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Honda CB 1300 2005 Found in Honda |
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Make: Honda Model: CB 1300 Year: 2005 Engine: Liquid cooled, four stroke, Transverse four cylinder, DOHC, 4 valve per cylinder Capacity: 1284 Bore: 78 x 67.2 mm Compression: 9.6 1 Induction: PGM-FI fuel injection with 4 x 36mm throttle bodies Starter: - Power: 114 hp @ 7500 rpm Torque: 1117 Nm @ 6000 rpm Transmission: 5 Speed Front suspension: 43mm cartridge style forks Rear suspension: Twin shocks with adjustable spring preload Front brake: 2x 310mm discs 4 piston calipers with ABS Rear brake: Single 256mm Front tyre: 120/70 ZR17 Rear tyre: 190/55 ZR17 Dry weight: Fuel capacity: 21 Litres |
| OK, I'll admit it: I am an old git. Thing is, I can remember when all big bikes were like this Honda CB1300. Four cylinders, no weather protection, flat handlebars, nice comfy saddle for two grown adults and a proper sized petrol tank. Of course a big engine back in the funkadelic 1970s was 750cc and even a Honda CB750's puny 70bhp could send its feeble chassis into a Max Wall style, comedy wandering gait, at the merest hint of a bumpy corner. This CB1300 Honda however is an entirely different beast. For one thing, it handles well, plus it has about 40bhp more, which is enough to propel the CB1300 beyond the far side of sanity to something like 140mph. Progress doesn't end there either. The engine is now a slick, almost silent running at tickover, water-cooled, fuel-injected masterpiece of all round engineering. In fact, I found the engine curiously anodyne, bland even, despite it having the sort of lowdown punch that many a Ducati owner can only dream about. Yep, the CB1300 four | |
