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2013 Honda CB1100
Mixing naked and classic Honda style with thoroughly modern and engaging performance, the exquisitely built four-cylinder CB1100 has a presence, and personality, all of its own.
The Honda CB1100 mixes originality with a timeless sense of design, and substantial character. It represents a finely balanced blend of performance, with broad capacity, ability and adaptability.
Unmistakably Honda, the CB1100's clean lines elegantly echo the past. The large round headlight, scalloped fuel tank (proudly detailed with the Honda Wing) and silver painted sidepanels add style and substance, while familiar analog dials, slim seat, side-swept 4-2-1 exhaust pipe and chromed front and rear mudguards provide the finishing touches, gently stirring memories of how motorcycles used to look and, as importantly, feel.
Perhaps it's what you don't see that matters more with the CB1100; this is the motorcycle at its most elemental. A steel double cradle frame houses the engine, with 41mm conventional telescopic forks and twin rear shocks providing compliant and finely tuned suspension. The CB1100's riding position is upright and relaxed, a perfect platform from which to watch the world slide by.
From the outset of the project, the CB1100's development engineers decided to use the word 'design' rather than 'styling' for their new bike. Utilising the characteristics of many materials - metal, plastic, leather and rubber - they created individual parts that are both beautiful and functional, and bought them together to stunning effect.
Honda, as a company, looks to the future; yet always with one eye on, and great respect, for the past. To that end, the Honda CB1100 mixes originality with a timeless sense of design, and substantial character. It represents a finely balanced blend of performance, with broad capacity, ability and adaptability.
But it also has something else, almost an intangible - a small part of the soul of a true original: the Honda CB750 Four.
The CB750 Four has cast a long and influential shadow over motorcycling since its debut in 1969. Soichiro Honda, ever the engineer, leading an engineering company, wanted to prove that there was more to the two-wheeled formula than small and medium capacity twin-cylinder motorcycles, and did just that with the ground-breaking 749cc, 67bhp air-cooled, SOHC four-cylinder four-stroke power unit.
A competent chassis - with another first, a single disc brake up front - provided handling and stopping power to match the engine, and the CB750 Four was an instant success. The mass-production superbike had been born, the blueprint drawn for the future.
Motorcycling has changed a great deal over the last 5 decades since the very first CB - the Benly CB92 - was introduced. Motorcyclists themselves have changed too: while many still aspire to the ultimate performance available, just as many today perhaps have other reasons to own a motorcycle.
Some are looking back, at the bike they wanted when they were young but simply couldn't afford. Others want something that performs like a new machine, but with a certain, classic look that lends retro-heritage to a contemporary lifestyle.
And some riders just want an exquisitely engineered motorcycle that blends real-world usability with an honest sense of history. The common factor is fun.
2013 Honda CB1100 - Specifications/Technical Details
ENGINE
Type Inline four-cylinder, air and oil cooled DOHC
Displacement 1140cc
Bore x Stroke 73.5 x 67.2mm
Compression Ratio 9.5:1
Max. Power Output 66kW/7,500rpm (95/1/EC)
Max. Torque 93Nm/5,000rpm (95/1/EC)
Idling speed 1100 +/-100
Oil capacity 4.9L
FUEL SYSTEM
Carburation PGM-FI electronic fuel injection
Throttle Bore 32mm
Fuel Tank Capacity 14.6L (including 3.5L reserve)
Fuel Consumption 25.1km/l (70.9mpg) (WMTC)
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Ignition System Full-transistor battery ignition
Ignition Timing 10°
Sparkplug Type NGK - LMAR8A - 9S
Starter Electric
Battery Capacity YTZ14S WET 12V-11.2Ah
ACG Output 333W
Headlights 60/55W
DRIVETRAIN
Clutch Multi-plate wet clutch
Transmission Type 5 speed
Transmission gear ratio
1 3.166(38/12)
2 2.062(33/16)
3 1.545(34/22)
4 1.250(25/20)
5 1(30/29)
Primary Reduction 1.652 (76/46)
Final Drive Chain 2.166 (39/18)
FRAME
Type Double steel cradle
CHASSIS
Dimensions (LxWxH) 2195 x 835 x 1130mm
Wheelbase 1,490mm
Caster Angle 27°
Trail 114mm
Turning Radius 2.7m
Seat Height 795mm
Ground Clearance 125mm
Kerb Weight 248kg
SUSPENSION
Type Front: 41mm conventional fork
Rear: Spring preload adjustable,
twin shock
WHEELS
Type Front: Cast aluminium
Rear: Cast aluminium
Rim Size Front: 18M/CxMT2.50
Rear: 18M/CxMT4.00
Tyre Size Front: 110/80-18
Rear: 140/70-18
BRAKES
Type Front: Hydraulic double disk
Rear: Hydraulic disk
Cost in Japan: ¥920,000
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