Ciao. Mi sono permesso di commentare. Visto che il mio compianto zio, colleziona a, e mio cugino possiede molte moto dagli anni 1938 agl'anni 45.Ricordo che aveva dei 175 2 T dei 250 2 T da gara,. Ricordo una in particolare aveva un motore derivato Honda, preparato da un meccanico Italiano ed era un 175cc.2 T ed aveva 12 marce. Erano state aggiunte parecchie marce in più visto che facevano fare di durata, con rettilinei molto lunghi. Io sono nato nel 1968,ed ho avuto la fortuna di vedere e guidare queste moto. Ma non sono mai riuscito a trovare dove facevano queste gare in Italia, non andava nell'isola di Man. Se qualche appassionato, più esperto di me, sa dirmi qualcosa a riguardo, ne sono felice. Davide Bettin
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That bike is a work of art... Honda's ultimate answer to the two stroke resurrection. Sad that mechanical beauty of bikes is swapped for electronic gizmos in current era! Long live the RC166, Long live Mike 'The Bike' :)
What an honour to be allowed to work on this magnificent machine .Real mechanics .I remember when these machines appeared first way back when .We were all just blown away with the technology.
This bike is so beautiful in get tears in my eyes, this masterpiece is something all Japanese people should be very proud of, a true national treasure.
I was on the Island the first time the Honda 6 raced. Wow, what a culture shock, I was used to hearing singles and twins, to hear the scream of that 6 cylinder was something totally new.
I was in Mosport in I think 1967 when anyone could get into the pits and saw the 5 cylinder 125 cc. The engine was like a piece of jewelry with tiny little carbs. The sound of it was incredible as it didnt sound like an engine at all. Just a incredible shriek. It never idled they just kept bliping the throttle.
The difference was i believe the British Motorcycle industry at that time was run by Finance people. Soichiro Honda was an Engineer. As I understand it in the 1950's BSA had a Drawing Office and a Development Dept., but not a Design Engineering group. The Development Dept. evolved the legendary Gold Stars. BSA Management failed to see that ALL manufacturers live or die by their designs and the BSA designs of the1960's still had parts designed back in the 1920's and 30's. They had Doug Hele, but he was hopelessly under resourced. Finally BSA employed Stylists at Umberslade Hall to design their motorcycles, some of the worst BSA designs ever. In 1968 BSA Management told the press that they would worry about the Japanese when they built a "real" motorcycle of 500 to 650cc. In 1969 Honda introduced the 750cc single overhead cam, front disc braked, four. Press of the day predicted sales of "50" a year. In its first year it outsold the BSA and Triumph 750 triples put together. The BSA/Triumph triples took four years to get into production. The Honda 750 was done from scratch in nine months, lead by Yoshido Harada, Senior Engineer. Soichiro Honda's 250cc six was designed when he was sixty years old. It was and still is a brilliant piece of Engineering Design.
In the 1930's the British had a water-cooled 4 valve DOHC engine, probably the best on Earth ~ RR Merlin, so we had the technology. In the early 50's Norton was working on a 4 cyl GP Bike & BSA had a promising 250 twin ~ all quashed by Managment.
Formula One eat your heart out. This incredible piece of engineering/ instrument making was designed and built in the 1960’s. Their introduction into cars was in around the same time with a 1.5 cc v16 and it also sounded beautiful , driven by no less than John Surtees.
Can't have done; Surtees was a Ferrari-contracted driver at the time Honda entered F1 (1964+). When he did go to Honda (1966) it was the 3 litre era and they had a V12...they never made a 16 cylinder.
+Jock McComisky And to think i get all excited to just hear a Suzuki super six and early aircooled Yamaha 2 stroke flash past that very point at the classic/mgp oh for a time machine
So many tiny parts and pieces. I would like to see an article about the people who envisioned this and how many failures they had until they got it right. Thanks for posting this.
@@saifuddinudin1748 Exactly in what you say. The engineering was from an alien world at the time and quite frankly still is. I remember going to a motorcycle show in the sixties and being amazed by the finished welding of the frames, it was like there was no weld at all. Incredible engineers. The Japanese use a process in production, called Kaizen, meaning continues improvement and boy is it working in that country, hence being the third largest economic country in the world.
I can only imagine how this engine could evolve if it was made today with modern building and technology. 250cc is about 1 cup. 250cc divided into 6 is around 41.66cc per cylinder or 1.4 ounces. I am impressed that someone was able to make an engine that small with 4 valves per cylinder.
was lucky enough to see Mike Hailwood ride one in anger at Oulton Park in the 1960s, it was a still day and you could hear the bike all the way round the track; incredible!
