The Honda History

In 1997 Honda begins produce a street-oriented GT motorcycle using an in history significant name: Super hawk. The earlier Super hawk was a similar twin motorcycle that Robert M. Pirsing rides in "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". The unique Super hawk was a profitable achievement, therefore the name being recycled. The new Super hawk was introduced after the Ducati 916 made V-twin sport bikes popular again. The fresh Super hawk uses an all new 90 degree V-twin. The bike bring in a number of fresh design concept such as the "pivot less frame", side radiators, single cast engine case, connecting rods with cap screw in its place of nuts, and the major carburetors Honda ever put on a motorcycle. "Pivot less frame" inevitable that engine was a harassed member with the swing arm bolted directly to the engine. The bike was released in 1997 as an early release 1998 model year. One motorcycle magazine recommended that this bike was the fastest 0-60 mph manufacture bike at the time. A racing version of the bike was predictable from Honda. Honda formed in 2000 the RVT1000R known outside the United States as the VTR1000SP, although the bike had only four engine parts in common with the modern Super hawk. The RC51 was an completely new V-twin racing platform that won the World Super bike championship its first year race through Colin Edwards and the Castrol team.