Straight Outta Sanctuary: Honda CB1100R Restomod

[weeksy]

https://www.bikebound.com/2024/08/27/honda-cb1100r/

[KungFooBob]

Tis nice.

[Bustaspoke]

I don't like the front fork & bars on this,maybe it's the camera angle but it looks to front heavy. Prefer the original with RWU forks.

[Skub]

I like what AC do in general,but I'd also like a smidge less of the bling here and there. This one is a bit too blingy,even for a Homda.

[Taipan]

Looks like a good job, but it looks hideously old fashioned with that huge seat unit!! So its a no from me.

[Count Steer]

I know a lot of people like that period/style of bike but they're not my cuppa at all. I think all that bodywork looks blocky and crude and the front end looks blunt rather than aerodynamic. I guess the 'slabby' look got people excited at the time but it seemed to pass me by.

[The Spin Doctor]

Does look slightly tippy-forward (wonder what that does to the handling?) and the gold engine casings don't match the other red/blue/white. Otherwise I like it.

[mangocrazy]

One thing you never see with any of the AC Sanctuary builds is any idea of price. I guess it works on the basis of 'if you need to ask, you can't afford it'.

Either way, this one passes me by, probably because of the slabby bodywork ( © @Count Steer ). It really does date it. The naked builds they do have more of a timeless appearance simply because there is much less bygone era bodywork on them.

The original left me pretty cold, so it's unlikely that this would interest me 40-odd years further on.

[Yorick]

Ron Haslam made them almost cool

[Sadlonelygit]

That would go in my garage. I always thought the original looked out of proportion with that enormous front wheel!

[Ian]

I thought the VF1000R was better looking, the original CB1100R had a fairing like a barn door

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

It's a no from me, the original bike is lovely and that's a tarts handbag.

Price for AC Sanctuary bikes is about £40,000, for that money it should look very nice, but they're all a bit "bolt a load of expensive parts on an old bike and give it a nice paint job" which you can do yourself for about £20,000

[The Spin Doctor]

Ron Haslam made them almost cool

Phil Read threw his into the dirt at Brands and set it alight