I used to have a CBR 250RR and someone called the police on me thinking I must be going 100mph around the streets, but when they turned up I rode down the the street at 30mph to show it only sounds fast.
This shows just how clever and how highly skilled those Japanese engineers were. They moved motorcycle and engine design so far forward in such a short space of time, amazing.
Honda took awhile to get into the F! game.. after a few years of limited success in the 1960's they backed away to concentrate on the young and quickly growing automobile market. which you must admit., they did quite well.. Coming back into F1 in the turbo era with Spirit, few gave any trust in their abilities to field a competitive operation... Anybody that witnessed the steamroller Honda GP bike program had an inkling... anyone familiar with Honda's F1 race foray in the eighties can attest to their total and utter domination of the series... All the other players knew that the Turbo Era was drawing to a close, so revamped their 4 bar machines to the newer mandated 2.5 bar rules.. Honda decided to build a WHOLE NEW engine/ car/ turbo program...Absolutely caught the troops flat footed and DESTROYED the opposition...They made a misstep in their last attempt,... they have something to prove...Honda will be on top again... It is only a matter of time.
@@gsfbffxpdhhdf7043 LOL. Harley is a pushrod old school air cooled engine that will never make power. Inefficient design that is outdated. You’re trying to correct others but.. you’re sadly very wrong
I remember when I lived in Japan while in the military from 1991-1993, I owned a Honda CBR 250 that redlined at 18,000 rpm's. Sounded great. Those were the days when we had Suzuki RGV Gamma 250's, Yamaha TZR 250's and a Yamaha FZR 400...Fun Bikes!
6. discover the hell of harmonic balance on a two stoke V engine 7. destroy several engines trying to set a proper crankshaft 8. gives up and builds a 200cc double twin making 50hp with the sold models of the failed engine now running on compressed air 9. profit.
Your English is getting better and clearer every video. Keep it up, love the time and energy you put into these extremely informative and interesting videos.
I'm not a big Honda fan, but you have to admire their technological advances and engineering in their racing bikes in the 60's and 70's. Although not very successful, the V-4 500 cc engine with OVAL cylinders is a fine example. "Honda returned to the 500 cc class of the World Motorcycle Grand Prix series in 1979, following a twelve-year hiatus. The machine they had developed for their comeback - an entry in the World Grand Prix's most prominent class - was the NR500, powered by a four-stroke, DOHC V-four engine. With its oval piston engine incorporating eight valves and two connecting rods per cylinder, plus an aluminum semi-monococque frame complete with an inverted front fork, the machine surprised everyone with its daringly innovative technologies."
It didn't surprise me: I predicted this design in an article in the Dutch magazine "Motor" (No. 8, February 1979, page 434). I predicted a stroke of 35.7 mm - the Honda stroke was 36 mm, I was 0.3 mm off!
These videos are getting much better for sure. I don't know how more content could be found, lol. Amazing that there is so much to learn about motor sports that already exists.
Well it`s a Polish rhyme making fun out of young agressive scooter riders, that can not ride anything faster then 50cc yet but sure they like to tune their rides. I guess you could loosely translete it to sthg like this: "noise in ears, tears in eyes still I`m doing thirty five" . Besides we complenet VisioRacer for good content
Highest reving would probably be those little control line RC airplane engines. Things scream like at 60,000rpm all at a displacement of like .18 cubic inches
Soon as I saw the video name I had crossed fingers that you would include the FZR250. Had one for years and no one ever believed that they had just been left behind by a stock 250. Keep up the great work.
My motorcycle instructor has a CBR250RR. He recently got it all cleaned up and started and man these videos do not do it justice. It literally rapes your ears over 12k then it just keeps going. Probably the best sounding engine I'll ever hear.
It would be welcomed to see a video on the two stroke bikes of the 60s and 70s. Hugh Anderson's factory rise on the square four 125cc SUZUKI GP racer, from memory, revved to max at 16,000 rpm.
