Where did my power go?

I have always thought the 550 Seca was quite a peppy little bike. I think I made a big mistake today. Honda had a demo ride on today and I took a CBF 1000 for a test ride. The CBF is a Canada and Europe only model. They market it as an Adventure bike but it looks like a standard sport touring model to me. The engine is a de-tuned CBR mill that makes 100 hp and 70 ft lb torque. Roll ons at highway speeds are crazy. Why do they need to make 170 -200 Hp bikes? Anyways, after the ride I hopped on the Seca and took off. I immediately looked to see if the anchor was still out. Nope. Checked if the parking brake was on. Nope. Looked to see if two cylinders had fallen off. Nope. After a while I came back to earth and came to terms with the Seca. I still love this bike but some day I'll have a big new sport touring rig.

 

ha! no kiddin...was trail riding with some friends up north...i swapped bikes (mine was an xr400r) with a friend with a CRF450R..did the same thing riding a v-max then gettin' back on my 700...i thought mine was broken!
yeah, i love my 700

 

stupid double-post :evil:

 

Yeah I like my 700,but I want another xs1100 for the same reason.
I can beat all my buddies on their 750 and up v-twins but sometimes I forget thats not saying much lol

 

This is my first run in with the CBF1000... Had never heard of it before. Thanks for adding another to my yeah it's nice but I can never get it because of where I live list. :cry:

 

Ok, I'll bite.
Why does your location prevent you from owning a CBF1000

 

We have had the CBF 1000 since '07 or '08 and now for 2010 we have the CBF 600 in Canada too. Both these bikes are on my short list of bikes I'd buy.