[Surfernick]

Thanks to this most excellent forum, I've finally decided the time has come for a change of pace (literally).  With some trepidation  , I've decided to sell my 1983 CB1100F.  She's a real beaut - mostly original except for the Sudco CR carbs, a period original RC Performance Products 4 into 1 exhaust and two Corbin seats (take your choice).  She's damn fast and fun, but I'm getting a little too long in the tooth for the bike and it's time to move to a more leisurely ride and one that is less death defying.  I've got my eye on a new RE Continental GT (red or black). 

So, I'll get my CB1100F serviced and ride her 'till the end of the month and then put her up for sale.  That will give me enough room in the garage for a Conti (right next to my other 4 motorcycles). 

Here's my Honda (for one more month at least).  Time to move from 4 cylinders to 1!

[Scotty Brown]

The enjoyment of a thumper will greatly outweigh your experience with the four cylinder.  The Enfield's are time machines where one can smell the flowers and really adjust to the surroundings.

[Ice]

You may find yourself taking the roads less traveled, literally.

  These machines tap into some unidentified primal undercurrent in the psyche or nervous system and cause the beg, "one more bend" or "over the next hill".

[gizzo]

It's kinda funny how on a big multi you see how quick you can get somewhere but on a thumper you look for ways to make the ride last longer .
Good luck with the Enfield. 

[tooseevee]

..... "some unidentified primal undercurrent in the psyche or nervous system"...

             Hhhmmmm... sort of sounds like when I first saw Audrey Hepburn in Gigi in 1951  I was 13.

[Richard230]

My brother had a 1983 CB1100F.  I rode it around the Santa Cruz Mountains and that thing was really scary.  It had so much torque, and the stock Bridgestone tires were so crappy, that I still shake when remembering how the rear wheel would spin and slide while going around damp corners.  It was a very reliable bike, but the chassis and tires were just not up to the power made by the engine, in my opinion.

[Surfernick]

I know what you mean about corners, lol!  When I purchased the bike, it was set up for straight-line drag racing.  It was running struts and a Vance & Hines drag pipe (guaranteed to ground out in a corner).  It wasn't street safe, except for straight-aways.  The first thing I did was install a proper pipe and shocks.

At any rate, my "need for speed" is satisfied - time to slow it down (and if I ever want a little more power, I still have a CB1000).

[Surfernick]

You may find yourself taking the roads less traveled, literally.

  These machines tap into some unidentified primal undercurrent in the psyche or nervous system and cause the beg, "one more bend" or "over the next hill".

The nice thing about where I live (central California, near the foothills) is that there are plenty of country roads with low traffic volumes to explore.  I look foward to some two-lane ride time...

[barenekd]

What you are going to find out is that is a lot more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow! the Enfield is the most fun bike I ever owned in my last 55 years of riding, up to and including liter class Superbikes.

[Richard230]

My riding friend was surprised the other day when he followed me on my 2011 B5 while he was riding his BMW F800ST.  He said he had to struggle to keep up with me around the corners while we were riding along Skyline Boulevard in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

[Guaire]

There's nothing like throwing away tonnage of weight.

[Ice]

Surfernick, more than few Bullet owners keep going when the pavement ends.
 Fire roads, logging roads and rolling single track are within the capabilities of the bike.

 Dig into the history of the Bullet. Back in the day they were the ISDT machine to try and keep with and did well in road racing too.

[Surfernick]

Ice,
The scrambler versions of the Bullet really intrigue me.  I have 3 1969 Honda scramblers in my garage, so I might be a scrambler addict...  my wife will kill me if I add another, lol!

[Ice]

 Harris Scrambler on the WABDR


 Hooligan


 Join the club ! you know you want to 

[Surfernick]

The alloy tank special is a thing of beauty!