ECU READY TO SHIP

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That and the intended market; older geezers reliving their youth, would not be interested in going that fast (from many that have commented here, that was a safe bet by Honda; but it did not take into account some folks; which admittedly were NOT the target consumer). For its' intended buyer the bike is pretty much spot on and I don't think Honda intentional mislead folks or hid information from them. I'm pretty sure that if they read these forums they'd be wondering why these guys didn't just buy the CB1000R instead. After all, you don't buy a Buick expecting it to drive like a Vette.

Now if the first experimenter goes out and tops out his bricked ECU and finds out the bike looses bits at 121mph we find another reason Honda wanted to limit the speed.

Or struggles to make 121 mph, rendering the whole operation pointless. Although I'm pretty sure these things would hit 145 unrestricted.