For you Honda/RC30 fans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO9YVYg4FyU
Back when Honda was bold enough to be different and build one of the greatest sport/race bikes in history. Today we just get stamped out inline fours that maximize profits. But there was a time when Soichiro dared his engineers to build innovative bikes...
Dirk
Formerly MRA #211 - High Precision Racing
"A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self- preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property, and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means."
--Thomas Jefferson
and here I was going to post up immediately after seeing the title...who wants to bet it's a picture of a V-4?
:-)
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now I need a moment alone.
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That's effing sweet. The piano music didn't help the lull I've been in all morning, however.
Chris
Originally Posted by ~Barn~
There's nothing that will ever replace the warm feeling of a perfectly blipped 6th-to-4th downshift, that drops right lane traffic like 1st first semester chem-lab.
The production v-4's have gear driven cam drives?
That helps explains the sweet, sweet, sound of those motors.
yup...up until 2002 when they put the v-tec in the VFR's were all gear drive cams.
I love the whine of gear drives in the morning.
Sounds like......freedom.
Ahem. Corrected for you.
Chris
There's nothing that will ever replace the warm feeling of a perfectly blipped 6th-to-4th downshift, that drops right lane traffic like 1st first semester chem-lab.
the 97-02 VFR engines were probably some of the best motors ever put in a motorcycle. Reliable, decent power, great sound, last forEVER
At idle on my VF1000R you can't hear the exhaust over the whine of the cam gears.The production v-4's have gear driven cam drives?
That helps explains the sweet, sweet, sound of those motors.
Federal noise laws led to their removal in the latest VFR apparently.
V-TEC was a way of hitting ever-increasing emissions regulations. I've learned to live with it. If I could have the frame/suspension of my 6th generation VFR with a 5th generation motor (1997-2001), I'd be 100% satisfied. Well, there is a guy who has recently put together a supercharging kit for the 5th generation motor that gives it 150-160 hp...
Dirk
Formerly MRA #211 - High Precision Racing
"A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self- preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property, and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means."
--Thomas Jefferson
No way to cram a 97-01 motor into an 02-07 frame?
Chris
There's nothing that will ever replace the warm feeling of a perfectly blipped 6th-to-4th downshift, that drops right lane traffic like 1st first semester chem-lab.
Can't triple stamp a double stamp?
Honda Craftsmanship at it's finest!
sidenote: My brother and I are looking for an 81' Cr250 to restore.
(First water cooled two-fitty!)
-Dedicated to all of those with BIG egos.
Yeah, several people have tried but none succeeded apparently. Honda should just build a modern V-4 supersport.
Dirk
Formerly MRA #211 - High Precision Racing
"A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self- preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property, and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means."
--Thomas Jefferson
that was beautiful... I think I'm gonna cry...
Good post, that was poetry.
Eric in Highlands Ranch
'00 SV650 noisy lil bitch
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CSC Quotes worth repeating:
Those japanese sure do know how to build bikes. They also know how to build tunnels, and and and zero's, and war ships, and and, AND TORA TORA TORA!
...j/k
Good post
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