Honda BF60 EFI Australian PDF Product Guide

Honda’s brand new BF60 four-stroke EFI outboard engine expands the premium product range available to Australian boaters. Slotting in between the widely-acclaimed BF40/50 and BF75/90, the new BF60 combines exclusive Honda technologies in a lightest-weight-in-class package that delivers best-in-class performance. Weighing 110kg, the newly-designed, water-cooled, 998cm3 three-cylinder engine incorporates electronic
fuel injection, Honda’s revolutionary Boosted Low Speed Torque (BLAST™) air/fuel ratio and ignition-timing technology, and lean burn control to deliver powerful start-up and acceleration together with outstanding fuel economy during cruising (ECOmo). A high-performance gear case further contributes to the BF60’s impressive acceleration and top-end speed.

Along with its powerful 17amp alternator, the BF60 is also NMEA2000 compatible, which allows the engine to communicate with onboard electronics to deliver a wide-range of information to head-unit displays. Sporting a futuristic new look that relects its superior performance, the BF60 is available in remote control (including a Power Thrust model) and tiller versions. Among its many features, the multi-function tiller handle
incorporates a power trim-tilt switch which is conveniently located in the throttle grip, so the engine can be easily trimmed while underway allowing the operator to remain completely focused on the water.

Consistently leading the world in environmental performance, the smooth and quiet-running BF60 exceeds the latest US EPA emissions standards – the most stringent in the world; 2008 CARB standards; and domestic Japanese voluntary regulations. The new BF60 will also achieve the Outboard Engine Distributors Association’s (OEDA) three-star rating for ultra-low emissions. Covered by Honda’s ive-year warranty, the new BF60 will be available through Honda’s national marine dealer network in the second half of the year.

NEW GENERATION ‘WEDGE SHAPE’ DESIGN
Inline with Honda’s ‘premium compact’ concept, the BF60 sports a stylish, low-proile ‘wedge-shape’ design, to visually communicate the engine’s superior performance and quality construction.

LIGHTWEIGHT AND COMPACT
At just 110kg, the BF60 is the lightest weight engine in its class. The compact design is the result of the three-cylinder engine layout and the use of super-strong lightweight materials such as an aluminium mount frame, resin oil strainer, resin lower mount cover and resin inlet manifold.

Honda’s revolutionary Boosted Low Speed Torque (BLAST™) air/fuel ratio and ignition-timing technology was irst employed in Honda’s BF75/90, more recently in the completely-redesigned BF40/50 and now in the new BF60. BLAST™ utilises MBT – Minimum advance for Best Torque – trace control, which is based on basic engine ignition timing theory. By linking the ignition timing control of the engine to the air/fuel ratio, it sets the
optimum timing via computer control. BLAST™ traces the air/fuel ratio that results in the maximum torque for each engine revolution, while
simultaneously tracing the maximum knock limit ignition timing that can be obtained using a rich air/fuel ratio in the full throttle zone, and advances the ignition timing to the limit, in order to produce greater torque.This boost in horsepower and torque at low rpm contributes to strong hole shot performance to get the hull up on plane quickly!

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