I probably shouldn't admit to it "I'd kill to own a CBX" at 6:13, but I do own one. The 6 into 1 pipe is glorious. I've seen exhaust pipe comparison videos. I found the 6 into 6 a little harsh, the 6 into 2 (stock or replacement) less interesting and the 6 into 1 the best.
Someone may already have mentioned this, but since you included the RC211, a race-only bike (thereby not limiting your list to street bikes), Honda GP RC166 of the 1960s had six cylinders. It had an astronomical redline of 20,000 RPM and made 65hp from its 250cc. You listed some incredible engines, but leaving out the RC166 is a glaring oversight.
If you mention the RC211V, Nicky Hayden should also be mentioned. He was the last person to pilot the RC211V to a world championship, and he is America's last GP world champion. He should be remembered.
Tragic death. Riding a 240horsepowered bike for years.. To get killed on a 1 manpowered bike. Was never a Hayden fan, especially the year he got the WC, with not a single win. But hey, you grow up...
@@strangelove9608 Yep, a great talent and like you say one of the nicest guys guys ever, he had a permasmile, never uttered a bad word about anyone and you could just tell as soon as he began to talk in that drawl of his that here was a true gent.
Come on Honda, please put this in as a production bike! I have been patiently waiting for 17 years when it first debuted. The world is ready for a naturally aspirated 800cc that can produce 240HP. HRC Rules!
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You'll have to get real creative with the sawzall to jam a V12 in a space a v6 barely fit. I heard of somebody putting a V8 in a Mercury chassis of the same type, but at that point you had to take the engine out to change the plugs or the belt. Or check the oil. Or look at it too long.
You just gave me the best idea - rear engine, rear drive Taurus with a blown big block and a Mustang rear diff. It could do the power transfer like that wheelie truck on Roadkill.
I remember when the RC211V first hit the tracks with Rossi. The technology and the following development of that V5 was mind boggling. That bike was truly a game changer.
I was a Suzuki factory service rep when the RE5 was introduced. One of the major problems was that there was a production delay that created a 7 month gap between dealer training on the bike and its release which led to the mechanics forgetting everything they learned. To compound the problem many of the early bikes were shipped with incorrect carburetor settings from the factory and the dealer was expected correct the settings. The RE5 had the most complicated carburetor ever put on a bike (see link for exploded view). There were 5 cables from the throttle that led to the carb that had to be properly adjusted. Many left the factory with incorrect linkage adjustment & that involved using a protractor to determine the actuation point & bending the linkage to get the proper adjustment. I spent most of my time going to dealers that were lost when it came to the RE5 adjusting carbs and solving other problems. The rotary engine is very simple, but with very complicated ancillary systems to make it work. Carburetor exploded view: www.prismnet.com/~jrf/RE5/re5carb.jpg
WOW!!! someone is finally giving the 1972 H2 some love. That was my first street bike and yes trust me, it lived up to it's name. It's a wonder I am still here to talk about it at 61. Great post guys and yes, I did subscribe.
Wow,you have lived the dream ,and still living. My first road bike was the H1E 500cc Kawasaki 2 stroke triple. And I rode the wheels off it. 60 years old,and last time I looked,still living. Amazing,given the road conditions locally back then. Great vid.
I like how 2004 is considered soooo long ago (to him) he makes reference as if this is antique technology. Heh... "This is when men were men..." he says. lolz.
Those 2 stroke triples were scary because of the fact that they had frames that flexed badly plus the two stroke had a power band that caught people by surprise. Hit the sweet spot without prep and, with the tires of the day, you were screwed. Remember these bikes were running on bias ply tires that didn't wrap the traction zone all the way to the rim, they were basically smaller and skinnier car tires.
My guy, you made a great video. However, i would Highlights suggest yo, to make a part 2 with more infamous bikes. I've got a small list of bikes with unbeliveable engines but there are so much more: Rossis Honda NSR (195 hp 2 stroke at 500cc, that's 390 hp per liter) Northon RCW 588 (fastest wankel engined bike to ever race) MTT 429RR (turbine on a fucking bike) Horex VR6 (if in line 6 engines on bikes aren't weird enough) München Mammut 2000 (2 Liter 4 cylinder) Neandertaler 1400 (turbocharged 1400 cc Diesel engines with counterrotating crankshaft) ...
The 500's were worse. By the time the 750 came out, Kawasaki had started to sort out the problems with the sloppy front forks, the inadequate braking, and the nearly instant-on powerband.
I´m 22 (from Germany) and I´m going to get the cbx from a Friend of my Gf wich is in pansion now, her husband died 17 Years ago. So the cbx is standing in her Garage for over 15 years now, twice bagged and sealed . This will be a winter Project of my brother and me. I can´t wait to ride this masterpiece.
Yam is I have owned many motor cycles over 50 years One that I admired was my 500 cc Honda shadow shaft drive It was super reliable never let me down at allI travelled over 250 thousand kilometres on it before I sold it ,I am so happy with my 2002 ST 1100 it is super reliable and plenty of power and torque to flatten any hill and it can cruise all day and over 900 kilometres plus in day and not break a sweat My ZX10 was another beast super insanely fast also cover long distances with ease
Even prior to becoming a motorcycle mechanic, I considered reliability to be an absolute necessity, so it's great to hear of the trouble free mileage you had with your Honda Nighthawk. It was a comfortable, attractive and capable motorcycle.
Fun facts, the Benelli Sei's engine's internal design was heavily inspired by the Honda Black Bomber & CB750. And the RCV-211 twin rear cylinders was of a larger bore than the front three, enough to equalise the dynamic weight to front banks three; hence its staccato roar.
Honorable mention should got to the turbo bikes of the early '80s. Came and went within 3 years, but most people don't even know they were made! Sigh, and the awesome Yamaha RD500... Ah the good ol days...
Weird eh, one wonders why it took so long. My old man (who among other things was an electrician) used to tell me in the 60's that if you apply friction to hard and soft metals the hard metal is the one that wears, looks like he might have been right.
I had an H1 and it was definitely a widowmaker. It felt like it was going to blow up at anytime and ate gallons of 2 stroke oil...Incredible machine i wish i had kept it...
Honda makes the best engines for the price period! This applies to automotive and motorcycle engines. I'm not a honda fan boy, but its hard to argue their reliability.
Toyota honda is great and makes great cars but Toyota is the leader in reliability also Yamaha is on top of honda in the motorcycle industry once again I like honda but its not the best period
Reliable, have fun working on the cars......starter under intake manifold on the K24, and the 1.8 has the starter tucked up under the backside of the engine.
