12-21-2015, 06:51 AM
(12-20-2015, 09:55 PM)Lord Popgun_imp Wrote: I'm still trying to figure out why Honda took the ST1300 engine, which makes, I think, around 125hp and cut it back so much for the CTX.
Supposedly the torque was offsetting the higher HP, but having that extra HP would have been nice. I have to admit by detuning they really under-stressed an already bullet proof engine so maybe they were thinking it would last even longer than in the ST1300. Dunno.
When I started looking at the CB1100 again I checked the specs and the 1100 isn't that far off from the HP/Torque figures of the V-4 1300. Being a couple hundred pounds lighter and that's why the CB1100 seemed to have more torque right off idle when I first switched to the CTX1300 and was getting used to the clutch feel off idle.
Had to modify a Goldwing clutch lever to have the adjustable lever (like the CB1100 has stock) in order to get the clutch friction point to feel right.
Aloha,
Huladog