The Honda Pacific Coast is a very reliable and easy to maintain bike, almost zero maintenance. All that smooth plastic it easy to take care of, hardly any chrome to worry about. It takes less than 15 minutes for a complete wash job. Underneath the plastic is a V-Twin 800 cc engine, water cooled,  with hydraulic lifters for valve adjustment, hydraulic clutch and brakes. It is shaft driven, just grease the rear spines during each tire change. And that rear end, it contains the "trunk" and is one of the bikes best hidden features. Talk about ease of packing, you have to see it to understand. It holds about as much as my old Kawasaki B2-1300 tourer did. The only real maintenance is to stop every four or five hours to feed & water the operator and gas the bike. Honda first started making the Pacific Coast in 1989, but do to lack of sales discontinued it in 1992 and 1993. It appears to have been one of Honda�s best kept secretes. But after Honda stopped importing the PC, people started asking for them and the bike was reborn again in 1994. But the sales numbers was just not enough and 1998 was the last year Honda made it. The one I have is a 1996 model, purchased used in 1999 with 5,050 miles on it. There are plenty of owners with over 100,000 miles on their bikes, some with over 200,000 miles. There are bikes that are better for touring, some better for daily commuting, some that will excel for sport riding, but none better for all around use than a PC800. It is a excellent bike for touring, has good weather protection, good seating position, easy to commute with in city traffic, and none better for hauling your stuff around (remember the trunk). If you want to know more, visit the home of the PACIFIC COAST Owners club at:  URL:http://www.pc800.net/

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Specifications Engine Displacement: 800cc . Type: Liquid cooled, four-stroke V-Twin. Valve Train: SOHC, three valves per cylinder, hydraulic lifters. Carburetion: Two 34.2mm Keihin CV. Ignition: Solid state, 2 plugs/cylinder. Transmission: 5-speed constant mesh. Clutch: Hydraulicly actuated, multi-plate, wet clutch. Final Drive: Enclosed drive shaft/hypoid gears. Wheelbase: 61.2 inches Seat height: 30.0 inches Ground clearance: 7.0 inches Fuel capacity: 4.2 U.S. gal. Dry Weight: 606 lb. Weight with full tank: 631 lb GVWR: 988 lb. Load capacity (full tank): 357 lb. Suspension/Brakes Front suspension travel: 5.7 inches Rear Suspension travel: 5.1 inches Front Brakes: dual rotor disk (hydraulic). Rear Brakes: drum (mechanical). Tire / Front: 120/80-17 Tire / Rear: 140/80-15

Performance Standing start: 1/4 mi: 14.48 sec. @ 89.35 mph. 0-30 mph: 1.7 sec. 0-60 mph: 5.6 sec. Top gear roll-on: 40-60 mph: 6.5 sec. 60-80 mph: 7.8 sec. Calculated speed at 7500 rpm redline: 1st gear: 35 mph. 2nd gear: 65 mph. 3rd gear: 74 mph. 4th gear: 95 mph. 5th gear: 115 mph Measured top speed: 107 mph. Engine speed at 60 mph: 3910 rpm. Fuel Consumption: 45 - 55 mpg. Braking Distance:    from 30 mph: 29 ft.    from 60 mph: 130 ft.

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