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It's REAL, you doubting b!tches... Honda RCV1000 v4 street bike

Corb said:
I can see why you consider it as more special. Its design was also very revolutionary and it directly heavily influenced the design of the iconic 916.
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True...
Massimo Tamburini felt so passionate about Mitsuyoshi Hohama's NR750 upon
which he promptly tore up his 916 current design and started again...
Tamburini freely admits copying the NR750 styling cues namely fox eyed
headlights... single sided swingarm and underseat exhaust...

Corb said:
However, it still is the closest thing Honda build to the RC213V.
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Negative... only the recorded breaking price point is common... the NR750 is
not a race bred V4 whereas the RC213 is... and that is thanks to the FIM
rules makers who effectively banned oval cylinders which halted Honda's
plans of ever racing their technological show case...
 
Corb said:
The oval piston NR750 was based on the oval piston NR500 grandprix bike from 1979.
http://world.honda.com/history/challenge/1979pistonengine/
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True... I was stationed in Japan 79 to 81... its a long story but I personally
saved two NR500 cylinder blocks from the fires of a smelter... I now possess
what my friend Shuhei Nakamoto would love to have...

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All this talk of oval pistons, makes me appreciate this little thing sitting on my bookcase:

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firstbuell said:
uh oh:


".....I asked whether the RC213V-S implies that one day soon, a single basic design will be shared by a production sportbike, a World Superbike, and a MotoGP bike.

Mr. Yoshituke Hasegawa (who is series Large Project Leader, or LPL) replied, “We have at present a split between inline and V-4, but the V-4 revolution has begun.”

I should know better than to ask such questions....."


http://www.cycleworld.com/2015/06/1...ica-street-legal-sportbike-motorcycle-review/
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Hmmmm... he DID say V-4 and not L-4 (there are 90 deg in an L, less than 90 deg in a V). Innocent generalization because of convention? I think not! :teeth
 
latindane said:
Hmmmm... he DID say V-4 and not L-4 (there are 90 deg in an L, less than 90 deg in a V). Innocent generalization because of convention? I think not! :teeth
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kevin 714 said:
No one says L4. A 90 degree engine is still a v
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latindane said:
So, you're saying :twofinger would have been more appropriate than :teeth ?
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Reminds me a bit of when it was thought Ducati's 90 degree engine was part of the problem with their GP bike sucking so much and Honda was like, "well uhh.... our engine is a 90 degree V4..." and all the assclown armchair engineers went silent. :laughing
 
clutchslip said:
...For Budman's sake, the bike in race trim will not meet U.S. noise and pollution standards. And if you look at the wording from NHTSA, foreign manufacturers can not offer solutions that will violate those codes. Thus, Honda CAN'T offer a kit in the U.S.. What is stupid is that I, you, or any schmuck, can buy a perfectly legal bike that is down 5 to 7 percent h.p. and beyond most people's riding skill. That's the problem with Honda's decision. They could (maybe) have competed with BMW, Kawasaki, Ducati, and Aprilia, but really chickened out, imNEVERho.
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I look at it as more Honda decided not to compromise the end result and instead went with a two part process.... everyone will buy the neutered bike, buy the kit and end up with the full on bike.
 
Enchanter said:
All this talk of oval pistons, makes me appreciate this little thing sitting on my bookcase:
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Amen... Nr750 pistons are something to behold as well as fun...
 

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Like I've been saying for years--there will never, ever, ever be an affordable, mass-produced, class-leading Honda V-Four superbike. Not even in an alternate universe.

That V-Four nerds keep hoping for one, decade after decade, is kind of cute.
 
Kurosaki said:
Reminds me a bit of when it was thought Ducati's 90 degree engine was part of the problem with their GP bike sucking so much and Honda was like, "well uhh.... our engine is a 90 degree V4..." and all the assclown armchair engineers went silent. :laughing
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True... a lot of confessions where heard that day because the 90º V4 proved to
be ideal... I predict the engineers at Aprilia will also adopt 90º as their new and
improved V4...
 
Gabe said:
Like I've been saying for years--there will never, ever, ever be an affordable, mass-produced, class-leading Honda V-Four superbike. Not even in an alternate universe.

That V-Four nerds keep hoping for one, decade after decade, is kind of cute.
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If Honda could sell an affordable class leading V2 for the masses then they
could also offer an affordable class leading V4 starting with a class leading
600cc V4 and working up to a affordable V4 Superbike... they would be narrow
as an arrow plus short and sassy...
 
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