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RE: CB1000R
(12-15-2017 12:14 PM)Wisedrum Wrote:  
(12-15-2017 11:20 AM)Ulvetanna Wrote:  Honda just pared the bike down to the bare functional necessities.

This is something that the CB1000R has in common with most bikes now on the market. There is nothing that will warm the heart and the soul when looking at it.
Too functional, too watercooled, too cool anyway. The German word for it that comes to my mind is 'aalglatt'.

I don't like bikes build this way no matter how good they are technically. But what should one expect from a guy who owns lovely looking and good riding retro bikes and is deeply nostalgic when it comes to motorbikes?

Wisedrum
That's ironic you mention the German term "aalglatt" as sort of a "meh" since German engineering of the mid-20th century was so superior, and so superbly functional in this exact way. I think of the Focke-Wulf, Messerschmitt, and Junkers aircraft, just exemplary of pure mechanical engineering. I love the appearance of pretty every German aircraft from that era. Don't mind the Eurofighter, either. The Fw 190, He 111, Ju 88, even that tin goose, the Ju 52. So this Honda CB1000R motorcycle is reminiscent of that design philosophy. Excellent! A modern classic which will be "retro" when bikes look like the new BMW self-balancing thing:
İmage

I have had many retro/classic styled bikes and currently own a few. That is of course what drew me to the CB1100 which I owned for three years. I like anything with two wheels.
(This post was last modified: 12-15-2017 03:21 PM by Ulvetanna.)
12-15-2017 03:12 PM
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CB1000R - offroadfx4 - 12-26-2016, 10:15 AM
RE: CB1000R - kmoney - 12-26-2016, 12:46 PM
RE: CB1000R - dirt road - 01-04-2017, 08:40 AM
RE: CB1000R - kvdv - 01-05-2017, 08:41 AM
RE: CB1000R - nhawk7504 - 12-06-2017, 01:05 PM
RE: CB1000R - alprider - 12-06-2017, 01:56 PM
RE: CB1000R - dirt road - 12-07-2017, 03:48 PM
RE: CB1000R - nhawk7504 - 12-07-2017, 11:28 AM
RE: CB1000R - Ulvetanna - 12-15-2017, 11:20 AM
RE: CB1000R - Wisedrum - 12-15-2017, 12:14 PM
RE: CB1000R - Ulvetanna - 12-15-2017 03:12 PM
RE: CB1000R - Wisedrum - 12-15-2017, 03:30 PM
RE: CB1000R - Ulvetanna - 12-15-2017, 04:35 PM
RE: CB1000R - LongRanger - 12-15-2017, 04:21 PM
RE: CB1000R - The ferret - 12-15-2017, 05:28 PM
RE: CB1000R - Ulvetanna - 12-15-2017, 05:38 PM
RE: CB1000R - Doc1961 - 12-27-2017, 08:08 PM
RE: CB1000R - Ulvetanna - 01-04-2018, 11:41 PM
RE: CB1000R - Guth - 12-30-2017, 12:13 PM

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