Pulling a bike mechanic and other things that happened on my rideout today

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

its a very nice honda if that helps

[yorkie_chris]

No, this

or this;

Is a very nice h*nda. Yours appears to be a C*R600F

Originally Posted by Graciepants

are you not going to the AR then?
and i did say no thank you to the offer of riding it, i just asked if i could sit on it.
you can try out the CBR F if you want to?

Dunno, might be.

You can try my rubbish old bike for size, push it around the field or pootle around the carpark on it if you want. It's only a bike, I've let loads of people sit on it.

I might take you up on that offer, just to see how it compares to the SV.

So C-mon, who knows what CBR stands for...?

I do

[yorkie_chris]

Can't Beat an R1?

Originally Posted by plowsie

So C-mon, who knows what CBR stands for...?

I do

cross beam racers

Originally Posted by Graciepants

cross beam racers

Your such a bum, spoil the fun why don't you, guess you saw the post on the CBR forum lol

I don't get it?

Cross Beam racers? Whaaat?

Originally Posted by saoralba

I don't get it?

Cross Beam racers? Whaaat?

Something to do with the engine layout...I think*

*I know feck all about engine layout, so probably well wrong...

Originally Posted by plowsie

Your such a bum, spoil the fun why don't you, guess you saw the post on the CBR forum lol

heheheheheheehehehehehehehe

Originally Posted by saoralba

I don't get it?

Cross Beam racers? Whaaat?

Originally Posted by CBR forum

I went into Tippets yesterday and while I was there I asked. No one seemed to know but they went and got one of the old boys from the workshop who had been invited to the factory in Japan recently and said if anyone would know he would.

Well he told me he got asked this question so often that it was one of the first questions he asked when he arrived in Japan.

Apparantly the design of the engine was based on a radical new idea. The cylinders used to be in line, front to back on other hondas but on the first CB bikes the cylinders ran in line left to right.

The bike was named after the new engine design/configuration which was mounted CROSS BEAM.

The faired bikes that followed were CROSS BEAM RACERS.

So there you have it. Right from the horses mouth in Japan.