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An intresting find!

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:42 pm
by Vfr400/tbird
This is a picture of a japenese training school bike i dont know what the trainings for but it sure looks weird :o

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Re: An intresting find!

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:58 pm
by jim157
Yeah, they've been mentioned a few times on here before, I believe Honda manufactured them up until the early 90's? Here's one in action:-


Re: An intresting find!

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:12 pm
by em2evol
This is cool!

Re: An intresting find!

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 9:21 am
by porndoguk
whats with the lights on the front and rear?

Re: An intresting find!

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:22 am
by philfingers
probably to show the instructors which brakes are being used, maybe a neutral light too. There was a snippet on something similar in PS Mag as I remember too

Re: An intresting find!

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 12:48 pm
by oldgreyandslow
jim157 wrote:Yeah, they've been mentioned a few times on here before, I believe Honda manufactured them up until the early 90's? Here's one in action:-

That lad can sure handle a bike !!!

Re: An intresting find!

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 12:54 pm
by Neosophist
The bike in that video has the single sided swinger, the one in the broucheous dosn't.

Theres quite a few members on here who own 400K's that were brought over as grey imports without the training school gumph.

They do have nice high-rise handlebars though that can be fitted to the 21 / 24.

the lights are indeed control usage lights.

engine stall
front brake
rear brake
30/kmh +

etc

Re: An intresting find!

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 4:21 pm
by jim157
^^^
They did make a training bike based on a 24 though didnt they?

Re: An intresting find!

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:01 pm
by Cammo
Cool bike.

Honda also made a naked nc21 available to the public - the VFR400Z.

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Re: An intresting find!

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:37 am
by Neosophist
Yes theres two vfr400k's a white and a blue one but i recall them both having a standard swinger.

there could of course be other mashups about using whatever was available.

I think theres a few Z owners on here too! :O

Theres no real differences between any of them though.