Fowlers/Bristol/ cb1000r

[ogri48]

went into Fowlers in Bristol today...biggest bike shop ive ever been in in my life! 1000 new bikes on three floors and another honda specific showroom next door. Fell in love with the lightest helmet I've ever tried (carbon fibre premier trophy nx vintage full face...stunning looking retro too)
Had a look at the cb1000r VNA has mentiond in another thread and as he says, photos don't do it justice...it is indeed absolutely stunning in the flesh. They've somehow built a bike with retro café culture cool thats also ultra modern looking and looks proper built. Think the black version edged it for me, but I could never own one, the missus used to moan about the FZ1 seat... :lol :lol :lol :lol
seriously pukka looking bike though (and I bloody hate the look of most new bikes). If honda are doing deals, thats gonna be a popular bike for 2019

[ogri48]

[VNA]

Looks sweeter again once it's got a nice end can and a tail tidy.Usually not a fan of tail tidys but the OE license holder is a mess.
Did you have a wee sit on it?  Nice, compact and reasonably light feeling I thought.

[ogri48]

yup. feels more like 600 than a thou. Im guessing with triumphs 765 being such a brilliant tool thats the way to go. has to be seen in the flesh though, its definitely got summat about it

[VNA]

Yeah they've done a great job.  Sweet looking bike.And to think it's predecessor was a mess.

[tommyardin]

Oh shit!
That looks mean, and looks like it means business.
Loving the look, but hating to think about the price tag.  :eek

[VNA]

CB1000R  -  £11499CB1000R+ -  £12599
0% PCP available till end of march

[VNA]

Can and tail tidy.  Mmmmmmm.

[ogri48]

very tasty innit...

[VNA]

It is, it is.
I like that kind of grey colour.

[ogri48]

me too. aint seen that before, the two in fowlers were black and that honda dark red colour. be nicer still with a full system so you could lose that bluddy grut cat, but that would be even more wonga

[VNA]

Would be too bloody loud too.
Annoyingly the downpipes and cat are one piece too.  So it’s difficult to mod that cat.
It increasingly seems that today you have a choice of sewing machine quiet or anti-social loud.
Fella at work has a de-catted MT10 (de cat link pipe), to me it’s just nasty loud.  I couldn’t bring myself to start a thing like that at 7 in the morning outside ma hoose.  I’d just wake the whole darn street up.  So many bikes now with aftermarket systems or de-cats are just nob end loud.
Don’t understand why the aftermarket parts industry doesn’t offer decent in-between options.

[VNA]

Nob end loud Arrow system

[VNA]

[VNA]

Now what about a nice top box?

[ogri48]

that is one spartan motorbike...even a tank bag would make it look overloaded!

[VNA]

Givi does a top plate fae a box.
I'm thinking a nice big 56l box would be handy.

[VNA]

Here we go.  Off fae a week or twa;

[robbo]

You must have borrowed Kitcrazy's ultra small tent.

[VNA]

I'm no camper.The top box would do me.If nothing else I love parking up and shoving my hat in the box.Looking at that snap I'm begining to think it might not look as stupid as I thought with a box.

Oh read on one forum some fella has already fitted Arrow downpipes and the twin end can option.But they are coming off to be sold, and the OE stuff going back on.  Annoyingly loud even with the bungs in :eek