Yes! I highly recommend looking up that amazing machine. The engine is a beautiful, jewel-like thing. I know there is a surviving example and it does get ridden. There are even sound videos of the loony thing running. It apparently was terrifying to ride back in the day, since motorcycle tyres of the 1950s weren't really up to handling the power the little beast made.
''[Inline six] is a configuration that we'll never see again in modern motorcycles'' - you can walk into a BMW dealership right now, pay lots of money and ride out on a BMW K1600 which has an inline six. Also, I don't know how a CBX sounds like at 10K RPM, because they redline at only 9K.
Many years ago I rode a friends Kawasaki 750 H2. The power went from "try to keep it running" to "hang on to your butt" in an instant, and the chassis twisted up so bad the wheels went in different directions. I parked it and gladly switched back to my Suzuki GS 750.
Hahaha,I would have said it the other way around,My Suzuki GT550 two stroke triple would easily beat your GS750 BUT the GS1000 wow i borrowed one 140mph in evening street lighting only,It was so well behaved compared to my wild pony white knuckle GT550 ride,Where would slide down the saddle in second gear with the throttle open.
My 750 Triple was insane, rejetted the carbs, velocity stacks, expansion chambers, dropped the counter sprocket two teeth. I never claimed it to be fast but it was insanely QUICK! And as mentioned wheelies.
750 triple two stroke? The expansions were a waste of money on a two stroke,I had mates who had the Suzuki GT550 two stroke triple as i did and expansions for more power,They didn't get it i still beat them with the same bike but standard pipes,Fortunately didn't waste my money,The sound was different and they looked good,But i wasn't interested in cosmetic appearance,Because it looks good doesn't mean it is,
I enjoyed your video, and there are some terrific bikes here, but I have to correct you that the Benelli was a long way from being the first in line 6 because Honda did it very successfully with the 1964 RC164, just under 250cc. Surprised you didn’t mention it, because revving at 18,000 through 6 open megaphones makes the CBX in your video sound tame. How could you not mention the 1965 Honda RC 148 5 cylinder 125cc revving to 22,000 with open megaphone exhaust.
The infamous rc164. Still doubt it was actualy fastet than other bikes or just no one dared to come up close enough to pass the damn thing. For loud and good old racing bikes, look up the ss250 and ss350 two stroke german screamers.
Benelli was the first production,Your arguments pivots over track bikes which are not street legal and invariably count mainly because they are a one off,
Back in 1969, my dad bought one of the first Kawasaki Mach3 triples introduced into Canada( if my memory serves me correctly, it was the first one sold, Korcan Kawasaki, Vancouver, BC) He raced it at Westwood Race Track in Coquitlam, British Columbia 🇨🇦 That thing was a rocket! (the track was famous for being on top of a mountain) I rode it in late 70's, early 80's and that thing was still a rocket! 😵 It rattled so badly, it would vibrated the blood out of my hands. Love those kinda memories. Cheers.
The rattling came from the centre cylinder,poor lubrication and cooling wore out the bearings before the other two cylinders,It was that basis i went for the less powerful but more reliable Suzuki GT550 two stroke triple 54 bhp and not the 62 bhp of yours
I also had a Honda CB350 before the Suzuki,It was a four stroke twin,mirrors you could see the colour of the car,fingers and toes would go numb after 25 minutes from the vibration
I've ridden an RE-5. It was owned by a racer who graciously permitted me to take it for a ride. It didn't do anything any better or worse than a conventional engine while being vastly more complicated and heavy. Suzuki would not permit their own dealers to perform internal engine repairs and required faulty units to be shipped back to Japan for replacement under warranty. It managed to combine all the worst aspects of two and four stroke engines with almost none of the benefits.
Apparently it mirrored the performance of my Suzuki GT550 two stroke triple,But cost more and was less reliable and as you pointed out no after sales maintenance,I could do some of the maintenance except timing Dail&gauge very complicated,3 sets of points,3 ignition coils,and 3 carbs but synchronisation was easy as was the CCI oil injection adjustment
Any news on das neu Audi Auto Q 0.8 Mk IV Kettenkrad (Frau Merkel luv n hugs trike) Now the mods for the U S of A done (no front brake and "stick" shift ) and the auto turn right (far far right) romp over Poland to old mother Russia fault stopped by the eastern seaboard and the team behind Das Audi Auto A2 taken from ze bunker and shot.
In 1984, I brought down from Oregon to Southern California 1972 blue Kawasaki H2 750 that had 4,000 miles on the odometer I purchased for $400. The guy who sold the bike to me was scared of it after a 50 mph accident that must have been not too bad because the bike was pristine except for a few scratches in the gas tank. It's sprockets and chain were the 1st things I replaced because the teeth on the rear sprocket were bent over like nothing I'd seen before. All that torque pulling the teeth sideways! I rode that bike like crazy for a year before trading it for a 1967 vw bus.
Norton also did it. Suzuki is not alone. Most notable V-8 was the Moto-Guzzi. Debate me! One you overlooked completely is the Motus V-4 and it deserves a bunch of exposure as it is American made in Alabama.
2019: Yam finally scores a CBX and makes online poll asking subs what to do with it. Subs force him to brat it out and cover it in futa hentai. Fappy Lube has died.
Probably the best engine ever made from Honda, pre-production version was 210hp from a 750cc in 1990....they detuned them to 130hp for production models.
@@MrKdr500 They had to detune it that much because it couldn't be made to be reliable any other way. So, as much as it was an impressive engineering feat, it cannot (imo) be said to be their best engine. It was an evolutionary dead end.
I had a CBX in the early 80s, the exhaust howl at full throttle was truly awesome. Years later I read that Honda engineers used the sound of an F-4 ( or F-16 ) as a model for how they wanted it to sound !
You forgot to mention some engines Six-Cylinder's Kawasaki KZ1300 and it was Liquid cooled. The 1955 Moto-Guzzi 499cc V-8 Grand Prix bike. You forgot to mention the Hercules rotary motorcycle as well as the one built by Norton. Also you left out the Ariel Square Four as well as Suzuki's two-stroke iteration the RG 500. My favorite of all times the NR 750 with it's oval piston's twin con rods per piston and not 2 not 4 but 8 valves per cylinder. I love interesting and Innovative engine designs.
