2013 Honda CB1100

[RaY YreKa]

Originally Posted by furious_blue

I don't recall seeing in this thread a link to the original 'A Day Of Freedom' promo video that Honda put out a few years ago.

Apologies if this is a re-post.

It captures the feeling of a relaxed day on a motorcycle (CB1100 in this case) going nowhere in particular, really well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qffNaGStwlw

I like the tinkle sounds of the engine cooling off at the end :-)

Cool vid. Thanks for posting.

[dirtdreamer50]

Originally Posted by furious_blue

I don't recall seeing in this thread a link to the original 'A Day Of Freedom' promo video that Honda put out a few years ago.

Apologies if this is a re-post.

It captures the feeling of a relaxed day on a motorcycle (CB1100 in this case) going nowhere in particular, really well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qffNaGStwlw

I like the tinkle sounds of the engine cooling off at the end :-)

Something led me to that video a while back, but your post is appreciated. Watching it again, I pretty much made up my mind that I had to have an 1100 before I'm too old to swing a leg over. Thanks. Think I will need to find some reflective windows to ride past, just to watch myself ride by....tp dd50

Never flown a plane, but that biplane looked like a blast to pilot around the clear blue skies. tp

[dirtdreamer50]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARAZIzRW5tw

Nice video review from Motorcycle Trader of OZ. Not quite the same bike available here, but close enough. We are suppose to get a taller seat and bars, and available ABS, at least that's what I read on an MCN review from the UK. tp

[Guth]

While we're on a bit of a video roll... This is certainly not the best video out there, but perhaps the best audio captured of the CB1100 so far:

[HapHazard]

^You're not going to save any lives with those pipes!

[RaY YreKa]

Originally Posted by HapHazard

^You're not going to save any lives with those pipes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rqmwWT5kN8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfJJZKJzwHA

[straightrod]

Originally Posted by HapHazard

^You're not going to save any lives with those pipes!

That is just fine with me.

[Gas Hog]

Originally Posted by HapHazard

^You're not going to save any lives with those pipes!

I wonder if the delay between shots was because they had to refuel..
Gary

[The other Ferret]

Originally Posted by Guth

While we're on a bit of a video roll... This is certainly not the best video out there, but perhaps the best audio captured of the CB1100 so far:

When it is accelerating away from the camera it sounds very much like a CB 750 of old with stock pipes.

[jon_l]

Prices start at about $215!

Originally Posted by dpg

You really do meet the nicest people on a Honda....thread.

[dirtdreamer50]

Originally Posted by jon_l

Prices start at about $215!

My first bike was a 64 Black n White 50cc version. Think I paid $75 for it in '70. Top speed was 45mph. Fun around town, but freeways were no-no's. Really don't need 100hp around town, but it's fun to have....

[markjenn]

Originally Posted by jon_l

Prices start at about $215!

$1700 in today's dollars. And $2K is not coincidentally where most of the 50cc scooters are around these days. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

- Mark

[jon_l]

Originally Posted by markjenn

$1700 in today's dollars. And $2K is not coincidentally where most of the 50cc scooters are around these days. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

- Mark

Good point Mark. My first summer job (early 70's) was working in a Pepsi bottling plant slinging empty wooden 24 bottle crates onto the washing line conveyor for $1.65 / hour. I thought I was rich!

[The other Ferret]

Originally Posted by jon_l

Good point Mark. My first summer job (early 70's) was working in a Pepsi bottling plant slinging empty wooden 24 bottle crates onto the washing line conveyor for $1.65 / hour. I thought I was rich!

You were rich. My first real job ( not delivering newspapers, cutting grass, or shoveling snow) was as a bus boy at a local restaurant .... in 1965, I made $ 1.00 an hour and bought my first new motorcycle with the earnings, a Harley badged Aermacchi M 50. Woo hoo freedom baby! I could fill the tank for 50 cents and ride for days.

[markjenn]

Originally Posted by jon_l

Good point Mark. My first summer job (early 70's) was working in a Pepsi bottling plant slinging empty wooden 24 bottle crates onto the washing line conveyor for $1.65 / hour. I thought I was rich!

Same here. I think my first job was for minimum wage which was $1.25/hr. I probably had more pocket money with this job than any job since. That job did fund the lion's share of a new turquoise-blue 1970 $765 CB350. I've owned 50+ bikes since, but none seemed as cool as that bike when I bought it.

- Mark