Honda Crossrunner
Encyclopedia
The Honda Crossrunner is a motorcycle
launched by Honda
at the 2010 EICMA
Milan Motorcycle Show.
It will go on sale in the 2011 model year
,
with first deliveries expected in Summer 2011.
It is a naked bike with a 782 cc V4 engine
that is also used in the VFR800
.
A MotorCycle News review declared: "The Crossrunner stands out from the crowd and performs as a real world, day-in-day out bike impressively well". Journalist Kevin Ash added:" It's a a fine looking bike with a reassuring and satisfying chassis matched to a characterful and muscular engine that compels you to use it. But there’s a downside, ... fuel consumption ."
design team.
Development included trying different Crossrunner prototypes in over 120 wind tunnel
sessions to establish the optimum designs to ensure stability in varying airflow.
Motorcycle
A motorcycle is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task for which they are designed, such as long distance travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing, or off-road conditions.Motorcycles are one of the most...
launched by Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...
at the 2010 EICMA
EICMA
EICMA , or the Milan Motorcycle Show is an annual trade show in Milan, Italy featuring motorcycles. The 2008 show drew over half a million visitors. The show is frequently used by manufacturers to debut new models....
Milan Motorcycle Show.
It will go on sale in the 2011 model year
Model year
The model year of a product is a number used worldwide, but with a high level of prominence in North America, to describe approximately when a product was produced, and indicates the coinciding base specification of that product....
,
with first deliveries expected in Summer 2011.
It is a naked bike with a 782 cc V4 engine
V4 engine
A V4 engine is a V form engine with four cylinders and three main bearings.-Automobile use:Lancia produced several narrow-angle V4 engines from the 1920s through 1960s for cars like the Lambda, Augusta, Artena, Aprilia, Ardea, Appia, and Fulvia....
that is also used in the VFR800
Honda VFR800
The Honda VFR800, also known as the Interceptor, is a motorcycle introduced by Honda in 1998. It is a successor to the VFR750F , which was preceded by the VF750.From its first sales in 1986, the VFR750F scored highly on many press reviews...
.
A MotorCycle News review declared: "The Crossrunner stands out from the crowd and performs as a real world, day-in-day out bike impressively well". Journalist Kevin Ash added:" It's a a fine looking bike with a reassuring and satisfying chassis matched to a characterful and muscular engine that compels you to use it. But there’s a downside, ... fuel consumption ."
Development
Honda commissioned a EuropeanEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
design team.
Development included trying different Crossrunner prototypes in over 120 wind tunnel
Wind tunnel
A wind tunnel is a research tool used in aerodynamic research to study the effects of air moving past solid objects.-Theory of operation:Wind tunnels were first proposed as a means of studying vehicles in free flight...
sessions to establish the optimum designs to ensure stability in varying airflow.