This bike slows me down

[GoldOxide_imp]

Gee, Ferret, that statement might require some further thought. I recently watched a French series called The Forest on Netflix. One of the characters was a teacher who rode a green CB250 which was of an era to be fitted with RLETs I meant to start a thread on it titled "RLETs on the screen".

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Back in the day they were standard fare on most Hondas. Why then should we have a monopoly on them? Unless, of course, it is that you can rightly claim credit for having caused an RLET renaissance.

That RLET looks, ... rather big.

[Cormanus]

See pdedse's t-shirt design in [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=16007&pid=275659#pid275659]this thread. Note how big the RLETs are. Back in the day they were longer in the shaft and made of a different, shinier material.The young woman's CB250 has those RLETs fitted.

It raises questions: when and why did Honda redesign the RLET? Where they always RLETs or were the originals PLETs?

[the Ferret]

Gee, Ferret, that statement might require some further thought. I recently watched a French series called The Forest on Netflix. One of the characters was a teacher who rode a green CB250 which was of an era to be fitted with RLETs I meant to start a thread on it titled "RLETs on the screen".

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Back in the day they were standard fare on most Hondas. Why then should we have a monopoly on them? Unless, of course, it is that you can rightly claim credit for having caused an RLET renaissance.

This FORUM is responsible for the renaissance of Rlets. If not for you Cormanus, they would be referred to simply as Cap A's, if they were ever referred to at all, which they hadn't been in decades. No, this is the birthplace of the Rlet, and rightfully so.

[Cormanus]

By the way, from Partzilla here's the list of models the RLET fits:

Quote:This Honda 95010-16001 CAP A, LEVER fits the following models and components:

CB750K4 A
CB750K1 A
CB750K A
CB350F A
CB750K2 A
CB750K3 A
CA175 A
CA175K3
SL350 A
SL175 A
SL175K1
CB175K3
CL175K3
CB350G
CL175
CL350K5
CB500
CB500K1
CB550
CB500K2
CR250M
XL125K1
XL125 K-K1
CT90K6
CT90 1976
XL100
XL100K1 K1-76
XL100 K1-76 - 1976
S65
CB450K2
SS125A
CT90
CB450K1
CL125A
XL175K1
XL175
S90
CL90
XL350
TL125
TL125K1
TL125K2
ST90K1
ST90K2
ST90
CB550
CL200
CR125M
CB200
CL350K4
CB350K4
CB350G
CB350K3
CB750K
CL350K2
CL350K5
CB750K1
CL350K3
CB500
CB350K2
CB500K1
CB500K2
CB750K2
CB350F
CB350
SL350K2
CB750K3
SL350K1
CB750K4
CL350
CL450K6
CL450K4
CL450K5
CL450K3
CB450K3
CB450K7
CB450K6
CB450K5
CB450K4
XL250
CL450K2
CL450
CB175K7
CB175K4
CB175K5
CB175K6
CL175K7
CL175K6
CL175K5
CL175K4
SL125K1
SL125K2
CB450K6
CB450K5
CB450K4
CB450K3
CB450K7
CL350K2
CB350K2
XL250
CB350K3
CL350K3
CB350K4
CL350K4
SL350K2
CB350
SL350K1
CL350
CL450K5
CL450K3
CL450K6
CL450K4
CL450K2
CL450
CL125S1
CB125S2
MT125K1
MT125 - 1976 ELSINORE
MT125
SL100K2
SL100K1
SL100K3
SL100
SL90
SL125

Honda ATV Models with no year ATC90K2 / Cables / Control Levers
Honda ATV Models with no year ATC90 / Cables / Control Levers
Honda ATV Models with no year ATC90K1 / Cables / Control Levers

[KiowaEagle_imp]

Gee, Ferret, that statement might require some further thought. I recently watched a French series called The Forest on Netflix. One of the characters was a teacher who rode a green CB250 which was of an era to be fitted with RLETs I meant to start a thread on it titled "RLETs on the screen".

.

Back in the day they were standard fare on most Hondas. Why then should we have a monopoly on them? Unless, of course, it is that you can rightly claim credit for having caused an RLET renaissance.

