Acceleration Question CB 360

mgbracer80

mgbracer80

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Hey Everyone -

I apologize in advanced if this is normal, but this is my first bike and I am unsure of what kind of reaction I should be getting when opening her all the way up. When I hit around 4th gear and open it up, the speed of the bike is not matching the sound the engine is producing. The bike seems to not be accelerating like it does from 1-3. Its almost feels like it has some kind of speed limiter on it. Any ideas? Hopefully not to of a naive question.

Thanks, Troy
 
Acceleration does drop off quite a bit after 60mph. You should be able to push it up to past 80 without too much difficult though.
 
Yes, it DOES have some sort of speed limiter on it. It's called "small engine." It definitely limits your speed. ;)

Like Sonreir said, after 60-70 mph, the acceleration tapers off and any additional speed after that will take some time to build. I once had a bone-stock CL360 up to about 94 mph (indicated.) You have to hold the throttle to the stop for quite a ways, and tuck in tight to the tank to get that kind of top speed.
 
I got the needle to bounce over the 100 mark in my 360 but it was downhill and took a little while to get there.
 
The OP may be referring to clutch slip when he says that the sounds don't match.

Troy, do the engine revs continue to rise but speed rises much more slowly? or is it something else you are describing?
 
I'd start with the easy (external) things. Adjust the clutch cable to make 110% sure that the clutch has enough free play at the pushrod. It's not hard to have play at the hand lever and have the clutch lifted slightly.

Adjust that first and re-test and if that doesn't fix it, the clutch cover will probably have to come off to see what's happening.
 
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