Honda CJ series

The Honda CJ series was a short-lived line of Honda motorcycles with inline twin engines of a nominal 360 cc capacity, an offshoot of the equally short-lived CB360. Its main model, the CJ360T, was a twin cylinder four-stroke motorcycle built from 1976 to 1977 as a cheaper version of the CB360: it had a five-speed gearbox in place of the CB's six, a front drum brake instead of a disc, a two-into-one exhaust and kick starting only, where the CB offered both electric and kick start. Honda tuned the 360 engine for broad range torque. The bike won little market success, which the source blames on poor marketing, the smaller gearbox and apparently lower performance than two-stroke rivals such as the Yamaha RD350, despite the reliability and economy of a four-stroke engine. A CJ250T, not sold in the United States, was also offered, and the 1976 and 1977 model years differed only cosmetically.