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Honda CB 550SC Nighthawk 1982- Found in Honda |
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Make: Honda Model: CB 550SC Nighthawk Year: 1982- Engine: Air cooled, transverse four cylinder, four stroke, SOHC, 2 valves per cylinder. Capacity: 572 Bore: 60 x 50.6 mm Compression: 9.5:1 Induction: 4x 30mm Keihin CV Starter: Transistorized Power: 64 hp @ 9500 rpm Torque: 36 ft-lb @ 8000 rpm Transmission: 5 Speed Front suspension: Telescopic fork. 160mm wheel travel. Rear suspension: Swing arm, 104mm wheel travel. Front brake: Single 320mm disc Rear brake: 160mm Drum Front tyre: 100/90 -19 Rear tyre: 130/90 -16 Dry weight: Fuel capacity: 16 Litres |
| Everybody likes power, whether they prefer their handlebars wide and tall or narrow and low, and some of the biggest skirmishes in the horsepower war are being fought in the 550 class. Which introduces the Nighthawk 550, Honda's horsepower entry in the non low-bar 550 market, a bike with cruiser styling and high performance. There's no mistaking the styling-there's chrome everywhere, a short chrome front fender on long, leading-axle forks: chrome headlight, carburetor caps, rear shocks, turn signals, instrument covers, and pullback handlebars: chrome exhaust with rakish, diagonal-cut mufflers. What isn't chrome is likely to be polished aluminum, like the headlight mounts, the instrument panel, the grab bar outlining the stepped seat, the cam cover, the fork sliders, the footpeg bases, the rear footpeg-and-muffler hangers, the engine covers. If there's still any doubt, it's displaced by the tiny teardrop gas tank, the stubby tail section, the cut-back sidecovers and the fat, 16-in. | |
