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Looks like the speed limiter is still on the '14.
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03-19-2014, 01:38 AM
(03-18-2014, 02:48 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Oh yea, remember them well. Joan Claybrook, head of US dept of Trans or something, thought if the speedos only went to 85 no one would go faster than that. I remember riding a CBX once with the 85 speedo. Was coming down a 2 mile straightaway and approaching a bend, down shifted 3 times and never did get the needle to move off the peg. Stupidest thing ever. Nearly got me killed. Wonder how fast I was really going?

Don't ride like that anymore!
I knew you'd remember those...what a bone-headed idea. She also proposed seat-belts for motorcycles.
(03-18-2014, 02:48 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Oh yea, remember them well. Joan Claybrook, head of US dept of Trans or something, thought if the speedos only went to 85 no one would go faster than that. I remember riding a CBX once with the 85 speedo. Was coming down a 2 mile straightaway and approaching a bend, down shifted 3 times and never did get the needle to move off the peg. Stupidest thing ever. Nearly got me killed. Wonder how fast I was really going?

Don't ride like that anymore!
YOU did THAT! "Old Slow and Steady" well into the triple digits on a CBX? So not all of us here are "without sin", LOL!Thumbs Up
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RE: Looks like the speed limiter is still on the '14. - by Red Mist_imp - 03-19-2014, 01:38 AM

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