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Motorcycling with my 1997 Honda Pacific Coast (PC800)

by Elton Hammond P.Eng.

Select to see image of PC800 with GIVI top case.

PC800 STATISTICS

  • For more details visit the PC800 web site: http://members.tripod.com/pc800/
  • PC800 is 7'-6-3/4" long with the front wheel pointed straight. For Trailering advice see Rich Fenwick's Page "Trailering It"
  • Moves back by 240 mm or 9 1/2 inches and rises by 57mm or 2 1/4 inches when lifted onto the center stand.
  • Weight approx. 
    • Tank Empty:    606 lbs.
    • Tank Full:         631 lbs.
  • Fuel capacity: 4.2 Gals.
  • Wheelbase 62.3 ins.
  • Seat Height: 30.0 ins.
  • Ground Clearance: 7.0 ins.
  • Gross Vehicle Weight: 988 lbs.
  • Load Capacity (tank full): 357 lbs.
  • 0 to 60 MPH:   5.6 seconds
  • Measured top speed: 107 MPH
  • Original List Price: $7698 ($6495 for '94) I paid $5,999US in March 1998.
  • Volume of trunk - approx. 80 liters according to David Sigsbee's Feb. 26/2001 e-mail about his Styrofoam packing "peanuts" test.
  • Combined with my GIVI 460 case of 46 liters this gives me a total of 126 liters of storage.
  • Total Number Built; research by Leland Sheppard of Northern California --- 12,073?
 

Honda Pacific Coast (PC800)
Serial Numbers/Number of PCs made

This chart was put together by Leland Shepherd on his PC800 web site.

 
Model Year Type * Serial # Range Number of PCs Yearly Total Overall Total
           
1989 non-CA 15-3896 3881 3881 3881
1989 CA 31-734 703 4584 4584
1990 non-CA 1-2558 2558 2558 7142
1990 CA 4-483 479 3037 7621
1994 non-CA 8-980 972 972 8593
1994 CA 1-220 220 1192 8813
1995 non-CA 1-869 869 869 9682
1995 CA 1-140 140 1009 9822
1996 non-CA 1-849 849 849 10671
1996 CA 1-221 221 1070 10892
1997 non-CA 1-623 623 623 11515
1997 CA 1-90 90 713 11605
1998 non-CA 1-411? 411? 411? 12016?
1998 CA 1-57? 57? 468? 12073?

* - CA = California

This information was taken from the Honda parts microfiche for the Honda Pacific Coast.  The fiche used was produced in late 1997 and did not contain the figures for 1998 except for the fact that both CA and non-CA ranges began with number 1.

The high numbers in the 1998 model year columns were gleaned from the current PC800 mailing lists and owner responses to my query about 1998 serial numbers; these are the highest numbers I have received and therefore the best information available to me to date...  Please email me: lcshepp@directcon.net  if you have higher numbers than these on a 1998 model year PC800.  Also, if you have numbers that are outside the ranges shown above for your model year, let me know.