Loved my old CB400F4. What a masterpiece of a 4 cylinder 400 cc motor. It was so small it lived in the living room when I was not using it. If only Honda came out with a duplicate of that today! A perfect one would be a 4 cylinder motor, 400cc, single sided swing arm, cafe fairing, light weight, & modern suspension. Oh my!
They were still making 400cc 4 cylinder bikes right through the 90s, All the Japanese bike factorys did due to licensing laws over there. I had a Honda RVF400 a V4 400cc with HRC kit ECU, airbox, and jet kit it was a quick little bike.
@@uhtred7860 I just looked at a picture of your RVF400, that is one sweet looking bike. If Honda made that today, it would look good in my living room again when not in use!
Good camera work, the mechanics were little unprepared but performed well under pressure Nice motor,it borrows more from aircraft engine construction than automotive engines of that era. Thanks for posting.
Mr Honda certainly put his heart into these beautiful machines, very nice to see the reactions from the audience. What was the purpose of this disassembly? A practical engineering lesson for students maybe?
Wat een geweldig stukje vakwerk horloge Techniek ,voor die tijd ongekend knap ,Hierbij vergeleken zijn andere motoren uit die tijd onbeholpen stuk kenijzer uit een smederij .Honda bewees toen al de beste te zijn op motoren techniek ,Alleen technici zullen dit begrijpen Gr cees indicering.
The crazy cam timing necessary to get it to rev to 20k is confirmed by the massive dome on the pistons revealed at the end. The inlet valve would be shutting with the piston about half way up the bore.
quite a challange getting a good static comp. number under 50cc a hole! They probably could have got a few thou more out of it by moving the cam lower and eliminating those bulky followers.
@@eprocess3248 Problem is, if they eliminated the followers, the side forces on the valve stem would snap it off or bend it. The followers direct the force of the cam directly to the top of the valve stem. I'd like to see what they use for a jig to get all 6 of those tiny pistons back into the cylinder block without breaking one of those microscopic rings!😮 They obviously can't do it from the top, since the cylinder block is an integral part of the top half of the whole engine..
This motorcycle is beautifully designed, machined and assembled. Honda I am sure are very proud of this motorcycle and engine, for it simply is a work of modern art. For this and many other engines Honda must be able to lay claim to being the top builder and manufacturer.
I WISH THIS HAD SUBTITLES AT THE VERY LEAST.... Would make this thoroughly enjoyable if I knew what they were saying as I have always been curious about these engines. What kind of a show IS THIS in Japan anyway...strange crowd for a teardown of this magnitude. Messing up those pristine fasteners and such... Oh well... Honda has the money
I read somewhere that an F1 team were asked to refurbish one of these. After re assembly they said that some components & the crankcase oil galleries were made by unknown metallurgical & manufacturing processes that Honda San took to the grave.
And after Mr Soichiro Honda was safe in his grave the new heads of Honda gave us the one thing he said they never would ! on You Tube HONDA GRRR how he must be "spinning" at a very high rate maybe even 22k rpm ?
2:38 Dude in the first-row (second from right) didn't even flinch. Check for a pulse. I'm sitting at home watching on youtube and even I shat my pants!
Honda must pick modern hailwood person to make a miracle on a race now and kick the shit of marquez out from hrc. Im honda lover, but marquez just make me dissapointed for long time when watching motogp race.
Utterly wonderful piece of engineering. Bigger and newer isn't always better. I'd challenge any 'new age pilot' to look at this, and not be happy to swap it for their brand new whatever.......
Notice the single piece connecting rods.... That means a multi-piece crank completely pressed together. And they had to balance all the multi pieces with 6 connecting rods. The jigs must have been a piece of art. Watching the disassembly I saw so many CBX type of comparisons. The 4 piece cam shafts that fit together to form 2 cams with oldem style connectors. The offset stator with the ignition attached to the stator. The CBX uses electronic ignition but the points are replaced by the electronic setup. The cams are a piece of art and notice the lack of cam chains just like on VFR-R versions.
