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2014 CB1100 Standard ride review/XSR900 comparo
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Labrador12 Offline
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Post: #91
RE: 2014 CB1100 Standard ride review/XSR900 comparo
Well put cb750F. As a guy who also just purchased a new '14 for under 7K, I'm expecting tons of satisfaction from this bike. A big Honda four, a excellent choice for my last bike.
01-18-2018 06:58 AM
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Post: #92
RE: 2014 CB1100 Standard ride review/XSR900 comparo
(01-18-2018 06:10 AM)CB750F Wrote:  I'm a new CB1100 owner ('14 Standard) and I read this entire thread with amusement.

The whole point of the CB1100 is it recreates the vintage look and feel of the late 70's and 80's. It was never intended to ride like a modern sport bike. If it did it wouldn't capture the nostalgia and fun of those old bikes. Having said that it's still a way better motorcycle than anything we rode back then. It has a better motor, better brakes, better suspension and better fit and finish than the motorcycles of the 70's and 80's.

I bought my bike for what it is. I wanted a modern version of an old classic and that's exactly what I got. It looks fantastic and rides better than my CB750F ever did. If I had wanted a sport bike or a touring bike or an ADV bike I would have bought one.

Don't ruin a perfectly wonderful motorcycle by trying to turn it into something it was never intended to be. If riding a modern recreation of an old classic doesn't do it for you buy something else.

I feel exactly the same way about the CB1100, and have saved what you said in a folder.

But I do remember in the 60s and 70s that everyone modified their motorcycles to suit the own style or riding habits. Or just so their bike was different than everyone else's.

2017 CB1100 EX
01-18-2018 09:20 AM
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Post: #93
RE: 2014 CB1100 Standard ride review/XSR900 comparo
Nortoon, excellent point. No matter what bike or era, people have always taken whatever they were riding and modified it to suit their tastes. It doesn't matter whether we're talking about an original CB750 or Z1, or a modern, farkled-to-death R1200GS or Gold Wing, motorcyclists have always treated their motorcycles as semi-completed canvasses awaiting one's personal finishing touch.

To expect the modern CB1100 or its owner to be any different is to ignore the basic zeitgeist of motorcycling.

That being said, and to CB750F's point, of course one looking for a thoroughly up-to-date, high-performance motorcycle ought to look elsewhere, as the CB1100 will never scratch that itch, and no degree of farkling will ever change that essential fact. Such a person is simply looking at the wrong bike, and that's on him, not the bike.
01-18-2018 10:36 AM
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Post: #94
RE: 2014 CB1100 Standard ride review/XSR900 comparo
Pretty much any motorcycle I've ever owned I've left alone. I'm not into farkling. I did put some Givi hard bags on a Versys 650 but that's about the extent of my after market adventures.
01-18-2018 10:47 AM
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VLJ Offline
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RE: 2014 CB1100 Standard ride review/XSR900 comparo
CB750F, I suspect you and I are more the exception than the rule. Like you, I tend to leave most of my bikes as close to stock as possible. If I do modify them in any way, my strong preference is to stick with factory accessories. Even so, the majority of my bikes received some degree of personal touch.

The more I feel a need to modify my bike, the less enchanted with it I become; my XSR900 being a perfect example. With the lone exception of my SV650, which I modded to death and loved to death, the best bikes were the ones that didn't make me want to change anything about them, and those were rarities, indeed.

Now I'm trying to recall any bikes that I left 100% stock...

Okay, there were the two GSX-Rs, the 750 and 1000. Never touched a single thing.

Most of my Hondas were left alone, except for the two VFRs and the CBR600, which received exhaust systems. Come on, though, those high-revving V4s with the gear-driven cams were the best-sounding motors ever created. I had no choice. Such glorious music simply had to be experienced through a proper set of speakers. As for the CBR, I was just the typical idiot that wanted more power.

I left my Street Triple R alone, and one of my Kawis, the ZX-6. The ZX-9R did receive a pipe.

Whoa, come to think of it, I left both of my BMW Roadsters bone stock. Hmmm.

The CB1100? Provided the suspension truly is better on the '17 EX, the only modification I would make is the addition of Honda's heated grips. Otherwise, I wouldn't even add steel brake lines or HH pads. I'd leave her 100% stock.
01-18-2018 11:25 AM
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RE: 2014 CB1100 Standard ride review/XSR900 comparo
In my early twenties I bought a one year old 1966 BSA Lightning for $700. Then spent 2 or 3 times that importing accessories from Britain to make it into a café racer. Seemed like the right thing to do at that time.

In my early thirties I did the exact opposite. Bought a 1971 BSA Lightning for $700 that had been made into a quasi-chopper. Spent the entire winter searching for original parts, taking the motorcycle all apart, and rebuilding to it original condition, except the paint. The paint schemes on the BSAs for that year were UGH-LY. I used the ever popular black paint scheme instead. Turned out very well and was a pleasure to ride.

The next three new bikes I bought (Yamaha XS1100G, Goldwing Aspencade, CB500XA) had lots of accessories added to haul stuff and make the ride more comfortable.

My 2017 CB1100 EX is a dilemma. I like the retro look of the motorcycle, but would really appreciate an effective windscreen, rear carrier and comfortable seat. All but the tall seat would take away from the bike's retro looks. The rack and seat are also expensive to import. However given my history, I am sure they will all be added.

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01-18-2018 11:38 AM
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Post: #97
RE: 2014 CB1100 Standard ride review/XSR900 comparo
Nortoon, you want to swap the '17 EX's seat for a "comfortable seat"? All the reviews say the stock seat is amazingly comfortable!

Dude!
01-18-2018 11:44 AM
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RE: 2014 CB1100 Standard ride review/XSR900 comparo
(01-18-2018 11:38 AM)Nortoon Wrote:  In my early twenties I bought a one year old 1966 BSA Lightning for $700. Then spent 2 or 3 times that importing accessories from Britain to make it into a café racer. Seemed like the right thing to do at that time.

In my early thirties I did the exact opposite. Bought a 1971 BSA Lightning for $700 that had been made into a quasi-chopper. Spent the entire winter searching for original parts, taking the motorcycle all apart, and rebuilding to it original condition, except the paint. The paint schemes on the BSAs for that year were UGH-LY. I used the ever popular black paint scheme instead. Turned out very well and was a pleasure to ride.

The next three new bikes I bought (Yamaha XS1100G, Goldwing Aspencade, CB500XA) had lots of accessories added to haul stuff and make the ride more comfortable.

My 2017 CB1100 EX is a dilemma. I like the retro look of the motorcycle, but would really appreciate an effective windscreen, rear carrier and comfortable seat. All but the tall seat would take away from the bike's retro looks. The rack and seat are also expensive to import. However given my history, I am sure they will all be added.
Does anyone know if a stock carrier for a 2014 will fit a 2017? If it does I will have one for sale in about a week...have a Givi 55L topcase to fit it also...windscreen...Daytona seat...

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2003 Kawasaki KLR 650
1969 CB750K x3!
1971 CB750K1
1972 CB750K2 x2!
2018 GL1800 Tour DCT
1984 Shadow 500
(This post was last modified: 01-19-2018 05:57 AM by lash.)
01-19-2018 05:55 AM
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RE: 2014 CB1100 Standard ride review/XSR900 comparo
The angle between the two bolt holes of the main tubing looks different to me...

2014:
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2017:
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01-19-2018 07:12 AM
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RE: 2014 CB1100 Standard ride review/XSR900 comparo
bcos the passengerseat is lower
01-19-2018 07:21 AM
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