Lord of the Hondas

**dangerous** · 27th July 2010, 11:27

Originally Posted by shrub

Hey, I still think electric start and disc brakes is pretty well up there. Hell, my T Bird has fully adjustable suspension and liquid cooling - that's a seriously trick piece of kit.

ok I was calling your bluf, or were you calling mine... "ya reckon" cos as you know I have one and yes it has some of the worlds best components, Brembo, Ohlins etc

**Big Dave** · 27th July 2010, 12:57

My T'bird has Ohlins and Race Tech suspension - the standard 1995 units were...poor.

**shrub** · 27th July 2010, 13:05

Originally Posted by dangerous

ok I was calling your bluf, or were you calling mine... "ya reckon" cos as you know I have one and yes it has some of the worlds best components, Brembo, Ohlins etc

The best equipped tractor on the road. People under rate Guzzis at their peril.

**dangerous** · 27th July 2010, 16:11

Originally Posted by shrub

The best equipped tractor on the road. People under rate Guzzis at their peril.

LOL... no they have their reasons

Originally Posted by Big Dave

My T'bird has Ohlins and Race Tech suspension - the standard 1995 units were...poor.

as std fitings? or are you saying yours is a 95? Triumph are very high quality these days proberly more so than the CB1100 the thread is about. The v11 I have Ohlins is std, not that there was anything wrong with the WP they used to and still do use.

This 10 CB, it is ok aye, perhaps some veraints of it and some nicer running gears I asume it has the Honda owned Showa shit.

**Big Dave** · 28th July 2010, 09:46

Originally Posted by dangerous

Honda owned Showa shit.

You are out of touch there ol' bean,

Can't comment on the track use - but Showa make very good road bike suspension these days. Have done for years. like all of them - the more you spend the better the results.

Agree Ohlins are better - not that much better to warrant the $ upgrading the three-way adjustable set up on both ends of my Buell. Again unlike your apps - I'm talking all-roads use.

The 1995 T'bird had Kyaba as standard. Worked OK till it emulsified - about 15K.

But they (Kyaba) have lifted their game over the past 5 years too.

**Marknz** · 28th July 2010, 10:09

awww shit, I was expecting Pussy to be climbing out of the cockpit...

**dangerous** · 28th July 2010, 18:50

Originally Posted by Big Dave

You are out of touch there ol' bean,

Can't comment on the track use - but Showa make very good road bike suspension these days. Have done for years.

No doubt, I was refering to my F3 suspension on a VTR1000... it was crap

**Big Dave** · 29th July 2010, 10:45

Originally Posted by dangerous

No doubt, I was refering to my F3 suspension on a VTR1000... it was crap

I look back to the first wide glide I tested and the way current ones handle and it's quite remarkable really how far suspension and handling has come in 10 years.

Same advances as horsepower.

It took 40 years for 'ordinary' bikes to go from 50 to 100 horsepower and under 10 to go from 100 to 150

**toycollector10** · 29th July 2010, 21:52

I rode most of those roads back in June 2006 in a 2000 Km loop around South Island. The run down the side of Lake Hawea was unreal.

The sound of that Honda was just crap. About the same as a lazy old Tiger Moth. Couldn't they tune those pipes up in a sound chamber? I'm not very impressed but who cares what I think?

So, once again, if you want the old look in the new style why not just buy a nice 1969 K0 and be done with it?

**dangerous** · 30th July 2010, 06:06

Originally Posted by toycollector10

So, once again, if you want the old look in the new style why not just buy a nice 1969 K0 and be done with it?

Did you see the one that came up on trademe last night... 15k, tiz a minter tho

**T.W.R** · 30th July 2010, 06:45

Originally Posted by dangerous

well...
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=305987891 the possibilitys are endless, 7k and a decent deal IMO... so, strip it to the bear nakidness like the CB, Lemans it or even... 'sport monza it Yip its a kit for a v11.Attachment 214057

That thing has been on TM for over a year

Modern Guzzis are too sanitised, even with the quick ride I had on your one; it just didn't have the feel or character of the early ones....dont get me wrong though, it's still a bloody nice ride and no doubt would run circles around any of it's stable bretheren from years gone by

but the raw lumpiness has been flushed out of the system.

Originally Posted by shrub

the sound of an angry triple is truly addictive and due to the student lifestyle and a new mortgage I can't afford both.

You'd have to sell the T'bird and get something from italy

This would be a easy rebuild for a taste of what CBs were about

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-284749576.htm

**shrub** · 30th July 2010, 07:39

Originally Posted by T.W.R

That thing has been on TM for over a year

Modern Guzzis are too sanitised, even with the quick ride I had on your one; it just didn't have the feel or character of the early ones....dont get me wrong though, it's still a bloody nice ride and no doubt would run circles around any of it's stable bretheren from years gone by

but the raw lumpiness has been flushed out of the system.

You'd have to sell the T'bird and get something from italy

This would be a easy rebuild for a taste of what CBs were about

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-284749576.htm

Sell the T Bird? Nooooooo.........

I kind of agree about the new Guzzis being a little sanitized. If my wrists and back permitted I'd be into a Mk2 or Mk3 Le Mans in a second, and have considered getting a T3 or similar and building something in the shed - maybe next winter when I'm not a student making do on 20 hours a week work.

You're right about the CB1100R - picking up a damaged new CB would be the way forward.

**T.W.R** · 30th July 2010, 08:05

Originally Posted by shrub

Sell the T Bird? Nooooooo......... .

Park it up & use for special occasions only

and still get a italian triple or keep using it, get another T'bird crank and get it rebuilt to 180deg firing & fit a custom ignition system to suit

Originally Posted by shrub

I kind of agree about the new Guzzis being a little sanitized. If my wrists and back permitted I'd be into a Mk2 or Mk3 Le Mans in a second, and have considered getting a T3 or similar and building something in the shed - maybe next winter when I'm not a student making do on 20 hours a week work..

A Dr John replica would be a good project

. Ditto about the wrists & back thing..... my mate brought a Green frame 1000s brand new & only had it a couple of months before selling due to those exact issues...almost crippled him within 40mins of riding and there was no-way I was going to fold-up into it

Originally Posted by shrub

You're right about the CB1100R - picking up a damaged new CB would be the way forward.

Someone will do it soon enough...retro fit one and turn it into a monster

**rastuscat** · 30th July 2010, 08:15

Originally Posted by T.W.R

This would be a easy rebuild for a taste of what CBs were about

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-284749576.htm

CB1000R..........now THERE is a bike.

A guy I knew back in 1989 bought one and impressed us all. He rode it a while, and eventually we all said he would kill himself on it. Sadly, 2 weeks later we woz right.

Cool bikes, the big Hondas. If I had a garage and the choice to own 6 bikes, a big Honda would be one of them. I can only have one, and a Honda ain't it.