Honda Introduces 'DN-01' Concept Motorcycle at Tokyo Motor Show; Large-size Sports Bike with an Automatic Transmission.Tokyo, Japan, Oct 19, 2005 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - At the 39th Tokyo Motor Show The Tokyo Motor Show (東京モーターショー) is a biennial auto show held in October-November at the Makuhari Messe, Chiba City, Japan for cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles. 2005, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today introduced a large-size sports motorcycle concept model, DN-01*, equipped with a continuously variable automatic transmission and a water-cooled, 4-stroke, OHC OHC Overhead Camshaft OHC Outer Hair Cells OHC Order of the Holy Cross OHC Ontario Housing Corporation OHC Ohio Historical Center OHC Office of Human Capital OHC Olive-Harvey College (Chicago, Illinois) , V-type, 2-cylinder, 680cc engine. Honda will continue the development of DN-01 with the goal of introducing it to the market in the near future. DN-01 is being developed in the concept of a comfortable sports cruiser cruiser, large, fast, moderately armed warship, intermediate in type between the aircraft carrier and the destroyer. During World War II, battle cruisers operated as small battleships, combining in one vessel maximum qualities of gun caliber, armor protection, and , with the goal of creating new value for the customer by proposing a new level of riding pleasure. The newly adopted hydraulic mechanical continuously variable HFT HFT Harbor Freight Tools HFT High Function Terminal HFT Hammerfest, Norway (Airport Code) HFT Hot for Teacher (Van Halen song and tribute band) HFT Human Factors in Telecommunications (Human Fitting Transmission) system features two types of full automatic modes as well as a 6-speed manual mode which the rider operates through buttons located on the handle. Moreover, this is the first hydraulic mechanical continuously variable transmission The continuously variable transmission (CVT) is a transmission in which the ratio of the rotational speeds of two shafts, as the input shaft and output shaft of a vehicle or other machine, can be varied continuously within a given range, providing an infinite number of system in the world to be equipped with a lock-up mechanism, which improves the fuel efficiency while offering a smooth ride without feeling the shock normally associated with gear shifts, even when cornering. With the HFT, the DN-01 achieves more easy-to-operate and comfortable riding than currently available sports model motorcycles. The 39th Tokyo Motor Show 2005 will open its doors to the general public beginning Saturday, October 22, in Makuhari, Chiba. Honda will present a motorcycle display booth with the theme of "Dream Wings." The theme represents Honda's effort to make people-motorcycle relationships more dream-inspiring and to propose a new level of riding pleasure with new values Honda will create. * DN-01 stands for the first (01) vehicle developed under Honda's Dream New (DN) concept Copyright [c] 2005 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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