Potential CB1100 purchase questions

[Honda Lover_imp]

On my '13, I installed a 19T front sprocket (plus 1) and a 38T rear sprocket (-1) and it decreased highway RPM by 400. I do not miss a 6th gear at all. I also installed a K&H seat for longer rides as well as a broad range of other accessories to evoke more of a classic 80's look and feel. Ron from MO is 100% correct. There are many accessories available to Taylor the CB to your performance, comfort and style needs. Please be safe regardless what route you choose.

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Hey Honda Lover,,,
What windshield is that on your bike?

Hey Honda Lover,,,
What windshield is that on your bike?

Parabellum Tall 24" tinted windscreen. Does a great job of keeping the wind off of me since I use the CB for longer rides...


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[use2b_imp]

I don't mean to be condescending, but reading between the lines it doesn't sound to me as if you are really ready to settle down yet. Any motorcycle over 250cc is fast enough to put you in a tobacco field again, that wasn't speed, that was riding over your head. The CB can be ridden sanely but so could a street triple. The right wrist and brain control all of that.

The CB is a great motorcycle, easy to ride, great brakes, more than decent handling, but it is up to you to keep it out of the fields.

When you start a statement with that in my opinion it means you ARE going to be condescending and you were.
I know why I crashed and know how I will ride from now on.
I appreciate your attempt at giving me some useful information but it also reminded me why I don't like to participate in forums because there is always somebody who assumes they more about you than you.
Thanks to everybody else for their participation as well. Lots of great information.

When you start a statement with that in my opinion it means you ARE going to be condescending and you were.
I know why I crashed and know how I will ride from now on.
I appreciate your attempt at giving me some useful information but it also reminded me why I don't like to participate in forums because there is always somebody who assumes they more about you than you.
Thanks to everybody else for their participation as well. Lots of great information.
so you ride a Street Triple into a tobacco field on Father's Day and crash , then join a forum which you hate to participate in to ask for advise your not willing to except or appreciate from a knowledgeable person who would never ride a triple in a tobacco field ?

 

[lola_imp]

Small internet world I tell you....

I have a 09 STR matte orange and I go by lola on triumph675 on there too and remember when you lost you're Dad...

hope you're healing up with your crash.

power wise compared to the STR the CB1100 is not far off straight line wise. The Torque on the CB1100 will keep up in first and second gear then you will see the STR pull through 3rd and so on. Personally I do not feel that the cb1100 lacks power compared to Street tripe R and I have both. One thing you will notice is weight between the two and the CB1100 is at least 110lbs more than the STR...

I have a 2013 cb1100 but If I had a choice again I would have picked up a DLX... Why? Six gear, bigger tank and those beautiful dual pipes... plus I commute more on the cb1100 and a sixed gear would come in handy for me.

 

[the Ferret]

Kid was only online here for 3 days. I call him a kid, but only because compared to me, he is. Technically young man I suppose. Guess I ran him off. Certainly wasn't my intention. I am generally compasionate and welcoming, at least I try to be. Just something about the tone of his post that said to me this kid needs a reality check before he leaves a young wife without a husband and 2 babies without a father. Guess it's really none of my business what happens to him or his family. Must be getting soft in my old age. I truly am sorry for his loss, losing a father takes a toll on the survivors. Imagine how his wife and 2 babies would feel.

I truly hope where ever he is, that he sits down and takes stock of life. It is short as is. Racing high powered motorcycles around curvy roads has the ability make it shorter... in a hurry. Sounds as if has responsibilities he needs to put a priority on. Looking back from my perspective that's easy to see and postulate on as I was in the exact same situation 40 years ago. I got lucky. A few of my friends didn't. I still have a framed picture of a motorcycling friend I lost (too soon) 46 years ago on a mantle downstairs. John was 22. He never got a chance to live. I still miss him.

 

[ClassicVW_imp]

Ferret, don't second guess yourself. I was hard on him too because I also thought he needed to hear it. Losing his father like that he should have realized he's not invincible, but I didn't think he understands that yet, as many young kids don't.

We all have to be grown ups and understand that others may post here things we necessarily didn't expect to hear, or don't want to hear, but we shouldn't take it as a personal attack, as it's offered in the spirit of friendship and out of concern for one another. At least on this forum it is...

 

[LongRanger_imp]

Ferret, sorry about your buddy John. That's way too young. I've lost two myself -- one to a DUI and another to an oncoming truck, but it doesn't matter. They're gone, they left loving spouses and children behind, and it's all very painful and unfortunate. We all suffer for it.

 

[RidingMidMo_imp]

On my '13, I installed a 19T front sprocket (plus 1) and a 38T rear sprocket (-1) and it decreased highway RPM by 400. I do not miss a 6th gear at all. I also installed a K&H seat for longer rides as well as a broad range of other accessories to evoke more of a classic 80's look and feel. Ron from MO is 100% correct. There are many accessories available to Taylor the CB to your performance, comfort and style needs. Please be safe regardless what route you choose.

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Hey Honda Lover,,,
What windshield is that on your bike?

Hey Honda Lover,,,
What windshield is that on your bike?

Parabellum Tall 24" tinted windscreen. Does a great job of keeping the wind off of me since I use the CB for longer rides...


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hey Honda Lover,,,
What windshield is that on your bike?

Parabellum Tall 24" tinted windscreen. Does a great job of keeping the wind off of me since I use the CB for longer rides...


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That looks like what I need. Thanks!

 

[Cormanus]

Ferret, you didn't drive him away. He responded kindly to your apology— Potential CB1100 purchase questions.