Huh?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2439636641&category=9806

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2439636641&category=9806

Bloody finger trouble. Years of filling in dialogs have induced a Pavlovian
reflex to use Ctrl-Enter to force a new line. Trouble is, in Out***k in
sends the post straight off.

My point is that this ad is for a mangy Honda 1000 with a '10-speed
gearbox'. WTF is that all about?

 

Bugger it! I'm obviously on the wrong planet. A place where punctuation
and spelling haven't been discovered yet.

Roger.

 

Using the patented Mavis Bacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Triffid

1st, Neutral, 2nd, Neutral, 3rd, Neutral, 4th, Neutral, 5th, Neutral.

I've had bikes like that too...

 

It's a normal 16V inline four Honda 900 with a 5-speed box with a
2-speed external subtransmission grafted on, that brings the power from
the LHS of the engine to the RHS and back to the 'diff'. Common to the
CB900C/CB1000C '80-82/83.

It was Honda's method of adapting their 16 valve inline four from
chain to shaft drive so they could use the same final drive unit as
the GL1100. It results in a long wheelbase with a short driveshaft,
neither characteristic helps the handling any.

 

I seem to recall some US Hondas had a City/Highway gear selector as well
as the 5 speed box (ie 5 city gears and 5 highway ones) so perhaps thats
what they're talking about.

--
Steve Parry

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

http://wrexhamseals.tripod.com

 

Triffid tried to scribble ...

It's a US spec bike with a transfer box similar to my Landrovers ... Heheheh
.... that has a high and low ratio, making ten gears in all .. ISTR it was
marketed as a city or town and country box ..

Pile of bollocks if you ask me though ...

 

6 forward gears and 4 reverse.

 

Cheers all.

I had this image in my mind of technology coming full circle, with CB thous
having deraileur gears like my bicycle.

 

All it needs is a front prop shaft & leaking swivel pin housings!

Regards,

Simonm.

 

Do you think it comes with that miniature german shepherd stunt-rider?

 

Triffid on %Date at %Group uttered these words of wisdom:

5 speed engine and 5 speed pushing - can't you count...