No chance of the CB1100 going up for sale, that's a keeper at present. I can't think of any good reason to let it go other than if something strange happens.
The Wolf Classis is going to be for me to play with, it's really and truly a 1970's-technology machine. It was a lot less money than either the BMW G310R or the Kawi Z750; the G310R would have lost huge value in the first week and provided very little recompense in terms of being a "keeper" with a high-value reward factor per ride. I calculated the Z750 would be doing little more than duplicating what my F800GS and FZ8 already do, and much better.
There's just enough space to tuck it into the garage without having to let any other bikes go. It'll do very, very well in the tight urban environment here in SoCal; I see these quite often, zipping through the canyons and boulevards.
The fork is extremely soft and the shocks are not too good (about as soft as the CB1100s to be honest) but I can correct that stuff very easily. There is a huge aftermarket for these, they are crazy popular in Asia, and also in burgs like Chicago, Detroit, Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, and other "Hipster" enclaves where they're considered very cool but "earth-friendly" transpo.
It's got an H4 headlight so should be fairly visible, and could be ridden off-road or on the sidewalk rather easily should the need arise! Makes a great pit bike, or something to hang on the back of the RV, too.
Sometimes you just don't want to have to muscle all that heavy bike around.
The ferret_imp said:
Birds it's basically a CB 125 bumped to 150cc. 15 hp, 9 ft lbs torque, 65 mph top speed claimed.
Motorcycle Classics ( which I subscribe to) tested one awhile back. They said it was a nice little bike.
Exactly, made under license from Honda in Taiwan. Apparently very reliable, they are used for basic transpo every day over there. This is actually considered a pretty big bike by their standards.
Flynrider_imp said:
That's a great looking little bike! I'm amazed that with carbs and an 80s era electronic ignition that it manages to pass current California C.A.R.B. standards.
I like it!
I'm kinda partial to the red/white scheme :
Yep, I liked that one too, but the all-red was a better match to the CB1100 so I went with that.
It should bring back a lot of the experiences of working on and riding something very simple,with just enough power to get around. A lot of narrow roads and hills around here, should be about right for a trip to the store for a quart of milk, or a spin to the coffee house for an espresso.
85 mpg, too, lol
One other thing I should have mentioned straightaway, it is a great training bike, would not hesitate to take this thing off road as far as dirt roads and just lock up the back, pitch it around, and so on. Long as there aren't any bad bumps it may as well be a Scrambler.
This bike has full-size wheels, 18" front/17" rear so it's going to handle roads pretty well, I should think.