I don't like to be that guy but I'm gunna do it anyways... {Inhales copious amount of air} The Rotary engine is reliable when not pushed beyond it's limit for extended periods of time, like most engines, but it did prove in the last year of Le Mans (the year before the motor size was changed to 3.5L to match Formula one motors at the time as well as regulate against non-pistoned motors) that the rotary could run at ridiculously high stress levels and take 1st place in an endurance race. The rotary, while confusing to many and seemingly fueled by wierd, japanese black magic, is simpler than normal piston engines because it has much less moving parts. The reason the rotary has been dubbed unreliable is because most do not know anything about rotary motor maintainence. Since the rotary typically runs at higher rpm than a comparable piston engine, it tends to burn brighter but not as long. Realistically, a rotary should be professionally rebuilt every 60k miles. Furthermore, the rotary does not burn oil out of malfunction, it consumes it in it's "infinite" stroke. Injecting oil directly into the combustion chamber to lubricate the Doritos/rotors, it uses more oil by design. Since it consumes oil in it's combustion cycle, the oil must be able to combust and burn to avoid pooling and carbon build up, run of the mill synthetics, which are typically a good choice for normal piston engines, do not burn at the same temperature as conventional oil which leads to issues in the chamber. Apex seals, which were originally made of graphite, do wear down and begin failing to seal the chamber which destroys performance. Modern day ceramic apex seals last many times longer and con usually last the duration of time you own the vehicle. Lastly, Mazda specially stated in the owners manual that you must red line the motor in order to clear out any carbon build up, which for any one who has owned a rotary knows, it is quite happy to do so, in fact, it is the only thing it wants in life. So, in conclusion; rotaries have developed a stigma as being unreliable when in actuality, it is due to improper maintenance and driving habits. The approach that would keep a classic car in good shape is detrimental to the rotary motor. To own a healthy rotary, you must treat it like a waifu with a bdsm fetish...because that's what it is...a dark haired, freak that gets wet at the idea of "Hot Wax".
"take 1st place in an endurance race." I don't know how long rotards are going to keep repeating this, but that over-hyped Le Mans C2 victory counts for very little. Because they qualified so poorly, the Mazda team was able to sweet-talk the FIA regulators to let them race despite not being a legal car, at 400 pounds lighter than the minimum. Also, over half the field wrecked due to whatever reason, some of them late enough in the race that they practically handed Mazda the easy win. The 737B had tons of engine issues throughout its career, between several oil failures and a couple fires in that same season, it wasn't any better than the competition and wouldn't make a podium for the rest of its career. The engine was also used in the IMSA by Mazda and was a huge flop Now, all of this doesn't matter because the 737B is a purpose built race car, and not a mass produced street car. In the practical and "real" world, pistons are better in every objective measure.
@@Anonymou-s wrong. Piston engines are heavier in terms of power delivered to engine weight, at least in the car world. It's why motor gliders can usually be found using rotaries.
Britten v1000...hand made in the late 80s early 90s in a back yard garage in NZ...smoked everything at Daytona....John Britten one man's dream..a good doco if anyone is interested
I prayed to my Lord and Savior YammieNoob that he would upload today. Now I know he does answer prayers. I also sacrificed a cat for you. I hope this pleases you my Lord.
6:05 "it's like you put a V12 in Ford Taurus" well, have I got some interesting news for ya! The later model 90's Taurus SHOs came with a Yamaha-codeveloped V8 under their hood.
All ford Modular motors are Yamaha influenced.(im told.) I have built pushrod v8 and modular 4.6 motors for several years and its funny being that its a USA car with Yamaha engineering and all metric hardware. Powerstroke the turbo diesel motor is a German built motor originally.
@@williammcguire130 Starting in 1996 they were. 89 to 95 were the 3.0 (manual) or 3.2 (automatic) DOHC 220 hp Yamaha V6 with the "bundle of snakes" intake manifold.
You failed to mention the Boss Hoss which can be bought today with a Chevy LS445 V8 putting out 445 H.P. and 445 lb/ft of torque. Manufactured in Dyersburg, TN. since 1990.
2 engines that should be added oval piston honda and yamaha TZ750 inline 4, 2 stroke race engine from 70's. I may be wrong but I think those were configurations only done by them once and never copied by other makers. I know oval piston was only done by honda and I am kinda sure only inline 4 cylinder 2 stroke was yamaha TZ, many v 4 and and square four 2 strokes race back in 2 stroke heyday but only inline 4 2 stroke I recall is TZ750 kenny Roberts tried to tame.
My neighbour rebulit his old harley and put a jaguar xjs v12 in it, but when he was done he was sad that it couldn't wheelie since it was incredibly heavy now and the wheelbase was so long, so he decided so slap a twinturbo on it and he is now a 70 year old man doing wheelies on his harley the size of a football field. He took it to the dyno and it made just north of 900 hp
and 7 valves per cylinder ---- i worked for a Honda dealer who sold a couple of them (£35,000 at the time (1990's) to arab royalty), very pretty but sounded like a VW when they were 'ticking over'.
What about one of the most glorious engines of all times - Honda NSR500 (500 cc, 2-stroke, V4)?!? The GP500 king of the 80s and 90s! Riders World Championships won with the NSR500: 1985 Freddie Spencer (USA) 1987 Wayne Gardner (AU) 1989 Eddie Lawson (USA) 1994 Michael (Mick) Doohan (AU) 1995 Mick Doohan 1996 Mick Doohan 1997 Mick Doohan 1998 Mick Doohan 1999 Àlex Crivillé (ES) 2001 Valentino Rossi (IT)
The motorcycle not mentioned was Kenny Robert's Three cylinder two stroke race bike from the seventies. It was supposed to be barely rideable from the power when it "came on the pipes"! Three cylinders and 750 cubic centimeters!!
Kenneth K there are those (in previous videos) that claim That it is The sound was dubbed in I’m hoping that they are wrong, but for me, when I was 18 The sweetest sound I ever heard was my 250 Ducati at 9500rpm
I had a KZ1300 at on time... Never met a CBX that it couldn't "walk the dog on!!!". Could have been something to do with that turbo charger though.....
Kawasaki "detuned" their H2 to make them more tractable; the early H1's were more radical and dangerous. I've owned both (five of them, including one of the first ever on the roads here in Australia) and survived ! The H1 was the real and original "Widowmaker"; its power to weight ratio was even scarier than the H2 ! Also, a mate loaned me his '75 rotary Suzuki to go on an interstate rally while he road his '76. I've done 100s of Km on it' and found it a beautiful bike to ride, but weird with its 2 points systems (acceleration and deceleration) BTW there were 2 other production rotaries; Hercules and Norton, and Yamaha showed their twin-rotor RZ-201 at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1972, but I don't believe it ever went into production.
