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New CB400 Super Four E-Clutch: Honda's Developers Explain the New Standard

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New CB400 Super Four E-Clutch: Honda's Developers Explain the New Standard — PHOTO — DISCOVER HONDA（ENGLISH） / © Honda↗ View original

Honda has published the development story behind the new CB400 SUPER FOUR E-Clutch. The electronic clutch reduces stalling risk while still allowing instant manual override via the lever, and the bike is roughly 14kg lighter than its predecessor. Development lead Takuro Nakamura says the goal was a bike riders find striking at first sight.

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Shinji Hanoura

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Looking at the spec sheet, shedding 14kg while adding E-Clutch and throttle-by-wire is genuinely serious work. Compared with the old model, tuning each of the four exhaust pipes to a different length for both sound and output is the part that gets me. Just reading the developer interview raises my pulse.