Thought I'd throw this out, was at a local shop Wheels In Motion and this guy next to them specializes in Hondas, had this sitting against the wall 38,000 miles, mint condition and wants five grand for it. Made one year only 83 Also has anti dive forks--- never heard of that before. Later oh the shop is called Valley Cycles---818-993-8640 Kurt, if anyone is interested Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Duccman have you truly never heard of antidive forks? If so let an old codger enlighten you! I recall that Honda introduced the antidive fork in the early 80's and used the acronym TRAC, standing for torque reactive antidive control. I believe you'll find it on all of the VF models up to the 3rd gen in 1990, when they started using cartridge dampers. Mechanically TRAC is similar to the SMC on the linked brake bikes, with the left caliper mounted on a pivot off the fork leg, although the pivot is at the top. The bottom end of the pivoting arm bears on a plunger that interferes with the compression damping circuit in the fork leg. So pull on the brake, the caliper tries to move with the disc and the valve in the fork leg restricts oil flow and slows the rate of fork dive. In theory the system allowed lighter compression damping for better comfort when cruising, and brought in harder damping under brakes, which was great on a smooth road but not quite right braking over corrugations. Cartridge dampers made the system obsolete as they have the ability to provide firm low speed damping (which is what slows fork dive on brakes), with the ability to release the sharp jolts through the high speed stack. Other manufacturers provided equivalent antidive units in the 1980's although most relied on brake hydraulic pressure to activate the valve, which didn't help the brake feel, and I think Honda's system was the longest lasting in production.
The CB1100F is an entertaining ride and was one of the bikes to have in the day it came complete with flexible handling and brakes that although good for the day really left quite a bit to be desired when compared with modern bikes A good tidy example will still pull a few admirers when parked up in public I would consider one of these for a project bike