Look at Allen Millyard build video of his Kawaski 6 and his replica of that engine if you want to know how the crankshaft is made ruclips.net/video/uW2YFNDjN_o/видео.html
@@sideshowbob5237 That's exactly what I thought!! They almost have to have some sort of special jig to get everything lined up with the bottom of the bores or they would be breaking those microscopic rings as soon as something got off-center. Even with tapered lead-ins, it would be almost impossible to get them started into the bores.🤔 This thing is a work of art!!😁
HideTunedEngines Also people should remember that the Honda CB 750 wasn't far away using some of the technology as a basis seen here. The 750 hit the show room in 1969 Even prior they had a CB 450 DOHC & torsion bar valve springs & could just about stay with a triumph 650. I bought the second model the CB 750 K1 in 1971. It had a single throttle cable to a shaft that linked all 4 carbs thus allowing synchronization to be maintained. The 1st model had a cable to each carb. In 10 years they made 400,000 of these bikes in various models. Larger Japanese bikes were superior in electrics & standard features like disc brake & electric start & large accurate speedo's & tacho's. The UK bike Industry was in already in financial trouble, the CB 750 & smaller capacity models were the "Nail In The Coffin" for them. They have come back somewhat but can never challenge the Japanese bike manufacturing juggernaut. Japanese machines have dominated GP racing for more than 50 years. On the 250 six it only has 3 sets of points. The points operate off the crank & so rotate at crankshaft speed. 1 set of points fires 2 plugs, each one sparking alternatively on the power stroke & then the exhaust stroke . Very impressive that points can still function at 18,000 RPM. The CB 750 was similar with 2 sets of points used for 4 cylinders. Over time points were replaced with electronic ignition & air cooling was replaced with liquid cooling. The smaller capacities @ 50 cc had 2 pistons & the 125 cc had 5 pistons but all with 4 tiny valves per cylinder. I remember a motorcycle paper in the 1960's having a feature about valve timing on the 50 cc machine, it revved to 22,500 rpm & the 125 to 21,500 due to the x3 120 degree & x 2 180 crank angles? The 50 cc had a power output of 320 BHP per litre, sensational for the 60's & even still very impressive today.
Notice on the pistons only 1 compression ring, the idea being less friction. This was standard Honda racing build for all capacities at that time. I saw a comment the other day that the larger capacity 1960's replicas used these days have 2 compression rings fitted to their pistons. Probably all part of building in more reliability & so extending the rebuild period ?
@@hughmoore810 I'd say that your instinct is right on the money. After all, the race versions were as high-strung as they'd dare to get away with, and certainly a lot of engines didn't last to the finish line. The motors were detuned & modded for street use (including the extra ring) so they'd hold their fluids & compression & last for many years, at the expense of a few horsepower. The street engines were made to be more tractable, too. Most of the race versions had a whopping power peak somewhere in the upper half of the powerband, which many street riders would find difficult to meter out.
Engineering art which the Japanese technicians worship as a God-like work of mechanic genius. I built a 1/8 scale model in the late 60's. I think it was Tamiya. I think it got badly broken during a move. I am going to build another kit if I can get it. I can't afford the full size one as it may be over 10 million dollars?
Amazing, strange to think that at that time we were still trying to wring another 1 BHP out of a 500 Manx. Virtually nothing had changed in 20 years then this.
If anyone asks you how the Japanese motorcycle industry jumped to the head of the line, ahead of the older and more established motorcycle companies, show them this video. There's no magic here, no tricks or rules short-cuts, just solid design and relentless individual effort.
There's also the fact that Soichiro was a relentlessly-demanding leader. I read that an engineer once brought him a small prototype part, and Mr. Honda didn't approve. He actually threw the part at the engineer.
Couldn't imagine a 21st century Road car coming apart as easily and completely without dramas and breakages, goes to show what real engineering is and not cost cutting.
I worked for Honda as a motorcycle mechanic and they wanted me to wear white coveralls too. I said i will only if you pay for the drycleaning/ washing.
Tubes of You rabbit hole......CLASSIC TT LAP OF HONOUR START UP GATE 2013 ...if only for the "CRACKLE" the pre war (2) "Deek" @1-09ish got to be on the bike porn list along with any ...BOTTOM OF BARREGARROW uploads ?
Even with the knowledge of now this machine remains a piece of superlative engineering. I still have a photo of myself as a young boy in the sixties, I'm looking in the camera lens. I'm wearing a T-shirt with a Honda RC166 image printed on it. I have this huge smile on my face, certainly not aware of the damage in the European enigineering camps after the Gods of Honda send the RC166 to planet earth.
Awesome《☆》The little valves look like golf tees. I have about the same model Snap On tool box but it's nowhere near as impressive as that crankshapto🤠☻🤠
I suppose the small intake valves are meant to increase flow velocity & help to more-thoroughly mix the charge prior to combustion. I didn't think they'd be THAT small, though! Hoepka & Woods will be sniffing around the shop before long.
@@randolphpatterson5061 You're completely wrong, of course! Valve size was 16.5 x 2 inlet, 14 x 2 on exhaust. The valves were the largest size that could fit!
I can't invision adjusting each valve, it had to be a nightmare X2. How'd you like dropping a nut down the intake manifold, you'd be relegated to to restroom duty.
