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Re: Motorbike if I were to corect you
Posted By: enile, on host 195.54.240.4
Date: Thursday, May 6, 1999, at 01:56:36
In Reply To: Re: Motorbike if I were to corect you posted by Honda Design Offices.21 okiniaw rd, Akaide, Japan on Thursday, April 29, 1999, at 11:14:56:

> A C90 is a motorbike.....classified not only by engine size but specification.....it has been designed with the petrol tank and engine to be situated low and between the two LARGE motorcycle wheels....this makes it coner brilliantly and makes ita fun motorcycle....they are even tuned up to get a whopping 100mph out of them as I do this for a living.....The bikes of the future which I also happen to design ....say the Honda Blackbird for instance is just a suped up design of the C90....it was the forefater of the modern superbike.... so how would you repond to that.....if you fancy yourself as a designer then please hqave a go

100mph on a C90! The pizza delivery boy's dream bike! I admit, the C90 may be 'officially' a motorbike, but with the C50 and C70 it's commonly known as a moped because of its step-through design and (relatively) small engine. And a very successful one at that - doesn't it hold the record for the most sold of any model?

As for the Blackbird being a souped up C90, well, I think a lot of buyers would be astonished to be told that they'd bought a C90 with a few modifications and trimmings. It would take a far better designer than me to make that transformation.

Incidentally, I bought myself a VFR750 at the weekend - pure pleasure - and that's not a C90 either.

en"now you see me, now you don't"ile