Flashed CB1100 Review

[Greg_imp]

Bike #12

The dyno operator wondered the same thing. I had forgotten to tell him about the rear wheel top speed limit at around 112 mph. If he had done the WOT run in 5th gear, the cutoff would have happened at a lower RPM, which makes me wonder just now if 3rd gear is actually a better choice for doing the WOT run on a stock CB1100. I mean "better" in that the bike will rev higher and show higher peak HP. Anecdotal evidence suggests RPM limit is not reached in 3rd gear before the speed limiter kicks in. Which would further suggest that RPM limits are redundant in all except 1st and 2nd gears, but that's just dumb speculation.

Speed and RPM limits have been debated at length ever since the CB1100 was released in the US. The posts make for interesting reading if you care to drill down on it.