16:24の菅原さんコメントが気になりますね。
「余り映さないで下さい」「この部分には機密が……」
現在に於いても機密としたい技術の中身を知りたいですね。
Ciao. Mi sono permesso di commentare. Visto che il mio compianto zio, colleziona a, e mio cugino possiede molte moto dagli anni 1938 agl'anni 45.Ricordo che aveva dei 175 2 T dei 250 2 T da gara,.
Ricordo una in particolare aveva un motore derivato Honda, preparato da un meccanico Italiano ed era un 175cc.2 T ed aveva 12 marce. Erano state aggiunte parecchie marce in più visto che facevano fare di durata, con rettilinei molto lunghi.
Io sono nato nel 1968,ed ho avuto la fortuna di vedere e guidare queste moto. Ma non sono mai riuscito a trovare dove facevano queste gare in Italia, non andava nell'isola di Man.
Se qualche appassionato, più esperto di me, sa dirmi qualcosa a riguardo, ne sono felice.
Davide Bettin
カムシャフト外部に委託して作っていて、そのメーカーにつながるような何かが書かれているのでは.. と推測していますが... 違うかなぁ
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I was dumb forgot my login password. I would appreciate any assistance you can offer me
@Valentino Jordy Instablaster =)
That bike is a work of art... Honda's ultimate answer to the two stroke resurrection. Sad that mechanical beauty of bikes is swapped for electronic gizmos in current era! Long live the RC166, Long live Mike 'The Bike' :)
Thank for you.
This motorcycle is a 4 stroke though.
Definitely one of the all time most beautiful racing motorcycles. What a glorious sound! If only I understood Japanese!
What an honour to be allowed to work on this magnificent machine .Real mechanics .I remember when these machines appeared first way back when .We were all just blown away with the technology.
This bike is so beautiful in get tears in my eyes, this masterpiece is something all Japanese people should be very proud of, a true national treasure.
Mechanical art at it's very best. Thank you Shoichiro Irimajiri.
A beautiful work of art, years ahead of its time.
I was on the Island the first time the Honda 6 raced. Wow, what a culture shock, I was used to hearing singles and twins, to hear the scream of that 6 cylinder was something totally new.
That engine is a work of art...
Yes !! great feeling！ like a art
I was in Mosport in I think 1967 when anyone could get into the pits and saw the 5 cylinder 125 cc. The engine was like a piece of jewelry with tiny little carbs. The sound of it was incredible as it didnt sound like an engine at all. Just a incredible shriek. It never idled they just kept bliping the throttle.
A beautiful bike and a masterpiece of engineering. And of course the wonderful noise... Perfection
In my opinion, the most iconic racer ever built in the history of motorcycle development. Honda’s crown jewel. Sounds exhilarating! 🥰
2:38 the sound of behemoth... What a monster of a sound 🤯
熱膨脹したさいの微細なクリアランス等々を考え設計した人、各部品を精密に加工した職人。技術者とは凄いですね。このような方々のお蔭で今の技術立国日本がある。感謝ですね。
The British manufacturers would not understand this level of sophistication let alone design and build one. Hit them like a ton of bricks,
The difference was i believe the British Motorcycle industry at that time was run by Finance people. Soichiro Honda was an Engineer. As I understand it in the 1950's BSA had a Drawing Office and a Development Dept., but not a Design Engineering group. The Development Dept. evolved the legendary Gold Stars. BSA Management failed to see that ALL manufacturers live or die by their designs and the BSA designs of the1960's still had parts designed back in the 1920's and 30's. They had Doug Hele, but he was hopelessly under resourced. Finally BSA employed Stylists at Umberslade Hall to design their motorcycles, some of the worst BSA designs ever. In 1968 BSA Management told the press that they would worry about the Japanese when they built a "real" motorcycle of 500 to 650cc. In 1969 Honda introduced the 750cc single overhead cam, front disc braked, four. Press of the day predicted sales of "50" a year. In its first year it outsold the BSA and Triumph 750 triples put together. The BSA/Triumph triples took four years to get into production. The Honda 750 was done from scratch in nine months, lead by Yoshido Harada, Senior Engineer.
Soichiro Honda's 250cc six was designed when he was sixty years old. It was and still is a brilliant piece of Engineering Design.
In the 1930's the British had a water-cooled 4 valve DOHC engine, probably the best on Earth ~ RR Merlin, so we had the technology. In the early 50's Norton was working on a 4 cyl GP Bike & BSA had a promising 250 twin ~ all quashed by Managment.
@@andyb.1026 the RR Merlin was SOHC.
Fantastic. Thank you Mr Honda!!
Built with the care of a jeweler, and a voice like heavens brass section. Magic
Absolutely right, couldn’t have put it better myself 😉
Best damned TV show ever produced. If western TV was making stuff like this, on RUclips would be doomed.
Formula One eat your heart out.
