Initial Research Pathway

The team had the same idea of working on this topic for this specific bike engine. Zaki used to own one while Yi Han is currently riding one. Through everyone’s experience in riding the Honda CB400 SuperFour Revo, the team have prior knowledge in this bike engine.

The team did a general Google search on this bike model and engine, gathering several links to articles and videos. The articles are mainly from motorcycle review platforms, technical articles about Honda’s VTEC system. There are more articles that refers to VTEC system applied in cars, which the team have decided to pick out the relevant points and explain it in the context of motorcycle engines. Zaki found three articles about the VTEC system while Yi Han also found 3 articles and a video explaining the working principle, the advantages from VTEC system. The team is also using Chat GPT to find out the differences between the application of VTEC system in cars and motorcycles, also obtaining an overview of how the Honda VTEC system work.


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