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#1 | My former love...the CBR1100XX datum

Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:53 am

https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/re...uide-value-spec

A great article recapping what made this bike so great. Too bad I reached a point where no amount of modding for comfort would keep it rideable for more than 30 minutes...and I sent coast-to-coast (US) and into Canada on it a few times with no issues.

While on tour....
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From Arizona...a better version of this is framed on my office wall....
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When my stator failed on the way to a rally in Eureka Springs....
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From right before I sold it to another XX owner I ride with on occasion. Hard to believe I got it with something like 14-15K miles on the odometer....
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What else are friends for?
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#2 | RE: My former love...the CBR1100XX datum

Thu Jun 25, 2020 9:40 am

I had an '05 model in black . They are just the most wonderful bikes . Owned mine for 10 years and the only trouble I ever had was a spark plug failing . It eventually got a bit uncomfortable for me , my fault ,not the bike , I'm 67 and stiffening up a bit.

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#3 | RE: My former love...the CBR1100XX datum

Fri Jun 26, 2020 1:03 pm

I had a 97 in titanium with a pair of Yoshi silencers. Excellent bike, could even be the best I've had. But maybe that's just rose tinted glasses?

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#4 | RE: My former love...the CBR1100XX datum

Fri Jun 26, 2020 2:52 pm

Zitat von Tony101 im Beitrag #3
I had a 97 in titanium with a pair of Yoshi silencers. Excellent bike, could even be the best I've had. But maybe that's just rose tinted glasses?

Well, it took me until (by my guess) 2015 to find the RS and deem it a worthy successor (and I was looking for one for a few years before that knowing I inevitably had to get a better bike for me). It was hard to part with it.

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