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I thought the same Steve.

I find the rev counter pretty amazing, what would this bike realistically rev too? On that suject what do our standard C95/CA95's rev too comfortably?

Steve

Hi Sam
The absence of any history in the description got me speculating. You too? It would be interesting to know it's story.

Foamy wrote:I find the rev counter pretty amazing, what would this bike realistically rev too? On that suject what do our standard C95/CA95's rev too comfortably?

Steve

Steve, both models will rev to between 12 and 13,000 in the lower gears depending on weight of rider and wind conditions.
In top gear, you would be lucky if you saw 9,000 on the CA and 9,500 on the CB.
Taking the CA beyond 10,000 and the CB beyond 10,500 in the lower gears is just asking for premature failure of the motor...ask me how I know.

Sam.

Steverinomeiste wrote:Hi Sam
The absence of any history in the description got me speculating. You too? It would be interesting to know it's story.

Steve, even without any history, the provenance of the R speaks volumes.
Of the 1,017 CB92s sold in the USA only 416 had the R prefix. The R was only sold in the States.

Sam.

This rev capability is very interesting. When I needed a good crankshaft assembly for my CA95 I spent months searching without luck. With assurances from my friends here that a CB92 was compatable with the CA95 I started searching for one of those and eventually bought one from a CB92 racer/collector in England. It wasn't all that expensive, especially after months and months of searching. My question is, these crankshaft assemblies really look similiar to each other, is the 92 balanced to a finer degree than the 95? Have I affected the rev cap on my CA95. Sorry for all these questions, but since I have the chance to ask an expert...

Steverinomeiste wrote:This rev capability is very interesting. When I needed a good crankshaft assembly for my CA95 I spent months searching without luck. With assurances from my friends here that a CB92 was compatable with the CA95 I started searching for one of those and eventually bought one from a CB92 racer/collector in England. It wasn't all that expensive, especially after months and months of searching. My question is, these crankshaft assemblies really look similiar to each other, is the 92 balanced to a finer degree than the 95? Have I affected the rev cap on my CA95. Sorry for all these questions, but since I have the chance to ask an expert...

Steve, it's the same crank. There are only 8 components that are different.
The gear and kick start shafts are longer and the outer covers that they come through. (4) The head has bigger fins and the block is a different casting plus the piston assemblies (3) The lower crankcase on the CA has a lug on it, machine it off and it fits the CB. (1)

Sam.

I've just received a bit of news from a mate.
I told him about the CB92R and posted the link to it.
He got back to me and thinks it is a fake.
He claims that Honda stamped the numbers into the frame using a block stamp and the letters and number should all be in line at the same height, not up and down as they are on this frame.

Sam.

Fair comment, it is pretty strange to have the numbers stamped all over the place like something on a students metalshop project. Not at all as you would expect from the Japanese seeng as presentation and neatness is everything to them.

Need to be up early in the morning to see the end of bidding on this bike.
Tomorrow is a holiday in the UK and I'm off racing so getting up won't be a problem.

About to go to bed and it has crept up to $9,988.88, what's the betting that it goes between my prediction ?

Sam.

My money is on you Sam, after all it is why you are "The Man".

thats nothing to do with me, I think Ryan our illustrious Administrator did it, it used to have moderator there.

price has not gone up in the last 6 hours, anyboy watching ?

Sam.

10 mins to go and not moved, will I be proved wrong.

I have something in reserve if it goes baserk in the last few seconds.

Sam.

$10,209 last bid. I only just scraped in

Off racing, see ya tonight.

Sam.