HONDA CB 1100 - Summer 2020
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2020
- Short video taken while out and about recently. I changed the appearance of my 2016 CB1100 over the winter of 2019, and made it look like an old CB750-4. It's a great bike and I love it, even more so now that it looks more 'retro' than it did when I got it.
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that exhaust is intoxicating
Looks great. Really great. Spin it up...
Very nice conversion. Excellent classic paintjob. I own a red 2019 EX model, but it's nowhere near as beautiful as yours now. Good job, sir!
Thank you. It took quite a bit of thinking about before I started and then how to make it happen but well worth it I think. Enjoy your EX, the CB1100 is a great bike that has somehow gone under the radar a bit. Safe riding! 👍🏻
... love it !! ... this wonderful fat four-cylinder-engine is a class of its own! ... Greetings & best wishes from Austria
The engine is brilliant isn't it? Difficult to make it appear that it's working hard!! Hope you're getting out on the RS and keep making the sweet music! Cheers from England 👍🏻
Great job!, love it
Cheers Jan
Lovely conversion, sounds well.
Cheers Terry. 👍
Very nice ride and bike I love my 2014 cb 1100
Yes, I'll ride mine until I can't manage it anymore. Enjoy the summer!
@@oldhelmet4213 most definitely will try thank you
Very cool!,,
Very tasteful customisation, for the connoisseur ! Another couple of pipes and you're done ! 😉
Wyvern make some...VERY expensive. Considered buying pattern CB750 and cutting them up to make them fit but decided against it!
@@oldhelmet4213 I'm just pulling you leg, mate. Your bike is absolutely stunning. Greetings from France !
@@danzeman1943 Oh thanks, and thanks for the positive comments. But seriously, I have thought about 4 into 4s to finish it off...lot of money though, and i'll have far more in it than I'd ever get back...I'm a Northerner after all!! Cheers!
love it
Cheers!
Am in love with this bike ! Got my own 2014 CB 1100 in black, but im gonna do something similiar what you did there. Pls tell me, what tires do you use on your CB ?
Hello. The tyres are Bridgestone Battlax T31. I have always liked 'Battlax' tyres, they give good grip and last quite well in my experience.
@@oldhelmet4213 Well i thank you so much ! I had Metzler Roadtec 01, they are quite good, dry or wet doesn't matter, but last only 8-9000 km (+/-5000miles)
Lovely !!
Thanks 👍🏻
Very beautiful. From which bike did you use the tank for the conversion?
Thanks. The tank is standard. I painted it similar to the old CB750 and blacked out the little kink at the rear of the tank to create a straight line along the bottom edge..
Very cool mate, bike sounds incredible!
Where in the U.K. is that?
Cheers. Towards Caton from Lancaster direction. North Lancashire.
nice
Paint is rad 🤙🏼
Cheers! I was pleased with it! 👍🏻
This bike is stunning!
Excellent paint job and adapting/building of the side covers, they look spot on!
May I ask if you are running the stock pipes? The sound is quite more "lively" than in other on-board videos :) ...
I'm definitely considering buying one of these bikes in the near future, when some of the Corona-related travel bans get lifted in Italy.
Again, this is a remarkable job!
Best wishes,
'Gene
Hello 'Gene, thanks for the positive comments. The exhaust system is completely stock. I use Akaso action cameras to record video, and a digital audio recorder inserted into a foam 'pouch' (to stop it rattling around) in the toolbox space, under the seat to record the sound. The sound recorder is therefore near the air intakes so you get some nice induction roar and no wind noise.
I match the sound with the pictures in post production with editing software (not that difficult really, I'm not a tech guy!).
I was unhappy with the sound quality that the cameras produced, so I searched TH-cam to see how other people improved sound quality.
The sound comes from the way it's recorded, not from louder pipes.
Regarding the bike, it is quite big and heavy and is certainly no 'missile' but it hustles along nicely and is all I need from a bike at my age (63). I love it and would recommend you buy one.
Thanks again for the comments and I'm glad you like it. Cheers.
@@oldhelmet4213 interesting, thank you for the technical details!
It seems like a bike where you can get to 3rd or 4th gear in the twisties, then forget about the gearbox and just use the engine's torque.