Good for the track! My first motorcycle was an Honda S65 (65cc) 4 stroke single cylinder that could do about 57-58 mph in stock form. I learned a lot on that bike. I even motocrossed with it. Remember this was in 1965/66. My current favorite is my 2015 Harley-Davidson FLHP Road King Police. I like to ride on back roads with no traffic at speeds up to 25/35 mph. A complete turn around from when I was young. My 1976 Triumph T140V Bonneville 750cc won against all street motorcycles for 10 consecutive years from January 10th 1977 to Aug 1986 when I stopped riding to get married. That list included Honda 650 and 750 4 cyl's and Kawasaki 500cc 2 stroke and 750cc two stroke triples and GPZ 550, 650, 750 and KZ900 and KZ 1000cc 4 cyl 4 strokes, and also the race track ready Laverda SFC750 and all Yamaha's like RD350 /400 and even the V-Max. Add the Suzuki GT750 Water Buffalo 2 stroke, the 750 and 1000 1977 and 1979 4 cyl 4 stroke bikes as well. Add in the BMW 1000. The only Norton she faced off against was the 850 Commando and my Bonneville dispatched her as well. I brought out my Bonneville in 1992 she was 17 years old and she won against the new Kawasaki Ninja 1100 Fuel Injected and Honda V4 Interceptor 1000 cc's. Yes they had more acceleration and a higher top speed. But light weight and much better handling won out, as I and my Triumph did truthfully win against them. It was publicly witnessed! I still have my Bonneville and she sits around 20 feet from me as I type.
Top speed of my Bonneville on the flats was 108 mph, down hill 110mph, down hill with a tail wind 112 mph. I removed the mufflers and ran open pipes and that slowed the top speed to around 105 mph on the flats she but had greater acceleration and also I never had to look at the tachometer because the open pipes were so loud that even in a race I could tell by ear when it was time to upshift. The bike was 395 lbs. stock and got down to around 365 lbs. w/o the heavy mufflers. I removed the seat cushion to be lower in the bike and installed drag bars so I could duck down under the wind. No other mod's, stock KH-70 Dunlap Tires, stock motor, stock ignition, stock carb's, stock gear ratio's. She would never allow any other machine to head her, she always asked, nay demanded me to down shit a few gears and fully open her throttle. She never cut off another machine as she had manors even when racing to the point of death. I'm 67 now and do not ride her because I doubt that she has changed. I have nothing too prove anymore and I would not want some kid on a fast bike thinking he beat my beloved Bonneville. Hey she raced for more years than most other bikes survive. I really do ride at 20/25/30 and 35 mph when no one is around. I enjoy the sunshine, fresh air and the beauty of Tennessee and I hope to do so for another 67 years. Retirement from street racing has it's benefits! Everyone have a great riding season!
I have had the pleasure of witnessing a Honda RC166 in action. The sound at full revs can never be forgotten. I have also had the pleasure of chatting with former GP racer Michelle Duff who, when she was known as Mike Duff in the 1960s, was a Yamaha factory rider. She explained how she still has a ringing in her ears caused by chasing Mike Hailwood's Honda 6 at close quarters. Btw, the last letter of the alphabet is pronounced Zed, only our US friends mispronounce it Zee. You have a choice to make.
that Honda NR 500 has the best sounding engine I ever heard in my life... if I had a challenger or old ass 69 Dodge Challenger RT I'd love to have that sound on it.
