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CB1100 good for Touring?!
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Wisedrum Offline
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RE: CB1100 good for Touring?!
The CB is good at anything with the exception of bumby dirt roads. I never would do with it slighty sort of crossriding. The ground clearence is to small. In my opinion the Honda as a streetbike is more build for plain surfaces. Even rolling down from a higher sidewalk can damage the upper side of the engine and exhaust system as I unluckily found out. No big damage but enough to know the small limits of this bike construction for this kind of riding.

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(This post was last modified: 04-21-2018 12:04 AM by Wisedrum.)
04-20-2018 11:17 PM
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jimgl3 Offline
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RE: CB1100 good for Touring?!
yeah, I was sort of thinking skid plate in those accessories I mentioned...
04-21-2018 03:25 AM
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Bheezy27403 Offline
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RE: CB1100 good for Touring?!
(04-20-2018 11:17 PM)Wisedrum Wrote:  The CB is good at anything with the exception of bumby dirt roads. I never would do with it slighty sort of crossriding. The ground clearence is to small. In my opinion the Honda as a streetbike is more build for plain surfaces. Even rolling down from a higher sidewalk can damage the upper side of the engine and exhaust system as I unluckily found out. No big damage but enough to know the small limits of this bike construction for this kind of riding.

Wisedrum

I have accidentally done several miles on single lane, dirt/jagged rock roads in the North Carolina mountains. Up and over 2 mountains to be specific. Would I do it again given a choice, no, but, she came out the other side with only a chain adjustment needed. I was very impressed.

Am I saying she's an ADV bike, of course not, but she sure surprised the heck outta me with her versatility and poise.
04-21-2018 06:19 AM
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Roper Offline
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Post: #34
RE: CB1100 good for Touring?!
You could change the sprocket to get lower gearing, change the suspension for more travel, get spoke wheels and tires with more aggressive tread, retrofit some kind of higher exhaust to run along the side, and put a bash plate on the bottom of the cradle. Then you'd have a really cool scrambler! It would still be heavy, though. And pretty expensive for all those mods. Might as well just by a scrambler.


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04-21-2018 08:20 AM
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Bheezy27403 Offline
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RE: CB1100 good for Touring?!
Looking at the front fender on that Scram I don't know what kind of off-roading you could do. That thing is virtually laying on the tire!
(This post was last modified: 04-21-2018 09:51 AM by Bheezy27403.)
04-21-2018 09:51 AM
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RE: CB1100 good for Touring?!
(04-21-2018 08:20 AM)Roper Wrote:  You could change the sprocket to get lower gearing, change the suspension for more travel, get spoke wheels and tires with more aggressive tread, retrofit some kind of higher exhaust to run along the side, and put a bash plate on the bottom of the cradle. Then you'd have a really cool scrambler! It would still be heavy, though. And pretty expensive for all those mods. Might as well just by a scrambler.

I have never ridden a "scrambler" so forgive me if this is a stupid question but how do you not burn your leg on the exhaustHuh
04-21-2018 10:03 AM
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LongRanger Offline
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RE: CB1100 good for Touring?!
(04-21-2018 09:51 AM)Bheezy27403 Wrote:  Looking at the front fender on that Scram I don't know what kind of off-roading you could do. That thing is virtually laying on the tire!
Don't be fooled. It's a street bike with an aspirational name! Thumbs Up

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04-21-2018 10:08 AM
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Bheezy27403 Offline
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RE: CB1100 good for Touring?!
Oh I know. I pretty much own the same bike in a different guise. You might as well call a ford explorer an "off road" vehicle.

I guess it is called a "street" scrambler, whatever the heck that means.
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04-21-2018 10:13 AM
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alprider Offline
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RE: CB1100 good for Touring?!
ask our member "itsme67".......with his wife sometimes across all of Europe...100000km in 2 1/2 years ..at time he has ca 150000km of his 2014 DLX /EX

http://motorrad-und-touren.de/motorraede...cb-1100-ex
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04-21-2018 10:27 AM
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The ferret Offline
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RE: CB1100 good for Touring?!
150,000 kms....wow that's 93,000 miles. He's a rider for sure!

Looks like he had a broken spoke or two. I can't read German..any other issues?

Looks like he uses Metzler Z8's and EBC pads.

(04-21-2018 10:03 AM)W/R Wrote:  I have never ridden a "scrambler" so forgive me if this is a stupid question but how do you not burn your leg on the exhaustHuh

Heat guards on the exhaust

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(This post was last modified: 04-21-2018 11:33 AM by The ferret.)
04-21-2018 11:32 AM
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