10-27-2013, 04:36 AM
(10-27-2013, 03:43 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Mike Bee the limiter is for speed, not stress. You could ride it around all day at redline in 1st, 2 nd or 3rd. Is the bike running any richer at redline in 3 rd than in 5 th ?
Have you read somewhere that Honda installed it in our bikes to help meet epa regs or lessen stress because I have not. I'd believe that about the oil cooler, but that doesn't seem logical about the limiter. Logically the Legacy equipment theory for the limiter makes more sense to me.
Could Honda have reprogrammed it for no limiter? Sure. My guess is they market researched it, discussed it, and felt it wasn't necessary to do so.
The bike runs lean all of the time, so the potential for overheating would be a prime design concern, rpm's notwithstanding. Kudos to Honda for producing such a sweet/lean running engine! Yes, more rpm's, or explosions per minute, will produce more heat, but so would increased engine load in higher gears. But the heat produced is countered by an air/fuel intake charge that will cool the cylinder head - more of them per minute will cool it even more. A leaner air/fuel mixture will defeat this intake cooling effect to some degree (pun intended).
And yes, I have seen this explanation for having a speed limiter written up in a motorcycle mag. See the July 2013 issue of "Motorcycle Consumer News", pg. 12 in a review written by Dave Searle. This was not his opinion - it was a Honda design goal.
~ The Bee