01-10-2018, 09:39 AM
(01-10-2018, 09:21 AM)egleaves_imp Wrote: Not sure I agree with Ferret's assessment pertaining to acceleration and passing. I routinely make quick passes while commuting on the freeway. A lot of people around here camp in the left lane doing 60-65 mph. I like to keep a pace around 80 mph if I can. If I'm in 6th, a quick drop to 5th and easy twist of the throttle jumps me to around 85-95 before I'm even past them.
6th is not a passing gear. I don't even touch 6th under 70 mph. 60-100 sounds like a job for 4th gear if you really want to scoot, but even in 5th gear the word "molasses" doesn't come to mind. If you're in 6th @ 60 mph the bike is nowhere near it's power band.
I don't know either of them, but based on what I've read on this forum I suspect that VLJ and I have more spirited riding styles than Ferret and find ourselves in the higher RPM range more often.
That's more how I expect it to be. I just can't believe that any modern Honda 1100cc I-4 could ever struggle to shoot quickly up to Vaporize Any And All Traffic speed on a freeway.
It does sound rather disappointing, though, that people keep talking about needing to downshift in order to make quick passes. That's normally the whole point of a large, torquey motor: massive, effortless acceleration at any RPM. It's the little motors that normally require downshifts for instant acceleration, not the liter bikes.
On a different note, I visited "my" '17 EX again at the local Honda shop. Yep, same vin number. It's still there.
Gawd, that thing is just stupidly gorgeous.
