CB1100 Scrambler

[SmallCityDave_imp]

Has anyone else installed knobby tires and gone for the scrambler look? I don't know why I kind of like it, even though it goes against what the bike is.

https://www.inazumacafe.com/2015/02/cb1100f-scram.html

[GoldOxide_imp]

Pretty.

And top heavy.

[pekingduck]

This was first posted back in 2015, but my response remains the same.

http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread....0#pid76650

[Frulk_imp]

We’ve had some forum members put knobby‘s on their bikes. Visually, I kind of like them. Performance wise there’s a whole Pandora’s box that’s being opened up with the OEM suspension limitations.

I once took my CB down a back road. Rutted dirt/gravel in Wyoming. Went about a mile with some mud here and there. Had on road tires. Haven’t done it since. Was slow going due to the aforementioned suspension issues.

If I wanted a Scrambler I’d go directly to Triumph and leave my CB1100 alone. It is what it is. To make it something else would be cost prohibitive for the compromised results you’d get for your money.

[DAC]

Transalp, anyone?

[GoldOxide_imp]

Transalp, anyone?

Like this about-to-be-unpacked unit in Alberta, Canada Sep27/23.

[SmallCityDave_imp]

LOL

This was first posted back in 2015, but my response remains the same.

http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread....0#pid76650

You have a way with words!

I still like the look, I'm tempted to get some dual sport tires.

[SmallCityDave_imp]

here's my logic behind my comments: people, in general, have a bad habit of trying to make 'one' thing 'everything'.
throw in current trends and you get ^

People ask me frequently why i have so many bikes. My answer is usually ' each one does something better than another, do you only have 1 screwdriver or 1 wrench in your toolbox?'

Is the overall look appealing in a sort of 'mad-max' way, sure. Is living with it and using it in any capacity really enjoyable? maybe if you want to lean against it at a local bike night and have people ooh and ahh over it because its 'different' maybe, and if impressing a bunch of other middle aged dudes is your thing, so be it.

Form, IMHO, should -always- follow function, and IF you get that balance right, that's where true elegant beauty lies. that looks like a bunch of bolt on online stores supplied a bunch of parts, and it sort of turns it into a 'Mr Potato head' exercise. Or, as i have head them referred to 'A parts-tart bike'.

I do like the rims though.

For the most part I agree with you and in practice I agree as I have 3 bikes and I'm looking for a 4th but... have you heard of the analogy of "Beware of the man with one gun"?

I have a ton of guns, I even have a few duplicates every time I go to the range or hunting it takes me a bit of time to reorient myself to that gun (same with motorcycles) I think I would be better off having half or better yet a quarter of the guns.

Going back to the "scrambler" I live on a dirt road and on a few occasions I've gotten a lot more swirly than I'd like dual sport tires would help a lot. With that said I'll now contradict myself, I have an adventure bike that I put tires on that are slightly more off-road oriented and I don't like the ride as much.

[dave]

I will never understand why anyone would want to ride a 500+ pound motorcycle off road, on purpose.

Thanks for the analogy of owning multiple motorcycles and owning only one wrench or screwdriver. I presently own seven motorcycles, and I have my eye on an eighth, if the owner decides to sell it (an early model Yamaha V-Max), and now I have a good reply for my wife when she asks me why I want to own so many motorcycles.

[DAC]

Transalp, anyone?

Like this about-to-be-unpacked unit in Alberta, Canada Sep27/23.

Like this about-to-be-unpacked unit in Alberta, Canada Sep27/23.
Nice. I'm going to have to see one of those in person, methinks.