This incredible piece of engineering/ instrument making was designed and built in the 1960’s. Their introduction into cars was in around the same time with a 1.5 cc v16 and it also sounded beautiful , driven by no less than John Surtees.
Can't have done; Surtees was a Ferrari-contracted driver at the time Honda entered F1 (1964+). When he did go to Honda (1966) it was the 3 litre era and they had a V12...they never made a 16 cylinder.
@@stephenscholes4758
Fair enough, I stand corrected 👍
I was and still are a bike 🏍 man , so my knowledge on cars is more sceptical
Japans "Moon shot" EPIC BRILLANCE!!!!!
分解式の中空カムとか還暦の私と近い年に生まれたマシーンとは思えない程に凄い技術と思う。作られた頃は町にはオート3輪トラックとか走ってた時代なんですから。
greatest sounding racing motorcycle ever built flat out on
Sulby in the IOM.nothing like it. Jock Mc.
+Jock McComisky And to think i get all excited to just hear a Suzuki super six and early aircooled Yamaha 2 stroke flash past that very point at the classic/mgp oh for a time machine
So many tiny parts and pieces. I would like to see an article about the people who envisioned this and how many failures they had until they got it right. Thanks for posting this.
I see Teruhisa Murayama on the Panel. He made six replicas of these from scratch (engine manufacture) picture on his Facebook
Some of these engines are REALLY tiny, ruclips.net/video/brvEtkTnWyk/видео.html
Best sounding bike ever made? Stroooong contender!
not only sound but also power and the level techology in its time
@@saifuddinudin1748
Exactly in what you say.
The engineering was from an alien world at the time and quite frankly still is. I remember going to a motorcycle show in the sixties and being amazed by the finished welding of the frames, it was like there was no weld at all. Incredible engineers. The Japanese use a process in production, called Kaizen, meaning continues improvement and boy is it working in that country, hence being the third largest economic country in the world.
MV Agusta from Agostini was an absolute beauty too.
I can only imagine how this engine could evolve if it was made today with modern building and technology.
250cc is about 1 cup. 250cc divided into 6 is around 41.66cc per cylinder or 1.4 ounces.
I am impressed that someone was able to make an engine that small with 4 valves per cylinder.
They did a 125cc 5 cylinder (20,000 rpm) and a 50cc multi cylinder can't remember how many but both masterpieces also.
was lucky enough to see Mike Hailwood ride one in anger at Oulton Park in the 1960s, it was a still day and you could hear the bike all the way round the track; incredible!
Tom Bridge how old r u :)
@@lasanhp 70
what i see is that each pipe has a megaphone at the end, that has to change the volume. i know i am right! maybe there is a good reason for that.
Hi, I was there, aged 71 now. Great great days!!!
@@davidfrank6666 There's a very good reason, and an explanation is given in my book "Honda's Four-Stroke Race History 1954 ~ 1981".
These 125, 250, 350 and 500 jewels are so valuable they are listed in Honda's balance sheet.
Now we know what makes this thing sing ,absolute masterpiece Db
Loved my old CB400F4. What a masterpiece of a 4 cylinder 400 cc motor. It was so small it lived in the living room when I was not using it. If only Honda came out with a duplicate of that today! A perfect one would be a 4 cylinder motor, 400cc, single sided swing arm, cafe fairing, light weight, & modern suspension. Oh my!
I used to loved smoking Honda CB400's with my Kawa KH400 triple 2 stroke. Really literally "smoking", get it ha-ha.
@@raynic1173 I well remember the triples. I worked for Honda part time then because I went back to college and changed careers.
@@maxwellbricks7632 I think the honda 400F was the best of the four stroke 400's. Your modern interpretation sounds like it would be a fun project.
They were still making 400cc 4 cylinder bikes right through the 90s, All the Japanese bike factorys did due to licensing laws over there. I had a Honda RVF400 a V4 400cc with HRC kit ECU, airbox, and jet kit it was a quick little bike.
@@uhtred7860 I just looked at a picture of your RVF400, that is one sweet looking bike. If Honda made that today, it would look good in my living room again when not in use!
Good camera work, the mechanics were little unprepared but performed well under pressure Nice motor,it borrows more from aircraft engine construction than automotive engines of that era. Thanks for posting.
真剣に見入っちゃうけれど、女子アナのコメントにクスッ笑えて良いですね笑
This should have 7 billion veiws x
これを普段から行って調整したりテストしたりしてると思うとHONDAすげぇな
The English auto-generated subtitles for this video are a thing of sublime beauty.
Sam Reid
I guess I don't know how to enable that....
After they started the bike, that one guy proclaimed "I don't remember my younger brother." 😂
Captivating , this engine is an absolute work of art .
