what does CBR stand for?
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11-17-2008, 05:11 PM
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11-18-2008, 04:15 AM
RE: what does CBR stand for?
Honda CbrHonda's CBR600 Hurricane set the bike world spinning in a whirlwind of performance and styling, but the "CB" designation had actually been around for years. Honda's Dave Hancock explained, "CBR actually stands for 'Cross Beam Racer.' The idea that the engine is across the beam of the frame is where it originated."
The 'F' series of road-bikes refers to the model being user-friendly and not an all out sports machine. They say the new F4i has departed from that concept to become a lot more track focused, which this new F4i certainly is, but it has not lost it's user-friendliness along the way.
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11-18-2008, 04:44 AM
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RE: what does CBR stand for?
There are just as many quotes from honda article's and people that have "The History of Honda book", that do not concur with the Cross beam Racer theroy..
The CB / City Bike term came from way way back ... and was just the simple way to describe the designed use of the early hondas ...and it stuck ..
Lets face it , it was just someone supposedly quoting Dave Hancock..??
IMO..I think the confusion started way back by perhaps the marketing people at honda..
The CB was clearly the frame design in regard to the engine orientation ..
Then I recon the marketing people just looked for a way to define the bikes image via its original design name, to make it sound a bit more appealing ...
The CB / City Bike term came from way way back ... and was just the simple way to describe the designed use of the early hondas ...and it stuck ..
Lets face it , it was just someone supposedly quoting Dave Hancock..??
IMO..I think the confusion started way back by perhaps the marketing people at honda..
The CB was clearly the frame design in regard to the engine orientation ..
Then I recon the marketing people just looked for a way to define the bikes image via its original design name, to make it sound a bit more appealing ...
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11-18-2008, 04:51 AM
RE: what does CBR stand for?
There are just as many quotes from honda article's and people that have "The History of Honda book", that do not concur with the Cross beam Racer theroy..
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11-18-2008, 05:07 AM
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RE: what does CBR stand for?
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Yeah, you might be right. I was hoping to find something more technical like - Computer Run Bi-sensor. Not Cross Beam or Friendly; lame! But whatever... Lol
There are just as many quotes from honda article's and people that have "The History of Honda book", that do not concur with the Cross beam Racer theroy..
)We are both right mate ...that is my point..
The history of honda book (which I have not got) but have read about ..refers to the CB as city bike ...but I think that's because it was the term used by the marketing people to sell the bike originally..
I mean lets face it ... How could they explain the CB as cross beam to the public ...even though it was the original designers code name for that design....?
yu get my drift mate