Honda CB series
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One of the most extensive lines of Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...
motorcycles is the CB Series which contains many of their most revered earlier models. Many CB models are still sold as commuting
Commuting
Commuting is regular travel between one's place of residence and place of work or full time study. It sometimes refers to any regular or often repeated traveling between locations when not work related.- History :...
and cruising bikes. All CB series motorbikes have inline
Straight engine
Usually found in four- and six-cylinder configurations, the straight engine, or inline engine is an internal-combustion engine with all cylinders aligned in one row, with no offset...
engines. The smaller CB models are also popular in vintage motorcycle racing.
Honda's sport bike
Sport bike
A sport bike, also written as sportbike, is a motorcycle optimized for speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering on paved roads, typically at the expense of comfort and fuel economy in comparison to less specialized motorcycles...
s with inline engines are sold as the CBR series
Honda CBR series
The Honda CBR models are a series of sport bikes several of which are marketed as race replicas, having the suffix RR after the engine size designation. With the exception of the single cylinder CBR125 and CBR150, all CBR motorbikes have inline engines...
- CB50Honda CB50The Honda CB50, also known as the Honda Dream CB50, is a 50cc, single cylinder, four stroke, DOHC street motorcycle manufactured by Honda....
- CB90 Super Sport
- CB100 Super Sport
- CB100N also came as CB100N-A
- CB92 also known as Benly Super Sport
- CB125SHonda CB125The CB125 was a motorcycle made by Honda from 1971-1975 . It had an overhead camshaft engine with a 9500 rpm redline. It could comfortably maintain speeds of and had a top speed of around...
- CB125N
- CB125TD Superdream
- CB160 Sport
- CB175Honda CB175The CB175 was a standard motorcycle made by Honda from 1969 to 1973. It had a 174cc overhead camshaft twin-cylinder 4-stroke air-cooled engine, dual carburetors, dual exhausts, 5-speed gearbox, 12 volt electrics, kick and electric start, front and rear drum brakes, turn signals, speedometer with...
Super Sport - CB200Honda CB200The Honda CB200 is a road motorcycle produced between 1973 and 1976. It replaced the CB175 model and has very similar specifications. It has a chain driven single overhead camshaft parallel twin engine with dual carburetors and five speed gearbox. It had both an electric starter and kick starter...
- CB250 RSHonda CB250 RSThe Honda CB250RS is a 250 cc motorcycle designed for road use. It was produced until the mid-1980s. It has a four-stroke, four-valve, air-cooled, single-cylinder engine, which was built for the earlier XL250S trail bike. The RS is known for its slim build, with a dry weight of only 128 kg,...
- CB250NHonda CB250N/CB400N- CB250N :The CB250N Super Dream was made from 1979 to 1981. It uses a 249 cc engine, six-speed transmission, and was capable of .- CB400N :...
Superdream - CB250 G5Honda CB250 G5The Honda CB250 G5 is a motorcycle that was produced and sold mainly in Europe between 1974 and 1976. It had a capacity of 249cc . Produced with and very closely related to the CB360, the CB250 G5 was also a parallel twin, four stroke motorcycle.The CB250 G5 had a six-speed gearbox similar to many...
- CB72 Hawk 250
- CB250 NighthawkHonda CB250The Nighthawk 250 is a standard Honda motorcycle. It features a air-cooled parallel twin engine. First manufactured in 1982, the motorcycle has changed little except for color....
- CB250 JadeHonda CB250 JadeThe Honda CB250 Jade is an upright style version of the Honda CBR250. The CB250 Jade is the predecessor of the CB250 Hornet. The bike boasts a four-cylinder engine borrowed from a CBR250, front and rear disk brakes and a six-speed gear box. The Jade redlines at 16000 rpm, produces and has a 0-100...
- Honda CB300R
- CB77Honda CB77The Super Hawk CB77 was a twin-cylinder Honda motorcycle produced from 1961 until 1967. Honda also produced a version called the CB72 Dream Sport, while various advertisements referred to the 305 cc CB77 as the Dream Super Sport. The CB77 is also known as the Honda Super Hawk, or Honda305...
SuperHawk 305 - CB350Honda CB350The CB350 was a OHC parallel twin cylinder, four-stroke motorcycle produced by Honda for model years 1968 through 1973. Its reliable motor, coupled with dual Keihin carburetors proved to be a popular design, becoming the highest selling motorcycle in American history, with 300,000 units sold...
Super Sport - CB350FHonda CB350FThe Honda CB350F is a four-cylinder, four-stroke, 347cc motorcycle based on the larger versions of the day and was thought of as Honda's "one-up" to the other motorcycle companies. It was manufactured in Japan from 1972 to 1974. Soon after production was discontinued, it was replaced by the CB400F...
