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Honda CB-1 400 1989 Found in Honda |
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Make: Honda Model: CB-1 400 Year: 1989 Engine: Liquid cooled, four stroke, Transverse four cylinder, DOHC, 4 valves per cylinder. Capacity: 399 Bore: 55 x 42 mm Compression: 11.3:1 Induction: 2x 30mm Keihin CV Starter: CDI Power: 55.2 hp @ 10000 rpm Torque: 29 ft-lb @ 9500 rpm Transmission: 6 Speed Front suspension: 41mm Telescopic forks Rear suspension: Pro-link monoshock Front brake: Single 310mm disc 2 piston caliper Rear brake: Single 240mm disc 1 piston caliper Front tyre: 110/70-17 Rear tyre: 140/60-17 Dry weight: 183 kg Fuel capacity: 13 Litres |
| Going to California is a bit like stepping into the future, especially when it comes to recreation. Whether it's jogging, piloting skateboards or working-out with Jane Fonda (or the use of more adventurous toys like crack and semi-automatic rifles), the Yanks always seem to be a year or two ahead of the game. To that list you can add the Honda CB-1. Unlike the Americans, we Brits can't yet buy Honda's latest reinvention of the 400cc straight four. But with the EEC's beaurocratic rodents gnawing their way ever-closer to their 1992 vision of a 4(K)cc/47bhp limit for newly-qualified riders, bikes like the CB-1 are about to become very small news in Europe too. In fact the Honda's watercooled 16-valve motor, a slightly detuned version of the unit in the race-rep CBR4(K)()RR seen only in Japan, is, at 55bhp, still eight ponies too powerful for the likely new legislation. The difference could easily be reduced, though, with a few horsepower "lost in the transmission", to leave the CB-1 as | |
