What is your best Honda Christmas Present

[Jeephoto_imp]

Ferret commented on my post in another thread and I didn't want to "muddy up" that thread.



"ONE OF?" Dang Jeephoto you must get some dandy Christmas presents. :worship:
So, my question is: what is your favorite Honda or CB1100 Christmas Gift?

I got my CB1100 DLX last December so I consider it "one of" my best gifts. The other being when I was 12 and my parents bought my brother and I brand new Honda Trail 70's and surprised us for Christmas. I got the red one, my brother got the gold one. We rode the crap out of those little bikes and loved every minute of it. This looks like mine.

I just love Red Hondas.

 

[LongRanger_imp]

Larry, you're killing me! In 1971 my next door neighbor, who was 12 at the time, got a brand new CT-70 for Christmas, just like the one in your photo. It made my 3 hp minibike seem prehistoric by comparison. I'll never forget how my world imploded that day.

Two years later, in 1973, one of my best friends got a brand new SL-70 for Christmas and another got a brand new Yamaha Mini-Enduro. They were both 14 years old at the time. Each had been riding Taco minibikes up to that point, and I still had my 3 hp minibike. My world imploded again.

Today I'm able to ride whatever I want, but whenever I see a CT-70, SL-70, or Mini-Enduro, I'm suddenly a crushed 12 year old kid all over again!

 

[Riko_imp]

make me wanna replace my Honda Zoomer/Ruckus, such a nice thing that Dax of yours, as called in Europe
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[emptysea]

Easy..my first real motorcycle: my CBR250r

 

[Toddman_imp]

Wow , this is a looooong time ago. I got a Rupp minibike that I broke in half. HAHAHAHAHA. Had a blast on that thing though.

 

[the Ferret]

Ferret commented on my post in another thread and I didn't want to "muddy up" that thread.



"ONE OF?" Dang Jeephoto you must get some dandy Christmas presents. :worship:
So, my question is: what is your favorite Honda or CB1100 Christmas Gift?

I got my CB1100 DLX last December so I consider it "one of" my best gifts. The other being when I was 12 and my parents bought my brother and I brand new Honda Trail 70's and surprised us for Christmas. I got the red one, my brother got the gold one. We rode the crap out of those little bikes and loved every minute of it. This looks like mine.

I just love Red Hondas.

"ONE OF?" Dang Jeephoto you must get some dandy Christmas presents. :worship:
So, my question is: what is your favorite Honda or CB1100 Christmas Gift?

I got my CB1100 DLX last December so I consider it "one of" my best gifts. The other being when I was 12 and my parents bought my brother and I brand new Honda Trail 70's and surprised us for Christmas. I got the red one, my brother got the gold one. We rode the crap out of those little bikes and loved every minute of it. This looks like mine.

I just love Red Hondas.
Jeep if you want another one I know where there are 3 for sale, but they are not $300 anymore.

 

[capttwb136_imp]

My wife used to get me all kinds of farkles for the Goldwings we had. I can't really think of an extra special one, so I'm going to say my new CB Corbin seat that is due to be here Wednesday!

 

[wiredgeorge_imp]

In 1983, I came back from overseas with my wife and 3 kiddos. I wanted a new Japanese bike and went to the local Honda dealer in Ohio (can't recall which one or where) and they had a whole showroom full of LEFTOVER 1981 and 82 CB650 single overhead cam. They had blue and red. Probably 50 of them on the floor and they were selling at $800 plus TTL. Wife and I went all over the country on that thing. Geesh I was a tad thinner then... If it is a Honda, it has to be red!

 

[Pterodactyl_imp]

^^^^^^^^.

Too true Blue.

Cheers

 

[mininsx_imp]

My wife (now ex) got me one of these:

 

[quietguy_imp]

My best Honda Xmas present this year is my new CB1100, from me to me.

 

[Cormanus]

My wife (now ex) got me one of these:

 

[Retsel_imp]

We bought me the CB1100 this year for Christmas. But had to purchase and restore a 1960 camp trailer, as my wife's gift, as part of the deal. Good all the way around!

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[Huladog_imp]

My best Honda Xmas present this year is my new CB1100, from me to me.

Ditto for me! Well at least the wife didn't kill me since she told me I "needed to ride a smaller bike" ..... so I downsized myself from a CTX1300 to fulfill her wishes.

Aloha,
Huladog

 

[quietguy_imp]

My best Honda Xmas present this year is my new CB1100, from me to me.

Ditto for me! Well at least the wife didn't kill me since she told me I "needed to ride a smaller bike" ..... so I downsized myself from a CTX1300 to fulfill her wishes.

Aloha,
Huladog

Congrats on your new ride. I viewed a lot of Youtube reviews and videos of the CTX1300 and was impressed... then I sat on one. Still a beautiful bike but it felt HUGE.

 

[Lord Popgun]

I'm still trying to figure out why Honda took the ST1300 engine, which makes, I think, around 125hp and cut it back so much for the CTX.

 

[Huladog_imp]

I'm still trying to figure out why Honda took the ST1300 engine, which makes, I think, around 125hp and cut it back so much for the CTX.

Supposedly the torque was offsetting the higher HP, but having that extra HP would have been nice. I have to admit by detuning they really under-stressed an already bullet proof engine so maybe they were thinking it would last even longer than in the ST1300. Dunno.

When I started looking at the CB1100 again I checked the specs and the 1100 isn't that far off from the HP/Torque figures of the V-4 1300. Being a couple hundred pounds lighter and that's why the CB1100 seemed to have more torque right off idle when I first switched to the CTX1300 and was getting used to the clutch feel off idle.

Had to modify a Goldwing clutch lever to have the adjustable lever (like the CB1100 has stock) in order to get the clutch friction point to feel right.

Aloha,
Huladog

 

[Cormanus]

I don't understand why Honda replaced the ST1300.

 

[Riko_imp]

they didnt replace it, the st1300 is still being sold new...

 

[the Ferret]

Riko, not in the U.S. unless it's a 4 year old left over. I think 2012 was the last model year sold here new.