05-07-2015, 06:11 AM
Having just come off a Bonneville (but also having owned 650/750cc 4s way back when), I can empathize with Southwend's recent experience. After a few days of puttering around paranoid about break-in miles, I opened the CB up a bit this week (nothing crazy, I'm still aware it's break in time). On the Bonnie, power was mostly in the 3-5k range. The CB seems to love the 4-7+k range. So, I'm relearning old shift points (pulling data outta the ol' biological hard drive from about 1986 or so). And, like Southwend, I had the moment where, when I let the bike wind out, I thought to myself, "oooooh, this is much quicker than the twin."