My first bike was a 94 cbr f2. Loved that bike had 43,000 miles on, had to replace some parts due to the last owner neglecting it but once I got it back on the road I ran it like I stole it . Honda is trully amazing!
***** -You are correct. That design has grown on me. The first generation (03-07) looked good to but a little generic and the current body style looks a bit odd compared to the (2008-12) design. Just my opinion....still a great & balance bike.
+blackchang1981 I had a 2004 black and grey model and i loved every second of riding it, it's design and quality. I have the information that i was looking for. remeber the design change in 2012? it was for the 20th anniversary of the bike. The new bike is coming out in 2017 for the 25th anniversary of the Fireblade. It is redesigned with new fairings, full of electronics and about 200hp of power ;)
No wonder Honda's bikes are so reliable !!! The amount of miles those bikes can do is unreal. So simple to maintain. Parts are the cheapest. My CBR 1100XX was the best bike ever. But, I love my K1600.
i love honda, my historial, crm 50, cbr 1000f 89, cbr 1000f 94, cbr 1100xx 99, cbr 1100xx 2001. never have a problem, and i go to the limit. thanks honda.
+EvilCerealBoX thanks. 4:30 "whatever models produced in hamamatsu, the factory is clasic example of the japanese efficiency of quality control. the way to build the bikes is the way to define the brand." with help by wiki, they redeployed whole motorbike manufacturing lines from hamamatsu to kumamoto in 2008. so the discovery was likely to video them just be4 the deployment. ive fully understood. anyway tv stations seldom air such documentary in automobile and motorbike industry here in japan. was the title aired in ppv channel in ur country?
Yes, saw this on twist the throttle years ago. Always interesting to a guy like me who's done Honda parts all his life, even though chances are I'll never have a new bike, ever again.
***** Only bikes this side of $10k are made in Thailand for the world market. Commuters and basic sport bikes. The bigger sport and touring models are still Japan made.
If I was rich I would start a team of racers who were once factory workers, they all know the bike better than anyone, so the potential for them to be the best riders should be the highest out of anybody? I might be crazy I dunk
Right away I see older guys working on the CBR . In BMW s1000 rr factory it's mostly younger guys. If you compare the two factories the BMW blows Honda away. Looks like Honda use more hand tools than BMW
Interesting at 6:18 the prototype Goldwing is shown with a BMW /5 /6 rear frame, seat, swing arm, and rear wheel. Then on 6:28 the same bike is shown with 70's cigar BMW mufflers.
It's a little different to the Triumph factory, but only in seeing a whole batch of the same bikes come off a line like that, Triumph can do say two of one model, then 3 of another, then three more of a different one. Now that does take some organising.
Honda is shifting their production to Thailand now though I still think the higher end models are still built in Japan. Most of the scooters are built in either Thailand or China with the exception of the Ruckus/Zoomer.
Never had any form fit of function problems with any of my Honda motorcycles. The only thing I can say is maybe the cooling hoses are tightened a little too tight from the factory. Other then the the quality is second to none. Even my best friend who rides a Ducati agrees
My current bike is a Honda (cbf 600 '05). 10 years ago i had a Kawasaki zrx 1100 r 1999, and before that a Suzuki gsf 600 1995. My next bike should be a Yamaha, not because the others are bad, it's only that i want all the 4 Japanese brands have owned. And after that when i'm a old man a Beemer lol !
I'm guessing it's only the more expensive models still made in Japan? 250cc and below made in places like Thailand, India, Philippines? That's why I'm happy I got an 88 Honda BROS.
Those bikes are only sold in those markets for the sole purpose of avoiding import duties. Harleys are manufactured in India as well but it isn't supplied to the US from there.
Why do you have a CBR in the first place? My guess is realability and durability, these bikes are made quickly because they are so efficient in the factory, they are able to achieve economies of scale. Quality is their priority but they are so efficient their build time is so little, how many manufactures can achieve that?
EXACTLY dude thats what i was saying. the vfr is more of a touring sportbike you know? and if they design to from the 1000rr or the 600rr then more people will buy it
They are like kids.. Try to show off to the grown ups how many big words they memorised. It's a miracle they can speak a few sentences, with all the brainwashing from their evil U.S gov controlled television PROGRAMMING.
