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totalmotorcycle wrote:
HYPERR wrote:I cast my first awesome vote. A high tech quarter liter thumper in a high tech sportbike wrapped in slick bodywork built by Honda can be nothing else but. :kicking: And an ABS option to boot!. :kicking:

If they could manage to build a 350 or 400 like that, I just may be interested. :kicking:
Honda already has a new 400cc inline-4 engine in Japan they could make a CBR400R out of (See below) and why not, Kawasaki has a new Kawasaki Ninja 400 out.
Yes but I want the thumper not the 4-banger.
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totalmotorcycle wrote:What were the conclusions with Cycle World?
"But our editorial hat is off to Honda. The CBR plain works better everywhere, eliciting more toothy grins wherever it goes."

"On the road, this little Thumper might be the best thing Honda's done for motorcycling in a long time"
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HYPERR wrote:
totalmotorcycle wrote:
HYPERR wrote:I cast my first awesome vote. A high tech quarter liter thumper in a high tech sportbike wrapped in slick bodywork built by Honda can be nothing else but. :kicking: And an ABS option to boot!. :kicking:

If they could manage to build a 350 or 400 like that, I just may be interested. :kicking:
Honda already has a new 400cc inline-4 engine in Japan they could make a CBR400R out of (See below) and why not, Kawasaki has a new Kawasaki Ninja 400 out.
Yes but I want the thumper not the 4-banger.
How about a 400cc V-twin?? That's the closest Honda gets for a new model with a 400cc thumper I think.

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totalmotorcycle wrote:What were the conclusions with Cycle World?
"But our editorial hat is off to Honda. The CBR plain works better everywhere, eliciting more toothy grins wherever it goes."

"On the road, this little Thumper might be the best thing Honda's done for motorcycling in a long time"
Sounds like it should be voted "AWESOME" then rather than cool.

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How about a 400cc V-twin?? That's the closest Honda gets for a new model with a 400cc thumper I think.
No I want a thumper. :rant:

Hondagirl was able to get the last of the street legal air cooled thumper before Honda was no longer able to meet the stringent emission standards.....ironic as the diesels remain at large dumping tons and tons of digusting filth into our atmosphere.

A liquid cooled 350 thumper sportbike would be really cool. In fact, Cycle World said "another 100cc woulda been the Nuclear Bomb."

A 250 V-Twin really has no upside over a 250 Thumper, but with lots of downsides. Besides, nothing sounds like a motorcycle more than a Thumper. A 250cc incarnation of a v-twin sounds like dodo, a 250 incarnation of a thumper sounds absolutely intoxicating! :kicking:
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totalmotorcycle wrote:
How about a 400cc V-twin?? That's the closest Honda gets for a new model with a 400cc thumper I think.
No I want a thumper. :rant:

Hondagirl was able to get the last of the street legal air cooled thumper before Honda was no longer able to meet the stringent emission standards.....ironic as the diesels remain at large dumping tons and tons of digusting filth into our atmosphere.

A liquid cooled 350 thumper sportbike would be really cool. In fact, Cycle World said "another 100cc woulda been the Nuclear Bomb."

A 250 V-Twin really has no upside over a 250 Thumper, but with lots of downsides. Besides, nothing sounds like a motorcycle more than a Thumper. A 250cc incarnation of a v-twin sounds like dodo, a 250 incarnation of a thumper sounds absolutely intoxicating! :kicking:
Ahh! I know exactly what you mean.... you WANT a parallel twin engine car... the Fiat 500 TwinAir!

It's almost like a motorcycle, same size! :laughing: :laughing:

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Haha... ok, seriously, Honda does make a new 450cc single engine they could use for a 2015 Honda CBR400R:


Honda CRF450R

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totalmotorcycle wrote:
Haha... ok, seriously, Honda does make a new 450cc single engine they could use for a 2015 Honda CBR400R:


Honda CRF450R

http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/photos/2 ... RF450R.htm
That's a street illegal all out MX engine. :shock:
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totalmotorcycle wrote:
Haha... ok, seriously, Honda does make a new 450cc single engine they could use for a 2015 Honda CBR400R:


Honda CRF450R

http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/photos/2 ... RF450R.htm
That's a street illegal all out MX engine. :shock:

There you go and just imagine that engine in a CBR250R. :D
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totalmotorcycle wrote:
HYPERR wrote:
totalmotorcycle wrote:
Haha... ok, seriously, Honda does make a new 450cc single engine they could use for a 2015 Honda CBR400R:


Honda CRF450R

http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/photos/2 ... RF450R.htm
That's a street illegal all out MX engine. :shock:

There you go and just imagine that engine in a CBR250R. :D
I wonder how many miles that engine would last on the street. :laughing:
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HYPERR wrote:
totalmotorcycle wrote:
HYPERR wrote:
totalmotorcycle wrote:
Haha... ok, seriously, Honda does make a new 450cc single engine they could use for a 2015 Honda CBR400R:


Honda CRF450R

http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/photos/2 ... RF450R.htm
That's a street illegal all out MX engine. :shock:

There you go and just imagine that engine in a CBR250R. :D
I wonder how many miles that engine would last on the street. :laughing:

Ahhh. The question really I think is... Can you put a cost to the fun per minutes you would have with it? haha.

Now, the CBR250R I'm sure would go for... many, many miles (maybe 50,000k)
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