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Honda CB1300
- Newtsalad
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Re: Honda CB1300
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Re: Honda CB1300
I've gone and done it.
The ffox drove me to Brackley, north of Oxford to pick up a 2011 model (they stopped making them in 2012) half faired with 7700 miles.
It's a cracker. It reminds me of the cbf1000 I had but with more "grunt" . It's very comfortable and in my eyes is a stunning looker. Obviously I notice the wind hitting me a bit more after being in the cocoon of the RT but I've already ordered a taller screen, mirror extenders and heated grips. The bike is mint apart from the chippings that have attacked the aluminium engine casings in the last pic.
I needed to have a go at the downpipes with wet 'n dry and Autosol but they've come up a treat. One of the pics compares the right hand pipe with the others before being treated:
The ffox drove me to Brackley, north of Oxford to pick up a 2011 model (they stopped making them in 2012) half faired with 7700 miles.
It's a cracker. It reminds me of the cbf1000 I had but with more "grunt" . It's very comfortable and in my eyes is a stunning looker. Obviously I notice the wind hitting me a bit more after being in the cocoon of the RT but I've already ordered a taller screen, mirror extenders and heated grips. The bike is mint apart from the chippings that have attacked the aluminium engine casings in the last pic.
I needed to have a go at the downpipes with wet 'n dry and Autosol but they've come up a treat. One of the pics compares the right hand pipe with the others before being treated:
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Re: Honda CB1300
........^^^^
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Re: Honda CB1300
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Anyone ever polished these marks out?
Anyone ever polished these marks out?
- knapdog
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Re: Honda CB1300
Thats nice
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- Newtsalad
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Re: Honda CB1300
Nice bike KD, I wish you much joy on it.
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Re: Honda CB1300
That looks very nice.
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Re: Honda CB1300
Thanks Andrew
The naked bike was my initial preference but the faired version has grown on me to the extent of preferring it.