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Honda has released its first machine to feature the newly developed ‘global' engine for scooters, and it's called the Click 125iThe Honda Click 125i sports scooter is now on sale in Thailand, the first to be powered by the company’s new 125cc ‘eSP’ engine which broke cover in September, 2011.
One of the key features of the new engine is a built-in idle stop-start system that can shut down the engine automatically when it detects the scooter has come to a standstill, such as at traffic lights or stopping to take a phone call. Honda is talking about a big improvement in fuel economy as a result -- to the tune of 25 per cent.
It's not just the stop-start system that will make the new engine one of the cleanest in its class. Taking advantage of “a broad spectrum of new ideas to thoroughly reduce friction", the compact liquid-cooled four-stroke 125cc engine features an offset cylinder and roller rocker arm which are “supplemented by such techniques as intelligent control to lessen friction during power generation,” according to Honda.
Meanwhile, the Click 125i is based on the Thai-manufactured 110cc Click-I, which made its debut in 2006, and then added Honda’s PGM-FI fuel-injection in 2008.
Honda plans to install the eSP – the acronym for enhanced, Smart and Power -- global engine on a wide range of 125cc scooter models that will be launched in various countries throughout the world starting in 2012. No word on whether that includes Australia, yet.
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