You're as nutty as I am. I had a genuine RC-30, three Kawa 500 triples. A new one all three years then 2 750 kawasaki 2 cycle triples. A friend sold me his 6 cylinder cbx. (Kinda disappointing). Then a zx11 then a zx12r then a 2012 zx14. There are a bunch more thrown in there too. I quit riding last summer due to the fact I turned 81 years old. Oops I forgot the 1958 Ariel square four. Motorcycles are a disease.
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Who is the narrator? I recognize that voice
Hell yeah I love that spool sound of that turbo of a car and now on a bike, wait I must clean my mess cause there was a lot of cum I mean lol
@@haveaseatplease Thanks for those!
wasn't the tl1000r known as the widow maker though ?
No turbo busa in this list!
To my ears, the CBX easily sounds the best. Brought tingles and goosebumps, fabulous!!
You need to listen to a real Honda six on full tilt, much better than this underpowered grand tourer.
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Both of those CBX did not have stock exhaust.
I probably shouldn't admit to it "I'd kill to own a CBX" at 6:13, but I do own one. The 6 into 1 pipe is glorious. I've seen exhaust pipe comparison videos. I found the 6 into 6 a little harsh, the 6 into 2 (stock or replacement) less interesting and the 6 into 1 the best.
Someone may already have mentioned this, but since you included the RC211, a race-only bike (thereby not limiting your list to street bikes), Honda GP RC166 of the 1960s had six cylinders. It had an astronomical redline of 20,000 RPM and made 65hp from its 250cc. You listed some incredible engines, but leaving out the RC166 is a glaring oversight.
Also the 5 cyl 125 of the same era. 20000 rpm torque peak, 22500 rpm hp peak.
Both very much needed add ons
"The V5 sounds different from any other four cylinder bike..."
Yes......yes it does.....
Sounds very much like a VFR with a 4 into one exhaust.
Because it has 5 cylinders not 4?
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@Terry Melvin 🤣 me too
Well I'll be dogged, who wooda thought eh lol
6:14 Possibly the most awesome 13 seconds of motorcycle video ever!
Eargasm!
Is that the cbx fly by??
@@thuthgogo708 yes
The cbx sounds like a formula 1 car. So freaking amazing and intimidating to others not riding it
"The inline 6 is something we will never see on a modern motorcycle"
BMW K1600 GT - Am I a joke to you?
Lmao haha right right!!
Guy is Noob.
Ye but it's so garbage sounding it brings upon shame on the i6 configuration.
@@uptheau2875 please elaborate
@@botyaay1233 I was referring to the sound. They sound garbage for a 6cyl.
If you mention the RC211V, Nicky Hayden should also be mentioned. He was the last person to pilot the RC211V to a world championship, and he is America's last GP world champion. He should be remembered.
Tragic death. Riding a 240horsepowered bike for years.. To get killed on a 1 manpowered bike. Was never a Hayden fan, especially the year he got the WC, with not a single win. But hey, you grow up...
@@damon2692 Hayden won two races in 2006
@@mylexicon2 My bad, I wrote than from memory 🤔
@@strangelove9608 Yep, a great talent and like you say one of the nicest guys guys ever, he had a permasmile, never uttered a bad word about anyone and you could just tell as soon as he began to talk in that drawl of his that here was a true gent.
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6:15 holy shit that sounds like an old school f1 car
thats what need in today's f1
probably a 2 stroke
teeburshow 2 strokes don't sound like that trust me and me family
J Luna or a begging of a air raid siren
@Mr. ZFG no he didn't, that's what six cylinder bikes actually sound like. I own one
Wifey: don’t do anything stupid
Me : ok
*installing twin turbos on a CBX
If I was going for stupid I would have fitted the Superchargers ...
@@chrisbraid2907 supercharger for sure, don't want the turbo to ruin the sound.
@@awdrifter3394 exactly. Don't want to muffle the exhaust. Personally I'd go centrifugal super chargers over twin screwed /root.
That's not stupid, that's just how our minds work. Fast isn't fast enough! Sooo, make it faster!!! right guys!
Twin turbochargers on a Honda CBX-1000 is something that I'd quite like to see!
Come on Honda, please put this in as a production bike! I have been patiently waiting for 17 years when it first debuted. The world is ready for a naturally aspirated 800cc that can produce 240HP.
HRC Rules!
"It's like putting a V12 in a Ford Taurus"
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You'll have to get real creative with the sawzall to jam a V12 in a space a v6 barely fit. I heard of somebody putting a V8 in a Mercury chassis of the same type, but at that point you had to take the engine out to change the plugs or the belt. Or check the oil. Or look at it too long.
Condorito the way I see it, there would be no easy way. Heavily modifying the chassis and the firewall and footwells. Or make it rear engined
You just gave me the best idea - rear engine, rear drive Taurus with a blown big block and a Mustang rear diff. It could do the power transfer like that wheelie truck on Roadkill.
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Then at some point it'd go wrong and it'd need some soapy wooder and blinker fluid:
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I remember when the RC211V first hit the tracks with Rossi. The technology and the following development of that V5 was mind boggling. That bike was truly a game changer.
JD97711 240 brake horsepower. No traction control. And the best sound ever.
It sounds so remarkably like half a V10 somehow.
Honda cbx sounds so much better than the f1 cars we have today...
CBX 6 has same power as mid-sized Indian Scout V-2 sitting on dealers' floors...
They’re both small, six cylinder, four stroke engines.
your so right.
@@noidontthinksolol similar displacement and cylinder count
It sounds like an air raid siren
I was a Suzuki factory service rep when the RE5 was introduced. One of the major problems was that there was a production delay that created a 7 month gap between dealer training on the bike and its release which led to the mechanics forgetting everything they learned. To compound the problem many of the early bikes were shipped with incorrect carburetor settings from the factory and the dealer was expected correct the settings. The RE5 had the most complicated carburetor ever put on a bike (see link for exploded view). There were 5 cables from the throttle that led to the carb that had to be properly adjusted. Many left the factory with incorrect linkage adjustment & that involved using a protractor to determine the actuation point & bending the linkage to get the proper adjustment. I spent most of my time going to dealers that were lost when it came to the RE5 adjusting carbs and solving other problems. The rotary engine is very simple, but with very complicated ancillary systems to make it work. Carburetor exploded view: www.prismnet.com/~jrf/RE5/re5carb.jpg
u know a motor is some serious shit when the flyby video gives u captions saying "music"
Fact check: the rotary engine in the Suzuki is a cool ranch not nacho. Mazda used the nacho Doritos.