Thanks dude! I'm currently looking for an fzr250 as there are a few dotted around the UK and are up for sale sometimes, and buy it before my test so I can say that I have one xD. But good luck on your test and keep the great vids coming! :D
love how he said its like the piston is smaller than a bottle cap and the valves are like as big around as a pencil eraser, thats like an rc nitro 4 stroke engine that fits in the palm of your hand!! i think thats pretty crazy cool and how its as fast as an F1 car engine, F1 car engines are probably the same way too in how small all the internals are
The RC166 sounds like a vintage F1 car! The RC116 has an unusual look to it, like they took your grandma's 3 speed and put the motor and body kit on it. (And even left the front fender!) I wonder why they left the rim brakes on it though. I would think they would get hot since the wheel is travelling faster through the caliper at the edge of the wheel than a rotor would be at the hub, but maybe it was more effective and the brakes were applied for a shorter period of time so heat wasn't a problem? Maybe a six of one/half dozen of the other situation?
6:16 this sort of treatment is abusive to the engine and makes me cringe. To take any engine to redline with no load is hard on it; that's why some racing engines for cars have different redlines for each gear-lower redlines in lower gears and higher in higher gears when the cylinder pressure is higher, keeping the piston straighter in the bore, preventing 'piston slap' where the skirt scrapes the bore due to centrifugal force near TDC and BDC. Notice at 6:30 the rider then proceeds to take the bike to redline in 1st and almost in 2nd. If you want to take care of a high revving engine short shift in the lower gears. Almost as bad is revving high then cutting the ignition immediately when shutting down, as some of these show-offs are doing. This covers the cylinder walls with raw gas, dissolving the small amount of oil on the bore and creating wear with the next start with dry cylinder bores... The motor should be allowed to idle for a couple of seconds before shutting down.
Russell Dawkins, sounds reasonable. I was thinking to myself that’s the way they sit there and rev these engines is annoying. I’d much rather hear the engine wide open ripping down the track under load. That’s when engines sing! Those high revving four strokes sound like big bore two strokes since they are having so many power strokes per second!
The 4 cylinder fours were sold in New Zealand as well, still a lot here from the 80's and 90's. I had a CBR250R red line was 18,000 rpm and it had 45 horse power, did about 180 kph (110mph) I sold it for $1100
The ZXR250R is the best sounding of all the high-rev bikes. There is nothing like it outside of an actual F1 motor. That thing sounds beyond awesome! Of course none of the motors even come close to the speed of modern 30000+ RPM electric motors (for some reason the sound just isn't the same).
Awesome content and choices as usual! Man, I haven't thought about the Drysdale V-8 since originally reading about it in CycleWorld about 20 years ago!......nice find! I agree, the Y2K isn't as impressive, since its not working along the same lines as the high RPM multi's listed, but I still expected to see it in #1, and I'll give it to you. It is a production motorcycle after all, so credit where credit is due.
I grew up with the ducati desodromic valve system allowing their GP bike to reach 19,000 rpm without valve float ---how do these other enginge do it without a desmo actuating system??
I raced motocross in Japan in 1964 and 1965. My Honda 250 CB ,which was a road bike when I bought it, but was set up with larger wheels and the exhaust was routed up under the seat. It was a 4 cylinder, four stroke and had a small sprocket off the trans (4 spd) but a big sprocket on the rear wheel. The tracks were short and my top speed was around 65 mph. I would shift from third to 4th at 10,000 rpm. All I ever did to the bike was change chains, adjust the valves, change plugs. I had to replace the foot pegs with rebar, because coming off a jump, I bent the stock ones. I didn't do too bad. I was ranked the 11th best non Japanese rider. I would have ranked higher but I had to ship out (discharged) I did get a tour through the Honda factory because I did so well with their bike. I saw a 50cc 4 cyl Gran Pre bike that would do 20,000 rpm. the clyinders were just big enough for a dime to fit. Stupid me I sold the bike to a guy who put it back on the street. I should have sent it home and opened up a Honda shop. There weren't any dealers yet in the States.
1967 Monza, Italy, Italian GP. I got to see and HEAR the 250cc class race. Four Honda 6 cylinder 250's (4 stroke), two Yamaha 4 cylinder 250's (2 stroke) in addition to the other 250's, going around the circuit, so amazing, nothing like it since.
larslarsn: Four Honda sixes? Jim Redman was out, so in Monza only Hailwood and Bryans were there: Hailwood retired, Btyans ended third behind Read and Ivy, both on Yamahas.
