NEW CB1100R

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:18 pm

Hi guys,
I had a long drool over this whilst at the UK NEC bike show today.
This now appears to be totally finished, was THE bike everyone was asking about on the HONDA stand.... i.e. WHEN is this going into production ?

Apparrently I was TOLD by a senior Honda guy,
"only us BRITS (so far) want this to go into production,
Maybe IF the rest of Europe want it too, it may get approval"

I lost my patience & retorted "HONDA have SERIOUSLY lost the PLOT if they don't make this,
plus...we've also waited 8 years for a decent replacement for the Blackbird or a proper full fat non VTEC VFR....
No wonder the 1050Sprint sells like hot cakes.... Evil or Very Mad

Anyway ENJOY....this & don't forget to badger HONDA.... Very Happy

http://s521.photobucket.com/albums/w334/Neil_1052/BIKES/Honda%20CB900F/?action=view&current=cb1100rright.jpg/

http://s521.photobucket.com/albums/w334/Neil_1052/BIKES/Honda%20CB900F/?action=view&current=cb1100rfront.jpg

http://s521.photobucket.com/albums/w334/Neil_1052/BIKES/Honda%20CB900F/?action=view&current=cb1100rleft.jpg

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:40 pm

Nice pictures! Drooooool...

greenthrees wrote:

I lost my patience & retorted "HONDA have SERIOUSLY lost the PLOT if the don't make this,
we've also waited 8 years for a decent replacement for the Blackbird or a proper full fat non VTEC VFR....No wonder the 1050Sprint sells like hot cakes....

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:58 pm

Thanks for the pics, greenthrees.
I think the front view is growing on me.
Do you have any idea/more pics of the red bike in the background of photo #3?

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:16 pm

Smurdoch,
Sorry... I was TOTALLY transfixed/hypnotised by the CB1100R....
I didn't really pay much attention to the "other" red bike,
I simply thought it was the new CB1000R Hornet with a few factory extras Embarassed

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:32 pm

I can easily see how that would happen.
I was under the impression that this bike was going to more sporting than the VFR or Blackbird. More muscle than sport touring.
It is a beauty.

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:19 pm

I like this retro R bike! Any word on the engine? Is is it your basic 1000-1300 CB engine or is it anything special?

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:32 pm

Stoutblock,
I'm told its an all NEW air cooled engine that meets the latest Euro noise regs Shocked

but it is the SAME engine that the new CB1100F will have, Very Happy

Apparrently the new CB1100F (shown LAST December 2007 in Tokyo),
has already got approval for production,
the CB1100F is expected to land in the dealers in 2009.

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:15 pm

"I'd ride it". Wink

Dave

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:24 am

I'd definitely rideit! Very Happy

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:32 am

Unfortuanlly from my contacts at Honda, this is just a show bike.
IE it will not go into production...sad, but even IF it did, it would not be available to the NA market..
And thats a big IF..

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:59 am

CowTownBiomed wrote:

Unfortuanlly from my contacts at Honda, this is just a show bike.
IE it will not go into production...sad, but even IF it did, it would not be available to the NA market..
And thats a but IF..

Honda:

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:56 pm

Too Bad! I think it would be a big seller in the U.S. ...

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:29 pm

jamrockstar wrote:

Too Bad! I think it would be a big seller in the U.S. ...

Honda doesnt think so though, apparantly they surveyed over 5000 US citizens, and the resounding call was for another.....
Cruiser.. Head Banger

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:35 pm

Can you even believe that ARE going to make this POS.. Puke

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:52 pm

It looks to me like the engine in that CB1100R is a 'stressed member' - meaning it effectively forms part of the frame. The Kawasaki Concours was a somewhat similar design and that bike was notorious for a 'buzz' transmitting through the handlebars at certain rpm, leading to numb hands!.

It sure looks handsome though Very Happy

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:57 pm

CowTownBiomed wrote:

Can you even believe that ARE going to make this POS.. Puke

YEP

Hawk Joined: Oct 07, 2008 Posts: 463 Location: Chino, CA

It's about 25 years too late.

They should have released that when all the kiddies that grew up watching and playing Tron got our... err... their licenses Very Happy

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:42 pm

call me an old stick in the mud but in my opinion some things are better left alone,I am lucky enough to have owned and ridden original 1100Rs and as easy on the eye as the new machine is it will always lack the character and purpose of the original unless it is built to the same exclusive criteria

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:43 pm

call me an old stick in the mud but in my opinion some things are better left alone,I am lucky enough to have owned and ridden original 1100Rs and as easy on the eye as the new machine is it will always lack the character and purpose of the original unless it is built to the same exclusive criteria

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:39 am

What a machine...take that horriable upper fairing off and it would be a looker too!...

Naked bikes forever!!...

Honda you don't have a hair on your ass...if you don't produce this...

