My new ride.
- Thread starter Bonafide
- Start date
bluesforchallah
Rocker
Well played, Bud. Well played.
strokerlmt
Moderator
hot shit.....that is my secret dream bike. I would love to have that bike Bud....nice one.
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T-boy
Rocker
Yes...Yes it is!
thearcticsea
Rocker
Wow. Good stuff. Can't wait to hear more about it.
tooblekain
750cc
Is this the CB1100 or CB500? I can't tell...and...moar pics pleaze!!!
Bonafide
NBR founder
2013 CB1100
Not really. They'll be replaced to more of my liking - but cant go too much lower with bars either because the lock/to/lock takes the bars over the top of the tank.
strokerlmt
Moderator
Shit that is a nice looking bike....IMHO the bars don't look great but I hear you about lock to lock.......maybe time for a new tank from Benji ;-))))) pulled back in the front brit style.....
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Bonafide
NBR founder
Ha .. benjie .. that slacker would end up taking 2 yrs to make something. No thanks. There's a Japanese company already make an old style CB750 tank for this .. they're called White House. Here's a pic. This is NEW CB1100 with their body parts kit called the K10.
Bonafide
NBR founder
The only color offered here in the US is Red.
strokerlmt
Moderator
Ha .. benjie .. that slacker would end up taking 2 yrs to make something. No thanks. There's a Japanese company already make an old style CB750 tank for this .. they're called White House. Here's a pic. This is NEW CB1100 with their body parts kit called the K10.
Now I like that different tank...no offense but I like the new bike but the tank, seat, handle bars, these are things that eat me and the rear fender seems 14 feet to long BUT shit hot bike...congrats.....now if I had $$$$ I would take the base bike, eliminate bars, new tank, new seat, new fenders, dump the air box, side covers andddddd.....dream gone.....enjoy the bike....wish I had one.
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irishrider60
Scooter
Best of Luck with the new ride. I would be interested in hearing how the bike performs compared to your other bikes. I sat on this bike at the NYC bike show this year and thought it was awesome.
Bonafide
NBR founder
I can tell you some initial impressions about it. I've only been able to put 75mi on it since Monday (dang work getting in the way).
The seat absolutely sucks. 20min in the saddle and my ass hurts - like hot spots on either cheek. I'm thinking it's too soft. My normal ride is a 300 mi loop - the first part of which is me riding 90mi straight up to the mountains .. so it's not like I have a candy ass. The stock seat is garage ... and it's too low .. or I'm too tall at 6'00" for this bike.
It has the power I wish/think a Bonnie should have. It's not raw .. just very strong and smooth. Redline is 9k rpms. It can smoothly and easily putter around at 3k rpms and still have the torque to pull itself up thru the rpms without downshifting.
It doesnt feel like it weighs 500lbs. It's very balanced and easy to move around. I havent been able to hit the mountains but seems to handle quite well with the tight stuff. It's low speed handling in a parking lot is amazing. One thing against it .. the suspension is SOFT. Like pogo-stick soft in the curves. I dont like that.
It's quiet .. like 'is my bike running' quiet.
And the handle bars are a bit too high up for my liking .. which sits me back on my ass, which might be a contributing factor to the seat sucking so much.
The seat absolutely sucks. 20min in the saddle and my ass hurts - like hot spots on either cheek. I'm thinking it's too soft. My normal ride is a 300 mi loop - the first part of which is me riding 90mi straight up to the mountains .. so it's not like I have a candy ass. The stock seat is garage ... and it's too low .. or I'm too tall at 6'00" for this bike.
It has the power I wish/think a Bonnie should have. It's not raw .. just very strong and smooth. Redline is 9k rpms. It can smoothly and easily putter around at 3k rpms and still have the torque to pull itself up thru the rpms without downshifting.
It doesnt feel like it weighs 500lbs. It's very balanced and easy to move around. I havent been able to hit the mountains but seems to handle quite well with the tight stuff. It's low speed handling in a parking lot is amazing. One thing against it .. the suspension is SOFT. Like pogo-stick soft in the curves. I dont like that.
It's quiet .. like 'is my bike running' quiet.
And the handle bars are a bit too high up for my liking .. which sits me back on my ass, which might be a contributing factor to the seat sucking so much.