How do you figure how many c.c's a motorcycle engine is?

Question

I have a honda 600 , how do i figure out the c.c's for that engine? I would like the formula for figuring them out

Answer 1

not knowing the year or model, the 07 and 08 honda's have a 600 in the shadow vlx, which is 583cc's; and the cbr600rr is 599 cc's. manufactures round up. different years may have other models that run a 600.
(radius of the cylinder x 2 x length of piston stroke x # of cylinders)
basically cubic centimeters is a volume measurment. the circumfrence of each cylinder times the stroke of the piston times the number of the cylinders gives the cc's of the motor.

Answer 2

Well, since it's a Honda 600, it will be in the 600 cc range. But if you have an owner's manual it should give you the exact displacement in the technical specs.

If you actually want to do the math, the volums is the Area of the top of the cylinder times the height.

Area of a circle is PI x r squared, then multiply that by the height.

Diameter of the cylinder will be listed as bore, and the hieght as stroke.

Answer 3

cc's is the abreviation of "cubic centimeters"
"Cubic" is the "area" of a "cube" (ice cube, sugar cube).
"Area" is Length x Width x Height.
An ice cube that is 2" high, 2" wide & 2" long - is 8 cubic inches (2 x 2 x 2 = 8).

Measuring the "area" of a "cylinder" (soda can, soup can) is a little different.
First you have to figure the area of a circle (like taking a slice of the cylinder bore).
The "area" of a cylinder is measured - "pie R squared"
"pie" is a math term for "3.14"
"R" is short for "radius" (or 1/2 the diameter of a circle).
"Squared" means a number multiplied by itself (3 squared is 3 x 3 = 9).

When that # is figured, multiply it by the length of the cylinder.
In the context of an engine, we only compute the distance the piston travels from the bottom, to the top of it's "stroke" (that's the area of the cylinder (soda can) that is being used).

That's how many "cubes" the cylinder is and it's multiplied by how many cylinders the engine has.

Kawasaki 636 engine specs -
Cylinder bore is 67mm or "6.7 centimeters"
Stroke is 45mm or "4.5 centimeters"
4 cylinder engine

pie = "3.14"
R = "3.35" (1/2 the diameter, or 6.7 divided by 2)
R squared = "11.22" (3.35 x 3.35)
pie x R squared = "35.23" (3.14 x 11.22)
35.23 x "4.5" (stroke) = "158"
158 x "4" (cylinders) = "634"
634cc, or round it to 636 (it sounds better).

Formula -
pie x (R squared) x Stroke x Cylinders
It looks complicated, but with a calculator and knowing the value of "pie", it's rather simple.
Look at the engine specs for different bikes.
Knowing the bore & stroke #s and using the formula, figure out the cc's.
Cubic inches, is figured the same way.

Answer 4

(Bore(in mm) X Stroke (in mm) ) X # of cylinders = cubic millimeters.

cubic millimeters X 10 = Cubic Centimeters

your owner's manual should have the actual cc of the engine, they are usually less than the "class cc" meaning the number used at the track.

a 600 is usually between 580-598 cc. I have seen some below the 580 mark that was classified as a 600 but not many, and none in recent years.

the Kawasaki EX250 is between 248-249cc depending on the year, but it is still classified as a 250cc bike for sales, and racing purposes; not to mention it is easier to remember 250, than 248 when you see an advertisement.

Answer 5

The formula is [0.5 times the "bore" (diameter of the piston)]^2 times 3.14 (pi) times the "stroke" (the length the piston travels in the cylinder) times the number of cylinders.

Example: Honda CB600R

[.5 * bore]^2 * pi * stroke * number of cylinders

[.5 * 6.7cm ]^2 * 3.14 * 4.25cm * 4

3.35cm^2 * 3.14 * 4.25cm * 4

11.22 * 3.14 * 4.25 * 4

35.23 * 4.25 * 4

149.73 * 4

598.92 cc

Note: to simplify the process, convert the bore and stroke figures to the desired units first (e.g. we wanted to get a figure in cubic centimeters, therefore we converted the bore and stroke figures from millimeters to centimeters.

Answer 6

Well, you can take the manufacture's word, or you can do what they do to me at the race track when they contest me, take the cylinder head off, block the exhaust port and intake, pour a known amount of light oil into the cylinder making sure the piston is at the very bottom of travel, then muliply the milliliters of fluid by the number of cylinders, milliliter and centimeter is interchangable for this proceedure. and wa la

Answer 7

Cc Calculator Bore X Stroke

Answer 8

When a manufacture says a Honda 600, the intent is it is a 600cc motorcycle. Now, what you really need to do, is look in the owners manual, or sometimes it is stamped on the engine block. It might actually be a 599, 585, 615,635, etc. The 600 in the name is just to "class" the bike against competitors.

Answer 9

On all the motorcycles I've ever had, that number was stamped somewhere on the engine near the cylinders.

Answer 10

600 its in the name of most bikes