2001 CB prototype

[spartanheed_imp]

Apparently this picture was taken at the 2001 Tokyo Motorshow.



It looks a like a very similar bike to the 2009 CB1100 prototype.



Has anyone got any better pictures of the 2001 bike please?

[Frulk_imp]

Man I wish they would have gone with the 4X4 pipes.

[peterbaron]

Man I wish they would have gone with the 4X4 pipes.

+1^^^^^ , even with higher purchase price, but OEM

[misterprofessionality]

am i seeing that right? was the 2001 concept carb'd?

[Bazbro_imp]

I think Honda missed a trick by not producing a "50th Anniversary" CB1100/CB750 lookalike, a la Whitehouse.

[Guth_imp]

Given the richness and variety of the CB's heritage I'm glad Honda took the approach that they did, combining elements of a number of previous models into a new distinct motorcycle rather than trying to recreate just one specific model. (Then again I dig the single exhaust.) Fortunately Whitehouse and various exhaust manufacturers filled the void for those really wanting something that looks more like a CB750.

[Cormanus]

The more I think about it, the more I think you're right, Guth. For me, the beauty of the CB is the combination of styling cues from the original CB750 and a thoroughly modern engine and brakes. I wish they'd been produced with a 4 into 4, but I seem to have got on pretty well wth the 4 into 1 over the past 5 and a bit years.

[Bazbro_imp]

I have been looking at the CB1100, with a view to buying one, for so many years now and one of the reasons I haven't jumped until now is the styling. Whilst it is a very nice-looking 'bike (far more subtle than the retro BMW and Triumph) it is just that, only "nice". It could have been stunning.

I'm afraid Whitehouse-style is a sledgehammer to crack a nut - it is just a CB750 turned into a CB1100. Honda, IF they were going to make a "50th Anniversary Edition" would have done it much, much better.
Yes, I like the look of the standard CB1100. It's "nice". Yes, I like the look of the Whitehouse version better.
But who knows how stunning a "50th Anniversary Edition" from Honda's own design studio could have been, with Honda's own "four into fours", a bigger slab-sided tank, retro colours, and so on?