The thing about mods and farkles

[Olyrider]

First, "farkle" is not "the most hated word. A few forum members stated their opinion. Doesn't make them "right". They were expressing a feeling. Well...I feel just as strongly that farkle is a good word. In fact, I farkle-identify. So I keep looking for the correct bathroom. Don't want to accidentally upset the other side. ;-)

After-market accessories ended my track day last week. Not in a bad way, though.

My Yosh full exhaust can't really handle right-hand turns at much of a lean angle. That's a problem on the track! Unless it's Nascar.

On the straights, I could get the bike up to a GPS-indicated buck 25 before I had to back off. I'm sure I had another 10mph or so, but the front end was way too light. Pitted and adjusted the Ohlins shocks and race-tech forks, but no joy. Probably the stock tires. Pressure changes helped a little, but not enough. Naked bikes do that.

But I really like listening to the pipe!!! So did everyone else. The ECU re-flash and PC-V have worked great.

If the lean angle wasn't so severely restricted Honda would have sold a couple more CB1100's that day. But it's not a track bike, and these were people looking for a fault.