The motorcycle market is currently full of retro bikes, however when Honda pulled the covers off the CB1100RS in 2017 it promised to deliver a slightly different riding experience. Heavily based around the CB 1100 EX, the RS is designed to celebrate not only Honda’s legendary CB name but also the joy of a big capacity air cooled engine housed in a sporty chassis. While keeping things retro with the use of chunky conventional forks, the RS added a nice dash of modern components through radial brakes with ABS. If you are after a big-capacity retro that is sporty but not over the top, the beautifully made CB 1100 RS is a classy café racer with a good heritage and thumping air cooled motor. the CB inline four is most certainly not lacking in the torque stakes, The old school air cooled motor has bags of smooth mid range and when combined with a beautiful throttle connection makes it a joy to ride. It’s not a motor that likes to be revved as such, so peak power is pretty irrelevant, but if you want to chill out and ride the wave of torque it is brilliant. And it sound good too as its designers went out of their way to inject some spirit into it and as well as engineering in a lovely air cooled pinging when it is cooling, the inline four also has a slightly off beat note through altered valve timing on cylinders 1 and 2 compared to 3 and 4 to make it sound better. It’s neat touches like this that set the CB 1100 RS aside from some other more mass produced retro models.
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