11-25-2013, 01:19 AM
(11-25-2013, 01:13 AM)bubblerboy64_imp Wrote: I have a 1200 sportster and a CB1100 and I am a little surprised that the Honda spanked the sportster. Pretty hard to race against myself but I would have thought it would have been very close. That sportster seems to pull like a tractor in lower gears.
As far as I am concerned both bikes have PLENTY of power. In fact unless you are riding two up any bike over 750 cc has more then enough (my opinion old guy remember)
When I first got into bikes a 300 cc was a BIG engined bike. Always wanted a 305 Big Bear Yamaha. Boy you never see one of those. Honda's are pretty common but the Yamaha's seem to be totally gone. Think that's because of the two stroke engines being less dependable and the bikes died young or that they just didn't sell as many?
When your first street bike is a 50 cc, something with 6 times the displacement IS a big bike. Real " he men" rode 650 's lol.
Yamahas were just not as popular as Hondas and 2 strokes were never as popular as 4 strokes, therefore 2 stroke Yamahas are more rare.