The Gen 3 is coming , late this year we will get announcements on 2019 models , and that is when the beast info will be freed . The EU 4 has indeed killed the Gen 2 , because there was a big article I thought we all read , it was posted on here recently wasn't it ?? , covering all about our beloved not making the new emissions . The EU is a big market isn't it ??, anyway , who cares . If anyone still hasn't got a Gen 2 that still wants one by 2019 , well there should be heaps on every continent still sitting in showrooms , so no worries there . The new Gen 3 IS COMING , just hang in there for a bit longer .
Now getting onto the CBX running 11.5 , well I see nothing unbelievable or outrages there , would be interested to know the mph involved though .
Where I live , we are at sea level , basically , so a mates 1980 GSX1100E , called GS1100 in US I believe , ran 10.8 best , but consistently sub 11 at close to 120 mph , this was 1983/84 latest . That was stock , but with a megacycle 4-1 exhaust . Another mate had a Kawasaki z650 about that time , kitted 717cc and forget what else , 11.4 @ 115 mph . That bike was bought by my mate from a well known racer at the time , and that bike was a streetbike giant killer . Both standard wheelbase and height , cycles . Jump ahead to 1990 , another old mate had a new standard '90 GSXR1100L , ran 10.36@138mph unmolested , complete with twin muffler stock exhaust . Those were good old days , and memories .
