Right, so can anybody list off either a V4 or a twin crank bike that the average mortal can aquire? I'm aware one could obtain an NSR 500, but that's not realistic for me. Two or four stroke models.
Or if you want to go old school in the 80s they had the VF750S (V45 Sabre), VF1100S (V65 Sabre), etc... but they only had like 80hp and 100hp respectably
The whole history on all the V4s for both production and race bikes is on this cool site: Honda V4 / English / History
Right, so can anybody list off either a V4 or a twin crank bike that the average mortal can aquire? I'm aware one could obtain an NSR 500, but that's not realistic for me. Two or four stroke models.
V-fours include lots of different bikes including the RZ500 two-stroke, the Vmax from Yamaha and the VF/VFR and ST Honda series. There are also some Italian designs.
Twin crank engines include the RG500 (road and race versions) and the KR500 and YZR500 GP bikes but I can't think of any others off the top of my head. I don't think the weight of two cranks really makes then viable for four-stroke engines.
The RG and RZ are getting hard to find, but anybody can own a V-four Honda, not that I'd recommend them
Yes, the RC21x series is a V-five engine but I'm not sure they're available to the public anyway.
NSR500's do come on the market occasionally but I think most get sold without ever being advertised.
Who wants an RG500? Well this guy! I need (lol: want) an old school two stroke sport. My 76 Yamaha rd400 is a basket case at present. After this race season maybe get it running and together. It just isn't ... The cat's meow of two strokes the way the RG is. Why is it the US simply doesn't have cool bikes? Sure.... another harley....wow
Who wants an RG500? Well this guy! I need (lol: want) an old school two stroke sport. My 76 Yamaha rd400 is a basket case at present. After this race season maybe get it running and together. It just isn't ... The cat's meow of two strokes the way the RG is. Why is it the US simply doesn't have cool bikes? Sure.... another harley....wow
Me too, but not desperately. The RG500 and RZ500 are lovely to look at but they never impressed me much riding them. It's actually the NS400R that I'd grab in a second if one came along. A mate had an RG500 and desperately regrets ever selling it. He also had several RD350's and 400's.
Probably your best bet these days would be to get an RGV250 and build a really nice big-bore engine for it.
But two-strokes are always seconds away from being basket cases, it's part of the design. You're doing very well if you can get more than 10,000kms between engine rebuilds.
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