Naked Honda Gets A Bikini

NAKED HONDA GETS A BIKINI

ALREADY ONE OF JAPAN'S most popular "naked" retro-standards, both in sales and on the race track, the Honda CB400 Super Four recently Was joined by a new stablemate. Dubbed the "Version R," the new bike gets a handlebar-mount bikini fairing, frame reinforcements, higher quality rear suspension and reprogrammed ignition for a better power curve.

UI particular note is the \erSiOfl Rs new-style headlli1lit. which may make its way onto bikes destined for J.S. con sumption. A collaborative ef fort between the Stanley Co. and Honda. the so-cal led "Fu ture 1-ocus headlight took four years to develop. The claim is that thanks to refinenients in reflector design and lens cut, the Future Focus has twice the I ighting area of convent ional beains (111(1 uses half the vattage.

The R is pnccd at S6000 in Japan, about S20() more than the standard Super Four.

Yasushi Ichikawa