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At the 1978 IFMA in Cologne the new CB 750 was presented as the successor to the CB 750 four for Europe and available for sale later that year. With a new DOHC engine design and numerous other new features it was presented as "what happens when you keep winning races". [4]
Honda responded in the summer of 1991 with the RC38 Nighthawk 750, which was marketed in both North America and Japan, though for the latter only for a single year as the RC39 CB750 Nighthawk. In the following year, the higher spec RC42 CB750 would debut for European and Japanese markets (in Europe it went by either CB750F2 or CB Seven-Fifty ...
Honda CB350F Honda CB50R 2004. The CB Series is an extensive line of Honda motorcycles. Most CB models are road-going motorcycles for commuting and cruising. The smaller CB models are also popular for vintage motorcycle racing. [1]
The Honda CBX sports motorcycle was manufactured by Honda from 1978 to 1982. [10] [11] With a 1047cc transverse six-cylinder engine producing 105 bhp (78 kW), it was the flagship of the Honda range. The CBX was well received by the press, but was outsold by its sibling introduced in late 1979, the Honda CB900F. [12]
In 1969 Honda introduced its flagship CB750 superbike, [12] [13] whose success led to Honda's domination of the motorcycle market. [9] Honda had been successful in European endurance racing with their RCB-series RS1000, [7] and had made advances in suspension technology from their experience in motocross, [14] and the company chose to base a new DOHC roadster on their endurance racer.
This is usually distinguished by using Honda's internal model code of RC40. One of the most expensive road motorcycles yet offered for sale, a limited number of the NR models (300 examples) were sold in 1992 with a 750 cc version of the engine, capable of developing approximately 130 PS (96 kW; 128 bhp) at 14,000 rpm in standard form.
The Honda CB550 is a 544 cc (33.2 cu in) standard motorcycle made by Honda from 1974 to 1978. It has a four-cylinder SOHC air-cooled wet sump engine. The first version, the CB550K, was a development of the earlier CB500 , and like its predecessor, had four exhaust pipes, four silencers and wire-spoked wheels.
In 1979 Honda produced a double overhead cam (DOHC) 750 cc engine developing 72 bhp @ 9000 rpm which was used in the CB750F model in the US from 1979 to 1982. The same year Honda also released the CB900F using a race-bred 901 cc DOHC engine that was a step above the CB750 with its longer stroke and hotter cams squeezing out 95 bhp @ 8500 rpm ...