How long did it take you to decide on the CB1100?

[drodg33]

I started the true search for one in August of last year. I didn't pull the plug until April of this year. It is a Deluxe and I might have waited a bit longer but when they started drying up around me as far as dealer inventory I got moving. I am really glad I bought it. I really did not even have buyers remorse as I would normally have after any purchase esp a toy. I think my biggest hesitation was going from my last bike with a fairing to a non fairing bike. My last bike was a ST1300.

[grayta_imp]

Walked into the dealer at 4PM to order parts. Passed the marked down '14 Standard on the way to the parts counter. Five minutes of math (cost of new parts + value of old bike – purchase price of new bike = holy smokes a number closer to zero than I thought), 20 minutes to confirm trade value with sales manager and five more minutes to argue about whether or not the super-duper blowout internet price could be done with a trade (it could, or it was back to the parts counter) and done deal. So, let's call it about 30 minutes.

[MM300_imp]

This was the first I'd seen (or known of) a new CB1100

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Took the above pic in April of 2013 and within days traded out of my '12 Triumph Bonneville T100 and into a '13 Thruxton.

In June 2014 I stopped into the dealership where the pic was taken, saw 'my' CB, and made a deal on the spot. So, it's 14 months or 5 minutes depending on how you want to count it.

[Offroad]

I went 80 miles south to buy mine for two reasons....inventory selection and they would let me ride them.

I walked into Garland Motor Sports in hopkinsville kentucky knowing they had both a 2014 CB1000R and a 2014 CB1100 Std, both in black AND they would let me ride them BEFORE I bought them.

I rode the CB1000R first. I told the sales man, that unless something really didn't feel right, this is the one I'm taking home. It had all the modern techy tricks plus tons of horse power...very nice bike....I was sure it was mine. After riding it out to the interstate up to one exit and back, it just didn't fit my old fat body very well. I felt like I was sitting on top of the gas tank.

Then I rode the CB1100...instantly felt right at home...had enough power for anything I needed to be doing. So that is the one I brought home, been happy ever since!

[4 Paws_imp]

Searched on line resources when I decided the BMW R1200GS just wasn't for me. Good bike but never resonated inside me. Loved the power band.
Every time I identified a possible contender I added its specs to my spreadsheet - weight, seat height, hp, cost, blah blah blah.
Test rode a few, some quite nice bikes. Went to a shop about an hour from home to test ride another brand and saw the CB. My local Honda dealer didn't have one - actually had quite a limited selection of street bikes. Was intrigued, skipped the test ride on the other brand - too close to a sport bike for my wants - and started researching the CB.
Found this forum. Bought the bike. I keep bikes about ten years on average.
So far it's everything I hoped it would be.

[ride4now_imp]

This photo from December 2012 was the first time I had ever seen, or heard, of this bike. I had always wanted an orig. 750 Four but had never owned one. And not really interested in buying an old bike... I thought maybe I never would. Then I saw this photo and read the story... I was hooked...big time! It took me literally minutes to decide that I was going to buy one. The rest is history... While my 2013 stayed with me for a year... my 2014 will stay with me for the rest of my life.




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[JustPassinThru_imp]

Searched on line resources when I decided the BMW R1200GS just wasn't for me. Good bike but never resonated inside me. Loved the power band.
Every time I identified a possible contender I added its specs to my spreadsheet - weight, seat height, hp, cost, blah blah blah.
Test rode a few, some quite nice bikes. Went to a shop about an hour from home to test ride another brand and saw the CB. My local Honda dealer didn't have one - actually had quite a limited selection of street bikes. Was intrigued, skipped the test ride on the other brand - too close to a sport bike for my wants - and started researching the CB.
Found this forum. Bought the bike. I keep bikes about ten years on average.
So far it's everything I hoped it would be.

Interesting. I had an 09 R1200GS; bought in 2010 and sold in 2012.

The bike was big and tall - and FELT big and tall. Getting on it took planning. This was not a bike you hopped on to go get the Sunday paper - it had more power (140hp) then my car; and the engine block probably heavier.

On a road trip from Michigan to Dallas, Texas (business and pleasure) I had some sort of attack that felt like what I'd think phlebitis would feel. Leg swelling and throbbing. I was about sixty miles outside Joplin, Missouri, five days after the tornado. Hospitals were overwhelmed - I would be at the back of the line in triage. There was nothing to do but struggle to mount up on that giant and get to Dallas or die trying.

I made it; by the time I was in metropolitan Dallas my leg was all right. But I took it as a warning - I was too old; and at the time I was between jobs with no medical insurance. The BMW was paid for but even so...it was more than I could afford.

Sold it; went through some other bikes...and now I have the CB.

Interestingly, the CB is almost the same weight. A lot less power but I was never a ten-tenths rider. But the CB chassis FEELS so much lighter...hard to believe it's over 500 pounds.