03-29-2019, 02:20 AM
(03-28-2019, 09:36 PM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: I find lugging the CB better than many other rides in its class, but much less so than the NC. Lugging inline-4s is overall not a healthy practice.
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Rboe: I am surprised to read lugging the Griso is problematic. That would be a show stopper for me. I would opt for a Triumph T120 in that case. Disappointing to hear.
(03-28-2019, 02:00 PM)VLJ_imp Wrote: GoldOxide Wrote:The NC loves to lug (50 ft-lbs max). You can lug all day if that is how you feel. Maybe you don't feel well or you are not at the top of your game. The NC will bring you home comfortably. For a 745 cc inline twin, the torque is there low and in the middle. Try lugging the CB all day. Yeah, I thought so.
Lugging the CB all day is not only easy as pie, it was designed from the start to do exactly that. As in, literally. That was its specific purpose for being. I have 40,000 miles on mine, and nearly every last one was spent below 3K rpm, in full-on Lugging It Mode.
Yep, I think one would be hard-pressed to find a better motorcycle for lugging than the CB.
Sincerely,
mickey
I would consider ~2K on the CB as a fair starting point for lugging.
I would consider ~2K on the CB as a fair starting point for lugging.
The CB is perfectly happy at or below 2K rpm. At any rpm the CB motor effortlessly, happily pulls, smoothly and without complaint. It basically cannot be made to bog. It won't do it.