I own a 99 F4 since it first came out. I always wondered what the F in F4 stands for. I called a bunch of Honda dealerships and they didn't know. My guess is formula. Anyone know for sure.

 

I did a search...and the first question should be what does CBR stand for.

No one seems to know...

I do...

 

if you knew, you would have posted it

 

Wrong...I do know...

Just waiting to see if anyone else does....

I'll give this post a day...see if anyone comes up with the correct answer.

I DON'T know what F stands for...

 

IT STANDS FOR FOUR AS IN FOUR CYLINDER. I believe this designation started in the early or mid seventies when some CB models had the same displacement but one model was a twin and the other a four.

 

Here's my guess. Ithink that theCBR F4 stands for:

CB, I not sure what the CB truly means, but it's fromthe original bike, the 1969 CB750 Four. The Four was latershortend in the seventiesto the CB750F. The F stands for Four cyclinder. Then the R (Race, Racer or something like that) was added with the intoduction of the 1987 CBR600F, or the Hurricane. The F2, F3, F4, F4i (injected)are the engine generations of the Four cyclinder 600 series. I dunno, just a guess.

 

Man, you posted 3 minutes before I finnished my post. lol

 

F%*K, lol, the F is a category like a storm the higher the stronger. What ive read before, that could be b.s., i do know the CB means inline four as told on another thread on here. just my$.02 worth.

 

CB doesn't mean inline four......

 

I can hardly wait for the F5.