Four - CB360Honda CB360The Honda CB360 is a twin cylinder four-stroke motorcycle produced from 1974-1976. It was the successor to the CB350.Following the CB350 Twin, and providing an alternative to the CB350F and CB400F, the CB360G of 1974 was a new motorcycle...
- CB360T
- CB400Honda CB400The Honda CB400 Super Four is a continuation of the Honda CB400 four. It is an all-rounder bike, sporty and suitable for learner riders where the low weight and ease of handling can help build riding confidence and ability. ABS brakes are an option on later models...
- CB400NHonda CB250N/CB400N- CB250N :The CB250N Super Dream was made from 1979 to 1981. It uses a 249 cc engine, six-speed transmission, and was capable of .- CB400N :...
Superdream - CB400A Hawk Hondamatic
- CB400FHonda CB400FAfter introducing the four-cylinder CB750 motorcycle in 1969, Honda Motor Company followed with a string of lighter fours featuring engines as small as 350 cc , and the CB400F 408 cc Four, produced in 2 models from 1975 through 1977.For the most part, the CB400F was simply an upgraded version...
Super Sport Four - CB400Honda CB400The Honda CB400 Super Four is a continuation of the Honda CB400 four. It is an all-rounder bike, sporty and suitable for learner riders where the low weight and ease of handling can help build riding confidence and ability. ABS brakes are an option on later models...
SS - CB400SFHonda CB400SFThe Honda CB400 Super 4 is a naked bike motorcycle produced by Honda at the Kumamoto plant from 1996 to the present. It is available in Japan, South-East Asia and Australia.-References:*...
Super Four ABS - CB400F CB-1Honda CB-1The Honda CB-1 is a small and light naked sport bike with a straight-four engine, called by Cycle World "a reincarnation of the standard motorcycle ... the sort of bike everyone rode before sporting riders went replica racer crazy. The Honda model code is NC27. In contrast to all other models of...
- CB400THonda CB400TThe Honda CB400T was a twin-cylinder four-stroke motorcycle produced from 1978 to 1981. It used the same engine family as the Honda CB250N/CB400N.The motorcycle is not to be confused with the modern Honda CB400 or the four-cylinder Honda CB400F....
Hawk - CB450Honda CB450The Honda CB450 was the first "big" Honda motorcycle with a 444cc dual overhead cam engine producing 43-45 horsepower . Appearing first in the 1965 four-speed K0 model, and progressing through a series of KX models with various improvements and styling changes, notably a redesigned gas tank and 5...
K0 - K5 - CB450DX-KHonda CB450DX-KThe CB450DX or CB450N was a motorcycle produced by Moto Honda da Amazonia Ltda from 1989 to 1992.With its 450cc engine derived from the original Superdream CB400N, it proved to be a big seller in Brazil and South America where the earlier Superdreams sold well, too, due to their low running costs...
(1989–1992) - CB450SCHonda CB450SCThe Honda CB450SC was a motorcycle produced by Honda between 1982 and 1986.It was introduced in two colors; Candy Wineberry Red, and Cosmo Black Metallic. The Wing tank emblem was gold. The gas tank and side cover stripe was chrome. The front fender was chrome. It came with an 85 mph speedometer...
Nighthawk - CB450T Hawk
- CB500THonda CB500TThe Honda CB500T was sold from 1974 to 1976. The engine was a 498cc DOHC parallel twin with dual CV carburetors. The transmission was a 5-speed...
Twin (1974–1976) - CB500Honda CB500The Honda CB500 four, introduced early in the 1970s, was similarly styled to the CB750, but smaller and lighter, with an output of 48 bhp and a manufacturer's specified top speed of 102 mph. Like the earlier CB750 it sported a single front hydraulic disc brake, rear drum brake, electric...
Four - CB500Honda CB500 twinThe Honda CB500 is a naked motorcycle which was produced by Honda from 1993 to 2003. It is popular with riding schools and motorcycle couriers and is suited as a commuter bike It is raced in the United Kingdom in the Honda CB500 Cup....
DOHC Twin (1993–2004) - CB550Honda CB550The Honda CB550 is a 544 cc four-cylinder standard motorcycle made between 1974 and 1978. It is a development of the earlier Honda CB500, and like its predecessor, the original CB550K had 4 exhaust pipes and 4 silencers. The CB550K went through some minor iterations, the last being the CB550K4...
Super Sport Four - CB550SCHonda CB550SCThe Honda Nighthawk CB550SC is a motorcycle manufactured by Honda in the United States in 1983, one other version was sold in Canada in 1984. It came in two colors: Candy Presto Red and Black.-External links:*...
