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It's Been a Long Time Coming...
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thumper Offline
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Bakersfield, CA.
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It's Been a Long Time Coming...
I'm John from California. I'm active on the ST-Owners.com site, and was led here by a posting from ferret.

I'm a Honda junkie, and acquiring the CB11 completed my stable which includes an ST13, a VFR12DCT, and a CBR1000RR.

I fell in love with the CB concept when it debuted in 2007 as the CB1100F. I'm well-known at my local Honda dealership, and I started pestering them to pressure Honda to build this bike. They laughed. I was serious.

When the production of the CB1100 was finally announced, we all prayed it'd be imported to the US, but Honda chose otherwise. I continued to pester my dealer, telling him I wanted the first red CB that arrived at his dealership.

When Honda finally announced this bike for sale in the US, I was thrilled. They got the color right (sorry for you guys that wanted black or pearl white), the black & aluminum engine/wheels look better to me than the all-silver of the Australian model, and they of course offer it with or w/o ABS.

I took delivery of my ABS last Friday, and have only managed 200 miles so far. The bike at first felt tiny, but I'm getting used to it, enjoying it for what it is--a modern interpretation of my first love motorcycle (Candy Red '82 Suzuki GS750L.)

I hope this site flourishes, and I hope the CB11 sells well enough to begin a resurgence of standard and/or retro bikes in the US.

***ATGATT--Because if you crash, the world is your belt sander***
[size=x-small][color=#000000]The Stable--[/color][color=#0000CD]TEx[/color],[color=#FF0000]CB11A[/color],[color=#32CD32]ZX6R[/color][/size]
(This post was last modified: 04-17-2013 02:54 AM by thumper.)
04-16-2013 01:36 PM
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RE: It's Been a Long Time Coming...
Welcome Thumper, glad you made it. You have great taste in motorcycles !
04-16-2013 04:36 PM
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