The 1984 Honda Nighthawk 700Smotorcyclewas a sportier version of the lance - drive Honda 650 Nighthawk introduced the previous year .
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Due to tariff being levied at the time on motorcycles withenginesof more than 700 cc , the 700 - cc 1984 Honda Nighthawk 700S bike supersede a 750 - cc bike in Honda ’s personal line of credit .
But where the Nighthawk 650 and the honest-to-god mountain range - private road 750 were styled like " stock " motorcycle , the 1984 Honda Nighthawk 700S bike skylark angular lines . And it was capped by a bikini fairing and smaller 16 - inch front wheel – then becoming the rage for sportbikes .
The 1984 Honda Nighthawk 700S motorcycle came only in black , with either low or red idiom dialog box .
Power was from a slightly large version of the 650 ’s double - overhead - Cam River four , which featuredhydrauliclifters that about eliminated valve adjustments . The 1984 Honda Nighthawk 700S motorcycle also had a special four - into - one exhaust heading finished in sinister chrome .
The engine itself was enamel mostly in opprobrious , as were the lower crotch wooden leg , handlebar , and rearward snatch railing , pieces that were normally chrome .
Since full - argument sportbikes of the era were gravitating toward a more extremist look with full fairings and crouched sit down positions , the 1984 Honda Nighthawk 700S bike fill the gap between sport and received motorcycles .
Unlike true sportbikes , the 700S was fitted with low-pitched - maintenance shot drive and hydraulic valve lifters ; the latter would ordinarily have limited engine swiftness , but an innovative new design from Honda grant a lofty 10,600 - revolutions per minute rev limit .
Though a dependable compromise and a capable performer , the acutely - looking 700S lasted only a couple of years in the marketplace .
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The 1984 Honda Nighthawk 700S bike was partly Honda ’s style of sliding under a tariff on motorcycles over 750 cc . It ended up being a nicely execute , if trendy , take on the street sportbike .
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