That RLET looks, ... rather big.

That RLET looks, ... rather big.
And she looks po'd. Could it be because she has those older, longer rlet's (LRLET) and she spies a bike with sleek newer ones?

[the Ferret]

jealousy ..pure jealousy

[Charlie Bravo_imp]

old = no (although it's a possibility") ... CB Mellow = YES!

Hey, I like that! From now on, when someone asks me, "How are you?" I can reply, "I am CB Mellow, thanks." This might be a new state of being, a type of stability. Kind of like:
I RIDE, THEREFORE, I AM or
I SAIL, THEREFORE, I AM

[the Ferret]

yep, it's a Zen thing.

[treedoc_imp]

It's strange that whatever car or truck we're driving, maybe the same one for 200K miles, we get in it and drive it, and rarely do we do anything about what we don't like about it - we just get comfortable with it.

But we get on our bike, and the mirror is too short or too big so we change it. Or the handle bars are too low/too high, so we change it. The exhaust doesn't look or sound right, so we change it. Or there's too much wind, or we need to carry stuff, or.....

So we personalize it, and can see and feel the difference immediately, a source of great satisfaction. We like our cars, but we LOVE our bikes!

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And as far as the bike slowing me down, no, it was the opposite.
I slowed down, and the bike accommodated me.

Not me. I've heavily modified just about every car I've ever owned.

Camshafts, ecu tuning, headers, high flow cats and exhaust, ported cyl heads, modified intake manifolds, bored out several throttle bodies, sway bars, mechanical differentials, you name it... even the occasional completely different engine install, made an automatic into a stick shift, converted drum brakes into disc with factory ABS install.

Not me. I've heavily modified just about every car I've ever owned.

Camshafts, ecu tuning, headers, high flow cats and exhaust, ported cyl heads, modified intake manifolds, bored out several throttle bodies, sway bars, mechanical differentials, you name it... even the occasional completely different engine install, made an automatic into a stick shift, converted drum brakes into disc with factory ABS install.
I'm getting the impression that you've rarely been satisfied with pretty much every vehicle you've ever purchased, be it one with two wheels or four. I've got no problem with that and it helps me understand how you have such a hard time accepting the fact that others can be perfectly happy with a motorcycle like the CB1100 just the way it came from the factory even though many are.

You might feel that the changes you made are quantifiable improvements, but to expect everyone to agree with you is totally unrealistic (trust me, nobody is ever going to get a consensus on one seat being superior to another). Furthermore, when it comes to cars and motorcycles for many it is the subjective things that far outweigh the rest. My hunch is that despite your many modifications there are some who own stock CB1100's out there that are even happier with their own motorcycles than you are with yours. The working phrase here is to each their own.

I find your response to be quite hostile.

It's strange that whatever car or truck we're driving, maybe the same one for 200K miles, we get in it and drive it, and rarely do we do anything about what we don't like about it - we just get comfortable with it.

But we get on our bike, and the mirror is too short or too big so we change it. Or the handle bars are too low/too high, so we change it. The exhaust doesn't look or sound right, so we change it. Or there's too much wind, or we need to carry stuff, or.....

So we personalize it, and can see and feel the difference immediately, a source of great satisfaction. We like our cars, but we LOVE our bikes!

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And as far as the bike slowing me down, no, it was the opposite.
I slowed down, and the bike accommodated me.

Not me. I've heavily modified just about every car I've ever owned.

Camshafts, ecu tuning, headers, high flow cats and exhaust, ported cyl heads, modified intake manifolds, bored out several throttle bodies, sway bars, mechanical differentials, you name it... even the occasional completely different engine install, made an automatic into a stick shift, converted drum brakes into disc with factory ABS install.

Not me. I've heavily modified just about every car I've ever owned.

