01-12-2021, 01:00 PM
(01-12-2021, 11:20 AM)LakeWylieJoe_imp Wrote: The CB1100 would be perfect, in my mind anyway, if the valvetrain from the original Nighthawk S series were utilized. My '86 CB700SC (tariff beater for you non-US folks) had the maintenance free hydraulic tappets and the valves never needed checking. It had a much higher redline, too. The valves basically self adjusted every time they opened and closed. It was compact system, too, and would have easily fit in the existing head. Did Honda think we were so nostalgic for retro classics that we missed fiddling with the inner bits, too? Sad.
As for me, I dutifully check and precision adjust my valves via shim replacement every 8,000mi and set them back to center of spec... all the while wishing I didn't need to.
Wooo, recognized that instrument cluster immediately. Good memories. I had the '84 in blue-black non-tariff 750cc beater.