Small correction, here in SEA, Kawasaki is actually selling a 150cc Ninja, so the 250 is not the smallest version, but the smallest version in Europe for sure.
7:32 my eyes are seeing this and thinking how would it look like in a new frame and New fairings And one question Are still any one of these bikes on there list are available to buy (Mainly the Zx250 and the screaming Hondas)
Anybody else notice the 8 SPEED tranny on the Honda six cylinder? I truly wish we had competitive 50cc, 100cc, etc. racing in the US. Cheaper, less likelihood of being crushed by a 1000 cc bike, and some geniuses would surely emerge to make some radical multi cylinder bumble bees!
I need some help. In the beginning he said that low piston speed is part of a recipe for a high revving engine. How can low piston speed mean higher revolutions per minute? The higher the rpm, the faster the crank/Conrod/piston is moving, right?
I had the FZR 250R the same bike shown in the video. In New Zealand imported the 4 cylinder 250's I just sold mine last year, got it for $2000. The video's of the 250's on the motorway are new zealand owned bikes
Those things sound like it would sound if you were chilling on a bean bag, but instead of said bean bag being filled with beans, the bag is filled with extremly pissed off cats...
love the videos. but i think your old format where you just play the audio from the videos and have text written on the screen is better since the sounds of the engines is audible.
The Honda RC116 it's only 50cc and makes 16hp in your description on the right of screen, But you said it makes 360hp per litre? I'm confused how does that work?? Are you saying IF it was 1L motor it would have 360hp?
Thanks VisioRacer , i totaly enjoyed your video , and all the info on the specs , am intrested to see about the 79ish honda cx500 racer it had a factory turbo setup , and thanks again
I might have misheard but I think it said the motorcycle makes "x" amount of hp per litre because the bike has rim brakes What do brakes have to do with hp or red line
Whats funny about the little hondas around 8 minutes is the generator used to start them has more cc's than the actual bike, Honda GX200, a 200cc generator engine commonly used in go karts
My mate Akane has had his CBR250RR video used 3 times now, and when you have a vid with the FZR250, I don't get in it. Sad :(. It's because I have a grotty windscreen isn't it?!?! Also, the 4 cyl 250's are a pain in the ass if you're having carb issues. 4 carbs with small, high revving cylinders makes getting the jets right a pain. I've pulled mine apart so many times I could rebuild them blindfolded with both arms tied behind my back!
Summer is coming! Have a fantastic day, people!
VisioRacer can u make a 2 stroke version????
Man, your English is getting better fast.
Yes, I have the 2-stroke ones in my schedule
VisioRacer niiiice!!!
Hahah, ouch. I don't live in Lapland, so here's around 20+ °C yet 😆
I used to have a CBR 250RR and someone called the police on me thinking I must be going 100mph around the streets, but when they turned up I rode down the the street at 30mph to show it only sounds fast.
250rr does reach 100mph .... a tad bit more actually...
So its a factory-made ricer?
@@m3rl1on you don't know what that word means. How bout you stop using it
@@silversonic99 wow sorry if i offended you.
After seeing these videos I wish America had the 250R motors. We only got 250cc paralell twin 35HP motor Ninjas.
This shows just how clever and how highly skilled those Japanese engineers were. They moved motorcycle and engine design so far forward in such a short space of time, amazing.
Honda took awhile to get into the F! game.. after a few years of limited success in the 1960's they backed away to concentrate on the young and quickly growing automobile market. which you must admit., they did quite well.. Coming back into F1 in the turbo era with Spirit, few gave any trust in their abilities to field a competitive operation... Anybody that witnessed the steamroller Honda GP bike program had an inkling... anyone familiar with Honda's F1 race foray in the eighties can attest to their total and utter domination of the series... All the other players knew that the Turbo Era was drawing to a close, so revamped their 4 bar machines to the newer mandated 2.5 bar rules.. Honda decided to build a WHOLE NEW engine/ car/ turbo program...Absolutely caught the troops flat footed and DESTROYED the opposition...They made a misstep in their last attempt,... they have something to prove...Honda will be on top again... It is only a matter of time.
