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Tadao Baba
is a retired Japanese motorcycle engineer, the original designer of the Honda Fireblade. Career Baba joined Honda Motorcycles from high school in 1962, aged 18 — the company itself was only 14 years old. Working in the machinery section, he made crankcases and cylinder heads for Honda's Honda CB72 and Honda CB77 The Honda CB77, or Super Hawk, is a straight-twin motorcycle produced from 1961 until 1967. It is remembered today as Honda's first sport bike. It is a landmark model in Honda's advances in Western motorcycle markets of the 1960s, noted for its .... At age 20, Baba moved to Honda's R&D department, which is where he spent the rest of his career until retiring in 2004. He continued as a consultant until 2009. Total Control In the late 1980s, sports motorcycles were very fast, with magazines rating bikes on their top speed. To house a 1000cc engine the bikes became heavy, while to ensure the stability of the bikes at high speed, the chassis became longer. The result ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honda Fireblade
The Honda Fireblade is a family of Sport bike, sport motorcycles manufactured by Honda since 1992. The first model was designed by Tadao Baba. * Honda CBR900RR, CBR900RR, 1992–1995 ** CBR919RR, 1996–1999 ** CBR929RR, 2000–2001 ** CBR954RR, 2002–2003 * Honda CBR1000RR, CBR1000RR, 2004–present ** CBR1000RR-R, 2020–present References {{Set index article Set index articles on vehicles Honda motorcycles, Fireblade Sport bikes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamaha FZR1000
The Yamaha FZR1000 is a motorcycle produced by Yamaha Motor Company, Yamaha from 1987 to 1995. Classed as a Sport bike, sports motorcycle. The FZR1000 was generally regarded world's finest production sports motorcycle at that time and in its 1989 FZR1000R incarnation the engine produced over 140 hp with a class-leading handling to match. The FZR1000R won bike of year across the motorcycle press and was crowned the ''"Bike of the Decade"'' by ''Cycle World''. The machine was continually updated throughout its lifetime and continued to collect awards through the early 1990s. Development The FZR1000 was a natural development for Yamaha's Genesis design concept pioneered with the Yamaha FZ750. The major feature update was in a new aluminum perimeter type frame, marketed as the 'Deltabox'. The frame was still in their early stages technologically, and although there was experience in using aluminum De ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