とんでもない番組だなｗマニアック過ぎて堪らん
Esta moto e uma obra de arte da engenharia japonesa
Like a Swiss watch.....pure beauty. The epitome of form follows function.
Fascinating! If only this film were available in English. Or even with English subtitles.
Nevertheless, thank you!
From Indonesia 🇮🇩 : RC 166 the legend of grand prix
Mr Honda certainly put his heart into these beautiful machines, very nice to see the reactions from the audience. What was the purpose of this disassembly? A practical engineering lesson for students maybe?
Wat een geweldig stukje vakwerk horloge Techniek ,voor die tijd ongekend knap ,Hierbij vergeleken zijn andere motoren uit die tijd onbeholpen stuk kenijzer uit een smederij .Honda bewees toen al de beste te zijn op motoren techniek ,Alleen technici zullen dit begrijpen Gr cees indicering.
Engineering masterpiece. Thank you!
The crazy cam timing necessary to get it to rev to 20k is confirmed by the massive dome on the pistons revealed at the end. The inlet valve would be shutting with the piston about half way up the bore.
quite a challange getting a good static comp. number under 50cc a hole! They probably could have got a few thou more out of it by moving the cam lower and eliminating those bulky followers.
@@eprocess3248 Problem is, if they eliminated the followers, the side forces on the valve stem would snap it off or bend it. The followers direct the force of the cam directly to the top of the valve stem. I'd like to see what they use for a jig to get all 6 of those tiny pistons back into the cylinder block without breaking one of those microscopic rings!😮 They obviously can't do it from the top, since the cylinder block is an integral part of the top half of the whole engine..
Valve timing: IO/IC 30/30, EO/EC 40/40. Read my book "Honda's Four-Stroke Race History 1954 ~ 1981".
This motorcycle is beautifully designed, machined and assembled.
Honda I am sure are very proud of this motorcycle and engine, for it simply is a work of modern art.
For this and many other engines Honda must be able to lay claim to being the top builder and manufacturer.
Nicht nur feinste Technik,sondern ein echtes Kunstwerk.Wie auch die Moto Guzzi V8!
Nor sure I would have been able to sit in the audience without jumping across the stage and just touch it!
AWESOME X 1,000,000,000 ......B R A V O....! well done...
Ten thousand thank yous for sharing this incredible video of this timeless machine...
Bravooo❣️‼️
omg this sound so beautiful!
A masterpiece.
Those that know engines/engineering just know what this engine means ...............Thank You Honda
The world's most beautiful motorcycle Imo.
I WISH THIS HAD SUBTITLES AT THE VERY LEAST.... Would make this thoroughly enjoyable if I knew what they were saying as I have always been curious about these engines. What kind of a show IS THIS in Japan anyway...strange crowd for a teardown of this magnitude. Messing up those pristine fasteners and such... Oh well... Honda has the money
Sehr schönes Motorrad und tolle Technik der 1960er Jahre. Gibt es so nie wieder.
I read somewhere that an F1 team were asked to refurbish one of these. After re assembly they said that some components & the crankcase oil galleries were made by unknown metallurgical & manufacturing processes that Honda San took to the grave.
And after Mr Soichiro Honda was safe in his grave the new heads of Honda
gave us the one thing he said they never would ! on You Tube HONDA GRRR
how he must be "spinning" at a very high rate maybe even 22k rpm ?
2:38 Dude in the first-row (second from right) didn't even flinch. Check for a pulse. I'm sitting at home watching on youtube and even I shat my pants!
ホンダが町工場から世界的企業になった理由が良く分かります。
I can understand why Honda became a global company from a town factory.
箱根の山でさえ登り切るのも難しかった状況下で会社のトップが無謀とも思える宣言をしちゃった！ だけで終わらせなかった技術者と宗一郎さんの求心力に乾杯！
The Golden Era now just glorious memories 🏍 🏍 🏍
Honda must pick modern hailwood person to make a miracle on a race now and kick the shit of marquez out from hrc.
Im honda lover, but marquez just make me dissapointed for long time when watching motogp race.
@@kingunicron3863 Why, up until his big crash he was winning all the time.
本田宗一郎
私が尊敬してやまない偉人。技術者だけでなく人間性も素晴らしく夢を追いかけ実現させる事の素晴しさを教わりました。
The power of dreams 好きな言葉です。
ヤバ！
これだけ小さくて精密なパーツを50年以上前に作れてた事が凄過ぎです。
今現在、CADCAM、マシニングを使って高精度な部品を作る事が出来るけど、その当時はって考えるととてつもない精度を要求された事と思います。でもそのようなパーツを作る日本人はやっぱり凄いとしか言えないです。
Utterly wonderful piece of engineering. Bigger and newer isn't always better. I'd challenge any 'new age pilot' to look at this, and not be happy to swap it for their brand new whatever.......
