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MOP
05-11-2010, 08:10 PM
Looking everywhere!

gcarter
05-11-2010, 08:16 PM
Honda racing motorcycle engine piston....15-20 years ago?????

The Hedgehog
05-11-2010, 08:21 PM
I have no clue

Walt. H.
05-11-2010, 10:51 PM
Exactly what George said! Thinking more like mid 80's?

I remember laughing the first time I heard about them followed with WTF :eek: when I finally got to see a pic of the empty engine block and the bike..

CHACHI
05-12-2010, 05:53 AM
Mr. Carter is the "Motor Man".

It was Honda's answer to more cylinders (Honda wanted eight) when the Grand Prix rules allowed only four.

Ken

Cuda
05-12-2010, 07:23 AM
It's called oil and emery cloth.

zelatore
05-12-2010, 10:45 AM
Honda NR750. Originally developed in the late 70's as an answer to getting more power from a 4-stroke to compete with 2-strokes. I think there were a handful of street bikes built and sold in the early 90's.

http://world.honda.com/history/challenge/1979pistonengine/index.html

One of, if not the most, collectible of Honda's bikes.

MOP
05-12-2010, 03:36 PM
Thought that would provoke a little thought! I found it up on one of the engine boards, I had all but forgotten about the oval crusade! One of the guys commented on a $50,000 price tag and that those that have one will not part with them. A made in JAPAN collectors item!