New Rebel 1100T bagger

[mvk24_imp]

Saw this ad and I think the bike looks great. Would be cool for Honda to add something to the lineup in the "Dyna" category to me.. BUT

Why the heck are they only releasing it with a DCT so far?? Looks cool with the Batwing to me.. the bike maybe a little small looking to me more like a sportster category but I'd love to test ride one of those Rebel 1100s. If my 6ft 260lb body fits on it I think it would be a cool bagger option to stay in the Honda family without jumping ship to a Indian Chief or Harley low rider.

Anyone on here have a Rebel 1100 that can weigh in? Wonder how successful that 1100 line is going as a cruiser that doesn't feel small or underpowered?

https://powersports.honda.com/motorcycle/cruiser/rebel-1100t

2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca

 

[the Ferret]

I sat on one at my dealership Saturday while waiting for service on my NC 750 DCT.

I'm a munchkin, barely 5'6" and that thing is really small/low. I would think a 6'er would be folded up like an accordian riding it. The fairing and bags were well integrated on the bike. Rear passenger seat and footpegs are options.

They make the non T in a standard trans.

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

I am over six-one and sat on the Rebel 1100. I fit. Feels okay, but I do not know how well I would do after 75 minutes.

Off paper, the Rebel 1100 is a very powerful 1100. Using the DCT option, I am doubtful many other cruisers will pass it - except likely a Gold Wing with DCT (heck, without it too).

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

I sat on one at my dealership Saturday while waiting for service on my NC 750 DCT.

I'm a munchkin, barely 5'6" and that thing is really small/low. I would think a 6'er would be folded up like an accordian riding it. The fairing and bags were well integrated on the bike. Rear passenger seat and footpegs are options.

They make the non T in a standard trans.

The manual tranny is reported to not be available in the U.S.

No point really. The DCT is unmistakably delightful on the 1100.

 

[tommymck]

Am I the only person who thinks that Honda might want to re-think the name of this bike? I realize that I haven't really matured since the age of 13, but still... Particularly once transmissions start to enter into the discussion...

 

[Nachodaddy]

Am I the only person who thinks that Honda might want to re-think the name of this bike? I realize that I haven't really matured since the age of 13, but still... Particularly once transmissions start to enter into the discussion...

I never much liked a lot of the names the Japanese bike companies gave their Harley clones, especially the Rebel. But I guess "Confused Anti-Social Adolescent" was too long to get on the tank of most bikes.

 

[the Ferret]

I sat on one at my dealership Saturday while waiting for service on my NC 750 DCT.

I'm a munchkin, barely 5'6" and that thing is really small/low. I would think a 6'er would be folded up like an accordian riding it. The fairing and bags were well integrated on the bike. Rear passenger seat and footpegs are options.

They make the non T in a standard trans.

The manual tranny is reported to not be available in the U.S.

No point really. The DCT is unmistakably delightful on the 1100.

The manual tranny is reported to not be available in the U.S.

No point really. The DCT is unmistakably delightful on the 1100.
My dealer has 2 of the non T manual trans on the floor next to the T DCT

Johnny Yuma

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

I sat on one at my dealership Saturday while waiting for service on my NC 750 DCT.

I'm a munchkin, barely 5'6" and that thing is really small/low. I would think a 6'er would be folded up like an accordian riding it. The fairing and bags were well integrated on the bike. Rear passenger seat and footpegs are options.

They make the non T in a standard trans.

The manual tranny is reported to not be available in the U.S.

No point really. The DCT is unmistakably delightful on the 1100.

The manual tranny is reported to not be available in the U.S.

No point really. The DCT is unmistakably delightful on the 1100.
My dealer has 2 of the non T manual trans on the floor next to the T DCT

Johnny Yuma

I wonder if Canada will get a manual Rebel 1100 T? It would be surprising if the U.S. does not get a manual 1100 T.

In terms of the Honda name "Rebel" - yeah, not the greatest. Ironically, maybe comparatively "innocent" in the rough-n-tumble American classic cruiser domain.

I suppose Honda could have used "CMX1100"?

 

[tommymck]

I sat on one at my dealership Saturday while waiting for service on my NC 750 DCT.

