Making these bikes fast

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSVt5GxUsl4

Thanks for the video! Was that you? If so, was that after the reflash? First time I've seen a timed quarter mile run on a CB1100.

12.01 seconds @ 111mph

Those aren't super sport numbers by a long shot, but they ARE respectable for what this bike is.

For perspective, that run was .12 seconds slower than the rip snorting FZ-09. The BMW R9-T has been clocked in the 11.9-12.0 range depending upon where you read it, yet the magazines were gushing about the performance of the R-9T. The mighty Dodge Hellcat needs racing slicks to run 11.9, in street tires, the Hellcat would lose a quarter mile run against a CB1100, as would any un-modded Camaro or Vette.

If you wanted Super Sport performance, the CB1100 is not the bike. If you want a great street bike that is comfortable, well finished, looks great, and is easy to jump on and go anywhere, then the CB1100 fits that bill. It performs admirably for what it is. BTW, the bike has a lot of torque, all through the range.

I live in the DFW Metroplex, I ride my pure stock CB1100 on the freeways around here on a daily basis. Some of the freeways around here are scary, yet I have never had any trouble out-accelerating anything on 4 wheels, not that I make a habit of it, but it has helped me avoid potential trouble on a couple of occasions.

It's all perspective, if you buy it for the right reasons, the CB1100 is a sweet bike.

Thanks for the video! Was that you? If so, was that after the reflash? First time I've seen a timed quarter mile run on a CB1100.

12.01 seconds @ 111mph

Those aren't super sport numbers by a long shot, but they ARE respectable for what this bike is.

For perspective, that run was .12 seconds slower than the rip snorting FZ-09. The BMW R9-T has been clocked in the 11.9-12.0 range depending upon where you read it, yet the magazines were gushing about the performance of the R-9T. The mighty Dodge Hellcat needs racing slicks to run 11.9, in street tires, the Hellcat would lose a quarter mile run against a CB1100, as would any un-modded Camaro or Vette.

If you wanted Super Sport performance, the CB1100 is not the bike. If you want a great street bike that is comfortable, well finished, looks great, and is easy to jump on and go anywhere, then the CB1100 fits that bill. It performs admirably for what it is. BTW, the bike has a lot of torque, all through the range.

I live in the DFW Metroplex, I ride my pure stock CB1100 on the freeways around here on a daily basis. Some of the freeways around here are scary, yet I have never had any trouble out-accelerating anything on 4 wheels, not that I make a habit of it, but it has helped me avoid potential trouble on a couple of occasions.

It's all perspective, if you buy it for the right reasons, the CB1100 is a sweet bike. +1. The slow thing does make me chuckle when you think that, in terms of 0-60 and 1/4 mile, these things could give a decent number of non-awd supercars a hard time.

In general we live in a pretty great time for both bikes and cars.