Nighthawk - CB550K1/2 Four
- CB550F
- CB600FHonda CB600FThe Honda CB600F is a standard motorcycle manufactured by Honda. It is powered by a liquid-cooled inline-four engine, originally a detuned version of that in the Honda CBR600 sport bike, which currently produces around...
Hornet - CB650Honda CB650The Honda CB650 is a four-cylinder middleweight motorcycle manufactured from 1979 to 1985 by Honda. The machine was succesor to the Honda CB550, which was in turn based on the Honda CB500. The CB650 had a 626 cc SOHC four-cylinder, eight-valve engine which produced @ 9,000 rpm. The...
- CB650CHonda CB650 customThe CB650 custom was a motorcycle made by Honda between 1980 and 1981.The styling features that separated the custom from the standard CB650 are:*Highlighted, black Honda ComStar wheels*4-4 exhaust pipes*Pull-back "wheelbarrow" handle bars...
Custom - CB650SCHonda CB650SCHonda marketed the CB650SC in the US from 1982–1985.In 1982 the Nighthawk replaced the Custom of the previous years and featured a re-designed tank and side covers. In 1983 a new DOHC engine replaced the SOHC engine used since 1979. The new engine had hydraulic valve lash adjusters and was...
Nighthawk - CB700SCHonda CB700SCHonda marketed the CB700SC in the US from 1984–1986, configuring the bike's specification to avoid a 1983 US tariff on motorcycles over 700 cc....
Nighthhawk 'S' - CB750Honda CB750The Honda CB750 is a motorcycle built in several model series between 1969 and 2003 and 2007 that is recognized as a milestone for Honda's successful introduction of a transverse, overhead camshaft inline four-cylinder engine that has ever since been the dominant sport bike configuration...
Four - CB750A Hondamatic
- CB750C Custom
- CB750FHonda CB750The Honda CB750 is a motorcycle built in several model series between 1969 and 2003 and 2007 that is recognized as a milestone for Honda's successful introduction of a transverse, overhead camshaft inline four-cylinder engine that has ever since been the dominant sport bike configuration...
Super Sport - CB750SC Nighthawk
- CB900CHonda CB900CThe Honda CB900C is a "custom"-styled standard motorcycle produced by Honda from 1980 to 1982. The slightly modified and larger displacement CB1000C was produced in 1983 only. It is a derivative of the DOHC CB750K at the supposed requests of the American consumer, according to Rider Magazine, March...
Custom - CB900FHonda CB900FThe CB900F is a Honda motorcycle. The first generation was produced from 1979 to 1983, and the second generation was produced from 2002 to 2007. The newer generation CB900F was called the Hornet 900 in Europe but went by 919 in North America, while the similar CB600F was the Hornet 600 in Europe...
- CB1000Honda CB1000The CB1000 is a standard motorcycle made by Honda from 1992 to 1997....
- CB1000RHonda CB1000RThe Honda CB1000R is a naked bike manufactured by the Honda Motor Company. It was unveiled at the Milan Bike Show on 6 November, 2007 as a replacement for the Honda CB900F Hornet ....
- CB1000C Custom
- CB1100RHonda CB1100RThe CB1100R was an exotic Honda model that was produced in limited numbers from 1981–1983. It was a full fairing sport bike based on the Honda CB900F. The R suffix denotes a racing version produced so that Honda could homologate the R as a production motorcycle for European and Australian...
- CB1100FHonda CB1100FThe CB1100F is a standard motorcycle that was made by Honda, based on their line of DOHC air-cooled inline four engines. It was only available in 1983...
- CB1100SF / X-ElevenHonda X11The Honda X11, or CB1100SF, is a sports bike with a liquid cooled engine with a 1990s style cooling unit at its fore end.Honda took features the rest of its fleet and incorporated them into the X-11...
- CB1300Honda CB1300The Honda CB1300 is a 1,284 cc motorcycle released in 1998 as a successor to the CB1000. Its engine, with only minor modifications, came straight from the Honda X4, which had been released the previous year...
Super Four - CB-1Honda CB-1The Honda CB-1 is a small and light naked sport bike with a straight-four engine, called by Cycle World "a reincarnation of the standard motorcycle ... the sort of bike everyone rode before sporting riders went replica racer crazy. The Honda model code is NC27. In contrast to all other models of...
- CBXHonda CBXThe Honda CBX1000 was introduced in 1978 as the first production motorcycle Honda had produced with an inline six-cylinder engine . The twin-cam 24-valve engine produced...
Super Sport 1047 six cylinder