IIRC, the V65 Magna had a 4.3 gallon tank and the V65 Sabre had a 5.8 gallon tank. I'm pretty sure I'm within 0.1 gallons on the Magna and correct on the Sabre.
That's no biggie. On my V-Max I could get it down into the mid 20s real easy, that equates to about a 60-70 mile riding range. I only broke into the 20s a couple of times on the Sabre. When stock my Sabres returned 40-44 mpg, rejetted they dropped to 36-38 but it fixed the EPA power dip and added a bit more sizzle. In third gear 4k rpm was 40 mph, 6k rpm was 60 mph; fourth, fifth and sixth were overdrive gears. Sixth is a serious overdrive. The Saber could pull redline in fifth which is an indicated 138 but couldn't pull redline in sixth, terminal velocity in sixth depends on how small you can fold down on the tank and how long you hold the throttle open. Sixth was a smoooootttthhhhh cruising gear that still had good passing punch.
I owned three of the '83 CB 1100 Fs, my first was the blue and white one right off the floor. I put 24,000 on it, then the son was born and it was sold (the responsible father thing to do) in 1986. By 1989 I found a red and white one with 9,800 miles and I rode that up to 34,000 when I sold it to buy a CB 1100 XX Blackbird in 1999. In the interim, I owned another red and white one that I bought just because the deal was way good, and I resold that one for a nice profit. The last one I owned and rode only took chain and sprockets in it's repair history, though I think there was the hint of a head gasket leak that may have been starting, just a trace of oil at that spot. Well, okay, I had to re-do the clutch in the first one because, at 25 years old, me and my buddies were into the big burnouts, which it would surely do. These were the hottest production bike in the U.S. in 1983 but the Suzuki and Kaw ran very close. The Yamaha XS 11s or Seca 900s were no match. If I recall, they were rated 108 hp at the shaft but made about 96 hp at the wheel. Also I believe, an 11.2 quarter at about 128. I think the magazines had it to 145 or 148. I only ever took mine to 135 indicated. One of the magazines also prepped and ran one in a 24-hour endurance race and it finished with no problems. Stock rear shocks were soon junk and if not upgraded, it felt like it had a hinge in the middle in high-speed sweepers. It also had anti-dive front end and air assist front forks, maybe compression damping. The rear only had spring pre-load I think. I had a Corbin on mine because the stock seat was a plank after a few hours. Pretty smooth and very reliable. I don't recall mpg. They had been in Europe for two or three years before being brought stateside for 1983. But that was it - one year - as the 1000 Interceptor was released in 1984. I'd like to have another just for nostalgia sake, but really no other good reason. They were VERY nice looking, IMHO. Alas, at that time and place in my life, I came within a gnat's *** of losing my drivers license over speeding tickets. I got picked up by the same HiPo twice within about three days. He was not amused. I had a luggage rack and backrest for the missus and we sport/toured on the thing with soft bags quite a bit, even having it out to the west shore of Vancouver Island in 1999. They also had a nice, raspy sound and I loved to hear all that cam and valve gear coming on the boil when it hit its sweet spot.If it's the bikini-fairing'd 1100F like this
then there shouldn't be any question about the choice.....
.....go for the 1100F!
YEOWCH! I got several of those "if you get ANY more points on your license, it's not your license any more" letters, back when I had my 750 Sabre. That thing had roll-on torque that was literally irresistible, at least for me.
