In this article: Honda CBR 600 F, Honda CBR 600 RR
23 years Honda CBR 600
News report on the Honda CBR 600 F
It was for World Championship Racing as well as for the big holiday tour, the daily commute to work or the short trip to the Hausstrecke. Because it was fast, reliable, versatile and affordable, the Honda CBR 600 F. Over 50,000 copies sold during their twenty years history between 1987 and 2007 in Germany, many of them running today.
At the turn changed its character; She got an aluminium frame, high-quality brakes, finally injection and G-Kat, was lighter, noble, rennsportlicher and more expensive. The first aluminium frame CBR with type code PC 35 cost 1999 still same amount as the previous model with steel frame, 16150 mark.
But then the price rose to a blow to 680, on the occasion of the changeover on injection by 1160 mark. In the euro era, at the height of its technical facilities, the CBR remained 600 FS - S for sport - almost under 10000 euro mark.
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2003 appeared the CBR 600 RR (PC 37). With newly constructed engine which was certainly important parts of the PC 35 four-cylinder and a chassis that actually was inspired by the MotoGP racer RC 211V, she profiled as racing athlete. Even more tapered 40 2009 offered as first Super sports motorcycle with combined ABS presented from 2007 of the PC. EUR 12790 plus costs for usage thus equipped double R comes to stand today. Fascinating, but far away from the idea of a universal, affordable motorcycle.
And the F? It was provided from 2005 with simpler spring elements and brake fittings and lower prices to less than 8000 euros. After 2006 and 2007 at approximately 600 copies had been sold, was discontinued. The RR found buyers in Germany in the crisis year 2009 over 1000, however 2010 dramatically from fell to around 650 copies sold. This may be, inter alia because it remained unchanged apart from the ABS for four years. The Honda product Planner moved to a different conclusion: the time is ripe for a new CBR 600 F shall mainly driving on public roads and which can afford more people again.
But so much the CBR 600 F of show 2011 based on the character of model, the technology that produces these characteristics is so different. Only the engine through the above mentioned link between the four-wheel of the last F and the first RR are related in a direct line. The further development of the latter engine or a domesticated version of was the basic review of Hornet 600 season 2007.
Apart from the different colored surfaces Hornet and RR below the head gasket engines are equal, changes to the cylinder heads achieve the excellence of 102 and 120 HP and different performance characteristics. Because the new CBR 600 F owes much of its technology of the Hornet, she got their engine with its characteristic meandering exhaust system.
What concerns the moderately sporty, moderately inflected and comfortable seating position, so the new F geared exactly to their glorious ancestors, in terms of chassis name like motorcycles from different eras but have nothing in common. Instead of a bridge frame profiles held sideways to the cylinder head which were made until 1998 steel, then made of aluminium, the new has an aluminum backbone frame.
This design has no model under the Japanese Honda's recent history; it comes from an Italian German of family CBR 600 so to speak. The Honda plant in Atessa Southeast of Rome all CB and CBF models and more recently the CBR are built in 600 F using this framework.
The ABS all CBR series bring 600 F in Germany, is a must. The ABS version with combined brake system on the anthracite-coloured front three piston floating calipers in contrast to the Golden double piston floating calipers is recognizable. Simpler chassis concept and combined ABS on the other hand the new CBR 600 F in terms of price manages a remarkable continuity. you level again enters, on which the old is assigned.
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