How's the CB1100 selling?

[GS1150Pilot]

that's it! beautiful!! I'm sure it blows the doors off a lot of things

It's only 105 hp, though that does come with 93 lb ft of torque. Does low 11's in the quarter. I imagine its roll-ons would be good.

 

[chucksuki]

Wow, all that bike for low 11s? My 78 750 does that, pretty sure my 1000 will do better

 

[Rob S.]

Wow, all that bike for low 11s? My 78 750 does that, pretty sure my 1000 will do better

From April 1979 Cycle World:

GS 750EN: 1/4 mile 12.72 @ 103.80 mph

March 1978 Cycle World:

GS 1000: 1/4 mile 11.83 @ 112.07

Are your bikes modified?

 

[dorkburger]

Or this.....

 

[chucksuki]

They are not stock, no. It's a 78 750 brat style with straight stacks no filters, rejetted carbs, dyna s with green coils. ss breaklines and completely redone wire harness. I have not had it on the track yet but I'm hitting 120 by the end of the 1/4 mile stretch I have measured on the road behind my neighborhood. The 79 1000 is hitting 125 in the same stretch. Same deal with the 79 except stock air box and k&n filter.

 

[alke46]

Wow, all that bike for low 11s? My 78 750 does that, pretty sure my 1000 will do better

Ageed, I would think it should do better than just low 11's. Especially with today's technology.

 

[chucksuki]

Both bikes have lost a significant amount of weight also

 

[chucksuki]

1000 also has 1100 aluminum swing arm and custom pressed hagons on the back. progessives in the front. a 79 750l tail instead of the much heavier 1000l tail. 4 to 1 exhaust. yeah, i think I've gotten about as much out of it as i can without getting too crazy

 

[chucksuki]

oh, chain conversion too

 

[JJ]

They are not stock, no. It's a 78 750 brat style with straight stacks no filters, rejetted carbs, dyna s with green coils. ss breaklines and completely redone wire harness. I have not had it on the track yet but I'm hitting 120 by the end of the 1/4 mile stretch I have measured on the road behind my neighborhood. The 79 1000 is hitting 125 in the same stretch. Same deal with the 79 except stock air box and k&n filter.

Why don't you run filters? Do you like running dirt through your engine?

 

[GS1000G Shopper]

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.

 

[Big T]

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

 

[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???

 

[Guest]

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.

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/mcd/5117742639.html

 

[GS1000G Shopper]

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:
http://houston.craigslist.org/mcd/5118879256.html
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/mcd/5110539211.html
http://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/mcd/5117086545.html

 

[Rob S.]

...Definitely a scam...

+1

If it's too good to be true...

 

[JamesWhut?]

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

 

[Big T]

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

 

[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 ...

 

[Guest]

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.