CB650R Neo Sports Cafe Concept

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It's amazing that engine technology has allowed power in a streetable 4 stroke street bike to be developed at 12,000 rpms. My old 73 RD 350, basically a racing 2 stroke, had a redline of 8500 rpms, and a pretty short engine life if kept at those rpms

I like motorbikes that have enough torque right from thebstart to be ridden up to 4.500rpm and feel easy, smooth and fast enough for the way I want to ride. I seldom rev them higher. Sometimes on longer trips but not for acceleration.

In Germany we call motorbikes like the new Honda 650 "Drehorgel". A translation could be rev organ. Bikes like this have never been of any interest to me. It doesn't matter if they last or not.

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