That's right！
Discover of new things by studying the past.
I have two cbx's. Never selling them . Ride one if you ever get the chance. ❤ Honda.
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Notice the single piece connecting rods.... That means a multi-piece crank completely pressed together. And they had to balance all the multi pieces with 6 connecting rods. The jigs must have been a piece of art. Watching the disassembly I saw so many CBX type of comparisons. The 4 piece cam shafts that fit together to form 2 cams with oldem style connectors. The offset stator with the ignition attached to the stator. The CBX uses electronic ignition but the points are replaced by the electronic setup. The cams are a piece of art and notice the lack of cam chains just like on
VFR-R versions.
Yes one piece con-rods - which begs the question, how the hell did they get the rings to go into the bores.
Look at Allen Millyard build video of his Kawaski 6 and his replica of that engine if you want to know how the crankshaft is made
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@@sideshowbob5237 That's exactly what I thought!! They almost have to have some sort of special jig to get everything lined up with the bottom of the bores or they would be breaking those microscopic rings as soon as something got off-center. Even with tapered lead-ins, it would be almost impossible to get them started into the bores.🤔 This thing is a work of art!!😁
Do somebody also have a footage for those Yamaha RA and Suzuki RK at that television studio stage?
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Also people should remember that the Honda CB 750 wasn't far away using some of the technology as a basis seen here. The 750 hit the show room in 1969
Even prior they had a CB 450 DOHC & torsion bar valve springs & could just about stay with a triumph 650. I bought the second model the CB 750 K1 in 1971. It had a single throttle cable to a shaft that linked all 4 carbs thus allowing synchronization to be maintained. The 1st model had a cable to each carb.
In 10 years they made 400,000 of these bikes in various models. Larger Japanese bikes were superior in electrics & standard features like disc brake & electric start & large accurate speedo's & tacho's. The UK bike Industry was in already in financial trouble, the CB 750 & smaller capacity models were the "Nail In The Coffin" for them. They have come back somewhat but can never challenge the Japanese bike manufacturing juggernaut. Japanese machines have dominated GP racing for more than 50 years.
On the 250 six it only has 3 sets of points. The points operate off the crank & so rotate at crankshaft speed. 1 set of points fires 2 plugs, each one sparking alternatively on the power stroke & then the exhaust stroke . Very impressive that points can still function at 18,000 RPM. The CB 750 was similar with 2 sets of points used for 4 cylinders. Over time points were replaced with electronic ignition & air cooling was replaced with liquid cooling. The smaller capacities @ 50 cc had 2 pistons & the 125 cc had 5 pistons but all with 4 tiny valves per cylinder. I remember a motorcycle paper in the 1960's having a feature about valve timing on the 50 cc machine, it revved to 22,500 rpm & the 125 to 21,500 due to the x3 120 degree & x 2 180 crank angles? The 50 cc had a power output of 320 BHP per litre, sensational for the 60's & even still very impressive today.
Notice on the pistons only 1 compression ring, the idea being less friction. This was standard Honda racing build for all capacities at that time. I saw a comment the other day that the larger capacity 1960's replicas used these days have 2 compression rings fitted to their pistons. Probably all part of building in more reliability & so extending the rebuild period ?
@@hughmoore810 I'd say that your instinct is right on the money. After all, the race versions were as high-strung as they'd dare to get away with, and certainly a lot of engines didn't last to the finish line. The motors were detuned & modded for street use (including the extra ring) so they'd hold their fluids & compression & last for many years, at the expense of a few horsepower. The street engines were made to be more tractable, too. Most of the race versions had a whopping power peak somewhere in the upper half of the powerband, which many street riders would find difficult to meter out.
According to Japanese info, there was at least one 250 six with transistor ignition.
Engineering art which the Japanese technicians worship as a God-like work of mechanic genius. I built a 1/8 scale model in the late 60's. I think it was Tamiya. I think it got badly broken during a move. I am going to build another kit if I can get it. I can't afford the full size one as it may be over 10 million dollars?
Amazing, strange to think that at that time we were still trying to wring another 1 BHP out of a 500 Manx. Virtually nothing had changed in 20 years then this.
この番組をハイビジョン（ＤーＶＨＳ）で録画したのですが、デッキが壊れたので、残念
ＣＢ７２を持ってるので、何時かタンクとシートを変えたいと考えてます。
If anyone asks you how the Japanese motorcycle industry jumped to the head of the line, ahead of the older and more established motorcycle companies, show them this video. There's no magic here, no tricks or rules short-cuts, just solid design and relentless individual effort.
