Tell me if this was a Great Deal!

[TCBronson_imp]

I think you did very well!

[Lord Popgun]

+1 on what TCB said. Great buy. I LOVE my '13 and I paid list when it first came out. The '13s are the best ya know

[Nortoon_imp]

That sounds like an excellent deal to me, letsjet.

I'm amazed at how impulsive people are. That story is surprisingly plausible: someone had a burst of nostalgia and/or aging anxiety and bought the bike with great enthusiasm. Rode it, realized the ol' backside was a tad wider and more tender than in the carefree days of youth and fitted the Corbin. Rode it again, realized "you can't go home again" and riding for them just didn't bring back the feelings and memories they expected. Maybe it was a bit scary. Put the bike back in the garage and never rolled it out again. Later on, decided to liquidate it when the next impulse purchased loomed (my bet: a sports car).

I got a big smile out of what you said.

After a 25 year hiatus from motorcycling, a friend took me too a vintage motorcycle show and I caught "bike fever" again. The following spring I bought a motorcycle for my 68th birthday. Everyone accused me of trying to recapture my youth.

It took a while before the seat felt comfortable. I don't think the seat changed, just me. I also learned to stop every two hours or so and walk around a bit.

During the first couple of months I visited the old motorcycle haunts. Never met any of the hundreds of motorcyclists I had know during my previous 23 years of riding. The modern riders were only interested in sport bikes and cruisers. If you didn't ride what they did, they were not at all interested in what you rode or had to say. As you said, "You can't go back".

As I like to ride the back roads, I learned I was better off riding alone. I went where I wanted, ate when and where I wanted, sometimes rode enthusiastically, and sometimes just cruised enjoying the sunshine and scenery. Does it make me feel young and free again. You bet!

[zoogie_imp]

Considering that I joined the forum only yesterday, I bought a 2013 Standard today! Was this a deal or what? A 2013 CB1100 with a Corbin seat and luggage rack for a total out the door price, bike, tax, fees, etc of $6,600. Best of all the bike has only 13 miles! Thinking I can add the 4 into 2 exhaust system and red side panels and be close to the Deluxe in looks. "IF" I could have found a Deluxe it would have been close to $13K, so for $6,600 I'm pretty happy. Don't know if I'll keep the Corbin seat, reminds me of Harley's, but after I ride it a bit I'll decide. I like the purist look of the stock seat, which came with the bike also.


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nice find, i bought a used 13 (private)with abs for $5800 it had 377 miles on her, came with wind screen that easily can be put on and off and lizard lights. i added corbin seat and slip on already. corbin i bought used looks brand new for $185 and a used slip on for $200 looks new as well.good luck with your new ride. i think we both did pretty good on our bikes.

[Blockhead_imp]

letsjet, welcome to the forum and congrats on the fine Christmas present that you bought for yourself!

Sounds like you got a great deal....ride safe.

[venturer434_imp]

Congrats on the CB1100.. Great price..

[Stichill_imp]

That sounds like an excellent deal to me, letsjet.

I'm amazed at how impulsive people are. That story is surprisingly plausible: someone had a burst of nostalgia and/or aging anxiety and bought the bike with great enthusiasm. Rode it, realized the ol' backside was a tad wider and more tender than in the carefree days of youth and fitted the Corbin. Rode it again, realized "you can't go home again" and riding for them just didn't bring back the feelings and memories they expected. Maybe it was a bit scary. Put the bike back in the garage and never rolled it out again. Later on, decided to liquidate it when the next impulse purchased loomed (my bet: a sports car).

I got a big smile out of what you said.

After a 25 year hiatus from motorcycling, a friend took me too a vintage motorcycle show and I caught "bike fever" again. The following spring I bought a motorcycle for my 68th birthday. Everyone accused me of trying to recapture my youth.

It took a while before the seat felt comfortable. I don't think the seat changed, just me. I also learned to stop every two hours or so and walk around a bit.

During the first couple of months I visited the old motorcycle haunts. Never met any of the hundreds of motorcyclists I had know during my previous 23 years of riding. The modern riders were only interested in sport bikes and cruisers. If you didn't ride what they did, they were not at all interested in what you rode or had to say. As you said, "You can't go back".

As I like to ride the back roads, I learned I was better off riding alone. I went where I wanted, ate when and where I wanted, sometimes rode enthusiastically, and sometimes just cruised enjoying the sunshine and scenery. Does it make me feel young and free again. You bet!

I'm 54 now and became a new rider at 49...had never ridden before; always wanted to but the women in my life (and later, fatherhood) convinced me it wasn't a good idea. But later in life I decided, once the kids were raised, that it was time to get on a bike before I turned 50. As you said, people clucked that I was "having a mid-life crisis." I replied, "Not at all: I'm having a mid-life awakening."

That sounds like an excellent deal to me, letsjet.

I'm amazed at how impulsive people are. That story is surprisingly plausible: someone had a burst of nostalgia and/or aging anxiety and bought the bike with great enthusiasm. Rode it, realized the ol' backside was a tad wider and more tender than in the carefree days of youth and fitted the Corbin. Rode it again, realized "you can't go home again" and riding for them just didn't bring back the feelings and memories they expected. Maybe it was a bit scary. Put the bike back in the garage and never rolled it out again. Later on, decided to liquidate it when the next impulse purchased loomed (my bet: a sports car).

I got a big smile out of what you said.

After a 25 year hiatus from motorcycling, a friend took me too a vintage motorcycle show and I caught "bike fever" again. The following spring I bought a motorcycle for my 68th birthday. Everyone accused me of trying to recapture my youth.

It took a while before the seat felt comfortable. I don't think the seat changed, just me. I also learned to stop every two hours or so and walk around a bit.

During the first couple of months I visited the old motorcycle haunts. Never met any of the hundreds of motorcyclists I had know during my previous 23 years of riding. The modern riders were only interested in sport bikes and cruisers. If you didn't ride what they did, they were not at all interested in what you rode or had to say. As you said, "You can't go back".

As I like to ride the back roads, I learned I was better off riding alone. I went where I wanted, ate when and where I wanted, sometimes rode enthusiastically, and sometimes just cruised enjoying the sunshine and scenery. Does it make me feel young and free again. You bet!

My youthful gearhead phase was in the late '70s / early '80s and it was all about cars. Me and a buddy liked '50s cars and some of our other pals liked '60s cars and muscle cars. We had hours of good times wrenching, racing, and cruising downtown. We all sold our cars, got married, etc. and the old gang was no more. At 39, I think I was having mid-life anxiety and so I bought another '50s car. It was a lot better than the car of my youth but I couldn't recapture the zeitgeist...the social aspect was absent, and I wasn't a fan of going to car shows and sitting around in lawn chairs while people strolled by and picked nits on the car. Boring!

That sounds like an excellent deal to me, letsjet.

I'm amazed at how impulsive people are. That story is surprisingly plausible: someone had a burst of nostalgia and/or aging anxiety and bought the bike with great enthusiasm. Rode it, realized the ol' backside was a tad wider and more tender than in the carefree days of youth and fitted the Corbin. Rode it again, realized "you can't go home again" and riding for them just didn't bring back the feelings and memories they expected. Maybe it was a bit scary. Put the bike back in the garage and never rolled it out again. Later on, decided to liquidate it when the next impulse purchased loomed (my bet: a sports car).

I got a big smile out of what you said.

After a 25 year hiatus from motorcycling, a friend took me too a vintage motorcycle show and I caught "bike fever" again. The following spring I bought a motorcycle for my 68th birthday. Everyone accused me of trying to recapture my youth.

It took a while before the seat felt comfortable. I don't think the seat changed, just me. I also learned to stop every two hours or so and walk around a bit.

During the first couple of months I visited the old motorcycle haunts. Never met any of the hundreds of motorcyclists I had know during my previous 23 years of riding. The modern riders were only interested in sport bikes and cruisers. If you didn't ride what they did, they were not at all interested in what you rode or had to say. As you said, "You can't go back".

As I like to ride the back roads, I learned I was better off riding alone. I went where I wanted, ate when and where I wanted, sometimes rode enthusiastically, and sometimes just cruised enjoying the sunshine and scenery. Does it make me feel young and free again. You bet!

Me too! And I've found a group of guys that I work with who also love to ride, so we go out for lunch rides together and once a year we take a week-long trip, and then we'll usually take one or two day rides on the weekend...usually a spring ride and a fall ride. That's the neat thing about riding: you can have your freedom and solitude and also have some social interaction with other riders.

[c-breezy_imp]

Wow that is a steal! Congrats!!!

[letsjet_imp]

My plan was originally to buy a used one for around $5,000 when one popped up, couldn't resist a 13 mile CB1100 for $6,600 OTD.

[Nemo_imp]

WOW! What a deal!! Enjoy it!