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[rjk555_imp]

I have to say, this is literally the first forum I have ever visited where users WELCOME their brand new motorcycles being LIMITED. I can't believe what I am reading, has anyone read my previous post here? My mind is completely blown.

Part of owning and riding a motorcycle is taking responsibility for the dangers and power that you have at your wrist. You are giving up that responsibility by letting them cap you with a limiter.

For those of you who never do three digits and say 'oh it doesn't affect me so I don't care', then you have no reason to post in this topic or the right to an opinion, because it (as you said) does not affect you. I'm all for safety, but good god what happened to your motorcycling spirit?

If you feel Honda should limit you for your own good, you really shouldn't be riding. or driving. Hell, you should just go to a place where they wipe your butt and feed you through a tube for maximum knowledge of 'what is best for you'.

Hello all,

i understand people have strong feelings on the limiter. However, it's not clear to me how a neutral position on the limiter equates to a lack of motorcycle spirit, or a belief that the neutral party welcomes the limiter. May I suggest that's a pretty strong position to take.

We buy bikes that move us. If the mix of features on the CB1100, as determined by Honda's business strategy, meet a rider's needs, he or she will buy it. This includes the 112 mph limit, or Honda's decision to export the bike with a blacked out engine instead of a silver one. The many satisfied riders posting glowing trip reports on this forum show the CB1100 moves their motorcycling spirit. Certainly it moves mine. If that mix doesn't meet a rider's needs, then he or she won't buy it. Motorcycling spirit manifests itself through many bikes.

I also respectfully disagree that Honda exported the bike-plus-limiter with a Big Brother intent to protect the US public from itself. For example. Honda didn't modify the initial Japanese version to add a limiter to the US version where none existed. The limiter is a piece of legacy equipment from the Japanese market. If Honda thinks a bike's intended audience wants something faster than 112 mph, Honda will export it. The CBRs easily exceed 150 mph, for example. For the CB1100, Honda (accurately, I think) determined that most riders wouldn't care about the 112 mph limit and thus didn't incur the time and expense of removing it. Its a business strategy, not a "Big Brother" moral one.

Lets all ride the bikes that move us.