There's also the fact that Soichiro was a relentlessly-demanding leader. I read that an engineer once brought him a small prototype part, and Mr. Honda didn't approve. He actually threw the part at the engineer.
Una maravilla de motor con mucha tecnología para su época. La voz de la mujer, simplemente insoportable.
what were they trying to blur out on the camshaft? weird. 14:56
Couldn't imagine a 21st century Road car coming apart as easily and completely without dramas and breakages, goes to show what real engineering is and not cost cutting.
Yes, if you are working on a Honda motorcycle (especially the engine) and the parts aren't just sliding together, stop! You are doing something wrong.
Once I asked Jim Redman about the RC166. He looked at me and said: It was a beast!
Of course it was and most modern day racing bikes still are, which is where the jockey comes in to play
Omg the sound. Rivals Yamaha grand pianos
"Monster bike from Honda"😂😂😂
I’d give a leg to ride that bike , a 6 in line 250cc is beyond insane engineering
I worked for Honda as a motorcycle mechanic and they wanted me to wear white coveralls too. I said i will only if you pay for the drycleaning/ washing.
Que país incrível, parabéns pela dedicação
Could someone do an english translation for this video PLEASE??
Especialy him with that screwdriver and the mallet.x
Absolutely beautiful machine!! Incredible design. JAPAN, HONDA , all good! 😃👍💞⛩️🗾🗻
59 years old Biker/Mechanic here .
This is by far the best triple X motorcycle porn I have ever seen .
E-mailing the link to all my riding friends 😎👌
Tubes of You rabbit hole......CLASSIC TT LAP OF HONOUR START UP GATE 2013 ...if only for the "CRACKLE" the pre war (2) "Deek" @1-09ish got to be on the bike porn list along with any ...BOTTOM OF BARREGARROW uploads ?
ポイント点火だったのか！ ３ポイントで18000回転凄い。
Thanks for sharing!
女性のナレーターが、「タンクが！タンクが外れました！」とか「マフラーが！マフラーが外れました！」とか、別になんら感激するような場面でないところで、いちいち感極まったような言い方。その感情表現の不自然さに違和感がありすぎて、作業を楽しく見れない。冷めた返事をする技術者の態度が印象的。
Even with the knowledge of now this machine remains a piece of superlative engineering. I still have a photo of myself as a young boy in the sixties, I'm looking in the camera lens. I'm wearing a T-shirt with a Honda RC166 image printed on it. I have this huge smile on my face, certainly not aware of the damage in the European enigineering camps after the Gods of Honda send the RC166 to planet earth.
It isn't believed that it's a machine before more than 50 years. A wonderful performance.
Real monster. I love Honda.
The 5 Cyl 125 2 stroke is one of my favourite engines, 35hp 8 speed 20.500 Rpm!! Simply science
That was a four stroke, of course! Read my book "Honda's For-Stroke Race History 1954 ~ 1981".
Did anyone notice the tacho was moving from the torque of the needle revving to over 10000000000000rpms
Superb piece of Japanese engineering.
これは凄すぎる！これと同じもの作れるメーカあるのでしょうか？、今のホンダ技術者でも無理なのでは？機械工学の結晶と思えるくらいメカニカル。当時のホンダは凄すぎる！
Beautiful
BEAUTIFUL DONE YOU GUYS.😊🤗🇷🇺
Awesome《☆》The little valves look like golf tees. I have about the same model Snap On tool box but it's nowhere near as impressive as that crankshapto🤠☻🤠
I suppose the small intake valves are meant to increase flow velocity & help to more-thoroughly mix the charge prior to combustion. I didn't think they'd be THAT small, though! Hoepka & Woods will be sniffing around the shop before long.
@@randolphpatterson5061 《☆》Also lighter mass = higher rpm capability with less chance of valve floating :*: That crankachapto tho🤓🤠☻🤠
@@randolphpatterson5061 You're completely wrong, of course! Valve size was 16.5 x 2 inlet, 14 x 2 on exhaust. The valves were the largest size that could fit!
Beautiful machine
👍 I think so，too ！
Linda moto, lindo motor, e muita paixão!
F1, honda, could we have a word with you fellers
Gracias por su video más que excelente saludos cordiales desde Chaco Argentina
I can't invision adjusting each valve, it had to be a nightmare X2. How'd you like dropping a nut down the intake manifold, you'd be relegated to to restroom duty.
adjusting a nut doesn't mean totally unscrewing it, so it wouldn't fall off, unless you don't know what your supposed to be doing..
日本人の誇り‼️たかがレースじゃない。日本🇯🇵が世界に名乗りを上げていく。本田宗一郎氏、またその仲間に感謝🙆♂️‼️