I'm a munchkin, barely 5'6" and that thing is really small/low. I would think a 6'er would be folded up like an accordian riding it. The fairing and bags were well integrated on the bike. Rear passenger seat and footpegs are options.

They make the non T in a standard trans.

The manual tranny is reported to not be available in the U.S.

No point really. The DCT is unmistakably delightful on the 1100.

The manual tranny is reported to not be available in the U.S.

No point really. The DCT is unmistakably delightful on the 1100.
My dealer has 2 of the non T manual trans on the floor next to the T DCT

Johnny Yuma

I wonder if Canada will get a manual Rebel 1100 T? It would be surprising if the U.S. does not get a manual 1100 T.

In terms of the Honda name "Rebel" - yeah, not the greatest. Ironically, maybe comparatively "innocent" in the rough-n-tumble American classic cruiser domain.

I suppose Honda could have used "CMX1100"?

I wasn't talking about "Rebel". Evidently I'm the only one with sophomoric humor and up on urban slang...

 

[PowerDubs_imp]

Looks small, and no clutch?- for the price- I don't see small girls / young little guys spending the cash they are asking for it.

I am over six-one and sat on the Rebel 1100. I fit. Feels okay, but I do not know how well I would do after 75 minutes.

Off paper, the Rebel 1100 is a very powerful 1100. Using the DCT option, I am doubtful many other cruisers will pass it - except likely a Gold Wing with DCT (heck, without it too).

Ummm... what?

542 pounds, 86 horsepower at 7,000 RPM and 72 pound-feet of torque- crank.

NOT ever remotely close to 'doubtful other cruisers will pass it'...I could fill my 2 car garage stuffed full of bone stock cruisers that will eat this things lunch.

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

Looks small, and no clutch?- for the price- I don't see small girls / young little guys spending the cash they are asking for it.

I am over six-one and sat on the Rebel 1100. I fit. Feels okay, but I do not know how well I would do after 75 minutes.

Off paper, the Rebel 1100 is a very powerful 1100. Using the DCT option, I am doubtful many other cruisers will pass it - except likely a Gold Wing with DCT (heck, without it too).

Ummm... what?

542 pounds, 86 horsepower at 7,000 RPM and 72 pound-feet of torque- crank.

NOT ever remotely close to 'doubtful other cruisers will pass it'...I could fill my 2 car garage stuffed full of bone stock cruisers that will eat this things lunch.

Dubs - have you ever ridden one? (it appears you have not). You ought to present a wee bit more maturity in your response. It is actually surprisingly poor.

= = =

The bike frame is on the small'ish side, probably on the order of the CB1100, but lower. The response is tremendous, regardless what figures are on paper.

 

[PowerDubs_imp]

The bike has very similar weight and power specs to our CB which is certainly not a rocket ship.

Again there are countless cruisers for decades that will blow the doors off of either of them.

There is nothing poor about physics, facts and logic.

‘have you ridden one‘ seat of the pants butt dyno hyperbole anecdotal stories are best saved for the local bar.


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[GoldOxide_imp]

The bike has very similar weight and power specs to our CB which is certainly not a rocket ship.

Again there are countless cruisers for decades that will blow the doors off of either of them.

There is nothing poor about physics, facts and logic.

‘have you ridden one‘ seat of the pants butt dyno hyperbole anecdotal stories are best saved for the local bar.


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lol - "poor" I referring to your perceived articulated emotional response. Nonetheless, I will agree: Rocket ship cruisers are not. But that is not the scope I refer to.

I think you will find technical stats on paper don't always explain real world behaviour. I see examples of this common enough that can't be ignored, and I suspect you do to. And, I am a difficult person to convince without some technical and/or empirical support.

What is the matter Dubs?

What is it that you are fearing?

 

[PowerDubs_imp]

Matter? Fear? Why are you lashing out with emotion? In a debate over black and white fact? wow.

You said that of a relatively bland low cost 'cruiser' - "I am doubtful many other cruisers will pass it"- and when I rightfully called B.S. you turned this into a personal attack.

Rocket ship cruisers ... "not the scope I refer to" - make up your mind, your orig comment says otherwise.

