What did you do on or to your CB 1100 today Part 2

[the Ferret]

Get wet, dry off, ride some more

 

[Whoops]

Day 89 of riding this year... was supposed to be beautiful today with highs approaching 80 for our men's lunch and ride, so I took the CB, even wore my red coat I got from Gone that sorta matches the beautiful red paint on my DLX ....... and it was beautiful..... right up until the last 15 minutes when the skies provided a nice hard surprise rain bath lol. Man did we get unexpectedly soaked lol. 74 miles @ 77 degrees.

I dig the bright red matching jacket. Wearing Honda colors with pride!

 

[the Ferret]

Thanks I jumped on it when Gone threw it up for sale. I used to have a red 3/4 length Tourmaster I liked a lot, but in a weak moment I sold it to A-Man at one of the rallies, thinking I was only going to wear Hi Viz from then on.

 

[pdedse]

50 miles late this afternoon after feeling groggy the whole day.  Late sunlight was making things look kinda cool...a couple of dorky shadow-selfies...

Question: how long do chain and sprockets last for folks?  I'm on original at 26k miles.  They still look pretty good.

 

[Cormanus]

I recall talk of a good many more than 30,000 miles.

Nice pictures by the way.

 

[rdprdp01]

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Truly beautiful. David

50 miles late this afternoon after feeling groggy the whole day.  Late sunlight was making things look kinda cool...a couple of dorky shadow-selfies...

Question: how long do chain and sprockets last for folks?  I'm on original at 26k miles.  They still look pretty good.

 

[Whoops]

50 miles late this afternoon after feeling groggy the whole day.  Late sunlight was making things look kinda cool...a couple of dorky shadow-selfies...
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Question: how long do chain and sprockets last for folks?  I'm on original at 26k miles.  They still look pretty good.

Out of curiosity, what is the red wire/cable by your right rearset?

 

[pdedse]

50 miles late this afternoon after feeling groggy the whole day.  Late sunlight was making things look kinda cool...a couple of dorky shadow-selfies...
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Question: how long do chain and sprockets last for folks?  I'm on original at 26k miles.  They still look pretty good.

Out of curiosity, what is the red wire/cable by your right rearset?

That cable is the the connecting end for my grip warmers.  It plugs-in to the battery pigtail.  The grip warmer unit cable end wasn't capatible with the pigtail, so I had to wire a connector to it and that's the red cable that's visible.  I disconnect at the pigtail when not in use to make sure there's no draw on the battery.

Grip-warmers, $30 at Amazon They've worked decently well for 2 winters now; only issue is one side warms slightly more than the other.  3 settings, usually the mildest setting is enough.  The warmest setting of 3 is simply too hot!

 

[the Ferret]

50 miles late this afternoon after feeling groggy the whole day.  Late sunlight was making things look kinda cool...a couple of dorky shadow-selfies...

Question: how long do chain and sprockets last for folks?  I'm on original at 26k miles.  They still look pretty good.

I got 36,909 out of the first set of chain and sprockets, and have over 40,000 on it's replacement set.

 

[pdedse]

I got 36,909 out of the first set of chain and sprockets, and have over 40,000 on it's replacement set.

Cool.  So I could have another 10k miles.  I might still be able to do a trip this summer and was wondering about when to replace.

 

[peterbaron]

I did the first replacement, 2 sprockets, chain and rubber dampers/pads, at about 36,000 miles, but the chain was not lubricated very often... After replacing it with original parts, I did another 50,000 miles, lubricating the chain very often and not needing replacement, and then I sold my white  CB standard.
Frequent lube is the key issue!!

 

[Cormanus]

Got the CB1100 on the road after a couple of months away. Felt good, although, for the first time since I've had it, it took a while to start.

 

[1973cb750]

Got the CB1100 on the road after a couple of months away. Felt good, although, for the first time since I've had it, it took a while to start.

Fresh gas and maybe a good hot battery would help

 

[Cormanus]

Thanks 1973cb750. Battery was good — had been on a tender — so, yes, petrol the likely problem. I forgot to put stabil in when I parked it.