And some of the later model rx-7s had spicy nacho as well. The RX-8s had some salsa Verde, apparently, which not many people are a fan of
Jacob M'Boi preach it🤙
LOL
@@jacobm2625 The Cosmo had the Barbecue doritos. A good starting point into the branches of doritos the company will produce.
WOW!!! someone is finally giving the 1972 H2 some love. That was my first street bike and yes trust me, it lived up to it's name. It's a wonder I am still here to talk about it at 61. Great post guys and yes, I did subscribe.
Wow,you have lived the dream ,and still living. My first road bike was the H1E 500cc Kawasaki 2 stroke triple. And I rode the wheels off it. 60 years old,and last time I looked,still living. Amazing,given the road conditions locally back then. Great vid.
I like how 2004 is considered soooo long ago (to him) he makes reference as if this is antique technology. Heh... "This is when men were men..." he says. lolz.
NorthernChev I was born in 2004 so, it's a really long time ago for me
Well to be fair, it's 16 years ago. A person born in 2004 can legally ride a motorcycle now.
@@awdrifter3394 probably in your country
04 is still modern to me.
Those 2 stroke triples were scary because of the fact that they had frames that flexed badly plus the two stroke had a power band that caught people by surprise. Hit the sweet spot without prep and, with the tires of the day, you were screwed. Remember these bikes were running on bias ply tires that didn't wrap the traction zone all the way to the rim, they were basically smaller and skinnier car tires.
My guy, you made a great video. However, i would Highlights suggest yo, to make a part 2 with more infamous bikes.
I've got a small list of bikes with unbeliveable engines but there are so much more:
Rossis Honda NSR (195 hp 2 stroke at 500cc, that's 390 hp per liter)
Northon RCW 588 (fastest wankel engined bike to ever race)
MTT 429RR (turbine on a fucking bike)
Horex VR6 (if in line 6 engines on bikes aren't weird enough)
München Mammut 2000 (2 Liter 4 cylinder)
Neandertaler 1400 (turbocharged 1400 cc Diesel engines with counterrotating crankshaft)
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That 750 Kawasaki triple was the most deadly motorcycles in history.
The 500's were worse. By the time the 750 came out, Kawasaki had started to sort out the problems with the sloppy front forks, the inadequate braking, and the nearly instant-on powerband.
The Honda RC166 is probably the most crazy engine.....or perhaps the V8 500cc Moto Guzzi of the 1950s
Did you see the grass on the CBX flyby?!!!
Yeah, because it is as aerodynamic ad a garagedoor. Cool as fuck though.
I´m 22 (from Germany) and I´m going to get the cbx from a Friend of my Gf wich is in pansion now, her husband died 17 Years ago.
So the cbx is standing in her Garage for over 15 years now, twice bagged and sealed . This will be a winter Project of my brother and me. I can´t wait to ride this masterpiece.
Yam is I have owned many motor cycles over 50 years One that I admired was my 500 cc Honda shadow shaft drive It was super reliable never let me down at allI travelled over 250 thousand kilometres on it before I sold it ,I am so happy with my 2002 ST 1100 it is super reliable and plenty of power and torque to flatten any hill and it can cruise all day and over 900 kilometres plus in day and not break a sweat My ZX10 was another beast super insanely fast also cover long distances with ease
Even prior to becoming a motorcycle mechanic, I considered reliability to be an absolute necessity, so it's great to hear of the trouble free mileage you had with your Honda Nighthawk.
It was a comfortable, attractive and capable motorcycle.
Fun facts, the Benelli Sei's engine's internal design was heavily inspired by the Honda Black Bomber & CB750.
And the RCV-211 twin rear cylinders was of a larger bore than the front three, enough to equalise the dynamic weight to front banks three; hence its staccato roar.
The Honda engine covers actually fitted the Benelli engine.
Honorable mention should got to the turbo bikes of the early '80s. Came and went within 3 years, but most people don't even know they were made! Sigh, and the awesome Yamaha RD500... Ah the good ol days...
And the supercharged BMW from the 30's.
The RE5 apex seals wearing out almost broke Suzuki. 20 years later, Norton solved the issue with soft rather than hard metal seals.
Replacing engines on a low production run motorcycle that was built for 2 years almost broke one of the oldest and biggest companies in the game?
Weird eh, one wonders why it took so long. My old man (who among other things was an electrician) used to tell me in the 60's that if you apply friction to hard and soft metals the hard metal is the one that wears, looks like he might have been right.
Consider a riding mower deck wheels are plastic on steel axles. The axles wear thin, not the plastic wheels. It blew my mind.
Still a really collectable bike though interestingly ...
I’d love a wankal motorcycle!
I had an H1 and it was definitely a widowmaker. It felt like it was going to blow up at anytime and ate gallons of 2 stroke oil...Incredible machine i wish i had kept it...
Honda makes the best engines for the price period! This applies to automotive and motorcycle engines. I'm not a honda fan boy, but its hard to argue their reliability.
Kamil Starikiewicz true
Make a dope racing lawnmower too
Toyota honda is great and makes great cars but Toyota is the leader in reliability also Yamaha is on top of honda in the motorcycle industry once again I like honda but its not the best period
Kamil Starikiewicz still makes reliable
Reliable, have fun working on the cars......starter under intake manifold on the K24, and the 1.8 has the starter tucked up under the backside of the engine.
High Five (V5) to Honda and Yammie Noob for coming up with the rare RC211V.
Thanks for sharing
CBX dude.. Yes... I was hoping you would mention that bike. Best sounding bike ever IMO.
What about the 500cc V8 Moto Guzzi GP bike from the 1950's?
Yes! I highly recommend looking up that amazing machine. The engine is a beautiful, jewel-like thing. I know there is a surviving example and it does get ridden. There are even sound videos of the loony thing running. It apparently was terrifying to ride back in the day, since motorcycle tyres of the 1950s weren't really up to handling the power the little beast made.
that CBX is on my "must own" list. that is the greatest sounding bike ever
I just bought a 1981 CBX (see Jay Leno) with only 4600 miles. I am sooo stoked!!
Don’t forget Kawasaki made an in-line 6, too. KZ1300.
The Z1300 didn't have the visual impact of the CBX-1000.
''[Inline six] is a configuration that we'll never see again in modern motorcycles'' - you can walk into a BMW dealership right now, pay lots of money and ride out on a BMW K1600 which has an inline six. Also, I don't know how a CBX sounds like at 10K RPM, because they redline at only 9K.
Was just about to comment with the exact same points XD
Yup
and the 6 cyl bmw sounds pretty cool too if you open up the exhaust.