Camshafts, ecu tuning, headers, high flow cats and exhaust, ported cyl heads, modified intake manifolds, bored out several throttle bodies, sway bars, mechanical differentials, you name it... even the occasional completely different engine install, made an automatic into a stick shift, converted drum brakes into disc with factory ABS install.
I'm getting the impression that you've rarely been satisfied with pretty much every vehicle you've ever purchased, be it one with two wheels or four. I've got no problem with that and it helps me understand how you have such a hard time accepting the fact that others can be perfectly happy with a motorcycle like the CB1100 just the way it came from the factory even though many are.

You might feel that the changes you made are quantifiable improvements, but to expect everyone to agree with you is totally unrealistic (trust me, nobody is ever going to get a consensus on one seat being superior to another). Furthermore, when it comes to cars and motorcycles for many it is the subjective things that far outweigh the rest. My hunch is that despite your many modifications there are some who own stock CB1100's out there that are even happier with their own motorcycles than you are with yours. The working phrase here is to each their own.

I never said that or anything remotely close to that.

A person can live however they want, drive whatever they like, ride whatever they want.

Doesn't mean there isn't a better way if they want it.

I look at things and see ways they can be better. Others take what they are given.

But hey- much of that is true for everything- your spouse, the job you go to, the car you drive, the house you live in, the food you eat.

I find your response to be quite hostile.

It's strange that whatever car or truck we're driving, maybe the same one for 200K miles, we get in it and drive it, and rarely do we do anything about what we don't like about it - we just get comfortable with it.

But we get on our bike, and the mirror is too short or too big so we change it. Or the handle bars are too low/too high, so we change it. The exhaust doesn't look or sound right, so we change it. Or there's too much wind, or we need to carry stuff, or.....

So we personalize it, and can see and feel the difference immediately, a source of great satisfaction. We like our cars, but we LOVE our bikes!

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
And as far as the bike slowing me down, no, it was the opposite.
I slowed down, and the bike accommodated me.

Not me. I've heavily modified just about every car I've ever owned.

Camshafts, ecu tuning, headers, high flow cats and exhaust, ported cyl heads, modified intake manifolds, bored out several throttle bodies, sway bars, mechanical differentials, you name it... even the occasional completely different engine install, made an automatic into a stick shift, converted drum brakes into disc with factory ABS install.

Not me. I've heavily modified just about every car I've ever owned.

Camshafts, ecu tuning, headers, high flow cats and exhaust, ported cyl heads, modified intake manifolds, bored out several throttle bodies, sway bars, mechanical differentials, you name it... even the occasional completely different engine install, made an automatic into a stick shift, converted drum brakes into disc with factory ABS install.
I'm getting the impression that you've rarely been satisfied with pretty much every vehicle you've ever purchased, be it one with two wheels or four. I've got no problem with that and it helps me understand how you have such a hard time accepting the fact that others can be perfectly happy with a motorcycle like the CB1100 just the way it came from the factory even though many are.

You might feel that the changes you made are quantifiable improvements, but to expect everyone to agree with you is totally unrealistic (trust me, nobody is ever going to get a consensus on one seat being superior to another). Furthermore, when it comes to cars and motorcycles for many it is the subjective things that far outweigh the rest. My hunch is that despite your many modifications there are some who own stock CB1100's out there that are even happier with their own motorcycles than you are with yours. The working phrase here is to each their own.

I never said that or anything remotely close to that.

A person can live however they want, drive whatever they like, ride whatever they want.

Doesn't mean there isn't a better way if they want it.

I look at things and see ways they can be better. Others take what they are given.

But hey- much of that is true for everything- your spouse, the job you go to, the car you drive, the house you live in, the food you eat.

Im intrigued.. how did you improve your spouse?

[Guth_imp]

It's strange that whatever car or truck we're driving, maybe the same one for 200K miles, we get in it and drive it, and rarely do we do anything about what we don't like about it - we just get comfortable with it.

But we get on our bike, and the mirror is too short or too big so we change it. Or the handle bars are too low/too high, so we change it. The exhaust doesn't look or sound right, so we change it. Or there's too much wind, or we need to carry stuff, or.....

So we personalize it, and can see and feel the difference immediately, a source of great satisfaction. We like our cars, but we LOVE our bikes!

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
And as far as the bike slowing me down, no, it was the opposite.
I slowed down, and the bike accommodated me.

