Re: [emrat:1999] I know it's not a Triumph...

Nice looking bike, I see the specs don't give the weight or HP.  It's also a little tall for us vertically challenged folks but good bike for you biguns.

No reason not to have 2 bikes Martin.  Bikes are like dogs, if there is just one they get lonely!

I keep wishing Triumph would put the 800 CC triple from the new Tigers into a Bonneville.  That would provide more HP but hopefully not the weight of the Thunderbird and give you a cool standard.

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Martin Albright <martinjmpr@yahoo.com> wrote:

But I have to say:  WOW!

 

http://powersports.honda.com/2013/cb1100/360.aspx

 

It's no secret that HD has been cashing in on the "nostalgia" market for decades.  They specialize in selling 40+  professionals the bike they could never afford when they were young.  In many ways, Triumph does the same thing with their classic bikes. 

 

Now for those of you who don't know, I have always been a huge fan of the "Universal Japanese Motorcycle."  This was the type of bike that was common from the early 70's (late 60's if you want to be  picky) through the mid 80's.  UJMs typically had 4 cylinder engines and a "standard" (not cruiser, not sportbike) stance. 

 

Well, I started riding in 1982 so the bike I always lusted after was the classic UJM of the early 80s.  I've loved them for years and have owned several (heck my user name on the TriumphRAT forums is "UJMRider.")   

 

I kept wondering if any manufacturer was going to try to make a modern version of the bike I dreamed of when I was 20, and it appears that the anwer is "yes." 

 

This new Honda echoes back to the CB750 of 1969, but really what it looks like is the "mature" UJM of the early 80s.  DOHC, disc brakes and alloy wheels were common at the end of the UJM era, not at the beginning.  What surprised me most is that, like my Scrambler, this Honda is air cooled!  (Of course it's EFI, that's pretty much a given these days.)

 

I love my Triumph, but oh, man, this one's got my brain buzzing, for sure. 

 

Of course, the Japanese have tried to sell big-bore standard bikes in the US before and they've always gotten burned.  In the land where HD is the 800 lb gorilla on the market, can the new Honda make a place for itself?  Only time will tell.  I do hope they sell enough of these that they appear on the used market soon! 

 

Martin

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