of the CB1100 was 2010. The 2010-2013 models are essentially the same with a 5-speed transmission. The 2014-2016 standard models got a 6-speed gearbox. In 2014, Honda introduced the DLX (US)/EX (Everywhere else).

Check out this section of the forum, http://cb1100forum.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=29

[Houtman_imp]

I also have the Over engine guards on my bikes , they fit all years and I have the stainless steel ones :look great and very good protection , more than the Honda OEM ones.