Intermot: Retro Honda CB1100EX updated for 2017

Published: 04 October 2016

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The standard CB1100EX model gets a raft of nips and tucks for 2017. Front and rear lights are now LED and the new 18in wheels run stainless steel spokes. The rims roll under a new 41mm Showa Dual Bending Valve fork and matched dual Showa rear shocks.

The engine gets the same improvements as the CB1100RS with revised inlets and smaller, lighter dual mufflers – and the assist slipper clutch. The geometry is slightly more relaxed than the RS, the seat is a marginal 5mm lower at 790mm, and the weight has increased three kilos
to 255kg.

Those newly laced 18in wheels run 110/80 R18 and 140/70 R18 rubber, and like the RS, they benefit from L-shaped valves for easy access at the pumps. The braking hardware is a little less focused than the RS, with non-radial four-pot Nissins clamping twin 296mm floating discs up front. The EX gets the same LED lighting, but reverts to period-style bulbous indicators for that heritage feel.

The CB1100EX will be available in Pearl Shining Yellow, Pearl Sunbeam White and Candy Prominence Red.

See this bike at Motorcycle Live this November 19-27.

By Richard Newland

Group Editor - With over 40 years of riding experience and 21 years as a bike journalist, Rich has ridden nearly every new bike of the past two decades and many historical models dating back to the 1930s. He is particularly passionate about sportsbikes from the 1990s and early 2000s, and he loves big bikes that handle well and are suited for long-distance travel. Rich enjoys challenging rides, such as a non-stop 1703.5-mile trip from Land’s End to John O’Groats and back. In his personal collection, Rich owns a 2007 Honda VTR1000 SP-2, a 1998 Ducati 996, a 1986 Suzuki GSX-R750 ‘Slabby’, a 1998 VFR800FiW, and a 1975 Honda CB750 SOHC Dunstall.