Honda CB1100 is official!

[tristantumble]

there has been some pictures of this bike floating around the board, but it is now official, and should be coming to North America.




more pics and info: http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/22/tokyo-2009-honda-cb1100-brings-back-the-jdm/

[NAKID]

Looks pretty decent. Wonder what the price will be...

[lwszabo]

chop the rear, and clip-ons, exhaust and de chrome....you would have  asweet bike. I dont think the US is the right market for this bike but we will see. I see a few year run like Kawasaki's ZRX

[WetDuc]

Just my humble opinion, but I don't like it.

[causeofkaos]

i like it the red one with the cowl for sure.

[Ducatl]

"We've been hearing rumblings that the new large-bore, air-cooled standard might make its way Stateside, and while that hasn't quite been confirmed by Honda, we've got our fingers crossed."

So...no, it's not?

I like it, not crazy about the wheels and as has been said it needs quite a bit of the standard mod items to really get it there.

[Travman]

Yeah I wouldn't quite call it an official announcement, but it definitely looks like it is going to happen.  I'm not sure why they don't go ahead and announce it as official.  Maybe Honda is still hedging because the economy is so bad.  Maybe because they want to announce their bikes one at a time to give them their moment in the sun.  the VFR1200 was recently announce as a 2010 model, so in a few more weeks they might release the CB1100.

I like the side view.


I wonder how much it will weigh?  Has anyone heard?

[Dietrich]

That front fairing/headlight/gauges/handlebar needs to be dropped a few inches.  Looks out of place mounted so high.  Otherwise leave the fairing off for a more "standard" riding position I suppose. 

[Pedro-bot]

Needs a more aggressive less comfortable look IMO. 

[Spidey]

I assume I'm just not sophisticated enough to see the coolness in that bike.  Mebbe if I saw a modded version it would make sense and I'd love it.  But to make something look like a boring 70s/80s bike?  No thanks.  It's just like I don't get why they make all the Japanese superports look identical, or alternatively, if they make them look different from one another, it's by adding ugly design features like weird exhausts or silly looking fairings/front ends.  Meh.  

Now if they actually wanted to produce something that looked like a modern version of a modded CB500, then  

[junior varsity]

... conventional forks?

[corey]

... conventional forks?

my thoughts exactly...

[Ducatl]

... conventional forks?

Yeah, I hope the price reflects how cheap some of the parts look.

[Howie]

We might see the black one, but the red bike will never pass exhaust or fender standards.

[NAKID]

The fender on the black has the same profile as the red. They just have different mounting points...