Women CB1100 Riders?

[the Ferret]

100K on a paint shaker 883? ( I had 2 of them..you can't ride em over 55 mph or the vibes eat you up..otherwise I liked them) yea, I'd say she's hard core. Holy cow.

[OldF7Guy_imp]

100K on a paint shaker 883? ( I had 2 of them..you can't ride em over 55 mph or the vibes eat you up..otherwise I liked them) yea, I'd say she's hard core. Holy cow.

Pretty sure it was 2004 or up which were rubber mounts. Also the 883 was a little less prone to vibration over the 1200 due to piston weight. I road a rigid mount 1200 for years and yeah it nearly killed me with the vibration. No way I could put up with that ever again not to mention all of the other havoc the vibration caused.

[Dangergirl416_imp]

Okay, time for my two cents here...sorry I don't get on the forum much...full time job & a dirt bike to ride during the winter months has been keeping me busy. I'm 5'2" and have no problem riding my CB1100. I have had 4 different street bikes in my time (Rebel, SV650, Monster 796 and my CB1100). I love this bike and do not for one second think it's too much for a woman rider. I love how smooth it is and just the right amount of torque. As for dropping a bike, let's be real. Dropped my SV650 once and a nice man and his wife stopped and helped me pick it up. If she drops it, someone will come along to help. With 10 years riding experience, this bike should be fine for her. I have never thought it was "too heavy". I have ridden my bike on frost, gravel, snow, dirt with no problems. The only modification I made was taking about an 1" off the seat, I am still on my toes but the bike has such a low center of gravity, I have never felt like it was going to tip over. If I have to back out my bike, I prop it on my hip and push it...problem solved. Actually funny to see the look on other riders faces when I'm pushing my bike out while my husband watches from the comfort of his bike.

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Thank you, DG.

[Dangergirl416_imp]

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[Cormanus]

G'day Dangergirl. There are definitely not enough women visitors to this forum.

[rboe]

That picture of her on the dirt road was considered "normal" back when I rode in the late 70's and early 80's as adventure bikes were not invented (all bikes were an adventure!). A road was a road was a road, be it paved, dirt, gravel or had three foot tall grass between the tire tracks. You just rode it.

To be fair, tires had a lot more tread on them too. Remember the gold standard Continentals?

I found that case savers (I bought the SW Motech versions) make righting a bike pretty darn easy. Rock the bike up on the case savers, then it's just a small umph to pop her from there (assuming your feet are not in mud). Recommended if you don't have them now (dang help does not show up in a timely fashion all the time, you need a good Plan B )