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Offline davesee

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cb's old and new/natty and nice!
« on: July 11, 2013, 04:21:10 AM »
my brother and i do an annual road trip on our bikes (we live a thousand miles apart). usually he rides one of those new fangled bmw contraptions. this year he pulled up with a little surprise....
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Offline LesterPiglet

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Re: cb's old and new/natty and nice!
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2013, 04:44:56 AM »
Did you get a run on it? What's it like?
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Re: cb's old and new/natty and nice!
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2013, 04:58:37 AM »
well, i didn't get to actually ride it. i wanted to swap rides, but i think he is a little mistrustful of my mechanic skills.

he's had a kawasaki er 6n, and the bmw 800f, and he says he has finally found the right bike. he loves the handling, and there is enough power all over the rev range.

the bike looks amazing, and for the first time on our rides people were coming up to him and asking what year the bike was. it seems like honda did a really nice job of balancing new technology (abs, fuel injection) with retro styling that's not so retro it's dorky.

of course, i could buy 25 cb650's for the price he paid.....
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Offline LesterPiglet

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Re: cb's old and new/natty and nice!
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2013, 05:09:33 AM »
Yep, don't think I would ever buy a new bike. Can't afford to. :) The 1100 looks nice though, especially in red. And we get silver engines in the UK.
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Re: cb's old and new/natty and nice!
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2013, 05:24:07 AM »
I like it. It seems like perfect timing for HONDA. I wish the "standard" bikes would become popular again and I bet this is just the right kick in the ass to start it off. I'm not a fan of ABS however I have heard that it is going to be standard on all bikes shortly. Imagine a suzuki or kawasaki 2-stroke with modern fuel injection and whatnot? Jesus, guys on liter bikes would be #$%*ting their pants.
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Re: cb's old and new/natty and nice!
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2013, 06:42:11 AM »
i don't know if a two stroke would pass emissions tests! that's one issue i have with the new honda...there's not much sound to it because of the emissions approved muffler and tuning.  i imagine with a little tweaking, though, you could gain a few more horses and get that old school snarl out of it.
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Offline RFogelsong

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Re: cb's old and new/natty and nice!
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2013, 06:49:30 AM »
For ~$1500 you can get a great sound out of them, the only problem is that I could have a running CB750 sitting there for the same price.  Neat bikes though.

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Re: cb's old and new/natty and nice!
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2013, 06:56:02 AM »
That's a lovely noise.
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Re: cb's old and new/natty and nice!
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2013, 07:55:26 AM »
i'm willing to bet he'll have those within 30 days of me sending him that video, which i'm sending him right now!
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Re: cb's old and new/natty and nice!
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2013, 08:05:56 AM »
Cant believe you didnt ride it.

It's nice, but not $10K nice [for me].  I love my original paint 836 K4...$2500.
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