01-10-2018, 02:42 AM
mickey, in an earlier post you mentioned that I would need an awfully long straight to see the top end of the CB's RPM range. I don't know why that would be so. On any freeway I can roll along at 75 mph and with a quick flick of the wrist zing up to 11K and 100+ mph in just a couple of seconds. We're talking just zipping past a car on my way into the next lane. It happens in the blink of an eye. It doesn't take a forever-long straight.
In top gear my bike is doing 4800 rpm at 70 mph. It zings to 11k and Ludicrous Speeds in the time it takes to twist the throttle, or very nearly so. Definitely no downshifting necessary to instantly vaporize a long row of mobile homes on a steep grade, at high elevation.
Point being, I have a feeling you're underselling the CB's acceleration. While it surely won't do Instant Warp Mode like my bike does, I'll bet it doesn't require any stretch of road at all to zip right on up to 100 mph.
In top gear my bike is doing 4800 rpm at 70 mph. It zings to 11k and Ludicrous Speeds in the time it takes to twist the throttle, or very nearly so. Definitely no downshifting necessary to instantly vaporize a long row of mobile homes on a steep grade, at high elevation.
Point being, I have a feeling you're underselling the CB's acceleration. While it surely won't do Instant Warp Mode like my bike does, I'll bet it doesn't require any stretch of road at all to zip right on up to 100 mph.