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Honda's RC166, enough said.
« on: September 08, 2009, 08:16:27 pm »

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Re: Honda's RC166, enough said.
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2009, 08:32:33 pm »
That sound is AWESOME.
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Re: Honda's RC166, enough said.
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2009, 09:31:14 pm »
I'll take one!

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Re: Honda's RC166, enough said.
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2009, 11:13:32 pm »
Nice post Bill. I think this is why we love the Honda CB so much. Without the RC the CB wouldn't be what it is. Strong, reliable and good looking.


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Re: Honda's RC166, enough said.
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2009, 04:13:31 am »
Quote from: toycollector10 on September 08, 2009, 11:13:32 pm
Nice post Bill. I think this is why we love the Honda CB so much. Without the RC the CB wouldn't be what it is. Strong, reliable and good looking.


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Re: Honda's RC166, enough said.
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2009, 04:16:27 am »


                How would you like to have THIS for a Puzzle, to put together?  Personally, I' d LOVE IT!!!!!! ;D ;D 8) 8) ;) ;)


             
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Re: Honda's RC166, enough said.
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2009, 04:52:50 am »
those pistons are pretty small! What's the displacement?
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Re: Honda's RC166, enough said.
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2009, 06:17:43 am »
Honda made a 250 -6 and I think they bored it out to about 300cc to compete in the 500 GPs.
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Re: Honda's RC166, enough said.
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2009, 08:18:01 pm »
The bigger one was 297cc and ran in the 350cc class.
The 500cc class honda was a 4 cylinder machine.

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Re: Honda's RC166, enough said.
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2009, 11:06:20 pm »
Hi Bill!

I actually saw those bikes when I was @ the Honda Museum a few years ago.  As you say..they're awesome pieces of engineering.  

I think we tend to forget that those bikes are over 40 years old nowadays!  And this @ a time when most of us here..were still riding Triumphs, Nortons, Ariels..thinking they were the best in bike engineering (well..maybe Vincent too..but most of us couldn't afford those)...most of the guys I hung with thought so @ least.

I think those old racing Honda's STILL represent a high level of engineering.  Guess that's one of the reasons why in my old(er) age..I still have a soft spot for Honda's.  Maybe not for what else is now available..but for the lead that Honda showed to most others in terms of engineering and development.

Thanks for posting that.

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Re: Honda's RC166, enough said.
« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2009, 04:54:26 am »
Quote from: Ichiban 4 on September 09, 2009, 11:06:20 pm
Hi Bill!

I actually saw those bikes when I was @ the Honda Museum a few years ago.  As you say..they're awesome pieces of engineering.  

I think we tend to forget that those bikes are over 40 years old nowadays!  And this @ a time when most of us here..were still riding Triumphs, Nortons, Ariels..thinking they were the best in bike engineering (well..maybe Vincent too..but most of us couldn't afford those)...most of the guys I hung with thought so @ least.

I think those old racing Honda's STILL represent a high level of engineering.  Guess that's one of the reasons why in my old(er) age..I still have a soft spot for Honda's.  Maybe not for what else is now available..but for the lead that Honda showed to most others in terms of engineering and development.

Thanks for posting that.

Al / Ichi

            Ichi, I couldn't have said it better myself. As a young teenager, I remember having those same feelings about the Brit bikes And some others as well. Then, the Hondas started arriving, adding to my amazement, at the development of motorcycles (with overhead cams, higher rpms, electric starters, gauges that more often now included a tachometer, front brakes that actuated the front AND rear shoes, etc), along with the Racing bikes that were starting to be "multi-cylinder! :o Yeah, I too, was AWESTRUCK and I guess I still am! :D I remember hearing (and reading) that Honda's 250 6cylinder had "the most incredible sound ever to come out of a motorcycle" ( I think that's how it was worded, pretty close anyway) and they were talking about the one that Mike Hailwood was riding! ;)

             Yeah, I may like some of the Yamahas, Suzukis, Kawasakis (like the GPZ I have) and some others, but I'll ALWAYS have the respect for Honda (as a Mainstay)!
And that's not to say that I've forgotten about the "Oldies like Indian and such", MY feeling for them, goes without saying. 8)

             Thank you for posting Ichi, you made me bring up the OLD feeling about back then and that was cool (I go ALMOST as far back as you do. ;) )

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Re: Honda's RC166, enough said.
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2009, 07:49:35 pm »
man, thats beautiful noise! the sound it made when the guy was bouncing the tach off the 14k rpm pin was just outrageous
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Re: Honda's RC166, enough said.
« Reply #12 on: September 16, 2009, 10:38:07 am »
There used to be one in Toronto at the Ontario Science Centre museum, sent to Honda's museum many years ago though. I was at Mosport when Mike Hailwood raced the 250cc six. The sound was totally weird then, a banshee scream compared to the other bikes' "normal" sound. You hear the way it sounded on the youtube video, but what you miss is that the thing was LOUD!!!
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