Honda CBX400F
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| Manufacturer | Honda |
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| Fuel capacity | 17L |
Honda CBX400F is a motorcycle manufactured by Honda Motors Co., Ltd between 1981 and 1984.
z400FX
After DREAM CB 400FOUR, Honda had HAWK series for mid-sized sports models which were powered by obsolete SOHC straight-twin engines. Those models were not popular in the market. In comparison, Kawasaki's Z400FX, powered by high-class Inline-four engines, became a hit as a sports model in 1979.
XJ400 and GSX400F
In 1980, Yamaha and Suzuki introduced XJ400 and GSX400F also powered by in-line-four engines, respectively. In addition, Yamaha introduced RZ 250, with water-cooling two-stroke engine, which is as powerful as 400cc class.
CBX400F
In order to break through the market and to address the demand to introduce an in-line-four engine model, Honda introduced CBX400F in 1981.
Features
CBX400F's features include; a compact body reminding CB400FOUR, a meter panel resembling that of CB750F, forged separated-handles, forged pedals, "x" shaped 4-1-2 exhaust pipe, hollowed aluminium swing arm+pro-link suspension, ventilated disk brake and others. Particularly, the engine produced 48 horsepower, when other 400cc class motorcycles could not. Its sophistication and high performance attracted the market and marked the highest sales among the sports models over the long run.
INTEGRA
In 1982, CBX400F INTEGRA was introduced. For the first time in Japan, it is equipped with fairing and cancellation mechanism for turn signals. Its sister model, CBX550F INTEGRA, was also introduced. An American style, CBX 400CUSTOM was added in 1983.
CBR400F
When the racer replica boom started, the production of CBX400F was completed and CBR400F took over the position. However, there was resisting demand for CBX distinctly different from racer replicas, and CBX was re-introduced in 1984, making the record total production unit number in the category of over 125cc. The record was not broken until 2003 by Yamaha YP400 Majesty.