Ture but those are also mounted laterally.
What does a CBX sound like at 10K RPM? (*BOOM!*)
My first bike was actually a PGM V8 lmao
Gotta love those Wall Street bonuses ;)
Kind of off the subject but i am the son of an Austin Timmons.
Many years ago I rode a friends Kawasaki 750 H2. The power went from "try to keep it running" to "hang on to your butt" in an instant, and the chassis twisted up so bad the wheels went in different directions. I parked it and gladly switched back to my Suzuki GS 750.
Hahaha,I would have said it the other way around,My Suzuki GT550 two stroke triple would easily beat your GS750 BUT the GS1000 wow i borrowed one 140mph in evening street lighting only,It was so well behaved compared to my wild pony white knuckle GT550 ride,Where would slide down the saddle in second gear with the throttle open.
My dad had the mach 4, he said thing was nuts until he crashed at 120mph. Kept it and love taking it out every once in a while
My 750 Triple was insane, rejetted the carbs, velocity stacks, expansion chambers, dropped the counter sprocket two teeth. I never claimed it to be fast but it was insanely QUICK! And as mentioned wheelies.
750 triple two stroke? The expansions were a waste of money on a two stroke,I had mates who had the Suzuki GT550 two stroke triple as i did and expansions for more power,They didn't get it i still beat them with the same bike but standard pipes,Fortunately didn't waste my money,The sound was different and they looked good,But i wasn't interested in cosmetic appearance,Because it looks good doesn't mean it is,
Love your videos, papa noob
I enjoyed your video, and there are some terrific bikes here, but I have to correct you that the Benelli was a long way from being the first in line 6 because Honda did it very successfully with the 1964 RC164, just under 250cc. Surprised you didn’t mention it, because revving at 18,000 through 6 open megaphones makes the CBX in your video sound tame. How could you not mention the 1965 Honda RC 148 5 cylinder 125cc revving to 22,000 with open megaphone exhaust.
Or the V8 Moto Guzzi and a plethora of unique racing engine designs but then again this guy is young and needs to do his homework
probably because the guy is an amateur & knows sweet fuck all about motorcycles.
Because this guys to fast to seriously speaking for high revving mouth 😂, seriously i confused watch this videos, so loud😂😂
The infamous rc164.
Still doubt it was actualy fastet than other bikes or just no one dared to come up close enough to pass the damn thing.
For loud and good old racing bikes, look up the ss250 and ss350 two stroke german screamers.
Benelli was the first production,Your arguments pivots over track bikes which are not street legal and invariably count mainly because they are a one off,
Bro you are the most charismatic dude in all YT. I envoy you videos. Take care men.
Back in 1969, my dad bought one of the first Kawasaki Mach3 triples introduced into Canada( if my memory serves me correctly, it was the first one sold, Korcan Kawasaki, Vancouver, BC) He raced it at Westwood Race Track in Coquitlam, British Columbia 🇨🇦 That thing was a rocket! (the track was famous for being on top of a mountain) I rode it in late 70's, early 80's and that thing was still a rocket! 😵 It rattled so badly, it would vibrated the blood out of my hands. Love those kinda memories. Cheers.
The rattling came from the centre cylinder,poor lubrication and cooling wore out the bearings before the other two cylinders,It was that basis i went for the less powerful but more reliable Suzuki GT550 two stroke triple 54 bhp and not the 62 bhp of yours
I also had a Honda CB350 before the Suzuki,It was a four stroke twin,mirrors you could see the colour of the car,fingers and toes would go numb after 25 minutes from the vibration
Yammie is the only one i know that can combine memes, entertainment and knowlage. Unreplacable.
Only problem is that he forgot the y2k(jet bike)
Typed exactly like his low IQ fanbase. It's irreplaceable and this guy is a hack
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Jeebus man. Learn how to frickin spell. Yammie's *knowledge* has big holes; he didn't even know BMW has a modern day inline 6 engine.
I've ridden an RE-5. It was owned by a racer who graciously permitted me to take it for a ride. It didn't do anything any better or worse than a conventional engine while being vastly more complicated and heavy. Suzuki would not permit their own dealers to perform internal engine repairs and required faulty units to be shipped back to Japan for replacement under warranty. It managed to combine all the worst aspects of two and four stroke engines with almost none of the benefits.
Apparently it mirrored the performance of my Suzuki GT550 two stroke triple,But cost more and was less reliable and as you pointed out no after sales maintenance,I could do some of the maintenance except timing Dail&gauge very complicated,3 sets of points,3 ignition coils,and 3 carbs but synchronisation was easy as was the CCI oil injection adjustment
Since you're so interested in 6-cylinder bikes, go check out the Horex VR6, you'll love it. Except for the price tag maybe.
Horex VR6 is the dream. Seriously this is the shit.
Any news on das neu Audi Auto Q 0.8 Mk IV Kettenkrad (Frau Merkel luv n hugs trike) Now the mods for the U S of A done (no front brake and "stick" shift ) and the auto turn right (far far right) romp over Poland to old mother Russia fault stopped by the eastern seaboard and the team behind Das Audi Auto A2 taken from ze bunker and shot.
In 1984, I brought down from Oregon to Southern California 1972 blue Kawasaki H2 750 that had 4,000 miles on the odometer I purchased for $400. The guy who sold the bike to me was scared of it after a 50 mph accident that must have been not too bad because the bike was pristine except for a few scratches in the gas tank. It's sprockets and chain were the 1st things I replaced because the teeth on the rear sprocket were bent over like nothing I'd seen before. All that torque pulling the teeth sideways! I rode that bike like crazy for a year before trading it for a 1967 vw bus.
Should point out that the Benelli 750/6 engine was basically a CB 550/4 Honda engine with two Honda cylinders added on.
Norton also did it. Suzuki is not alone. Most notable V-8 was the Moto-Guzzi. Debate me! One you overlooked completely is the Motus V-4 and it deserves a bunch of exposure as it is American made in Alabama.
"er" DKW W2000/HERCULES plus the VAN VEEN OCR 1000 both " production" bikes.
drysdale v8
yeah well, too late for Motus. SHUT DOWN due to lack of capitol. AND THEY WERE TOO DAMN EXPENSIVE!!!
@@BJK1715 not according to their website, where did you get your info?
@@tonypate9174 eat me Drysdale Drysdale Drysdale.
You forgot about the boss hoss with the corvette engine in it.
That is not bike engine or really even a bike to big to heavy, useless for anything but guys with complex
Boy, did you miss the most obvious one. The NR500, with the OVAL pistons, 8 valves per cylinder. Now, THAT was a weird engine!
