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Thanks to all of you who have responded. WildGuzzi is a great site. Maybe some day a Guzzi will be in my future. I am not adverse to having three motorcycles (3 is my limit!). For now my Suzuki and a CB ought to do it for me. Bad dealers certainly enter in to the equation. I learned this through the many years I rode BMW's. A friend of a friend recently bought the new Guzzi retro model 750 (V7?) so I will follow his experiences.
With the reliability of all of the Japan brands, European brands just don't have much of a draw on me any more. I can't find anything not to like about the CB1100. Except for the possibility of the Moto Guzzi, none of them come close to the Japanese bikes IMO.
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My CB is quite a bit faster than my 77 KZ1000 but they do seem to be very much alike.
Almost more alike than the CB is to any older Honda... wierd.
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With all this talk about motorcycles, I think I need a relaxation session "massage", don't you...
I can't relax myself at my center (afforci.weebly.com) so I guess I better ask you guys for a referral.
Help me out, lol.
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(07-05-2013, 01:48 PM)ChipBeck_imp Wrote: Ferret,
When you and I were in high school that 82 HP Z-1 was an all conquering beast capable of humbling the hottest 60's muscle cars. Today somehow our lighter and more powerful CB11 is considered a sedate old man's bike. Like you, I've had a couple real sport bikes that I never was able to explore the limits of because they were beyond my riding abilities. But like that old Z-1, the CB11 will humble just about any performance car built today. Now with 900+ miles on my bike I had a ZR-1 Corvette "give it a go" trying to best me on a two lane freeway on ramp. My Staintune was screaming at 8000+ rpm as the big CB walked away from that Corvette. The vet driver and I exchanged thumbs up when he caught up to me on the freeway. This bike is plenty fast for this old man. Cheers.
Chip
I'm a big fan of Top Gear on BBC America. They're always testing the latest supercars; oohing and awing over their stunning 0 to 60 times of 6.2 seconds, or 4.3 seconds, or a "mind-bending 3.9 seconds. The CB will do it in 3.3. For about the cost of one monthly insurance payment on an Aventador.
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(07-17-2013, 07:48 AM)The Spaceman_imp Wrote: (07-05-2013, 01:48 PM)ChipBeck_imp Wrote: Ferret,
When you and I were in high school that 82 HP Z-1 was an all conquering beast capable of humbling the hottest 60's muscle cars. Today somehow our lighter and more powerful CB11 is considered a sedate old man's bike. Like you, I've had a couple real sport bikes that I never was able to explore the limits of because they were beyond my riding abilities. But like that old Z-1, the CB11 will humble just about any performance car built today. Now with 900+ miles on my bike I had a ZR-1 Corvette "give it a go" trying to best me on a two lane freeway on ramp. My Staintune was screaming at 8000+ rpm as the big CB walked away from that Corvette. The vet driver and I exchanged thumbs up when he caught up to me on the freeway. This bike is plenty fast for this old man. Cheers.
Chip
I'm a big fan of Top Gear on BBC America. They're always testing the latest supercars; oohing and awing over their stunning 0 to 60 times of 6.2 seconds, or 4.3 seconds, or a "mind-bending 3.9 seconds. The CB will do it in 3.3. For about the cost of one monthly insurance payment on an Aventador.
I'm a big fan of Top Gear on BBC America. They're always testing the latest supercars; oohing and awing over their stunning 0 to 60 times of 6.2 seconds, or 4.3 seconds, or a "mind-bending 3.9 seconds. The CB will do it in 3.3. For about the cost of one monthly insurance payment on an Aventador.
Gentlemen,
This is what I'm talking about when I say the CB11 hauls ass. Yeah there are faster motorcycles but Corvette ZO6s and ZR1s are really fast cars and the CB11 absolutely humiliates them away from a stoplight or down a two lane freeway on ramp. It probably feels even faster to me because this is about as much motorcycle as this 57 year old man can handle at WOT. Cheers.
Chip
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The KZ 900, the GS 1000 and the XS 11 all equal - the UJM.
Which is what Honda created with the original CB 750.
I had a '70 CB 750 when I was drafted and the last new Japanese bike I bought was the '78 XS 11.
The new CB evokes all of them. The UJM humbled the best Euro bikes in performance and showed the world what reliable meant. I guess that's why we ride it.
