New or used

[SportsterDoc]

Hi, I’m new to the forum and getting ready to buy a different bike. The CB 1100 is at the top of my list. My question is I can buy a new 2014 from a dealer for $5999 plus negotiable fees or a used 2014 DLX from a dealer for $5000 minus whatever they want to give me for my current bike (kbb trade in @ $2700). The used bike has some mods like windscreen and rear rack. Looks to be in good shape with 24,000 miles. I don’t think 24,000 miles on a modern Honda is too many, but you guys know these bikes. I don’t think I’ll lose either way but would like some owner input. Thank you in advance.

Welcome to the forum!

New versus used

What is the out-the-door price comparison?...there may be a larger spread than $999.

If you like the windscreen and rack, that is worth several hundred.

Pricing will likely favor the used. I would not be concerned about 24,000 miles, if oil and filter changed as recommended and taken to 8,000 RPMs only occasionally.

Standard versus Deluxe

Deluxe is rare and coveted by many, however that is mainly personal preference. I purchased a standard 2014 for the following reasons:

• I prefer the 4 into 1 exhaust for appearance, lighter weight, chain access and nostalgia for my 1976 CB750F.

• a steel fuel tank, although I like the style and extra capacity of the aluminum 2017 tank

• alloy wheels, which are easier to clean and much easier to deal with a tubeless tire puncture on the road

• the black/chrome appearance, with reminds me of my first bike, when I was 16

I would expect you to be happy with either.

[DAC]

Welcome and go DLX. If the service records pan out, the valves have been checked and you like the accessories, you're in good shape.

[reinie_imp]

I am rather surprised that there are still unsold 2014 Hondas sitting around in 2018. Was the the CB1100 that unpopular??

[cookiemech]

I am rather surprised that there are still unsold 2014 Hondas sitting around in 2018. Was the the CB1100 that unpopular??

Yes.

[LongRanger_imp]

Generally yes, but not through any fault of the bike. It wasn't well marketed or promoted by Honda and dealerships tended to not place the bike prominently on the sales floor. It was relatively expensive too. Anecdotally, many folks never heard of the bike when shopping for something else. The collective here believe Honda imported too many Std's and too few DLX's. It was only a two-year model in the U.S. (just one year for the DLX) until its one-year reintroduction in 2017. I see very few CB's on the road and have never seen a '17 beyond the showroom.

[Flytech99_imp]

Perhaps the disproportionate number of standards to DLXs was an attempt by Honda to target a lower price point??? Regardless, none of the CBs have been marketed well in North America and it's generally flown under the radar in reviews and comparisons with limited media attention.

What I don't understand at all is the limited color options for the export markets. Changing colors on the CB is as simple as swapping the tank and side covers (on some models). Thus, it really shouldn't have been a big deal to offer some paint variety, like Japan got. Personally, I don't like red on any motorcycle and the standard is too blacked-out in stock form for me. If I was forced to buy new, I literally would've bought any other Honda color 100 times over before either of those.

[pdedse]

Perhaps the disproportionate number of standards to DLXs was an attempt by Honda to target a lower price point??? Regardless, none of the CBs have been marketed well in North America and it's generally flown under the radar in reviews and comparisons with limited media attention.

What I don't understand at all is the limited color options for the export markets. Changing colors on the CB is as simple as swapping the tank and side covers (on some models). Thus, it really shouldn't have been a big deal to offer some paint variety, like Japan got. Personally, I don't like red on any motorcycle and the standard is too blacked-out in stock form for me. If I was forced to buy new, I literally would've bought any other Honda color 100 times over before either of those.

Yep...I swore I'd never buy a red motorcycle...not really sure if it' was that I disliked red or that I liked other colors that much. I was hoping the gold CB1100 sold in some markets (not the '17 yellow) would make it to the States, but no. Then I saw that no '18 models were going to make it to the States. What to do? When I saw the '17 EX red in person, I thought "that's not really ugly". Knowing that it was my ONLY option made it look better after a few weeks of looking at photos. I realized that I wanted to ride / own this bike more than I wanted a different color on any other bike. So...a '17 EX red it was!

[Cormanus]

I am rather surprised that there are still unsold 2014 Hondas sitting around in 2018. Was the the CB1100 that unpopular??

redbirds said a couple of days ago that a dealer near him still has a couple of 2013 models, http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread....#pid201013

[el duque_imp]

Well.....

maybe the cb11 will become a cult classic and worth a lot of $ 30yrs from now. Won't be that many around.

If I would have thought the cb 350 four was going to be worth $ someday I would have started buying them a while back ... that and some Microsoft stock

Red ain't it but there is always paint.

[cookiemech]

Funny, but I have five red bikes and a red pickup truck (my Road King is blue and silver, because that's what looks best to me out of the colors offered that year). I like the looks of the CB1100 in some of the colors offered outside the US, but probably wouldn't have bought it if red were not an option.

Guess tastes are different . . .