04-13-2014, 08:30 AM
Most people know the CB engine is the first new large air-cooled unit Honda has produced in decades, but the development was a major investment in time and money. According to the video Honda produced featuring the engineers who designed the CB, they had to create a new casting process to make the cooling fins as wide and as thin as they are. No other engine has ever had anything like them. They also spent many hours sweating over details like at what angle each bank of fins should be place for both cooling effect and esthetics, the relationship of the rocker covers to the heads, etc. etc.
I used to have a link to the video, but here's a lot of the same information in text and photos:
http://world.honda.com/design/designers-...100/page2/
I used to have a link to the video, but here's a lot of the same information in text and photos:
http://world.honda.com/design/designers-...100/page2/