One fine day in rec.motorcycles, "." <RhiannonX@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Aug 20, 3:43�pm, "Anonymous" <c...@com.com> wrote:
>
>> I had an '83 V65, and I seem to recall a ~10K redline. But,
>> I don't recall the presence of a rev limiter. You were free to
>> float your own valves, and blow your own engine, back then.
>
> First Honda that had a rev limiter, SFAIK, was a 1984~1985 700cc
> Nighthawk.
>
> My friend let me ride his Nighthawk and told me about the rev limiter
> and how it shut off two spark around 11K and how it sounded like the
> valves were floating when that happened.
>
> Damned if I didn't hit the rev limiter a few times during that short
> ride on Nine Mile...
>
>

I've already run my 92 Nighthawk over the 8500 RPM redline. Ain't no
limiter on that bike.

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Uncle Vic
04 Kawasaki Nomad 1500
92 CB750 Nighthawk