Honda CB1300 - Opinions please?

Anyone got experience of this bike?

A nice kind member of ukrm is sending me this months copy of bike that
has the review with the ZRX1200, Yam XJR1300, Honda CB1300 and
GSX14, but I'd like to hear what you have to say, if you've played
with it.

SWMBO has said I can investigate a change of bike.
Cab :^) - Ormiga Atomica
GSX1400 - 'Tarts Handbag' (tm) Bike, dead 550/4 Rat
UKRMMA#10 (KoTL), IbW#015, Bob#4, POTM#3

P.S. Remove your_bollox from the cab. ICQ: 83023471

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well yes "investigate". Doesn't mean you can go and buy one. ;-)

 

Cab wrote

Wossa point? You can only have a hundred horses or whatever it is.
Surely you should be looking for something small and light to throw
around with them?

 

Change, or addition?

 

Heh, I wish. It'll be a change.
Cab :^) - Ormiga Atomica
GSX1400 - 'Tarts Handbag' (tm) Bike, dead 550/4 Rat
UKRMMA#10 (KoTL), IbW#015, Bob#4, POTM#3

P.S. Remove your_bollox from the cab. ICQ: 83023471

Newbies FAQ's at : http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ukrmscbt.html
My Page : http://www.rosbif.org/

 

Step by step, Paul. <G>
Cab :^) - Ormiga Atomica
GSX1400 - 'Tarts Handbag' (tm) Bike, dead 550/4 Rat
UKRMMA#10 (KoTL), IbW#015, Bob#4, POTM#3

P.S. Remove your_bollox from the cab. ICQ: 83023471

Newbies FAQ's at : http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ukrmscbt.html
My Page : http://www.rosbif.org/

 

Oi! Sort your sig. out, you talentless newbie wanker.

 

Not I, other than having sat on one in Honda Chiswick...

Despite some of the unkind things said when the CB13 first appeared, I
like the look of 'em. They're retro but quite modern with it, if that's
not a contradiction in terms.

The Bike test doesn't really reveal anything earth-shattering about any of
them.

If it were my money, it'd be the Honda or the Kwak; the Honda, 'cause it's
pretty damned good straight outta the crate and it's a (new) Honda, so
it'll be reliable and hold together well, the Kwak, 'cause it too is
pretty damned good in stock form, it's got some pedigree and there are
shed-loads of aftermarket bits out there for it.
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Yer, but you have to actually have one 1st :=}

 

Personally, from reviews and looking at it, the CB1300 just seems to miss
the mark. As you know I am a tad biased towards the XJR , but now you
can't get 'em with a black motor they lose their appeal[1].

If I was to swing for something otehr than the XJR it would have to be the
ZRX, although I havnt ridden the 1200 , I have ridden Gibbo's 1100.. lots.
It was ace on the IOM, excellent on Welsh roads and a grin on French ones.

P.S , please fix yer sig :=}

[1] Did I really just say that ?

 

Having ridden both, the 12 is like the 11 but + 15% whooosh!

 

Talking of extra whooosh

Anyone think these are a good idea ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2448243120&category=25623&rd=1

 

wrote

Yebbut nobody would actually do anything like that would they? It would
be illegal for a start.

 

wrote

Now there is a surprise.

You know, you don't have to actually go out of your way in order to
completely confuse me.

The whole library I would expect.

 

Nope, it's essentially a different engine.

Aluminium block, larger and wider crank, different cylinder head with
larger valves, different cam timing..

So 15% is about right.

 

Neither did Ginge.
Mark my words, it's powerful stuff that advertising blurb.
;-)

--
Alex
BMW R1150GS
DIAABTCOD#3 MSWF#4 UKRMFBC#6 Ibw#35 BOB#8
http://www.team-ukrm.co.uk
Windy's "little soldier"

 

Actually I did, the engine bars and exhausts for ZRX 1100's don't fit so
I went and found out why. ;-)

 

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 11:31:48 +0000, Salad Dodger
<> bored us all completely to death with
wittery prose along the lines of:

Heh, oops. It's 'cos I put Agent on my home PC and fskced up the sig.
Sorted now.