Not me. I've heavily modified just about every car I've ever owned.

Camshafts, ecu tuning, headers, high flow cats and exhaust, ported cyl heads, modified intake manifolds, bored out several throttle bodies, sway bars, mechanical differentials, you name it... even the occasional completely different engine install, made an automatic into a stick shift, converted drum brakes into disc with factory ABS install.

Not me. I've heavily modified just about every car I've ever owned.

Camshafts, ecu tuning, headers, high flow cats and exhaust, ported cyl heads, modified intake manifolds, bored out several throttle bodies, sway bars, mechanical differentials, you name it... even the occasional completely different engine install, made an automatic into a stick shift, converted drum brakes into disc with factory ABS install.
I'm getting the impression that you've rarely been satisfied with pretty much every vehicle you've ever purchased, be it one with two wheels or four. I've got no problem with that and it helps me understand how you have such a hard time accepting the fact that others can be perfectly happy with a motorcycle like the CB1100 just the way it came from the factory even though many are.

You might feel that the changes you made are quantifiable improvements, but to expect everyone to agree with you is totally unrealistic (trust me, nobody is ever going to get a consensus on one seat being superior to another). Furthermore, when it comes to cars and motorcycles for many it is the subjective things that far outweigh the rest. My hunch is that despite your many modifications there are some who own stock CB1100's out there that are even happier with their own motorcycles than you are with yours. The working phrase here is to each their own.

I find your response to be quite hostile.

It's strange that whatever car or truck we're driving, maybe the same one for 200K miles, we get in it and drive it, and rarely do we do anything about what we don't like about it - we just get comfortable with it.

But we get on our bike, and the mirror is too short or too big so we change it. Or the handle bars are too low/too high, so we change it. The exhaust doesn't look or sound right, so we change it. Or there's too much wind, or we need to carry stuff, or.....

So we personalize it, and can see and feel the difference immediately, a source of great satisfaction. We like our cars, but we LOVE our bikes!

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
And as far as the bike slowing me down, no, it was the opposite.
I slowed down, and the bike accommodated me.

Not me. I've heavily modified just about every car I've ever owned.

Camshafts, ecu tuning, headers, high flow cats and exhaust, ported cyl heads, modified intake manifolds, bored out several throttle bodies, sway bars, mechanical differentials, you name it... even the occasional completely different engine install, made an automatic into a stick shift, converted drum brakes into disc with factory ABS install.

Not me. I've heavily modified just about every car I've ever owned.

Camshafts, ecu tuning, headers, high flow cats and exhaust, ported cyl heads, modified intake manifolds, bored out several throttle bodies, sway bars, mechanical differentials, you name it... even the occasional completely different engine install, made an automatic into a stick shift, converted drum brakes into disc with factory ABS install.
I'm getting the impression that you've rarely been satisfied with pretty much every vehicle you've ever purchased, be it one with two wheels or four. I've got no problem with that and it helps me understand how you have such a hard time accepting the fact that others can be perfectly happy with a motorcycle like the CB1100 just the way it came from the factory even though many are.

You might feel that the changes you made are quantifiable improvements, but to expect everyone to agree with you is totally unrealistic (trust me, nobody is ever going to get a consensus on one seat being superior to another). Furthermore, when it comes to cars and motorcycles for many it is the subjective things that far outweigh the rest. My hunch is that despite your many modifications there are some who own stock CB1100's out there that are even happier with their own motorcycles than you are with yours. The working phrase here is to each their own.

I never said that or anything remotely close to that.

A person can live however they want, drive whatever they like, ride whatever they want.

Doesn't mean there isn't a better way if they want it.

I look at things and see ways they can be better. Others take what they are given.

But hey- much of that is true for everything- your spouse, the job you go to, the car you drive, the house you live in, the food you eat.

I'm sorry that you feel that way. Hostile is not what I was going for. I'll admit that your responses in this thread irritate me as you tend to use absolutes. While you are entitled to your opinions, you can't expect everyone to agree with them. I simply don't accept that your modifications are universally valid.