(01-13-2016 06:14 PM)The ferret Wrote: You know moto journalists are a jaded bunch. They get to ride brand new bikes for a day or two and don't live with any of them long enough to run into the problems a lot of them have. They also have been dealing with mega horsepower, razor edge handling liter sport bikes for the last decade. I can understand why moto journalists might be dissapointed in the CB 1100 compared to a modern sport bike, but I am really disapointed with their inability to recognize what/why the CB is like it is. If they read and understood the designers intention with this bike they would realize that Honda hit an absolute home run and would acknowledge such.
Agree with that first part. Part of what you expect from all motor journalists is the ability to put themselves in the shoes of the expected buyers and to analyze things in terms of how it fits their needs. This is one of the reasons I'd way rather read forum posts or reviews from a small selection of good writers than probably 95% of the mainstream motorcycle press.
That said, I guess the point of this bike did seem to go over the heads of a lot of the motoring press, so...