Cc is not always about power but the horsepower is…In my country where i reside and work the starting license is limit to 230cc,While the secondary license is from 231cc up to 550cc(Below 60hp) and the advanced license is over 551cc
There is an interesting topic regarding the Japanese license system. The CB400F, which Honda announced in December 1974 and which he produced from 1975 until 1977, had a 408 cc (24.9 cu in) air-cooled, inline-four-cylinder, SOHC engine. Due to the revision of the driver's license system implemented in 1975, the year after the announcement, motorcycle driver's licenses were limited to medium-sized motorcycles that could only be driven with an engine displacement of 400cc or less. Strictly speaking, there are cases where the vehicle inspection certificate is determined to be OK because it says ``0.4L'', but according to the Road Traffic Act, ``a large motorcycle is a vehicle with a displacement exceeding 400cc'', so the police officer who is enforcing the vehicle is Once the actual displacement is understood, a rider riding with a medium-sized limited license will be arrested for driving without a license. To avoid those troubles, Honda has changed to a 398 cc (24.3 cu in) version with a shorter-stroke 48.8 mm (1.92 in) crankshaft that is exclusive to Japan and complies with Japan's medium-duty license restrictions. My personal opinion is that even though Honda was aware of the driver's license system reform, I cannot understand why they sold it in Japan right before the enforcement.
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Cc is not always about power but the horsepower is…In my country where i reside and work the starting license is limit to 230cc,While the secondary license is from 231cc up to 550cc(Below 60hp) and the advanced license is over 551cc
There is an interesting topic regarding the Japanese license system.
The CB400F, which Honda announced in December 1974 and which he produced from 1975 until 1977, had a 408 cc (24.9 cu in) air-cooled, inline-four-cylinder, SOHC engine.
Due to the revision of the driver's license system implemented in 1975, the year after the announcement, motorcycle driver's licenses were limited to medium-sized motorcycles that could only be driven with an engine displacement of 400cc or less.
Strictly speaking, there are cases where the vehicle inspection certificate is determined to be OK because it says ``0.4L'', but according to the Road Traffic Act, ``a large motorcycle is a vehicle with a displacement exceeding 400cc'', so the police officer who is enforcing the vehicle is Once the actual displacement is understood, a rider riding with a medium-sized limited license will be arrested for driving without a license.
To avoid those troubles, Honda has changed to a 398 cc (24.3 cu in) version with a shorter-stroke 48.8 mm (1.92 in) crankshaft that is exclusive to Japan and complies with Japan's medium-duty license restrictions.
My personal opinion is that even though Honda was aware of the driver's license system reform, I cannot understand why they sold it in Japan right before the enforcement.
Thank you bro! interesting discussion.
Why using this NC500x video and talking about the 400 cc version ?
because essentially they're the same bike.
due to licensing systems in various countries, they are tuned to around 400cc for those counties.
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