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Hey Skooter, tell me how I make a link to read just a word or 2 instead of the whole URL again, would you please? I never remember how.....

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Well, my NightHawk was an '84 model. That means it was heavier than a modern Hornet, was shaft driven (less efficient), and yes, it was probably a bit tired (although it ran like a champ). I could get it to 80mph with some effort, but 100mph was pretty much outta the question.

ZooTech wrote:Well, my NightHawk was an '84 model. That means it was heavier than a modern Hornet, was shaft driven (less efficient), and yes, it was probably a bit tired (although it ran like a champ). I could get it to 80mph with some effort, but 100mph was pretty much outta the question.

Yep, it was sick. I saw an indicated 210km/hr on my very-twitchy 650 Nighthawk back in '86. Figure in speedo error and it was likely pushing 120mph. Probably the worst bike ever to "see what it would do", but I was 16 and immortal........lucky for me!

ZooTech wrote:Well, my NightHawk was an '84 model. That means it was heavier than a modern Hornet, was shaft driven (less efficient), and yes, it was probably a bit tired (although it ran like a champ). I could get it to 80mph with some effort, but 100mph was pretty much outta the question.

I've pulled up to about 170kmh which is... like 105mph. At that point I started lifting off the seat! So I figued I should slow down, or get a windscreen. Getting a windscreen and installing it at the time was not an option, so I slowed back down.

Bike was really stable at that speed though.

I have had my CX up to about 95 (speedo only reads to 85, guesstimate via RPM) once. That was pretty much as fast as it would go, the engine just didn't have any more pull to get above that, the bike was pretty stable which suprised me for a 26 year old bike. It will maintain 80 with no trouble and has no trouble getting up to 85 on level ground (80 is tops going uphill)

ZooTech wrote:Well, my NightHawk was an '84 model. That means it was heavier than a modern Hornet, was shaft driven (less efficient), and yes, it was probably a bit tired (although it ran like a champ). I could get it to 80mph with some effort, but 100mph was pretty much outta the question.

I'd have to vote "tired". A mid 80s Nighthawk S should have been able to top 80mph in third gear, a few hundred rpm below redline. On the dyno, most Nighthawks of that era put out around 70 hp at the rear wheel. Just about the same as the CB750s that came before and after it. Mine is from the '91-'03 era and it showed 68 rwhp on the dyno. That's more than enough to bust 100 mph without breaking a sweat. It tops at 128 mph (GPS speed. Speedo said 135) in top gear, well below redline. Top gear is too tall to push it faster (not like I'd actually want to go faster on that particular bike )