Talk:Honda CB450

Brakes
The photograph pictures a bike with what appears to be a disk brake on the front wheel. My distinct recollection of the CB450 I drove back in 1969 was that it had drum brakes, twin leading shoes both ends. I have to say the colour scheme of the photographed model is also rather odd. Is it a customised model? —Preceding unsigned comment added by OomSimon (talk • contribs) 13:34, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

The CB450 acquired a disc brake in front from the CB450K3 model of 1970. There's a picture gallery here http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/cb450-gallery.php which shows some of the changes made through the years. There's a picture of a 1974 K7 on that site with a paint scheme very similar to that on the bike shown in the article. Citroënist (talk) 14:15, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Expanded article
I have expanded the article using secondary sources from my own collection. I have replaced the previous image, stated to be a 1974 K4, with what I feel is better for the article as the majority of the previous and newly-expanded prose concerns the Black Bomber K0

I have tried to keep the original prose and my contributions segregated, extending this approach into the infobox with my own inline citations to differentiate the sources and specs. This results in more inline citation boxes in the infobox than is desirable, but I've done this before and it's acceptable

If any future contributor wishes to add sections for newer derivatives then a second info box can be added. I don't have any sources for these newer models, so I'm unable to further-expand the article. Rocknrollmancer (talk) 21:23, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

180 or 360?
It's a ptwin, not sure if it's 180 degrees or 360? 360 will fire one cylinder after the other in continuous order. 180 will fire one, then the other, and have 2 pause strokes, before the first one fires up again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.244.177.78 (talk) 00:59, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
 * The article lead section states "180° straight twin" (which I did not write), cited by an American website. The 1965 Motor Cycle (UK magazine) road test in my house states in its lead section (in emboldened text) "180–degree crankshaft", and in the specification section "parallel twin", which was the standard British expression. My understanding is that CB prefixed models had 180 crank throws.--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 14:10, 7 October 2015 (UTC)