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Astra Honda Motor has introduced the CB150 StreetFire that would compete with the Yamaha V-Ixion. But when in Jakarta Motorcycle Show 2012, Astra Honda Motor is not necessarily sell.
Now it was rumored that they were ready to launch and sell in a matter of days. \ "A few days or weeks, waiting wrote, \" said the source Astra Honda Motor.
Honda CB150R StreetFire predicted to be released at a price of about $ 22 million. Astra Honda itself claims that the bike had 1,400 units ordered customers to closure Jakarta Motorcycle Show.
CB150R Honda CBR engine fitted StreetFire alone capacity of 150 cc DOHC engine with 6-speed. Alloy instrument panel shows analog and digital, with white for the odometer.
CB150 would eventually collide with New V-Ixion in its segment. The fight will be hard because the V-Ixion still dominate class segment. Touch the figure of 1,029,042 unit sales or 75 percent of total segment sales of Yamaha sport (1,365,354 units) since the model was first released.
By comparison, Honda CB150R DOHC engine, Yamaha uses SOHC. SOHC or single overhead camshaft means using a single camshaft in the cylinder head or the shaft again. While double overhead camshaft DOHC or use two shaft again.
DOHC is superior in the lap top (when speeding). However, DOHC has more mechanical devices would also require extra care costs also more than the SOHC engine.
