How are CB1100s selling in your neck of the woods?

[Guth_imp]

My dealer here in the Portland, OR area sold both of the bikes that they were allocated in the first week. One with a deposit (mine) and the other sold off of the floor. I know that at least as of Friday, there are others available in the area that are not yet spoken for, both non-ABS and ABS models alike.

I would be curious to know how the bike is selling where you live? Hoping this model does well, both for Honda and for the sake of seeing more standard models showing up from other manufacturers in the future.

[Lord Popgun]

At Honda of Norfolk they got one bike and it was on the floor for about a week they said. I bought it Friday, 12 April. I was just a walk in, stopping after work to just see one as I figured any would be pre-sold.

They said they had people looking, but no sale. I thought that was strange as this is a Navy town and sailors buy a lot of bikes. However, sailors are younger people (compared to me anyway)and like sport bikes. Or Harleys, lots of those at work (I'm a Navy civilian). I was there yesterday and we kept wondering where all the customers were.

Dealer doesn't know if they will get more, or so they said, and didn't know if they had any ABS models are on order. In fact, they didn't seem to know there were 2 models. Kinda weird, but they are nice as all get out.

I won't even set foot in Honda of Va. Beach due to the treatment I received in there in 2010, so I don't know what they received or have sold.

Honda of Norfolk's owneer said sales are a tad slow, and I think maybe a lot due to the furloughs we federal workers are threatened with. When our projected furloughs were 22 days, I ruled out a new bike. Now its 14 days, soon maybe 6 (I think) and maybe none. So I went for it.

[the Ferret]

I ordered mine from my dealer 2 weeks before Honda announced they would be coming to the states, so my dealer never even had one get on his floor. He has another ( an ABS model) coming in next month.

[GSAviator_imp]

We have two Honda dealers in Colorado Springs. I bought mine a week after it went on the floor, and supposedly someone was trying to buy it while I was signing the papers. The other dealer sold his in less than a week. My dealer says they do not know when their next one arrives and if it is ABS or not.

Funny thing, the first day it hit the floor I had dropped by just to say hello, and I must have walked by it 3 or 4 times without really noticing it. In fact, I was not even aware Honda had a new bike like that. When a friend pointed it out to me, and I really looked, my eyes about popped out! I had to have it just because it was put together such precision and beauty (in my eyes anyhow) so I read up on it and took delivery last Friday.

[CA200_imp]

Each Honda dealer here in Madison,Wi. has one on the floor,
but everyone's floor traffic has been poor because of the
weather. I ordered mine in Feb. from South East Sales in Milwaukee
and he was only getting one so I asked he not put it on the showroom
floor, picked it up April 1

[Michael252_imp]

I talked to the owner of the dealership I went to in Dallas, and he said they initially got 2, and sold them fairly quickly. They asked for three more, Honda sent them five, and I got the next to last of that five. Although I'm not sure what the time frame was for all of this.

[Lane Changer_imp]

Mountain Motorsports in Marietta, GA sold the first two they received immediately as did their Conyers, GA store. The Marietta store is supposed to have additional unit's by the end of his month.
I went by Atlanta Motor World this afternoon and they had a non-ABS on the floor. This was my first sight of the bike. Wow! Pictures do not do it justice! Like everyone else has stated that it is way better in-person. That tank is a work of art. Love the polished aluminum bits too.

I am 6' 1" and on the 225 and was concerned about the ergonomics. I think the bike fit me almost perfectly. I believe I could be comfortable for long stretches in the saddle, say between fill ups.

Terry

[thumper_imp]

My local dealer--Fred Cummings Motorsports, (Bakersfield, Ca) ordered three of them, two standards and one ABS. I was given first choice (because I've been whining the longest!), and the first bike (non-ABS) arrived on 2/29. I went to look at it, but told my dealer I'd wait for the ABS model. Another customer who had a deposit came to look at that bike the next morning, and bought it on the spot.

I picked up my ABS last Friday. The dealer has the other non-ABS on the showroom floor and said there's been interest, but not sold yet. One of my co-workers at work has told me, "I'm going to buy one of those bikes", although he hasn't had the opportunity to go look at it yet.

I really hope this bike can be the catalyst that renews an American love for standard motorcycles. Had Honda not imported this bike, I was really considering buying a Triumph Bonneville.

[Scoobynut_imp]

I was down in Denver last week and stopped by Fay Meyers Honda/Ducati/MV Augusta/KTM/Kawasaki. Just out of curiousity I asked one of the salesmen how many CB1100s they had sold. He told me they sold 3 over the weekend, and 6 prior to that. They're a pretty big dealer so I guess it could be true. Like someone else mentioned, I hope the bike sells like crazy so some other manufacturers will offer more retro-standard type models.

[Lord Popgun]

Since I bought mine--And I'm picking it up this morning--Whoo Hoo!!!, the dealer they started getting more interest in this bike. But he said he can't get anymore. He got one, non-abs.

I told him other dealers were getting a lot more than 1, but he both discounted that, and also mentioned something about not selling enough bikes last year to get a good allotment. Its not a huge shop. They are also talking the CB1100 up as a limited production bike. I usually say, yeah, limited to the amout they can sell...

I specifically mentioned the number of bikes that Scoobynut's dealer is getting/got and they "tended to disbelieve that". I may call Honda and ask how they allot their machines.