Looking up some figures, the 250kg dry weight does sound a bit intimidating: how does it behave on mountain roads?
@@eugeniocollinassi.1548 I've never had a problem. Some of it depends on the individual I guess but it's like any other bike, it doesn't feel heavy when it's moving....so keep moving on the twisty mountain roads!
And you're right, it's easy to ride on the torque and difficult to make it feel like it's going fast or being pushed/stressed.
@@eugeniocollinassi.1548 Hi, it’s not 250kg dry that’s the wet weight. It’s really not that heavy a bike. It depends where you are coming from. I’ve had lots of really heavy bikes like Pan Europeans before. If you are coming up from say a CB500 then yes you will feel it. But it’s very manageable. I have two CB’s myself and they are lovely bikes.
@@jfro5867 thanks for the reply!
I had the chance to test drive one recently and it's true, when on the move it doesn't feel heavy at all, but I haven't had the chance to do serious corners during the test.
Coming from a lighter bike (210/215 wet weight) I felt it a bit when manouvering
Would have sold 20 times more with this color scheme =)
I agree! 👍🏻
It looks very nice Helmut. Exactly my taste. Is it allowed to copy your Idea?
Bernd, copy whatever you like. Many parts are pattern CB750-4 from David Silver Honda Spares (UK). Some were fabricated from scratch, some adapted to fit. You will need fabrication skills. Please read my replies to the other comments which will give you an idea of what is involved. Glad you like it! 👍🏻
Great job. Have you bought the tank from Japan and painted it and what kind of tank is it?
Thanks. The tank is standard. I painted it similar to the old CB750 and blacked out the little kink at the rear of the tank to create a straight line along the bottom edge..
You also asked if the tank was from an EX or an RS. Its neither, this is a CB1100 SA-E which was the model before the RS and EX.
@@oldhelmet4213 Oh I see but it's a bit different in shape also from the picture you have in the beginning when the bike was standard, so I assume it's a standard tank but from the 2017 model.
@@oldhelmet4213 what an amazing work you have done there my friend absolutely stunning 👍👍👏👏
@@oldhelmet4213 I think I just realised about the tank, that paint job it's like an illusion and you can't see from the video at once. Great job for once more
Hello, that tank and seat looks very nice, are they custom made or ithey have a brand ?
Thanks :)
The tank is standard, the seat was completely remodelled on the original base.
@@oldhelmet4213 Thnx for reply. From photos at the begining of video, i thought it is a bigger tank, maybe paint job makes it look bigger also... Ride safe...
@@serkansalah1883 Early ones were 14L then they went to 17L (approx). Mine is 17L type. I painted the lower rear part black to straighten the bottom line and added a wider chrome strip....smoke and mirrors!
@@oldhelmet4213 Where did you find those side covers?
@@mspaans5519 I made them from scratch with fibreglass. Very time consuming but worth it.
I forgot the name of the company that sells the side panels and the gas tanks
epis it whitehouse?
Non of this is from Japan. It was all achieved by adapting pattern CB 750 parts from David Silver spares, or by making or altering things. Apart from the seat which was completely remodelled by a bespoke company in Preston, NW England. If you wish to buy parts, they are available from Whitehouse, Samurider or search K10! You can also buy 4 into 4 exhausts from Wyvern but they are very expensive. Good luck!
Hello, is it rs version?
It's an SA which is earlier than the RS and EX
Amazing how much for the kit or transformation ?
You can buy parts from Japan. Look at Samurider or Whitehouse. This modification was done mostly by adapting CB750 pattern parts to fit the CB1100, but that involves a lot of fabricating skills. I also did the paint and made the side panels from fibreglass so it is possible to do it yourself.
@@oldhelmet4213 thanks
Very nice indeed! 👍 2:27 ‘SLOW’ lol
😂Cheers....👍🏻
wheres u get that front fender please
The front fender is a pattern Honda CB750 four part from David Silver Spares UK. Please note, I had to make brackets to allow this part to fit. It is not a simple matter to swap it out. 👍
@@oldhelmet4213 i was afraid that's the case so i ordered a long fender from japan instead.. what about a rear hugger? do you have one installed? i dont have the bike yet but my current bike suffers rusting on the swing arm being i commute on it all year long