Page 4 of Sportbikes by Honda Motors

03 sportbikes cbr600f4i the awesome honda cbr600f4i it s one of the best 600s ever both on the track and on the street it looks so simple but it s one of the f4i s most complex pieces the blacked-out aluminum twin-spar pro frameŽ chassis has been refined for consistently sharp response running the swingarm pivot through the frame and the engine cases ties everything together cbr600f4i without a doubt one 600 stands out as the ultimate do-everything sportbike in the world the honda cbr600f4i cbr600f4i as far as middle-displacement sportbikes designed to be ridden in the real world honda s stellar cbr600s have always led the way and along that way they ve collected plenty of racetrack championships too check out these credentials 2002 world supersport champion winner at daytona in 2000 and 2001 eight-time ama 600 supersport champion the number-one-plate holder in 2000 and 2001 cycle world s pick as best middleweight streetbike.1 and still comfortable enough to serve as a sport tourer a commuter or an everyday rider sound too good to be true it would be if any other bike were making those claims but the cbr600f4i isn t any other bike dry weight just 370 pounds that means the f4i flicks through the esses at just about the speed of thought fuel injection that means the cbr s throttle response is crisp and instantaneous at every engine speed and throttle position take a look inside the 600 s engine bay the liquid-cooled four-cylinder powerplant features aluminum-composite cylinder sleeves originally developed for our factory superbikes ram air works in conjunction with the high-pressure fuel injection to make the f4i s engine both responsive and powerful the twin-spar aluminum chassis is finely tuned for optimal stiffness and the swingarm pivot runs through both the frame sideplates as well as the rear of the engine cases tying the engine chassis and swingarm together into one structure and at either end of that frame you re going to find one of the best suspensions in the class up front a 43mm honda multiaction systemtm hmas tm cartridge fork is fully adjustable for preload as well as compression and rebound damping at the rear a 40mm shock assembly with remote reservoir honda s own pro-link single-shock design and again full three-way adjustability lets you set up your cbr600f4i just the way you want it.

[close]