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:42 am

Hi "Old Stick in the Mud". Wink

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:53 am

Unfortunatly the designers do not ride or bring "dates",since the original use of a bike was to pick up women.

You get a nice racing bike,big power,no passenger accomodations,or a "cruiser" that is slow and weighs as much as a car. Nothing in between.

I hate to be a sore point here,but even my kid has discovered this. He rides an '02 GSXR 750 to work and it beats up his wrists. The old junk Turbo Kawasaki is a nicer ride.

The old ZRX 1100-1200 Kawasaki was the newest nice to ride machine. The replacement Z-1000 was weird and not as nice.

As long as we want to ride with our ass a mile high and hold onto the front axel but at the angle of a roto tiller any new bike is great.

Hawk Joined: Oct 07, 2008 Posts: 463 Location: Chino, CA

sonicrete wrote:

As long as we want to ride with our ass a mile high and hold onto the front axel but at the angle of a roto tiller any new bike is great.

Why do you think I prefer the old UJM's over modern sportbikes.

But ya... for long distance touring (800 mile days) I'll never replace my Vulcan.

Oh... and it's only 800 pounds... a Corolla is almost 2k more and 1/100th the fun getting there Wink

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:54 am

My wrists get tired just thinking about riding my 04'...

But..the damn thing is a chick magnet...

I just tell'em "i'm servicing it" when i show up on a CB to pick'em up..after 30 seconds they stop bitching..

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:42 am

Awesome bike, What are the chances of it being released anywhere else in the world would be?

Cheers

Col.

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:54 am

That DN01 or whatever it is looks like the deformed progeny of a threeway between a goldwing, VFR, and a scooter with none of the good points of any of them.

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:00 pm

It is the logical ending of the old Pacific Coast.

Everybody did not like it because it looked like a scooter. I thought it was shit becasue it did not have the larger of the engines it could have had. This was the beginning of what all these cruisers have become with the advantages of a big engine,ie pulling power without revving the shit out of them.

I cannot comment on the Vulcan,my most recent purchase is an '06 Harley Superglide. This was to get a comfortable ride so my wife could ride with me again. The Honda 1100F seat was torture for her.

The newer bikes with a pad for a passenger seat and foot pegs more suited to Kentucky Derby jockey do not make a good ride. In fact and it was 10 yrs ago,all my pit bikes were taken by all the other riders and I begged a ride from the truck to the start line on a GSXR. The pegs were so high I could not climb on easily. In the 5 min ride my legs cramped up and caused pain. I could not contemplate riding that "rack" for any miles.

Obviously it is easier to attach the rear foot pegs to the frame section,than a separate section down closer to where they should be,like the aluminum plate on the "F".

I guess making a bike that looks like a late 60's Bonneville with the nice tear drop tank is just too hard a concept to grasp. Even Triumph was not very smart considering the first Trident. It had an ugly gas tank and "Buck Rogers" mufflers and did not sell well. They came out with a "custom kit" of bodywork that looked like a Bonneville and then it did. Honda did the same thing on the first CB-450. An ugly humped tank and then a custom kit so you could sell them.

The rototiller handlebars give no leverage on a "U" turn so it can fall over. At least on old bikes you could get different bars,but the clip on type are at one angle and that is it.

I actually think they should transfer the motocross designers over to the street bike section so you get a bike at least close to the correct ergonomics and not designed for what someone that designed appliances thinks "looks good".

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:51 pm

Wow!

I say ride what you like Very Happy

I don't care if i'm faster or slower than anybody - or if I look cool in anyone's eyes or not.

Riding is the main thing - wind in your face and the countryside whizzing by, smelling fresh cow shit and pine forests whilst at it!

Hawk Joined: Oct 07, 2008 Posts: 463 Location: Chino, CA

I hear ya on the motocross designers.
They came up with Motard. One crowd loves them, the other crowd hates them.

I like my dirtbike, but at 6'3", I still changed the bars to a taller bend, added 3/4" risers (double as adapters to mount the 1-1/8" bars to the 7/8" clamps), changed the seat foam so it's just over 2" taller, and lowered the pegs by an inch.
At least now I can get from a seated to standing position without feeling like I'm squatting 400lbs.

The Vulcan? Floorboards, 16" ape hangers... It's a La-Z-Boy on wheels and I like it that way. Wink

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:06 am

CowTownBiomed wrote:

jamrockstar wrote:

Too Bad! I think it would be a big seller in the U.S. ...

Honda doesnt think so though, apparantly they surveyed over 5000 US citizens, and the resounding call was for another.....
Cruiser.. Head Banger

WHAT 5000 "citizens" did they survey? The local chapter of "Wild Hogs"???? Rolling Eyes

Geezeeee.....

Honda is forever aslep at the wheel. Mad