Grif The CBR1000F models after the FJ were 98 bhp restricted. I am pretty sure the FJ was the last full power version. Some stupid European restriction rules that came in. I know some were producing less than 98 BHP and were as low as 90 ish. Then I believe they were unrestricted right before they ceased production, but unsure. I think if yours could only do 130, then it must have been restricted…especially if 130 wasn’t a hard stop e.g. accelerating strongly to 130 and then nothing….at 130 I would have still been in 4th with 2 to go.
I rode a restricted one that a mate had, felt like a completely different engine. Mine was speed limited, I think it was160, I got mine with only 500 miles on when purchased it. It would pull quite strongly all the way to 160 mph and then just stop..(electronically limited). I only tried it once…on a track of course 😉
Because the restrictions were on the ports, not the carbs, it seriously affected the breathing of the engine and the way it responded right through the rev range. e.g. in 2 and 3rd, if you twisted the throttle hard, the bloody thing used to go bananas….you would be doing 100mph in 3rd before you knew it. I remember the Fireblades were very quick, but people had trouble keeping the front wheel on the ground…in the twisties of course, the fireblades were excellent, whereas mine was very heavy ridden hard, and a little frightening. long time ago now.
I always fancied getting a more lightweight bike like the R1 I think it was.
P.S. When younger I listed after the K750 triple H2 2 stroke <lol> and before that the Yamaha LC250 and the legendary Z900
P.P.S. All these machines were old of course and of their day…1988 was a long time ago.
