Aha moment

[Southwend]

So I was finishing a nice ride this afternoon. But wait, first you need to know that every bike I have owned or ridden before the CB was a dirt bike or a Bonnieville,Thruxton, Sportster. Mr. two jug, that's me. So this is my first anything of its kind, the CB. So I have been thinking that nice as it is it is a bit well anemic in the go department.
Back to the story, I am exiting a big curving ramp with no acceleration lane to speak of, way down in second up in the RPM a bit, a car is squeezing me so as at the top of the exit I twist the throttle....hard......in second gear.......I immediately said the name of my favorite Chinese food place Ho Lee Chit!!!!!! Soooo this is where the power hides in big four cylinders engines! Oh yeah this puts a whole new light on the thing doesn't it.
525 mile, 17 days in and easily the nicest thing I have ever ridden.

[Pterodactyl_imp]

Ya got it. "HO, you can go to the top of the class". There is a good squeeze of torque available even with the modest top end HP.

Cheers

[the Ferret]

The Chinese thing was funny. The awesome thing about a liter inline 4 is there is usable power EVERYWHERE! You can ride around all day under 4000 rpms and lug it down in top gear to 30 mph and just twist the throttle and pull smoothly out of it, or you can rev it over 4500 rpms and stretch your arms a bit and make the scenery blur past in a hurry. All depends on your right wrist.

[Southwend]

It is all new to me. It was definitely a motor roaring arm stretching sphincter tightening moment. I was beginning to think that she didn't have it in her. The restaurant thing is a direct quote BTW from inside the full face.

[ChipBeck_imp]

South,

Consider this, the Porsche 911 Turbo is one of the hardest accelerating cars that can be purchased today. It is considered a ferociously fast car and it blows passengers away when they experience it's maximum acceleration. The 0-60 and quarter mile times for that $185,000 Porsche are almost identical to the times for the CB1100. Both go 0-60 in 3.3 seconds and run the quarter in about 11.5 seconds.

The CB1100 is Supercar fast, but it's not Superbike fast. Cheers.

Chip

[rboe]

Ya, in the higher rpm range there is some serious go juice. Not like a sport bike, but enough to let you know she has a dark side to explore if you are so inclined.

[Rebel73_imp]

Just to put things in perspective, here is a quote from Cheatsheet.com about the CBR S 1000 RR:

"Honda CBR S 1000 RR ($13,999)
This superbike packs a 999cc liquid-cooled, four-cylinder engine that provides a maximum 170 hp for blasting out of stoplights. Capable of going 0-60 in 3 seconds, the CBR S 1000 RR is indeed a lethal weapon on the streets of any city or town."

Now, that bike, which IS considered a superbike, does the 0-60 in 3 seconds flat. That's only three tenths of a second faster than the CB1100. Can anyone really call the CB1100 a slouch?

Granted, that bike has a crazy top end of like 180mph+, but in the real world, or even on a track for that matter, who would ever touch that? Unless you plan on taking your bike to the Salt Flats on a regular basis, I don't see it happening.

So in practical reality, the CB1100 is really a fantastic motorcycle.

[Pauley]

Well said, Rebel.


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[KennyB_imp]

No disagreement here, just for the sake of discussion, do you realize that the the theoretical difference by the numbers between a bike accelerating to 60 mph in 3 seconds vs. 3.3 seconds is about 5 or 6 bike lengths?

[Rebel73_imp]

No disagreement here, just for the sake of discussion, do you realize that the the theoretical difference by the numbers between a bike accelerating to 60 mph in 3 seconds vs. 3.3 seconds is about 5 or 6 bike lengths?

Yes, I am aware that, but by the same argument, the Hayabusa does 0-60 in 2.5s.

Does that make the CBR slow? It's all relative.