History

First incarnation of the CBR400s came about in 1983 as the CBR400F as a naked. The following two years, it came as semi and fully faired as the F3 Endurance. 1986 saw the fully faired CBR400R NC23 Aero released. The Aero was superseded the following year by the CBR400RR NC23 Hurricane, which featured the Tri-Arm braced swing arm. The last of the CBR400s came in the form of the CBR400RR NC29 FireBlade, featuring the Gull-Arm swing arm with production ending in 1994. The NC23 Inline 4 DOHC Cam Gear Train engine was carried over.

The NC23 is often referred as the Tri-Arm and the NC29 as the Gull-Arm to distinguish between the two models.

The NC23 engine was also used in the Honda CB-1 NC27.

CBR400F NC17

CBR400F is one put on the market on December 20, 1983. Four valve series of four air cooling strokes DOHC4 cylinder engine that adopted rotational speed response type valve stop mechanism "REV" (Prototype of HONDA VTEC engine) that changed from two valves into four valves on the boundary of 9500 rpm generated highest sale this time max power of 58ps/12,300rpm in the class and the max torque of 3.6kg-m/11,000rpm.

The body equips a double cradle frame of the corner section pipe with NS [komusuta-hoi-ru] of 16 inches in the reception desk and 18 inches in rear. The brake became a general outer board from the in-board disk, and was made one triple disk by the first piece. Moreover, the underbody of the adoption of the adoption of the dual piston caliper and TRAC (brake torque response type anti diving mechanism) that had become compacter etc. was greatly strengthened from the former model. Moreover, the rectangular headlight under was equipped with large-scale oil cooler, and it became a feature on the externals side.

It did not reach even VF400F that did the early sale on the power performance side, and it would transfer to V type engine, it was drunk by the wave of making to water-cooled, and the road as the leading game vehicle transferred the road to CBR400R of the succession in July, 1986 though CBR400F opposed the water-cooled power of each company as super-air cooling sports at the Honda end. However, it is a vehicle that rings in one's heart from the goodness of a peculiar exhaust sound as a case study of the sports model of the parallel engine that will keep being still supported in the market except an absolute speed.

It is a machine that boasts of the strongest power of the air-cooled engine and four cylinders in 400cc of a car on the market.
made by hirisuke honda.

CBR400RR NC29

FireBlade/Gull-Arm

• 1990 to 1991 CBR400RR-L model
• 1992 to 1993 CBR400RR-N model
• 1994 CBR400RR-R model

Specifications

Configuration: in-line four

Displacemet (cm³): 399

Valve train: DOHC

Mass (kg): 163

Fuel capacity (l): 14.4

Rider seat height (mm): 770

Overall length (mm): 1990

Power (kW (hp)): 44 (59)