10-23-2013, 06:03 AM
(10-23-2013, 03:15 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Yea...i'm not near smart enough, but if one person is smart enough to make something, someone else is smart enough to work around it.
Thing is, lets say you found a way to bypass it, chances are you'd gain between 13 to 23 mph on top end ( can't imagine this bike being good for more than 125-135 unrestricted) and relative to other offerings, you'd still have a very slow dog in a very fast pack.
BTW I went over to the UK CB 11 site which I am also a member of which is older ( but not as active) as this site, and typed "speed limiter" into the search engine, and either they are not aware, or they don't care, as there were no responses to the search.
+1 on all of the above.
Gentlemen,
I started riding on the street when I was 14 years old. Over the last 43 years I have never been without a street legal motorcycle and I have spent countless thousands of hours riding both on road and off-road. During those thousands of hours I am equally certain that less than five minutes have been spent at speeds above 112 mph and I was as nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof during those brief periods of time. A trip to the drag strip would be about the only time that the speed limiter would be a hindrance as the top speed of this bike can be achieved in less than 1/4 of a mile.
As a drag strip weapon the CB1100 would be a dull blade with or without a speed limiter. In it's element however, the big CB is brilliant. Last night in the cool desert air north of Scottsdale, Arizona my CB1100 shot me from corner to corner in a most satisfying display of power and poise. It's Staintune exhaust note provided a fine soundtrack as well. Any enthusiast who can appreciate an air cooled Porsche 911 with all of its quirks and idiosyncrasies would have to love this bike as well.
When it comes to the type of performance that I find exciting and that always leaves me looking forward to the next ride, the CB1100 is peerless.
Chip