Tuesday 9 July 2013

"HONDA RC166 @ TWINLINK MOTEGI" ['FUMYFD2R' POOTUBE] . . . . CHATTING WITH HAIRY LARRY YESTERDAY REGARDING SMALL ENGINES AND THEIR ATTENDANT TINY RECIPROCATING COMPONENTS . . . . THERE IS NO GREATER EXAMPLE OF MICRO ENGINEERING IN THE WORLD OF TWO WHEELS AS THE HONDA RC166 . . . . NEARLY FIFTY YEARS SINCE INCEPTION AND IT'S STILL THE EPITOME OF DESIGN GENIUS . . . . AT 18,000 RPM, LISTEN TO THIS TIDDLER SCREAM !!!

THIS THING BLEW MINDS WORSE THAN BAD ACID BACK IN THE SIXTIES, AND IT STILL DOES, THE LITTLE WING THAT COULD. SIX POTS, SIX TINY SLUGS HANGING OFF SIX TWIGGY LITTLE RODS, EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS ENGINEERING DESIGN IN MICRO SCALE . . . . ALL THE MORE INSANE WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT IT DID IT'S JOB SO CONVINCINGLY THAT HONDA WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH IT . . . . GO AND READ SOME MORE ABOUT THIS MARVEL OF INFERNALLY COMBUSTING DOOHICKIES AND SEE WHAT THE ONGOING FUSS IS ABOUT . . . . RIGHT AFTER YOU'VE CHECKED OUT THE VIDEO AND LISTENED TO THIS RADICAL RICE ROCKET SCREAMING ITS TINY LUNGS OUT !!!!

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  1. Woooop!!! Wooooop!!!! Whooooooop!!! About a dozen years ago a guy here in the states built a 'RC 166 replica', using a CBX 1000. Six open racing megas. I'll have to see if I can find a vid of that one .It was at a show up in Squaw Valley, and he fired it up and zipped it across the parking lot....insanely loud!

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