And the oval pistons had two rods which would twist as engine revs pulling out the pins and engine failure
That Honda CBX fly by is a straight eargasm...
That CBX sounded AMAZING. But that RPM or what ever that was, BLEW MY MIND.
Swarm of angry bees more like hornets i love that sound ... unusual
2019: Yam finally scores a CBX and makes online poll asking subs what to do with it. Subs force him to brat it out and cover it in futa hentai.
Fappy Lube has died.
That CBX sound literally makes me wanna cry
Don't worry, the wind blast will dry your eyes :-)
Had 2 500 H1 triples , 1 H2 750 polished and ported , at . 2000 over redline with stock sprockets 146 mph
Steam isn't a fuel, it's a working fluid. The fuel can be pretty much anything the boiler is designed to accept.
Power of steam
6:36 Its a freakin livin 2 wheels lamborghini broo!!!!!!!!
MY BRAIN CELLS!!
Ofcourse you mean a 2 wheeled Formula 1 car. :P
No oval piston Honda? NR750
How about a 1950's oval piston Sears/Puch Twingle?
Probably the best engine ever made from Honda, pre-production version was 210hp from a 750cc in 1990....they detuned them to 130hp for production models.
@@MrKdr500 They had to detune it that much because it couldn't be made to be reliable any other way. So, as much as it was an impressive engineering feat, it cannot (imo) be said to be their best engine. It was an evolutionary dead end.
@@BuzzLOLOL They were not oval pistons, two round pistons with one combustion chamber. on the Sears/Puch Twingle.
The Honda NR 750 most definitely had Four Oval Pistons and Eight valves per cylinder.
thought I would see the Dodge Tomahawk or the MTT Y2K with the helicopter engine...oh well, call it an incomplete list
Or the oval-pistoned Honda NR750?
Or anything made by Allen Millyard.
That’s Mr. Mealey’s Rx7 in the vid! Growing up, that’s my best friends dads. Used to build show cars for competition!
Back in the 70's my best friend had a Kawasaki H2. That 3 cylinder 2-stroke was an odd bird.
I had a CBX in the early 80s, the exhaust howl at full throttle was truly awesome. Years later I read that Honda engineers used the sound of an F-4 ( or F-16 ) as a model for how they wanted it to sound !
Norton also built Wankel powered rotary engines and their rotary engined race bike won at the Isle of Man TT race in the 90's.
i think the uk military police rode them for a while as well, used to see them at the RAF bases
I thought he was going to mention Norton, not suzuki
I like the old rotary valve two-stroke motors that supercharge themselves.
I think I can give you like 5 engines "weirder" or more unreal than any of those from the back of my head at any moment.
I had a test ride on a Suzuki RE5 in 1975. Very smooth!
You forgot to mention some engines Six-Cylinder's Kawasaki KZ1300 and it was Liquid cooled.
The 1955 Moto-Guzzi 499cc V-8 Grand Prix bike.
You forgot to mention the Hercules rotary motorcycle as well as the one built by Norton.
Also you left out the Ariel Square Four as well as Suzuki's two-stroke iteration the RG 500.
My favorite of all times the NR 750 with it's oval piston's twin con rods per piston and not 2 not 4 but 8 valves per cylinder.
I love interesting and Innovative engine designs.
I don't like to be that guy but I'm gunna do it anyways...
{Inhales copious amount of air}
The Rotary engine is reliable when not pushed beyond it's limit for extended periods of time, like most engines, but it did prove in the last year of Le Mans (the year before the motor size was changed to 3.5L to match Formula one motors at the time as well as regulate against non-pistoned motors) that the rotary could run at ridiculously high stress levels and take 1st place in an endurance race.
The rotary, while confusing to many and seemingly fueled by wierd, japanese black magic, is simpler than normal piston engines because it has much less moving parts. The reason the rotary has been dubbed unreliable is because most do not know anything about rotary motor maintainence. Since the rotary typically runs at higher rpm than a comparable piston engine, it tends to burn brighter but not as long. Realistically, a rotary should be professionally rebuilt every 60k miles. Furthermore, the rotary does not burn oil out of malfunction, it consumes it in it's "infinite" stroke. Injecting oil directly into the combustion chamber to lubricate the Doritos/rotors, it uses more oil by design. Since it consumes oil in it's combustion cycle, the oil must be able to combust and burn to avoid pooling and carbon build up, run of the mill synthetics, which are typically a good choice for normal piston engines, do not burn at the same temperature as conventional oil which leads to issues in the chamber.
Apex seals, which were originally made of graphite, do wear down and begin failing to seal the chamber which destroys performance. Modern day ceramic apex seals last many times longer and con usually last the duration of time you own the vehicle.
Lastly, Mazda specially stated in the owners manual that you must red line the motor in order to clear out any carbon build up, which for any one who has owned a rotary knows, it is quite happy to do so, in fact, it is the only thing it wants in life.
So, in conclusion; rotaries have developed a stigma as being unreliable when in actuality, it is due to improper maintenance and driving habits. The approach that would keep a classic car in good shape is detrimental to the rotary motor. To own a healthy rotary, you must treat it like a waifu with a bdsm fetish...because that's what it is...a dark haired, freak that gets wet at the idea of "Hot Wax".
"take 1st place in an endurance race."
I don't know how long rotards are going to keep repeating this, but that over-hyped Le Mans C2 victory counts for very little. Because they qualified so poorly, the Mazda team was able to sweet-talk the FIA regulators to let them race despite not being a legal car, at 400 pounds lighter than the minimum. Also, over half the field wrecked due to whatever reason, some of them late enough in the race that they practically handed Mazda the easy win. The 737B had tons of engine issues throughout its career, between several oil failures and a couple fires in that same season, it wasn't any better than the competition and wouldn't make a podium for the rest of its career. The engine was also used in the IMSA by Mazda and was a huge flop
Now, all of this doesn't matter because the 737B is a purpose built race car, and not a mass produced street car. In the practical and "real" world, pistons are better in every objective measure.
@@Anonymou-s wrong. Piston engines are heavier in terms of power delivered to engine weight, at least in the car world. It's why motor gliders can usually be found using rotaries.
Respect to MAZDA & SUZUKI for makin it happen & to MAZDA for keepin at it. Very untypical Japanese 👍
Does Jay Leno have one of everything with an engine in it?😁
Britten v1000...hand made in the late 80s early 90s in a back yard garage in NZ...smoked everything at Daytona....John Britten one man's dream..a good doco if anyone is interested
I prayed to my Lord and Savior YammieNoob that he would upload today. Now I know he does answer prayers. I also sacrificed a cat for you. I hope this pleases you my Lord.