Harley engine is more powerful. I can make 500hp 1800cc vtwin turbo supercharger
@@gsfbffxpdhhdf7043More horsepower doesn't mean its faster though :)
@@gsfbffxpdhhdf7043 LOL. Harley is a pushrod old school air cooled engine that will never make power. Inefficient design that is outdated. You’re trying to correct others but.. you’re sadly very wrong
@@socaldualsportadventure5320 layman's terms, Americans rely on displacement for power while the Japanese rely on high revs.
130 mph on that tiny rc149 is insane
It basically has bicycle tyres
Allen Millyard stuck an extra pair of cylinders onto one of those?
I remember when I lived in Japan while in the military from 1991-1993, I owned a Honda CBR 250 that redlined at 18,000 rpm's. Sounded great. Those were the days when we had Suzuki RGV Gamma 250's, Yamaha TZR 250's and a Yamaha FZR 400...Fun Bikes!
1. Stick 12 nitro rc car engines together
2. 50cc V12 making 40hp
3. 800 hp/liter @ 42,000 RPM
4. ?????
5. PROFIT
Trancefer only if possible that would be cool as fuck it could be made possible but to much risk where stuff can go wrong like a lot
Mr . frog
only more of a reason to make one
6. discover the hell of harmonic balance on a two stoke V engine
7. destroy several engines trying to set a proper crankshaft
8. gives up and builds a 200cc double twin making 50hp with the sold models of the failed engine now running on compressed air
9. profit.
Trancefer wyppp-@₩@ !
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Your English is getting better and clearer every video. Keep it up, love the time and energy you put into these extremely informative and interesting videos.
I'm not a big Honda fan, but you have to admire their technological advances and engineering in their racing bikes in the 60's and 70's. Although not very successful, the V-4 500 cc engine with OVAL cylinders is a fine example. "Honda returned to the 500 cc class of the World Motorcycle Grand Prix series in 1979, following a twelve-year hiatus. The machine they had developed for their comeback - an entry in the World Grand Prix's most prominent class - was the NR500, powered by a four-stroke, DOHC V-four engine. With its oval piston engine incorporating eight valves and two connecting rods per cylinder, plus an aluminum semi-monococque frame complete with an inverted front fork, the machine surprised everyone with its daringly innovative technologies."
It didn't surprise me: I predicted this design in an article in the Dutch magazine "Motor" (No. 8, February 1979, page 434). I predicted a stroke of 35.7 mm - the Honda stroke was 36 mm, I was 0.3 mm off!
These videos are getting much better for sure. I don't know how more content could be found, lol. Amazing that there is so much to learn about motor sports that already exists.
"W uszach szum, w oczach łzy, na liczniku cztery trzy!" A bunch of interesting informatio, presented by VisioRacer. Alway a pleasure to watch!
Widzę nasi też tu są :)
Ano. Ale trzeba przyznać że VisioRacer jakoś tak fajnie składa te krótkie materiały.
Racja trzyma poziom.
Mimo wszystko najbardziej urzekło mnie to 13km z 50cc :O
Well it`s a Polish rhyme making fun out of young agressive scooter riders, that can not ride anything faster then 50cc yet but sure they like to tune their rides. I guess you could loosely translete it to sthg like this: "noise in ears, tears in eyes still I`m doing thirty five" . Besides we complenet VisioRacer for good content
Is highest-revving 2 strokes next? :-)
Yep, next time
VisioRacer do the ZX2R man! just search it up.. ;)
VisioRacer nevermind.. -.-
hgngggggggg
Highest reving would probably be those little control line RC airplane engines. Things scream like at 60,000rpm all at a displacement of like .18 cubic inches
I've once seen a RC149 in action. Damn, I had no earwax left that day
9:25 why does this remind me of tony stark/iron man?
because the guy on it looks like him
No because it is him
Iron Man dind't survived....
