Big tumbs down. you show your colors vour easy, aint a harley bro, its a honda,, water cooled, you dont need an engine tempeture guage, i ride in SoCal and never needed it, When you got the bike you saw the foot controls, why winny about it now ???. I thought you were gona talk about the real issues with the bike, but end up with a silly pitty party of a weekend wana be biker.
Lol, no1 is the reason I'd buy this. I've got a 27" inseam and forward controls are too much for me. I got a 500 and with the Mustang seat I can do 3 hours a time.
It will let you know if the bike begans to overheat. I have noticed the engine runs suprising cool. Sure the fan is gonna kick on, but you could ride in shorts and your legs are barely gonna feel the heat. I like that it doesnt have forward controls, but the mid controls is has is very cramped for a taller rider. The speed limiter can be fixed with an ecu flash or a speed healer. But i would get rid of the crappy stock tires before creeping to much higher than 100mph.
My 2024 1100 rebel is fun to ride!! I put CRASHBARS so i can put my feets in the front! Change the seat ! And i fck with the engine so my goes to 132mph!! And i love it!!
Complain about anodize changing color if you leave your bike out in the sun is unrealistic. Doing over 100 MPH on a bike that's clearly labeled "Cruiser" is completely unrealistic, especially with the limited travel suspension, it's downright dangerous. So you really have 3 complaints. 1. No Temp gauge. 2. Foot position being mid and not forward, and 3. Everyone knows the seat absolutely sucks on the Rebel 1100.
I made a stand out of wood which goes under the right side swing arm and use a trolley Jack on the left to raise which lifts the back wheel off the ground and it’s as solid as a rock. I even use a front wheel stand also when washing the bike.
@@kevinyoxall149 its annoying having to clean and lube the chain... but what I hate the most is adjusting the tension by adjusting the back wheel. If you keep this as a low mile bike I doubt you do it very often, but when you get 20,000 miles in a year, its really annoying keeping that chain slack right.
I think I only disagree on the engine temp. It's water cooled...so who cared what the temp is at any given time. If you are leaking antifreeze then you know you have issues. I had a VROD before my Road Glide and I never ever worried about engine temp, because it was fully water cooled and you just don't have to worry. Rode it for like 6 years or so and never had a problem. I'm seriously considering this bike right now...I've see it, rode it and I love it.
That’s a good point. I still think I would rather have an engine temp gauge instead of a weather temp. I guess I don’t don’t really see the point in knowing the temp outside and would rather know my engine temp.
I purchased the 1100 t this year, here's why I didn't like it : wind buffeting, hard to reach handle bars , engine vibration and very small saddle bags, lastly is not a comfortable bike for long distance. Trade it for a 650 Vstrom and I can't be happier. I been riding bikes for 20 years and have owned over 12 bikes.
Corbin is one ugly seat....looking at buying the Rebel 1100T Bagger in '23,and fitting a fuel cell under the seat, spoke to a fabricator last week, easy job
The mirrors drove me nuts and so did the seat. Swapped both out as soon as possible. Bar ends and a Corbin gunfighter seat. Can really dig into that throttle now without thinking I'm gonna slide off the seat.
Kemimoto makes a good set of bar end mirrors. Corbin Gunfighter seat if you don't carry passengers, and Deprotto forward controls. If you go with T-rex foward controls just know that you will lose about 2 inches of ground clearance so you will drag pegs a whole lot easier.
There isn't a ECU flash for the Rebel 1100 but there is an eliminator that will bypass the system to allow you to go over 98 mph. Lifeofburch put it on his. Your speedo will still read 98 but you can use a gps on your phone to see the actual speed. It makes the bike think that it is only going 98 while it is still climbing. I don't think it is really worth it as the 2021 has a max speed of 110.
In EU is the speed of this bike limited to 171kmh, (~106mph) and I really don't want to go faster than that on this bike without any fairings or so... 😅 Also the 6th gear is a bit short, there is almost no difference between 5th and 6th... So I think that the max possible speed limit can be around 180kmh/111mph... 😉
