RS or EX

[vtwindr_imp]

Hi, I'm new here. Thinking about making the jump to a CB1100 (from a VFR 800f)
Took an EX for a testride on Monday and it was lovely but am also going to try the RS later (different dealer). The new EX handled surprisingly well and sounded lovely but they're not cheap at nearly £11k
Have also seen some 2016 models going for £9.5k and wondering if there is much between then . Also the service schedule seems a bit offputting given what I'm used to . Can't seem to find any major issues though (unless I'm missing something) unlike the BMW R9T which is also on my list. Anyone have experience of 2017 vs 2016 models?

[Cormanus]

vtwindr, I'm not sure there was a 2016 model anywhere other than Canada, Japan and maybe other Asian countries. So any new CB1100s sold in the UK in 2016 (and 2015) would have been 2014 model bikes.

The tank design is new in 2017 and I reckon the mufflers are a nicer design. There may be something different about the front forks, but otherwise the bikes are pretty similar. I'll see if I can find the thread where a member compared the 2017 EX and RS models.
Try here vtwindr, http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=10764

[vtwindr_imp]

vtwindr, I'm not sure there was a 2016 model anywhere other than Canada, Japan and maybe other Asian countries. So any new CB1100s sold in the UK in 2016 (and 2015) would have been 2014 model bikes.

The tank design is new in 2017 and I reckon the mufflers are a nicer design. There may be something different about the front forks, but otherwise the bikes are pretty similar. I'll see if I can find the thread where a member compared the 2017 EX and RS models.
Try here vtwindr, http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=10764

sorry, yes it's a 2014 with the twin exhausts but with a '16 registration

[vtwindr_imp]

So I rode the RS today. I think it's the better bike to be honest. Maybe it's more what I'm used to (though I have a W650 as well as the VFR) but just felt the 17" wheels and sports tyres worked better for me. The tank is lush, that red is so deep and lustrous. Suspension better than the EX as are the brakes. Couuple of niggles, the fuel gauge is terrible. On sidestand the tank read half full, a mile down the road it was slashing empty. I stuck a fivers worth in (less than a gallon) and it was now reading 3/4 full. Simple warning light would be better than that. Display hard to read in sun and this demo bike had 800miles on it. Heel plates were scuffed and looking scrappy, headers were looking a bit shabby as well. Unfortunaly the offer Honda made me for my 3yr VFR (only 10500 miles, I barely road last yr after back surgery - oddly the VFR is easier on the back than the upright CB) was derisory so at this point I won't be trading for what is a nice bike but not a better bike than the VFR (probably not helped by having the W in my garage as well)

[vtwindr_imp]

the W650

[LongRanger_imp]

That W650 is the reason I bought my DLX. I delayed buying a new 2000 W650 when they were first introduced, went back to the dealer a year later to buy a new 2001, and they were completely sold out. That was it for the W650 in the U.S. I didn't want to make the same mistake when I laid eyes on the DLX!

[Wisedrum]

The best is, you own both of them. A W and a CB.
Now the W is sold out in Germany too, the end of a dream and
people too late start to recognize, that they might could have been
dreaming of the Kawa. The end of it is, prizes of used ones are
steadily increasing. I'll keep mine together with the CB and enjoy
the variation of riding somehow similiar but also different bikes.
Sometimes it's not easy to decide on which to go out for ride.
Both are so tempting. Today and the last days it was the Kawa.
Can't get enough of it, although owning this bike for over 6 years and spent
a lot of kilometers on and time with it. It puts me in a certain mood while
riding it. I also like the mood I find myself in on a ride with the CB. Another one.


Wisedrum

[ohiorider_imp]

the W650

There's always room for one more pic of a W650. I bought mine at a blow-out price in August, 2000, and rode it for 7 years and 50k miles. It made for a neat totally naked bike, or just slightly clothed with a few items that allowed it to work as a nice lightweight weekend touring bike.
- Kaw low bars
- Corbin saddle
- 5 Star bag mounts
- Givi E21 bags
- Marsee tankbag

[url=http://s115.photobucket.com/user/bcgilligan/media/Rog%20and%20Bob%20Sept%202006/BGandtheW650byMauryRiver.jpg.html]

September, 2006. On Goshen Pass ridiing from WV into Virginia

[Frulk_imp]

That looks like it was a fun bike to ride.

[Aka Tsubasa_imp]

the W650

There's always room for one more pic of a W650. I bought mine at a blow-out price in August, 2000, and rode it for 7 years and 50k miles. It made for a neat totally naked bike, or just slightly clothed with a few items that allowed it to work as a nice lightweight weekend touring bike.
- Kaw low bars
- Corbin saddle
- 5 Star bag mounts
- Givi E21 bags
- Marsee tankbag

[url=http://s115.photobucket.com/user/bcgilligan/media/Rog%20and%20Bob%20Sept%202006/BGandtheW650byMauryRiver.jpg.html]

September, 2006. On Goshen Pass ridiing from WV into Virginia

There's always room for one more pic of a W650. I bought mine at a blow-out price in August, 2000, and rode it for 7 years and 50k miles. It made for a neat totally naked bike, or just slightly clothed with a few items that allowed it to work as a nice lightweight weekend touring bike.
- Kaw low bars
- Corbin saddle
- 5 Star bag mounts
- Givi E21 bags
- Marsee tankbag

[url=http://s115.photobucket.com/user/bcgilligan/media/Rog%20and%20Bob%20Sept%202006/BGandtheW650byMauryRiver.jpg.html]

September, 2006. On Goshen Pass ridiing from WV into Virginia
I was not digging this bike until I saw that KICK STARTER! Do any Triumphs still have those!? That would absolutely get me to buy one.