Thinking Outside The Circle ...

[McRat]

Nostalgia Trivia:

In 1979 Honda Racing decided it could whip the 2-Stroke Grand Prix bikes with a 4-stroke, which at the time was laughable.

Since they were limited to 4 cylinders, Honda questioned why pistons must be round, and made the pistons oval instead.

V-4 engine, with 8 valves per cylinder, the 4-stroke 500cc freak show could make 135HP at 20,000 rpm:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ovalpiston.jpg

But while the engine could make competitive HP, poor reliability and poor handling retired the design.

Honda made a 750cc version for street use, and it is about the most expensive modern collector's bike. Only 300 were made.

 

[blk smoke lb7]

Nostalgia Trivia:

In 1979 Honda Racing decided it could whip the 2-Stroke Grand Prix bikes with a 4-stroke, which at the time was laughable.

Since they were limited to 4 cylinders, Honda questioned why pistons must be round, and made the pistons oval instead.

V-4 engine, with 8 valves per cylinder, the 4-stroke 500cc freak show could make 135HP at 20,000 rpm:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ovalpiston.jpg

But while the engine could make competitive HP, poor reliability and poor handling retired the design.

Honda made a 750cc version for street use, and it is about the most expensive modern collector's bike. Only 300 were made.

Small #s of production are genrally sought after,hence 299 people and myself have this but you dont. IMO

 

[minisub]

Wankel. How's that?

 

[blk smoke lb7]

That 500 cc class keeps trying to reinvent motors all the time when i used to watch inline 4 v2 inline 3 v3 And wasnt honda feilding 2 different motors at the same time a v2 and a v4 or was it an inline 4 so long ago its hard to remember

Always wanted a gp 500 bike all that power in a lite weight bike