« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Hypercar Holy Trinity  (Read 934 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline joeyvans

  • Definitely not a
  • Hot Shot
  • ***
  • Posts: 647
  • God's Country, Earth
Hypercar Holy Trinity
« on: December 03, 2015, 05:10:54 PM »
Any of you that followed 'Top Gear' will enjoy these video clips. The Top Gear guys were trying to make this happen before Clarkson eff'd up this past year and the show was cancelled.

Anyways... not be all end all tests for the best supercar out there, but fun to watch, nonetheless.

Someone please tell me if there is a better sound in the world than a V12 Ferrari. I wish Formula 1 would return to V10's or V12's.

http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/watch-laferrari-mclaren-p1-and-porsche-918-battle-it-out-track

Enjoy!

Kyle
Logged
1976 CB550 K2
Non-SOHC4 - 1974 CB450 K7
Non-SOHC4 - 1996 VFR750F

"No matter how much you shake and dance... the last three drops go in your pants."

Offline Bailgang

  • Scott
  • Old Timer
  • ******
  • Posts: 2,699
  • Indiana
Re: Hypercar Holy Trinity
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2015, 05:14:19 PM »
I'd be happy if F1 would kick the rpm limit back up to 18k+ again.
Logged
Scott


71 cb350 twin
77 cb750 F2
83 gl1100 Interstate

Offline SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan

  • Speak up, Whipper-Snapper! I'm a
  • Really Old Timer ...
  • *******
  • Posts: 15,556
  • SOHC/4 Member #1235
Re: Hypercar Holy Trinity
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2015, 04:11:14 PM »
Honda RC166 sounds pretty good too!
Wait for it at 0:48
Logged
1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

Sold/Emeritus
1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

Offline SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan

  • Speak up, Whipper-Snapper! I'm a
  • Really Old Timer ...
  • *******
  • Posts: 15,556
  • SOHC/4 Member #1235
Re: Hypercar Holy Trinity
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2015, 04:11:59 PM »
F1 cars sound damn good, too!
Logged
1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

Sold/Emeritus
1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

Offline chewbacca5000

  • I polish covers!
  • Old Timer
  • ******
  • Posts: 3,532
Re: Hypercar Holy Trinity
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2015, 05:12:00 PM »
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on December 05, 2015, 04:11:14 PM
Honda RC166 sounds pretty good too!
Wait for it at 0:48

According to Wikipedia that is a inline 6 cylinder at 249cc?  I also read it had a red line of 20,000 RPM!  Amazing. 
Logged

Offline RevDoc

  • Hot Shot
  • ***
  • Posts: 552
Re: Hypercar Holy Trinity
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2015, 12:54:07 PM »
Just found this YouTube link for another RC166 clip you guys might enjoy. The closing shots with the country road sound really hairy! ;D

« Last Edit: December 06, 2015, 12:56:07 PM by RevDoc »
Logged
Dana

'78 CB550K--Angie
'82 CB750 Custom--Eva



As soon as you straddle a bike expect every other driver on the road to suddenly start competeing for the title "Dumbestsonofa#$%*inallNorthAmerica!!"

Offline joeyvans

  • Definitely not a
  • Hot Shot
  • ***
  • Posts: 647
  • God's Country, Earth
Re: Hypercar Holy Trinity
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2015, 09:10:31 PM »
Quote from: CB750 Cafe Racer Fan on December 05, 2015, 04:11:14 PM
Honda RC166 sounds pretty good too!

The RC174 is another one that comes to mind.

But for me, nothing compares to the old F1 V10's & V12's.  Like bailgang mentioned.... kick up the revs again like the mid-late 90's and into the 2000's.  Back when the commentators used to tell you to turn up the tv at the start of every race.

All this talk is getting me excited for the 2016 F1 season, and we're only 1 week removed from the 2015 season.  Ugh!  118 days until Albert Park.  I've always been a Ferrari guy, but will certainly be rooting for Haas F1 as well.  I know they are in partnership with Ferrari for the power unit, but I also believe they are kind of like their B-team.
Logged
1976 CB550 K2
Non-SOHC4 - 1974 CB450 K7
Non-SOHC4 - 1996 VFR750F

"No matter how much you shake and dance... the last three drops go in your pants."

Offline Bailgang

  • Scott
  • Old Timer
  • ******
  • Posts: 2,699
  • Indiana
Re: Hypercar Holy Trinity
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2015, 02:11:53 AM »
I'm interested in seeing if Honda can improve on their F1 engines, they've built dominant F1 engines before so it's not like they don't know how but with todays rules they can't scrap a design and come up with something new like they could've done years ago. I'm also interested in how Haas F1 works out too but I think too much hype is being made about it simply because it's a US team.
Logged
Scott


71 cb350 twin
77 cb750 F2
83 gl1100 Interstate
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »