How's the CB1100 selling?

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  • GS1000G Shopper

    #91
    I was glad to see H***a making/selling them, like another said here the thought was it may lead to another brand making something similar. I see a lot of retro Mustangs, Camaros, Challengers, and recently read about soon to come Chevelles. I'd hope that a retro UJM would stand a chance, but apparently totally different markets. I would not buy a new chain drive model. I would have bought a shaft drive GSX1400 (natural progression from my GSX1100G). I see they were big in Europe.

    My last chain drive bike was a mid 70's CB550. I traded it for a brand new GS1000G in 1981.

    BTW, the Harley jokes here made my day.

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    • Big T
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      #92
      Originally posted by chucksuki
      Wasn't there a non-US Suzuki retro that was made to compete with the new CB a year or two ago? Anyone remember this? I swear I read about it but now I can't find anything on the interwebs about it.
      The GS 1400 was made 2001-08, so you're a few years off.

      Honda made a CB 1300 retro bike in that time period, again, not a US model. It's way cooler that the CB 1100. Not as retro, massive torque
      1978 GS 1000 (since new)
      1979 GS 1000 (The Fridge, superbike replica project)
      1978 GS 1000 (parts)
      1981 GS 850 (anyone want a project?)
      1981 GPZ 550 (backroad screamer)
      1970 450 Mk IIID (THUMP!)
      2007 DRz 400S
      1999 ATK 490ES
      1994 DR 350SES

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      • rphillips
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        #93
        I don't know how to put things like this on the computer, but, In the Atlanta Craigslist, put on there july 11, there is a new Honda CB1100 Delux for $ 4100. Could that be right???
        1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100

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        • Guest

          #94
          Originally posted by rphillips
          I don't know how to put things like this on the computer, but, In the Atlanta Craigslist, put on there july 11, there is a new Honda CB1100 Delux for $ 4100. Could that be right???
          I'd say probably a scam.

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          • GS1000G Shopper

            #95
            The contact info says "Find me at 2014Honda.CB@gmx.com for more info!"

            Definitely a scam in my experience. Either fishing for email/contact info or wanting to send you a bogus cashier's check or other type of scam.

            Same bike in Birmingham AL:
            http://bham.craigslist.org/mcd/5111578780.html


            EDIT
            Same ad flagged for removal in Houston, Sacramento, and Seattle:


            Last edited by Guest; 07-12-2015, 08:12 PM.

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            • Rob S.
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              #96
              Originally posted by GS1000G Shopper
              ...Definitely a scam...
              +1

              If it's too good to be true...
              1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

              2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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              • JamesWhut?

                #97
                A guy down the street from me owns a CB1100 (the red one). Its nice.

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                • Big T
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                  #98
                  I had a chance to ask the sales manager at the local Honda shop that question the other night at an event

                  He said he sold 3 when they came out and that they've been tricking out ever since

                  He won't order more than 1 at a time
                  1978 GS 1000 (since new)
                  1979 GS 1000 (The Fridge, superbike replica project)
                  1978 GS 1000 (parts)
                  1981 GS 850 (anyone want a project?)
                  1981 GPZ 550 (backroad screamer)
                  1970 450 Mk IIID (THUMP!)
                  2007 DRz 400S
                  1999 ATK 490ES
                  1994 DR 350SES

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                  • GS1150Pilot
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                    #99
                    I wonder what they are like to ride in real world ways. Not ultimate hp shootouts, but smooth fueling, roll-ons, clean tracking on the road ...
                    "Thought he, it is a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."
                    ~Herman Melville

                    2016 1200 Superlow
                    1982 CB900f

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                    • Guest

                      #100
                      Originally posted by GS1150Pilot
                      I wonder what they are like to ride in real world ways. Not ultimate hp shootouts, but smooth fueling, roll-ons, clean tracking on the road ...
                      Probably like a boring old UJM that you can buy all day long for a thousand bucks.

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                      • Guest

                        #101
                        Dealer here still has an early 2014 black one he can't move. They have sold 2 since they came out. He won't order any more. Honda screwed themselves on this bike, it could have been a real ground shaker if they had put a bit more thought into it. I think it's sick HP rating is its down fall.

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                        • Guest

                          #102
                          Originally posted by mrbill5491
                          Dealer here still has an early 2014 black one he can't move. They have sold 2 since they came out. He won't order any more. Honda screwed themselves on this bike, it could have been a real ground shaker if they had put a bit more thought into it. I think it's sick HP rating is its down fall.
                          Amen brother, been saying this all along. If they can't make a bike 30 years later that's AT LEAST as powerful as the original, somebody's missed the boat. Big time.

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                          • Guest

                            #103
                            Well, I know it's an old thread, but obviously they aren't selling for SQUAT! You can pick up a brand new one now for almost half price!!!!

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                            • Guest

                              #104
                              I saw a young guy with his gal on a CB1100 a couple of Sundays back. Nice bike.

                              Lots of other bikes heavily discounted as well, I think this is common to have 3 year models hanging around especially in the shorter riding season states. I wonder how they handle the losses, Honda must help them out somehow.

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                              • rphillips
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                                #105
                                The only selling point, I see or hear about, is the "retro look", are there other noteworthy perks that I'm missing??
                                1983 GS1100E, 1983 CB1100F, 1991 GSX1100G, 1996 Kaw. ZL600 Eliminator, 1999 Bandit 1200S, 2005 Bandit 1200S, 2000 Kaw. ZRX 1100

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