May your life be long and interesting
6:05 "it's like you put a V12 in Ford Taurus" well, have I got some interesting news for ya! The later model 90's Taurus SHOs came with a Yamaha-codeveloped V8 under their hood.
I thought they were 6 cylinders
@@williammcguire130 the 90s had a v6 the later models had a V8 both modified by yamaha
All ford Modular motors are Yamaha influenced.(im told.) I have built pushrod v8 and modular 4.6 motors for several years and its funny being that its a USA car with Yamaha engineering and all metric hardware. Powerstroke the turbo diesel motor is a German built motor originally.
@@williammcguire130 Starting in 1996 they were. 89 to 95 were the 3.0 (manual) or 3.2 (automatic) DOHC 220 hp Yamaha V6 with the "bundle of snakes" intake manifold.
I never knew about the V8 SHO just the V6. Thanks for the education. I had to look them up and read about it.
6:16 look at the grass on the left of the CBX as it passes
Holy S ______ how many exhaust this Honda has _______ makes me think let’s tax how many exhaust bike can have 🤩
You failed to mention the Boss Hoss which can be bought today with a Chevy LS445 V8 putting out 445 H.P. and 445 lb/ft of torque. Manufactured in Dyersburg, TN. since 1990.
britten v1000 should be on the list for being made by a guy in a shed. including the engine.
blows the rest away, I watched it wheelie into the lead at Daytona, he was toying with the leader and taunting him.
Good call
2 engines that should be added oval piston honda and yamaha TZ750 inline 4, 2 stroke race engine from 70's. I may be wrong but I think those were configurations only done by them once and never copied by other makers. I know oval piston was only done by honda and I am kinda sure only inline 4 cylinder 2 stroke was yamaha TZ, many v 4 and and square four 2 strokes race back in 2 stroke heyday but only inline 4 2 stroke I recall is TZ750 kenny Roberts tried to tame.
scary howl sounds like a 60's vespa
ya because the rider didn't get it in the powerband
My neighbour rebulit his old harley and put a jaguar xjs v12 in it, but when he was done he was sad that it couldn't wheelie since it was incredibly heavy now and the wheelbase was so long, so he decided so slap a twinturbo on it and he is now a 70 year old man doing wheelies on his harley the size of a football field. He took it to the dyno and it made just north of 900 hp
Nothing sounds better than a Honda CBX !!!
"yank it with yam"
thank me later
no NR750? it had oval pistons FFS!!!!
Exactly
and 7 valves per cylinder ---- i worked for a Honda dealer who sold a couple of them (£35,000 at the time (1990's) to arab royalty), very pretty but sounded like a VW when they were 'ticking over'.
What about one of the most glorious engines of all times - Honda NSR500 (500 cc, 2-stroke, V4)?!?
The GP500 king of the 80s and 90s!
Riders World Championships won with the NSR500:
1985 Freddie Spencer (USA)
1987 Wayne Gardner (AU)
1989 Eddie Lawson (USA)
1994 Michael (Mick) Doohan (AU)
1995 Mick Doohan
1996 Mick Doohan
1997 Mick Doohan
1998 Mick Doohan
1999 Àlex Crivillé (ES)
2001 Valentino Rossi (IT)
Let me guess which bike is your favourite🤔
HONDA
The motorcycle not mentioned was Kenny Robert's Three cylinder two stroke race bike from the seventies. It was supposed to be barely rideable from the power when it "came on the pipes"! Three cylinders and 750 cubic centimeters!!
When I was in Vo tech in the late 80s our school had 60 CBXs donated by Honda. They are very cool machines
the friggin CBX sounds like an F1 car
Kenneth K there are those (in previous videos) that claim
That it is
The sound was dubbed in
I’m hoping that they are wrong, but for me, when I was 18
The sweetest sound I ever heard was my 250 Ducati at 9500rpm
I had a KZ1300 at on time... Never met a CBX that it couldn't "walk the dog on!!!". Could have been something to do with that turbo charger though.....
mine ate CBXs like Pringles.
C’mon guys play fair ! ;-)
RC166? INline 6 cyl 245CC 4 stroke GP engine?
Also Kawasaki made a inline 6 z1300 around the same time as the cbx
This is true, a touring bike with shaft drive
I have the honour to see the Suzuki RE5 wankel 4 times a week. It is a collectors item at the shop where I work.
I've had two cbx's and a zx14, honda blackbird, ninja 100, and 44 other bikes. No joke!
I used to call the H2 the “Squid Killer” because young sailers bought them and killed themselves going too fast and losing control.
Also...H2 + 12 pack = 6' under more often than not...
Kawasaki "detuned" their H2 to make them more tractable; the early H1's were more radical and dangerous. I've owned both (five of them, including one of the first ever on the roads here in Australia) and survived ! The H1 was the real and original "Widowmaker"; its power to weight ratio was even scarier than the H2 ! Also, a mate loaned me his '75 rotary Suzuki to go on an interstate rally while he road his '76. I've done 100s of Km on it' and found it a beautiful bike to ride, but weird with its 2 points systems (acceleration and deceleration) BTW there were 2 other production rotaries; Hercules and Norton, and Yamaha showed their twin-rotor RZ-201 at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1972, but I don't believe it ever went into production.
You're as nutty as I am. I had a genuine RC-30, three Kawa 500 triples. A new one all three years then 2 750 kawasaki 2 cycle triples. A friend sold me his 6 cylinder cbx. (Kinda disappointing). Then a zx11 then a zx12r then a 2012 zx14. There are a bunch more thrown in there too. I quit riding last summer due to the fact I turned 81 years old. Oops I forgot the 1958 Ariel square four. Motorcycles are a disease.
I too had early H1 triples. I loved the distributor cap on the side!
Now now, where is the talk of the suzuki gt 750?
@@mattisthoben8894 there ok ...collectable but would be spending to build full on water cooled gt750 powerhouse.
@@genefoster8601 Your like my father upto 84,And a woman customer 90
I NEED THAT CBX RIGHT NOW.
At the time the CBX price was higher than it's competition and the GS1000 was lighter ,cost less .
You gotta wonder how much more power the CBX would have had with fuel injection not 6 carbs. Agree totally with your choice in placing it here
I don't believe fuel injection rules the roost! Ever heard of Webber
CBX hands down sound test winner. What a gorgeous wail it has.
6 n2 one pipe especially