Charting the changes in the Gold Wing's evolution takes a
careful
eye. While a few changes have been sudden and obvious, most
are
harder to spot. The following guide makes it easier to tell one
year
and model from another using key sp...
Mass Centralization
One of the central concepts that drove development of the
CBR600RR
and the RC211V is mass centralization; that is, concentrating the
component masses as close to the motorcycle's center as
possible.
When a r...
With an incomparable 40 race wins and five championships
in the
600 Supersport class, Team Honda's Miguel Duhamel knows
middleweight
sport bikes better than anyone else on the planet. So when
Miguel sat
down to give us his impressions...
At only 46 years of age, Hiroyuki Ito, Large Project Leader on
the
new CBR600RR, has already banked more than a
quarter-century of
experience working on a wide variety of Honda motorcycle
projects,
including the all-new CBR. His resum...
Honda's first CBR600 was a breakthrough machine in a
number of
ways. To start, its unique full bodywork allowed designers to
forego
the usual engine and frame cosmetics, and instead devote
development
dollars to pure performance. The ...
The blink of an eye takes about one-quarter of a second, or
250
milliseconds. At 15,000 rpm, each intake and exhaust valve of
Honda's
CBR600RR opens and closes 125 times a second, or 8
milliseconds. That
means the valves will open and...
Honda's RC211V gave Repsol Honda rider Valentino Rossi
a distinct
edge over the competition, an edge he used to win the 2002
MotoGP
world championship. There was one particular advantage,
though, he
used to devastating effect: The abi...
Honda's Hurricane 600 makes its debut the same year the
AMA
introduces the 600 SuperSport class. The two make a perfect
match,
with Honda's newly minted 600 sweeping to victory in all nine
races.
DOUG POLEN, the 600 SuperSport class' ...
Honda® invented the transverse inline-four motorcycle concept
with the CB750K0, and forged the very foundation of motorcycling for
generations to come. The mighty CB750K0 and all-new CBR®1000RR
serve as technological bookends ...
Steering dampers are not new to the motorcycling scene. For
decades, riders have resorted to using steering dampers, most often
for extreme-use high-speed racing conditions in off-road competition
as well as road racing. Regardless of...
The CBR®1000RR boasts a truly world-class powerplant, an all-new
liquid-cooled 998cc inline four-cylinder engine carefully designed to
also enhance handling. Begin by comparing the overall silhouette of
the new 1000 and the CBR954...
Look at the CBR®1000RR chassis and see Honda's hard-earned
knowledge gained in the ferocious MotoGP wars. This all-new chassis
incorporates the engine as an integral frame member, for example, and
larger items such as the fuel tan...
Consider this: Unlike the majority of new-model motorcycles, the
lineage of the 2004 Honda® CBR®1000RR doesn't really reach into
the past. True, Honda has crafted many other large-displacement
transverse inline four-cylinder m...
The 2004 season witnessed the introduction of a truly innovative machine: Honda's CBR®1000RR. The big RR represented a landmark break from past sport bikes; rather than following in lockstep with its predecessors, it instead drew fro...
Tracing its lineage through eight generations of CBR600s in 20 years of production, the 2007 CBR600RR stands at the pinnacle of the best-selling middleweight sportbikes in the world.
1987 Hurricane 600
Honda's first CBR600 was a breakt...
For 2007, Honda puts innovative performance within the grasp of every sport rider with the groundbreaking new CBR600RR, a machine that vaporizes established boundaries in the 600cc class and creates performance standards heretofore unkno...
Whenever motorcyclists gather for a session of bench-racing, comments aimed toward big-bore sportbikes often carry a bit of arm's-length awe: these are potent, high-powered machines and not for the faint of heart. However, such tales hav...
Honda today confirmed that the revolutionary RC213V-S is to be sold as a premium 2016 model, with a limited number set to be made available to U.S. customers.
Today at the AIMExpo show in Orlando, Florida, Honda presented most of its 2016 CBR lineup, with the aggressively restyled CBR500R making its world debut.
Reflecting the growing popularity of the adventure-touring segment, American Honda announced today that the innovative VFR1200X is coming to the U.S. for the 2016 model year.
American Honda announced today that the legendary CBR1000RR SP has undergone a major overhaul for the 2017 model year, with a 33 lb. weight reduction and 10 horsepower increase resulting in a 14% improvement in power-to-weight ratio.