Honda SC 45

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Honda (motorcycle)
2001 Honda RC51 SP1.jpg
VTR 1000 SP1 / SP2 (SC 45)
Manufacturer Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Production period 2000 to 2006
class motorcycle
design type Superbike , super athlete
Motor data
Four-stroke engine , liquid-cooled 90 ° V2 engine, DOHC , 4 valves per cylinder, wet sump lubrication , electronic intake manifold injection , throttle valve diameter 54 mm / 62 mm (SP1 / SP2), uncontrolled catalytic converter (EURO 1)
Displacement  (cm³) 999
Power  (kW / PS ) 97/132 at 9500 rpm (SP1)
99/135 at 10,000 rpm (SP2)
Torque  ( N m ) 102 at 8500 rpm (SP1)
102 at 8000 rpm (SP2)
transmission 6-speed
drive Chain drive , O-ring chain (ex works)
Brakes front 320 mm double disc brake, 4-piston fixed calipers / rear 220 mm, single-piston floating caliper
Wheelbase  (mm) 1410 (SP1)
1420 (SP2)
Dimensions (L × W × H, mm): 2040 × 725 × 1145
Seat height (cm) 79 (SP1)
82 (SP2)
Empty weight  (kg) 221 (SP1)
217 (SP2)

The Honda SC 45 is a motorcycle model in the super sports / superbikes category from the Japanese manufacturer Honda . The model was offered from 2000 to 2001 as VTR 1000 SP1 and from 2002 as VTR 1000 SP2. The Honda VTR 1000 SP1 was the successor to the Honda RVF 750 RC 45 . The SP2 itself has no direct successor model. In the USA the model was marketed as RVT 1000 R or RC 51. The similarly named model Honda VTR 1000 F is technically independent.

technology

engine

Used a completely new development came two-cylinder - four stroke - V-engine with 90 degree cylinder angle and 999 cc. Another new feature was the lateral arrangement of the water cooler to the left and right of the engine, not standing in front of the engine as usual. The ram-air air duct through the control head, which was later also used in the CBR 600 RR, was also innovative . The four overhead camshafts were again driven by gears , as in the two previous models RC 30 and RC 45 . This expensive and complex construction had meanwhile become the standard for Honda Superbike models. The electronic manifold injection , called PGM-FI , was mandatory .

landing gear

The chassis is based on a bridge frame and two-sided swing arm made of aluminum with a central spring strut and a 43 mm upside-down fork . Fork and shock absorber are fully adjustable in terms of spring base, rebound and compression damping.

Racing

Statue of Joey Dunlop on the SC45 at Snaefell Mountain Course on the Isle of Man ( 54 ° 15 ′ 9.42 ″  N , 4 ° 27 ′ 45.82 ″  W )

The Honda SC45 was the homologation model for the Superbike World Championship in the years 2000 to 2002. Colin Edwards won the world championship in the years 2000 and 2002 with the racing version of the motorcycle called VTR1000 SP-W .

Nicky Hayden won the AMA Superbike Championship title in 2002 on a Honda RC 51.

Honda was able to win the 8 Hours of Suzuka four times in a row from 2000 to 2003 , including with drivers like Valentino Rossi , Daijirō Katō , Tōru Ukawa and Colin Edwards. In addition, there were deployments in the endurance world championship .

At the Tourist Trophy on the Isle of Man , Joey Dunlop won the TT-F1 class in 2000 on a Honda VTR 1000 SP1. A monument erected in his honor in 2001 shows him on a motorcycle.

swell

  • Honda brochure VTR 1000 SP1 9/1999

Web links

Commons : Honda SC 45  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of results on iomtt.com