ECU READY TO SHIP

[flynrider]

The thing to me is ... After buying our bikes we find out and share on this forum about the speed limiter and we either live with it or it doesn't matter anyway or some try to change it. But out there in motorcycle-Ville how are they going to know about it and have a chance to decide if that's what they want?. Honda continues to be deceptive about this by not including it in spec sheets or published documents. We should have been given easy access to all the information needed ahead of time to make up our mind, just like information about curb weight, wheelbase, etc that they use to sell their product.

True. I haven't bought another late model (post 2000) bike apart from the CB. Any other Hondas, exported that is, share these limiters?

Cheers

I haven't heard of any others that retain the 112 mph / 180 kph limiter required for the Japanese Domestic Market.

The top of the line speed bikes like the Haybusa, ZX-14, etc... have a well known speed limiter at 186 mph / 300 kph. This limit was agreed upon by the big four Japanese manufacturers for safety reasons, and to put an end to the "top speed" arms race. Those limiters are well known and are routinely bypassed by owners of those bikes who are brave (crazy?) enough to want to exceed 186 mph.

As a side note, while I was flying around yesterday I realized that even with its speed limiter, a Hayabusa could go faster than the "Never Exceed" redline speed on my plane. At 170 mph, my bird will start shedding parts.

I haven't heard of any others that retain the 112 mph / 180 kph limiter required for the Japanese Domestic Market.

The top of the line speed bikes like the Haybusa, ZX-14, etc... have a well known speed limiter at 186 mph / 300 kph. This limit was agreed upon by the big four Japanese manufacturers for safety reasons, and to put an end to the "top speed" arms race. Those limiters are well known and are routinely bypassed by owners of those bikes who are brave (crazy?) enough to want to exceed 186 mph.

As a side note, while I was flying around yesterday I realized that even with its speed limiter, a Hayabusa could go faster than the "Never Exceed" redline speed on my plane. At 170 mph, my bird will start shedding parts.
Interesting. Why the CB? Maybe it is a newly developed mill rather than an evolution of an established design???

Cheers, and keep the wings on, thus ensuring Bernoulli's theorem remains useful to you.

My guess is that the bike was originally intended for the Japanese market. When they decided to ramp up the exports they didn't bother reworking the ECU because of the relatively small number being exported (as compared the more popular sport bikes and cruisers), and the target market being mostly older riders who wouldn't care.

All of the high performance bikes that are exported have the Japanese mandated speed restrictions removed.