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Honda EXP-2

Honda motorcycle

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 19, 2024
Entity authorityQ5892434
Source-derived summary

The Honda EXP-2 was an off-road experimental prototype motorcycle, designed in 1995, with a fuel injected 400 cc (24 cu in) two-stroke engine. It was intended to serve global markets that still relied heavily on two-stroke technology, but to comply with increasingly strict emissions laws.

Technology

With the utilization of a redesigned exhaust port valve and the ARC (Activated Radical Combustion) system engaged, the engine would produce a pre-ignited combustion effect at low throttle that would completely burn all fuel in the chamber compared to how a conventional two-stroke engine would lose part of the intake charge. The result decreased two major drawbacks of two-stroke technology of both incomplete combustion of fuel at low engine revolutions (RPM) and expulsion of unburned fuel at high RPM.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1995—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Honda, EXP-2 and motorcycle can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from Honda EXP-2” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.