Let's see your CB1100 out on the road!

[pdedse]

I really like the blue!  Was that a stock color or painted?

Sometimes I still dream of buying a blue tank

...or going fender / side cover / tank: 

But just the tank shipped is $1,500.

 

[Easynow]

Yeah I think that's why I ended up buying the bike - the previous owner had the panels and tank painted. Did a great job. It isn't the same blue as stock - they described it as 'kingfisher blue'.

 

[Gone in 60]

Yeah I think that's why I ended up buying the bike - the previous owner had the panels and tank painted. Did a great job. It isn't the same blue as stock - they described it as 'kingfisher blue'.

I did the same web-poking to see if that shade of blue was original or not. I assumed it was custom painted, and it looks awesome! Sometimes I think of getting the OEM blue tank for my Enfield.

Years ago, I had a one-year-color Candy Tahitian Blue '93 Nighthawk. It had a few scratches, so I showed it to a local painter and got a quote to repaint the body panels in a simple Honda metallic blue to avoid the cost of a three-stage candy job. Got a great price, $500 for the whole bike (this was years ago, remember), and when he was done, I was blown away at the shade. Just a tad darker than original, and he went ahead and did a candy base coat on it. Something about a really nice blue that can make a bike really pop.

 

[Gone in 60]

Ok, not "my" CB1100 on the road. My CB1100 is still napping in Mom's garage till my next visit. 
But, went on an AI bender last night, during a cocktail-infused barbecue session. You see, Mrs. and I listen to background music on YouTube while we do stuff in the kitchen. One of our favorite channels is Studio Giscard, which is AI-generated "French Sounds" with AI-generated 1970's scenes around an AI version of Paris. It's great background music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbgFe4eI8gUJW3TzFAuGx3w

Last night, deep into a grapefruit concoction Mrs. came up with, flipping 50/50 beef/pork burgers, I glanced through the window from the patio into the living room and commented about the image for the video we were listening to at the time. I said "That looks like 1970s Robert Wagner getting out of a car looking serious". That got me thinking... I pulled out my phone and started chatting with Gemini. First, I asked it to pretty much put me in a similar setting:

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And here's where we ended up:

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[pdedse]

Oh my...

 

[the Ferret]

And that's precisely why you can't trust any picture on the internet anymore

 

[Cormanus]

That tie!

 

[Nachodaddy]

Wow! That is eerie. :dodgy:

 

[pdedse]

I think Gone resembles Walter White, aka Heisenburg, from Breaking Bad.

EDIT: Gone, ask AI to put a Heisenburg hat on you and let's compare.

EDIT 2: 

 

[Gone in 60]

That tie!

Yeah, initially it put me in a 60s suit. I asked Gemini to make the suit more 70s style. The tie is part of it. I think I actually have a tie that looks like that.

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I think Gone resembles Walter White, aka Heisenburg, from Breaking Bad.

EDIT: Gone, ask AI to put a Heisenburg hat on you and let's compare.

EDIT 2: 

Oh, Chat already thinks I look like Bryan Cranston.

 

[pdedse]

I think Gone resembles Walter White, aka Heisenburg, from Breaking Bad.

EDIT: Gone, ask AI to put a Heisenburg hat on you and let's compare.

EDIT 2: 

EDIT 3: 
I couldn't wait...here 'ya go...

 

[Cormanus]

Does anyone remember that sartorially splendid character Jason King? Shirt cuffs folded over the suit jacket.

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[Gone in 60]

To make Pdedse happy, here we go.

 

[Cormanus]

Needs RLETs!

 

[Gone in 60]

Huh. Gemini kinda figured it out.

 

[Lord Popgun]

Those are some big RLETs! Even has them on the bar end weights!

 

[peterbaron]

OMG, good eyes, MiLord...but Gone is riding without his helmet !!!!

 

[Gone in 60]

Heisenberg doesn't need a helmet. The hat is enough.

 

[fabrimtb]

Two CB1100 in Canova's Temple in Possagno - Treviso - Italy, mine on the left [attachment=1740]

 

[Nachodaddy]

Very beautiful. Thank you