06-09-2015, 06:51 AM
(06-09-2015, 02:18 AM)Mike Bee_imp Wrote:(07-08-2013, 08:12 PM)The Spaceman_imp Wrote: Any thoughts as to why Honda put the limiter on to begin with? Or if the bike is stable/safe above that speed without mods?
VStroms are able to go faster than the stock suspension, windscreen, and bodywork can handle. The fixes are easy enough, but more than one owner crashed or ruined ther riding pants finding that out.
Honda's explanation for the limiter is engine heat control. We're air cooled. That's also why we get an oil cooler.
~ The Bee
And some other stuff to overcome it.
I don't think, this will be the reason for the speed limiter.
Honda had some chassis problems with other models in the past,
e.g. with the early Gold Wings.
Maybe they now want to avoid them.
But the main reason for letting it be installed in foreign countries may
be simple the fact, they'd been to lazy, to cut the limiter off.
The customer shall be engaged, if he wants to be limitless.
Wisedrum