1989 Honda CB-1
Miles: 17,000
Fair Condition
Clean Title
$2,800
Seller
Rare 4-cylinder Honda imported to the US from 1989-1991. Gem of a 4-cylinder engine with gear driven cams and a 14000 RPM red line controlled though a 6-speed transmission. 100+ MPH 400cc motorcycle. Has a period correct full exhaust system, that makes a wonderful 4-cylinder noises. Completely ready to ride, owned for the last 10 years by a motorcycle shop service manager. Carburetors all are clean, fresh fuel lines and fluids. Good Conti tires. Clean CA title that is currently non-opped. I am selling it privately out of my shop, as it’s my own personal bike with a title in my name. No test rides
The Revmeister
CycleWorld reviewed the CB-1 back in 1989:
“They may have given the CB-1 the soul of a suburbanite, but they also gave it the heart of a tiger.
That heart exists in the form of its liquid-cooled, fourcylindered, 399cc engine, a proven little revmeister lifted directly from the Japanese-model CBR400, but with a few tuning changes aimed at mildly softening the CBR400’s razor-sharp nature. These changes were made because Honda did not want a motorcycle as narrowly focused, as sport/racing oriented, as Yamaha’s FZR400, which it sees as the CB-l’s only direct competitor. Rather, it sought a balance between track and street prowess, a balance it achieved through softer cam specifications which roll back the engine’s peak power (a claimed 55 horsepower) but which give it a broader total powerband.”
As Mike so eloquently stated about the CB-1 here on RSBFS, “The Honda CB-1 is everything you have come to expect from Honda: exquisitely engineered, sublime build quality, wonderful ergos, reliability and performance. It also has a few things you might not have come to expect: it is missing bodywork (eek, it’s naked!), it is missing weight, and it is missing displacement. All of this equates to rare fun at astounding RPMs.”
Good luck to the buyer and seller!
Ontario… as in OMT and Kaz! That’s cool, I didn’t realize he was making parts for these but it makes sense as he was the guru for the sohc 400.
A service mgr. routed the front brake hose like that? Hoky smokes!