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    Keihin ( pronunciation )

    ok so how do you correctly pronounce it ? i googled it and came up with key hin keen ky hin kay heen i always thought it was pronounced kine but avoided ever saying it outloud cuz i just dont know

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    I got into big time talk about this long time ago with Honda reps. Sales and Service guys in town directly from Japan when I worked in large PHX dealership. they and Sudco all say KAY-heen OR K-heen. NOT key-hin, or key-in or anything else. Honda owns em so I tend to believe them. Mike

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    Key-In, is how I've always said it. I'd tend to believe the Sudco and Honda guys though.

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    I've heard it as kay-heen

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    kay-heen is how my friends and I have always pronounced it.
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    looks like "kay heen" is the daddy rabbit ! glad i wasnt the only person confused over the pronunciation

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    I just say Keen. I don't care if it's right or not.

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    A lot easier to say mikuni!

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    PWK !!!
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    I always heard it pronounced as "Kane" Like candy Cane.

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    I've been pronouncing it Kee-hin for 25+ years, so even if I've been saying it wrong all this time I'm not about to change my ways now.
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    Kaye hin said here............
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    key-in or key-hin
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