01-26-2018, 02:52 PM
(01-26-2018, 01:43 PM)Guth_imp Wrote: While a fake kick starter might sound ridiculous to most of us, I'm not sure that I'd be all that surprised to see a manufacturer some day add such a thing to a retro styled motorcycle and market it a "kick-assist starting system". (You'd still have to thumb the starter switch of course, lol.) I could see some guys pulling off the fake kick start effect before riding off in front of a crowd of people who don't know any better. This would probably sell to the same people that find the fake carbs and fake cooling fins to be appealing.Lol, it's been done for the movies, for sure!
(01-26-2018, 12:29 PM)VLJ_imp Wrote: CB also doesn't have that clutch cable draped so sloppily across the right side of the motor, or that beached whale of a gas tank. And the CB's fins aren't fake.But the CB1100 has an hydraulic clutch, so the options for routing the cables are myriad.
It actually runs under the tank and is a pain in the buttocks to change. I replaced mine with a custom length from Galfer when I did the CB500 bars. Had to remove the tank and a few other odds and ends.
The Kawasaki routes the cable that way to get the smoothest, most friction-free pull.
I can tell you that on my CB1100, the throttle cables were not properly routed, and even after I repositioned them (when I checked the valve clearance) there was still a bit of binding at full lock. It's a tight squeeze under the tank.