Honda AFRICA TWIN XRV750 (1987-2002) [8/291] Introduction
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Honda AFRICA TWIN XRV750 (1987-2002) [8/291] Introduction

Honda AFRICA TWIN XRV750 (1987-2002) [8/291] Introduction

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Introduction 0 7 World Endurance title with a prototype DOHC version that became the CB900 roadster There was the six cylinder CBX the CX500T the world s first turbocharged production bike they invented the full dress tourer with the GoldWing and came back to GPs with the revolutionary oval pistoned NR500 fourstroke a much misunderstood bike that was more a rolling experimental laboratory than a racer Just to show their versatility Honda also came up with the weird CX500 shaft drive V twin a rugged workhorse that powered a new industry the courier companies that oiled the wheels of commerce in London and other big cities It was true though that Mr Honda was not keen on two strokes early motocross engines had to be explained away to him as lawnmower motors However in 1982 Honda raced the NS500 an agile three cylinder lightweight against the big four cylinder opposition in 500 GPs The bike won in its first year and in 83 took the world title for Freddie Spencer In four stroke racing the V4 layout took over from the straight four dominating TT F1 and Endurance championships with the RVF750 the nearest thing ever built to a Formula 1 car on wheels And when Superbike arrived Honda were ready with the RC30 On the roads the VFR V4 became an instant classic while the CBH600 invented another new class of bike on its way to becoming a best seller The V4 road bikes had problems to start with but the VFR750 sold world wide over its lifetime while the VFR400 became a massive commercial success and cult bike in Japan The original RC30 won the first two World Superbike Championships is 1988 and 89 but Honda had to wait until 1997 to win it again with the RC45 the last of the V4 roadsters In Grands Prix the NSR500 V4 two stroke superseded the NS triple and became the benchmark racing machine of the 90s Mick Doohan secured his place in history by winning five World Championships In consecutive years on it n yet another example of Honda inventing a new class of motorcycle they came up with the astounding CBR900RR FireBlade a bike with the punch of a 1000 cc motor in a package the size and weight of a 750 It became a cult bike as well as a best seller and with judicious redesigns continues to give much more recent designs a run for their money When it became apparent that the hightech V4 motor of the RC45 was too expensive to produce Honda looked to a V twin engine to power its flagship for the first time Typically the VTR1000 FireStorm was a much more rideable machine than its opposition and once accepted by the market formed the basis of the next generation of Superbike racer the VTR SP 1 One of Mr Honda s mottos was that technology would solve the customers problems and no company has embraced The CX500 Honda s first V Twin and a favorite choice of dispatch riders cutting edge technology more firmly than Honda In fact Honda often developed new technology especially in the fields of materials science and metallurgy The embodiment of that was the NR750 a bike that was misunderstood nearly as much as the original NR500 racer This limited edition technological tour de force embodied many of Soichiro Honda s ideals It used the latest techniques and materials in every component from the oval piston 32 valve V4 motor to the titanium coating on the windscreen it was as Mr Honda would have wanted the best it could possibly be A fitting memorial to the man who has shaped the motorcycle industry and motorcyles as we know them today Honda Transalp Africa Twin hen Honda announce that they have invented a new type of motorcycle the world tends to think of the initials CB VFR and NR Imagine then the confusion the world s press felt on being confronted with the Transalp and being told that it was a Rally Tourer This was 1987 and the ParisDakar rally had already spawned knobbly W I The VFR400R was a cult bike in Japan and a popular grey import in the UK

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