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El Duce
01-19-2013, 08:30 AM
It would be this.

http://powersports.honda.com/2013/cb1100.aspx

I always loved the classic design of the Honda in line fours. I have had several over the years. Cb400's, cb750's etc. My riding days are long over, but I really dig this "new" bike from Honda. Never owned a Harley. But at least one of just about everything else! Another old favorite that I had was the Honda CBX. 6 piston beast!

N/A
01-19-2013, 10:08 AM
If it was shaft drive like my '81 Honda CB900, I could go for it.

coppertales
01-19-2013, 10:36 AM
Why are your riding days over? I am 68 and still ride everyday the weather permits. I am looking to sell my three KZ1100s and buy another Ural.....chris3

El Duce
01-19-2013, 10:43 AM
Why are your riding days over? I am 68 and still ride everyday the weather permits. I am looking to sell my three KZ1100s and buy another Ural.....chris3

I stopped riding when my Children were born. Sold my 90 BMW K75s. The last 5 years that I had it. Only rode it around 2k miles. Too many deer here in WV.

btcave
01-19-2013, 11:08 AM
Very cool.

I bought a 2008 KLR 650 last year. Needs a couple of parts after laying it down on a gravel road. I've decided to stick to pavement for a while.

mushroom
01-19-2013, 01:56 PM
I Like that!! I remember my 1st street bike was a 78 Kawasaki 650.. then went to a sportster then soft tail.. I was under the impression when I got rid of the Kaw I wanted either the bullit bikes or cruisers.. when I figured out a good riding bike that was comfortable was the way to go.. ie.. the old Kaw.. they didn't make anything like it.. Really don't like V-twins.. Don't like cruisers or bullits.. I thought about BMW K series or even triumphs.. cost seemed high in comparison to jap stuff... I like that one.. although.. Metro Atlanta traffic has me convinced I won't be riding anymore.. These people are NUTS!!!!! PS... Yes I was born and raised here.. Things have changed alot over the past 50 years!!!

Schuetzenman
01-19-2013, 02:49 PM
Nice, very nice! I had a CB750 ... K nothing first year model and then a K3 model. I'm surprised they're putting a chain drive on an 1100 CC bike the 750's were able to break a chain pretty easily if you let it get sloppy loose and didn't keep it tight. Rev the motor and pop the clutch, snap! The original CB750 was a tad hard on spark plugs, Paladiums were needed to burn hot enough to stay firing for long. Was tough to tune them as well given the 4 carbs.

I'm kind of with N/A it should be shaft drive.

El Duce
01-19-2013, 04:38 PM
I should look for some of my old pictures of bikes. First one was a 65 CB 160. Got it at a garage sale for 10 bucks. Restored it and rode the heck out of it. My first "big" bike was a 77 750. I bored it out to 811. Painted it. It was a real runner. Me and my brother put the thing back together in our living room one winter when we lived together.

At one time I had 3 and a half cb400f's. One beautifully redone and the others alright. One of the quicker bikes that I had was a Yamaha rz350 (two stroke). I read the local paper every week just to see what is being sold.

ready
01-19-2013, 08:12 PM
Nice. I like the throwbacks. I was really excited about the new vmax's because I had one of the originals and then I saw the price tag.

El Duce
01-20-2013, 04:52 PM
Nice. I like the throwbacks. I was really excited about the new vmax's because I had one of the originals and then I saw the price tag.

Back in 90 I almost bought a Vmax. Test drove one. Decided that it was WAY too much power for a 21 year old. When I worked in Switzerland, I fould a place that rented Motorcycles. I rented for a day a Kawasaki zzr1100. I was out cruising around Lake Geneva came upon one of the FEW traffic lights. It went red. In my rear view I could see a headlight pulling up. Sure as Sh*t it was a Vmax. He pulled up next to me. We both started revving engines. Light goes green. And off it was. It was pretty much neck and neck untill I got a little too unhappy (scared) about how FAST we were going zipping through the country side. Never forget that one!

ready
01-20-2013, 08:57 PM
Yeah, those old 4 cylinders will still beat the snot out of most modern production bikes.

cootertwo
01-21-2013, 12:20 AM
My 04 ZRX1200R is fast enough for me. My 06 1200 sportster is for giggles.:dancingsmile::dancingsmile::dancingsmile: :dancingsmile:

ZRX ...... AR
Harley ...AK

charger0122
01-21-2013, 01:16 AM
i like any of the old cb's mainly cb750 4's and just about any size kz mainly the kz900 they were bad . i have a 750 magna that im slowly trying to get back running it was my dads and carb floats are expensive as hell.

ready
01-21-2013, 02:40 AM
I had one of those too. It was the bigger v65 though.

TEN-32
01-21-2013, 07:38 AM
I had one of those too. It was the bigger v65 though.

V65 Magna? I had one...scary fast.

ready
01-21-2013, 07:45 AM
Yup. I ride a Harley now and it makes me laugh out loud when I hear other HD guys talking about how much money they spent just to get 80hp out of their bikes.

TEN-32
01-21-2013, 08:03 AM
I have been considering a new scooter in the next couple of years. I really like the new Victory baggers. Tons of bang for the buck but less dealer support...or at least fewer and farther between.

El Duce
01-21-2013, 04:40 PM
My 04 ZRX1200R is fast enough for me. My 06 1200 sportster is for giggles.:dancingsmile::dancingsmile::dancingsmile: :dancingsmile:

ZRX ...... AR
Harley ...AK

Back in 94 I got a heck of a deal on a 92 cbr600. (paid 2500.00 for it, rode it for the summer, then sold it for 4500.00) I called it the Corvette, and my BMW K75s the Station Wagon.

Deal on the CBR, guy I worked with got his 3rd DUI. Needed money quick. Pay off bike, lawyers etc. Nice kid. Just not too smart. Bike had less than 3k miles on it. Just had to put new tires on it and clean the carbs. Boy oh boy that thing was fun on WV roads.

5.56NATO
01-21-2013, 07:36 PM
V65 Magna? I had one...scary fast.

The harley place in Des Moines had a 65 sitting in the middle of all the harleys, the sign on it said that this motorcycle had the biggest balls of all the bikes in the store.