Yea- you are indeed a difficult person, and one apparently is also confused- because now you spout 'technical / empirical' where earlier you argued 'have you rode one' and 'real world blah blah blah'.

Here is a hint- hp/tq/weight IS the technical / empirical that matters- and if you understood that- you never would have said your original statement- which was H.S. - that I responded to.

If you had said- "the bike feels more lively than the specs" - sure, no problem. Have fun. Glad you like it.

BUT you said "I am doubtful many other cruisers will pass it" - which is NOT open to debate as it involves facts- and clearly YOU are clearly wrong.

 

[the Ferret]

OK guys points made, lets back off a bit. Everybody, close eyes, deep breath ... ooooohm
Sorry but I said enough...not kidding. Any posts beyond this one I find taunting or aggressive I WILL delete. Take it to PM's if you want to poke each other with a sharp stick

 

[tommymck]

I'll try to bring the temp down here then...

For PowerDubs, I'm honestly asking this because I don't have a ton of experience across the board with cruisers and don't have a feel for the answer. If you take a modern Harley cruiser, which seems to typically have about the same horsepower, but at a lower rpm, and also have higher torque (110ft-lbs ish) also at a lower rpm, and weigh in at typically in the 725 lbs range, is it your experience that they would have a real-world advantage over the Honda? You may have been referring to a garage full of other cruisers...but my guess would have been that the smaller lighter bike might actually have the advantage over a typical Harley. Maybe it's the ergonomics of the bikes relative to me, but my perception when riding a modern Harley vs. my CB1100 is that the CB1100 "feels" like it would beat the Harley. I have to admit though that I'm not much for drag racing on the highway so maybe my perception is as much a handling thing as anything else.

 

[PowerDubs_imp]

Tommy- lots of factors at play...and I never said Harley.

Smaller vehicles with lower power have less to get moving... but less weight and gearing can only do so much- eventually you need power to push through the wind..and the more leisurely higher gears on most vehicles.

Many cars / bikes 'feel' quick off the line in 1-2 gear but try that same vehicle in 3-4th at 80-90-100 and meh.

Look at the vehicle weight, then hp & tq - but importantly at what RPM, and what the engine revs to.

Remember that gearing is simply toque multiplication so a car/bike that needs to shift at 5-6k looses that advantage over a car/bike that can hold a gear until 7-8-9-10-11k even if the peak hp /tq are the same- pay attention to where the good part of the curve is...

Everything being 'equal' every time you need to shift that another bike doesn't- is loosing power to the ground compared to where you were.

Could make same #'s but if it makes it for 2,000 RPM longer will be the much faster bike if ridden correctly.

But if you are talking an 82hp crank engine VS something like a Triumph Rocket, Yamaha Vmax, Ducati Diavel, BMW K1600, well- they make more than enough power to make up for the gearing.

Revs and gearing are where the magic is on 'slower' vehicles because most don't understand it- and simply changing your shift points can loose a straight line race.

When I used to drag race my cars a lot- there were others with the same car (awd stick shift) that would launch at lower RPM so not to spin- and always run slower times & trap.

They didn't understand that the HP difference when I launched at 6,000 RPM- drop the clutch and let her spin- even if I was not at full traction- whatever % loss of power to the ground as I spun all 4 tires was less than the % power gain I made by having the engine WOT 2,000-3,000 higher- AND when I hooked up a second later- I was higher in the RPM as traction bit and the accel was greater.

Same for people that look at a power curve that drops off gradually and want to shift at peak power... unless it is a cliff- don't do it- you may make less engine power- but your gearing at the 'lower power' higher RPM is often better than your 'more' power in the next gear to the ground.. and the longer you hold each gear- the higher- closer to good hp you are going to be in the next gear.

 

[Cormanus]

tommymck, some of this stuff passes over my head, but I've found this video—posted here before—helpful,

 

[ymtnpoah11_imp]

lol tommy... T baggers, Hahaha

 

[PowerDubs_imp]

...as soon as you add big power, from the factory to a cruiser- it becomes a muscle bike... they are certainly still cruiser based and NOT a standard, NOT a sport bike.