| Scooter Scooters Honda Dio - Japanese scooters, which appeared in 1988. These scooters are not only compact, reliable and maneuverable, but also have great potential for tuning. These scooters are very popular on the roads of Japan, Italy and Russia.
first generation
Honda Dio AF-18/25
Japanese company Honda to manufacture scooters pristupisa Dio early 1988. This model scooter has been very successful, and even advanced. Convenient line-up and a new design, with good reliability provided a new product a great success in the market. First generation Honda Dio scooters were produced in 2 versions: AF-18 (with drum front tormazom) and later in 1990, AF-25 SR (with disc front brake). To attract interest, and issued a special series of small scooters Honda Dio SP, differing from the usual design of devices and bright colorings interesting body.
second generation
Honda Super Dio AF-27/28
second generation appeared in 1990, and basically came down to restyling the previous generation. These scooters were similar design and the same engine-AF-18E. But, unlike the first model, the novelty was over, got a pocket under the steering wheel and offers buyers a large number of complete sets.
basic and simplest equipment - Honda Super Dio SR (AF-28).
Equipment ZF received sports direction. It is equipped with uprated engines, disc brakes. The trunk was replaced spoiler with brake light. In addition, this equipment was installed sports muffler.
lovers drive cross-country, was made interesting with enduro equipment bias - Honda Dio XR Baja. This scooter is equipped with an off-road driving, optics and the dashboard of the motorcycle Honda XR250, so the brakes were also - disc.
to the domestic market in Japan was released equipment with electric motor and the battery, fuel tank. This scooter is charged from the usual outlets.
second generation Honda Dio has been discontinued in 1996. But then decided not to give up entirely on the model of AF-27, and after the redesign and plastic optics for some time to release it under the name of Honda Dio Fit.
third generation.
Honda Live Dio AF-34/35 came after four years from the start of the 2nd generation - in 1994. This model is completely new. Thanks to modern AF-34E engine with horizontally-cylinder arrangement, managed to make even the bottom trunk under the seat. The overall design was done in a modern and trendy for seredyny 90's style. In addition, the headlight was crystal.
In this generation, so it was a lot of complete sets. So SR equipment than the base model, the presence of disc front brake. SR Combi Brake, as the name implies, is equipped with a combined braking system.
Sports and became the most expensive equipment Honda Live Dio ZX. This model had the oil front shock absorbers, sport spoiler, disc brakes and a more powerful engine. Since 1996, the sports equipment began installing alloy wheels with 6 spokes. This configuration also came out as special. limited series, such as the series of the fiftieth anniversary of Honda (scooter had a white-red color with the application of the emblems on the body and the ignition key), a series of team BAR-Honda F-1 (silver-red color with a logo), a series with a translucent plastic facing in 3 versions (blue, yellow and red).
In addition, a complete set Honda Live Dio Cesta with extra basket, located in front of the scooter, as well as Honda Live Dio ST with the ABS.
In subsequent years 3rd generation finalized. So in 1997, was changed headlight. Since 2001, the plant began to install a new central locking system, which protects against theft of special shutter allows you to open the trunk scooter without having to remove the ignition key.
third generation has been discontinued only in 2003.
Four generation.
 AF-56/57/63
In 2001, a new generation - Dio Smart, which has mutated significantly in comparison to previous models Honda Dio.
Scooters this generation received a new 4-stroke engine with 2 valves and liquid cooling. Installation of this engine required because of heavy environmental requirements. This engine, though a bit lost in the power of two-stroke counterparts Dio (5 horsepower with a torque of 4.6 Nm versus 5.4 Nm to 6.2 horsepower two-stroke engine.), But was about 60% economically! With this economy, a liter of petrol was missed by 75 kilometers at a speed of 30 km /h! In addition, the new engine and had a great resource (100,000 kilometers without major repairs required at those. Maintenance).
To achieve these results, as well as by weighting the engine had to reduce the weight of the scooter. To do this, first of all, the frame facilitated by doing it out of aluminum.
Externally Dio Smart was performed in a class of previous generations while maintaining its small size, roomy pockets with trunk and under-floor fuel tank. Disa match time - sharp edges and crystal front and rear optics scooter made very attractive.
Honda Dio Smart had a third configuration:
base (AF56); equip disk tormazom equipment DX (AF57) and top-end equipment Z4.
Honda Dio Smart Z4 to turn out in 2 ways. The first Z4 was similar configuration with the addition of DX spoiler, alloy wheels and the logo Z4. A little later, in 2004, Z4 (AF63) in addition to the spoiler and alloy wheels got a 4-valve engine vpryskovym, oil shocks and the system auto-mute on traffic lights and auto-plant startup with a traffic light (at the gas supply).
Currently generation Dio Smart is no longer available.
fifth generation.
 New Dio (AF62/68) appeared in October 2003. In the fifth generation of Dio from the floor fuel tank has been moved under the seat, as in the design of most other scooters. The new generation is not a set of complete sets - Honda decided to be limited by 2 species:
Honda New Dio and Honda New Dio Cesta, basket kits.
engine fifth-generation Honda Dio (AF61E) originally had a capacity of 3.8 horsepower with a torque of 3.7 Nm Later in 2007, improvement of the model was carried out on the technical side, then Honda New Dio has a new frame and injection in return for a carburetor engine. New motor (AF68) allows for speeds of 30 km /h at a hundred miles to spend about 1.25 liters of gasoline. Externally scooter has not changed.
sixth generation
July 18, 2011 introduced a new scooter Dio 6th generation - Dio 100 (JF31). This generation is carried out in another class - this is not a small two-seater scooter with 4-stroke engine of 110 cc. cm |
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