I was stationed in the Philippines in 1970/71 and a shipmate had a brand new Honda CB350. At the time, that was a lot of motorcycle and I recall it being pretty darn quick.
I took Da Ninj for a ride today. One route I take has a full stop followed by a right turn onto US-1 that immediately drops down over a pretty significant hill. It's one of my favorite places to whack the throttle open and speed-shift through the gears. On the FJ, that means triple digit speeds about 2/3rds of the way down the hill.
I did that on Da Ninj today and by the bottom of the hill (say an extra 100-ish yards) danged if IT wasn't registering triple digits. I haven't tried it on flat ground (oh, trust me, I WILL at some point) but I must say I find an honest 100mph on a 400 pretty impressive.
So, to my question: Was the CB350 capable of that in the 70's?
I took Da Ninj for a ride today. One route I take has a full stop followed by a right turn onto US-1 that immediately drops down over a pretty significant hill. It's one of my favorite places to whack the throttle open and speed-shift through the gears. On the FJ, that means triple digit speeds about 2/3rds of the way down the hill.
I did that on Da Ninj today and by the bottom of the hill (say an extra 100-ish yards) danged if IT wasn't registering triple digits. I haven't tried it on flat ground (oh, trust me, I WILL at some point) but I must say I find an honest 100mph on a 400 pretty impressive.
So, to my question: Was the CB350 capable of that in the 70's?