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cookiemech · 03-29-2018 01:24 PM

Well, I'd be riding my 2017 Road King. It's more comfortable than any other bike I own (the RGU is quite similar, though) and tons of fun. It's cool (I'm not, but the bike is). But I have the CB because it's very different and fun in its own way . . .

**The ferret** · 03-29-2018 02:14 PM

I did like the pre 2014 R1200R Beemer, especially the 2013 Classic, but can't bring myself to buy one. No BMW dealers near me and BMW's reputation of late would worry me.

Acrobat · 03-29-2018 02:31 PM

If there were no CB1100...hmm..probably I would do the same as when I was a kid riding my bicycle and making noises with my mouth trying to imitate the sound of the CB750 imagining I was riding it ( I had also installed small cardboards with laundry clips at wheel spokes to resemble engine noise ).

The Power of Dreams...

As for now, if there was no CB1100, I wouldn't sold my Husqvarna Nuda 900. Such an intoxicating motorcycle... (never landed in the US...)

PowerDubs · 03-29-2018 02:40 PM

I like the ZRX1200...wouldn't mind taking a Triumph Bobber for a test ride- they look nice in pics.

Roper · 03-29-2018 04:37 PM

Kawi Z900RS. Same aesthetic as my beloved CB. Yeah, it's liquid cooled, but that means mo powah! But seriously, the CB is enough for the way I ride after I passed the half-century mark last year...

SportsterDoc · 03-29-2018 05:35 PM

(03-29-2018 04:37 PM)Roper Wrote: ...the CB is enough for the way I ride after I passed the half-century mark last year.

The thrill of acceleration does not diminish much with age.
I passed the 1/2 century mark almost a 1/4 century ago!

In 4th gear, the CB1100 will pull 110 MPH up an 8% grade at 7,000 feet elevation. I was not looking directly at the tach, but think it was only about 6,000 RPM at that speed.

dsan1964 · 03-29-2018 06:26 PM

(03-29-2018 05:35 PM)SportsterDoc Wrote:
(03-29-2018 04:37 PM)Roper Wrote: ...the CB is enough for the way I ride after I passed the half-century mark last year.

The thrill of acceleration does not diminish much with age.
I passed the 1/2 century mark almost a 1/4 century ago!

In 4th gear, the CB1100 will pull 110 MPH up an 8% grade at 7,000 feet elevation. I was not looking directly at the tach, but think it was only about 6,000 RPM at that speed.

Yessir, You are correct

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Redbird · 03-29-2018 06:37 PM

If not the CB I'd likely have a Triumph Bonneville or Scrambler.

4 Paws · 03-29-2018 06:55 PM

If not the CB then probably, I don’t know. Had a hard time finding a bike I wanted until I stumbled upon the CB. Not impressed with all the fancy plastic on the newer bikes, wanted something simple with excellent quality and readily available parts and service.
Have a Triumph which is amazingly similar to our CB in many ways.
I’d probably go with an electric bike just for the fun of it.

~~Banned~~ · 03-29-2018 07:17 PM

I guess it shouldn't come as any great surprise that most us of have similar thinking in what our alternative bike would if the dreaded nightmare of no CB1100 were to be true. That's why we are all here right?

As for me, when I decided to buy a second street bike in late '16 (as my '03 HD has been retired to full time sidecar duty for my special needs daughter) I really wanted an XR1200R but couldn't find one anywhere near me. My next choice was a CB1000R, again no luck.

By now it was March '17 and not being able to find what I was looking in Harley or Honda I reluctantly broadened my search. I say reluctantly as the shop I use is a combined HD/Honda/KTM, I trust them and really wanted to keep my motorcycle business solely with them already owning both HD and Honda bikes.

So I looked at Yamaha and BMW. I really like the R1200R and have always been a fan of their "roadster" style bikes having almost bought a R1150R Rockster in '02. The Yamaha FZ09 was also at the top of the list. The XRS900 is ok but I just feel like it is trying to hard to be something it's not.

Shortly after my '14 CB1100 miraculously fell into my lap a friend decided to sell his mint condition, very low mileage (4500km) '09 Buell Ulysses that I had bugged him to sell me 6-7 years ago so I couldn't pass it up. It's a great bike that does everything I want and is more comfortable, longer range, better suspension than the CB and has removable luggage. If I hadn't picked a bike by the I got the Ulysses I would probably just have stuck with that.

I had planned to sell the CB once I got the Ulysses but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I have never gotten attached to a mechanical thing before but the CB1100 is special in a way that I can't explain.

But you guys already knew that, didn't you?