Honda
CB650 Gallery
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1978, model-year
1979 and Honda eliminates their single overhead
cam four-cylinder (SOHC/4) CB550 and CB750 streetbikes
from their offerings. Since 1969 Honda's SOHC/4
design had captured the hearts and minds of
critics and consumers alike. Beginning with
the Harley-killing CB750, Honda's reign on this
engine technology would last until 1982, the
year the Nighthawk is introduced as the CB650SC.
The 1979 CB550 and CB750 grow up and get themselves,
among other things, a second camshaft.
The SOHC/4 replacement
is the CB650, which, to some, seems little more
than a cubic-centimeter compromise. To others,
it's a last gasp at an engine technology that,
approaching the early 80's, is quickly bound
for antiquity in the high-horsepower attitude
of the late-70's-early-80's streetbike market.
For many owners, these bikes are examples of
the perfect middleweight pocket-rocket. In any
event, the SOHC/4 CB650's are truly the culmination
of Honda's decade of experience with their ground-breaking
SOHC/4 design.
| Bike |
Image |
Description |
| 1978-79 Honda CB650 |
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- Air cooled. four stroke, transverse
four cylinder, SOHC, 2 valves per cylinder.
- 41mpg
- 212kg
- 5 speed
- 63bhp @ 9000rpm
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| 1979 Honda CB650 |
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1980 Honda CB650 Custom |
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| 1980 Honda CB 650 Custom |
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| 1980 Honda CB650C |
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| 1980 Honda CB650Z |
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| 1980-82 Honda CB 650 |
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| 1981 Honda CB650Z |
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626cc. |
| 1981 Honda CB 650Z |
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| 1982 Honda CB 650SC Nighthawk |
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| 1983-85 Honda CB 650SC Nighthawk |
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- Pearl Siren Blue or Candy Wineberry
Red
- The headlight and instruments were
rectangular
- The exhaust system was a 4-into-2
- The forks had the "TRAC"
anti-dive system
- The engine used hydraulic valve adjusters
and clutch.
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