07-21-2014, 09:48 AM
Just sleep on it for a few nights, preferable with the petite blonde next to you and than make up your mind.
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Hello, goodbye bikes
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07-21-2014, 10:14 AM
The Spaceman is always so exquisitely succinct, don't you think? The question, though, requires some unpacking and waffle and I've nothing better to do at the moment, so here goes.
To start with, ponder this range of questions and answers. [li]Are you trying to save money? A. Buy the Kwaka.[/li] [li]Are you trying to avoid cleaning? A. Buy the Kwaka.[/li] [li]Are you really a cruiser man? A. Buy the Kwaka.[/li] [li]Are you trying to hit on the petite sales manager? A. This is a hard one. If you don't buy the Kwaka, she may be so pissed that she'll want nothing to do with you. On the other hand, if you do, your real motivation will be as obvious as ... well, you think of a good metaphor. In that case, she will never really trust you. Particularly when you glance sideways at a Honda. Either way, long or short term you'll dip out. [/li] Go this way and when you wake in the morning you'll be stuck with the Kwaka. If you're a cheapskate, cruiser lover who hates cleaning and secretly loves a broken heart, you'll be a happy man. Read no further and hand over the deposit. But I'm betting you'll always have a wistful glance for any CB1100 you see and will wonder whether you did the right thing. Now, let's consider another scenario. You buy the Honda. The petite and beautiful Kwaka sales person is stunned by your integrity, secretly loves the bike and wants to go riding with you. A lot. Sounds all right, doesn't it? Another scenario? Persuade the petite one to defect across the road and sell you the Honda. Now to be serious, just for a moment. When I got back into riding after a long lay off, I bought a cruiser—in my case, a Honda VT750 Shadow. Great bike. Comfortable, powerful enough for me, economical. All good really. But I didn't like riding it as much as I had expected. It just didn't feel right. I eventually realised (I'm in Australia and being upside down all the time means it takes a while for things other than blood to get into the head) it was because I'd done all my earlier riding on naked-style bikes. I felt more comfortable sitting up straight; I liked the way they felt as I headed into and out of a corner a whole lot better; and I much preferred the look of them. The CB1100 came along about this time and it spoke to me of all the bikes I had ever really wanted as a young fella. Eventually a wise friend of mine advised me to stop dreaming and buy one. I did and I've never looked back. If you like riding cruisers, buy the Kwaka. The CB1100 isn't a cruiser, although I've done a bit of touring on mine and, so far as I'm concerned it does a fine job. If you prefer riding naked bikes, don't stuff around. Buy the CB1100. If cleaning bores you, do a superficial job occasionally and just ride the bloody thing (yes, I know that will have me branded a heretic by many members of this forum). But, like most of us here, you won't stop smiling and you may, just may, have a Kawasaki-riding travelling companion to keep you company. 
07-21-2014, 11:11 AM
(07-21-2014, 09:08 AM)albert52_imp Wrote: some of 2013 owners are selling to get 2014 they like better I would have been in that boat except I bought my 13 when they were just rumored to be coming to the states and got the first one in the area. I managed to put 7,000 miles on my 13 before Honda announced the 14 DLX and I was forced to get one of those. Now I got 4,000 miles on the 14 and this is the last CB1100 I'm buying (at least for awhile lol) Seriously I don't understand how these two bikes (the Vulcan and the CB) can even be in the same consideration... Either you are a cruiser guy..or you're not. I have the perfect body for a cruiser guy, short, stubby legs.. BUT..I'm not a cruiser guy and I know that. Just like I know I'm not a sport bike guy. I'm also not an ADV guy. I am a naked, standard, UJM guy. 
07-21-2014, 11:31 AM
(07-21-2014, 11:11 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote:(07-21-2014, 09:08 AM)albert52_imp Wrote: some of 2013 owners are selling to get 2014 they like better I second. Perfectly put. Assuming it's the bike that's naked. 
07-21-2014, 11:52 AM
(07-21-2014, 11:11 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote:(07-21-2014, 09:08 AM)albert52_imp Wrote: some of 2013 owners are selling to get 2014 they like better FORCED!?!?  Ferret, that's just brilliant.
07-21-2014, 12:27 PM
If a CB1100 is truly the bike for you, you will hear it beckon and you will not be able to resist.
07-21-2014, 12:48 PM
07-21-2014, 05:08 PM
(07-21-2014, 11:31 AM)Firstfour_imp Wrote:(07-21-2014, 11:11 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote:(07-21-2014, 09:08 AM)albert52_imp Wrote: some of 2013 owners are selling to get 2014 they like better I second. Perfectly put. Assuming it's the bike that's naked. Interesting concept - 'cruiser guy' or 'naked bike' guy. How about 'retro style bike' guy? Then we can argue over whether true retro means '40s or '70s style!  (07-21-2014, 09:48 AM)Houtman_imp Wrote: Just sleep on it for a few nights, preferable with the petite blonde next to you and than make up your mind. Houtman Like the idea, any suggestion as to how I get this past the wife? (Incidentally it was a petite brunette, it was the large instructor who was blonde)
07-21-2014, 08:29 PM
Easy to get passed the wife, go on a business trip and stay in hotel !
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ill probably do that when They come out with a white dlx
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