10-23-2013, 12:30 AM
Many motorcycles have been speed limited in the USA since 2001 and I doubt its printed in any of the sale brochures/promotional material put out by the manufacturers..the Suzuki Hyabusa, ZX 14 kawasaki, some Ducatis, the latest KTM, Aprilia V4, BMW 1000, MV Augusta, even the lowly Honda Fury if memory serves me, and there will be more to come.
The CB 1100 is speed limited because we were never supposed to get it, therefore is was limited to domestic regulations of 112 mph ( domestic being Japan). Americans begged for this bike..maybe we should have begged, but added the caveat " but only if it isn't speed limited", in which case we would have never seen it. Point is, we got the bike, the speed limiter in on there, so the solution as I see it is simple, either accept that fact and move on, or sell the dang thing and get something faster.
The CB 1100 is speed limited because we were never supposed to get it, therefore is was limited to domestic regulations of 112 mph ( domestic being Japan). Americans begged for this bike..maybe we should have begged, but added the caveat " but only if it isn't speed limited", in which case we would have never seen it. Point is, we got the bike, the speed limiter in on there, so the solution as I see it is simple, either accept that fact and move on, or sell the dang thing and get something faster.