Soon as I saw the video name I had crossed fingers that you would include the FZR250. Had one for years and no one ever believed that they had just been left behind by a stock 250.
Keep up the great work.
Those high revving four strokes sound like bigger bore two strokes because they are putting out comparable power strokes per second. Incredible!
2:40
That down shifting.
My motorcycle instructor has a CBR250RR. He recently got it all cleaned up and started and man these videos do not do it justice. It literally rapes your ears over 12k then it just keeps going. Probably the best sounding engine I'll ever hear.
was the Factory Honda team using a shifter cart wheel on a side shaft lawn mower engine to bump start at 8:34?
It would be welcomed to see a video on the two stroke bikes of the 60s and 70s.
Hugh Anderson's factory rise on the square four 125cc SUZUKI GP racer, from memory, revved to max at 16,000 rpm.
Really love your knowledge and what you share on You Tube, definitely one of the BEST "vlogers" to watch.
Keep it up !!
Good for the track! My first motorcycle was an Honda S65 (65cc) 4 stroke single cylinder that could do about 57-58 mph in stock form. I learned a lot on that bike. I even motocrossed with it. Remember this was in 1965/66.
My current favorite is my 2015 Harley-Davidson FLHP Road King Police. I like to ride on back roads with no traffic at speeds up to 25/35 mph. A complete turn around from when I was young.
My 1976 Triumph T140V Bonneville 750cc won against all street motorcycles for 10 consecutive years from January 10th 1977 to Aug 1986 when I stopped riding to get married. That list included Honda 650 and 750 4 cyl's and Kawasaki 500cc 2 stroke and 750cc two stroke triples and GPZ 550, 650, 750 and KZ900 and KZ 1000cc 4 cyl 4 strokes, and also the race track ready Laverda SFC750 and all Yamaha's like RD350 /400 and even the V-Max. Add the Suzuki GT750 Water Buffalo 2 stroke, the 750 and 1000 1977 and 1979 4 cyl 4 stroke bikes as well.
Add in the BMW 1000.
The only Norton she faced off against was the 850 Commando and my Bonneville dispatched her as well.
I brought out my Bonneville in 1992 she was 17 years old and she won against the new Kawasaki Ninja 1100 Fuel Injected and Honda V4 Interceptor 1000 cc's. Yes they had more acceleration and a higher top speed. But light weight and much better handling won out, as I and my Triumph did truthfully win against them. It was publicly witnessed!
I still have my Bonneville and she sits around 20 feet from me as I type.
Top speed of my Bonneville on the flats was 108 mph, down hill 110mph, down hill with a tail wind 112 mph. I removed the mufflers and ran open pipes and that slowed the top speed to around 105 mph on the flats she but had greater acceleration and also I never had to look at the tachometer because the open pipes were so loud that even in a race I could tell by ear when it was time to upshift. The bike was 395 lbs. stock and got down to around 365 lbs. w/o the heavy mufflers. I removed the seat cushion to be lower in the bike and installed drag bars so I could duck down under the wind. No other mod's, stock KH-70 Dunlap Tires, stock motor, stock ignition, stock carb's, stock gear ratio's. She would never allow any other machine to head her, she always asked, nay demanded me to down shit a few gears and fully open her throttle. She never cut off another machine as she had manors even when racing to the point of death.
I'm 67 now and do not ride her because I doubt that she has changed. I have nothing too prove anymore and I would not want some kid on a fast bike thinking he beat my beloved Bonneville. Hey she raced for more years than most other bikes survive.
I really do ride at 20/25/30 and 35 mph when no one is around. I enjoy the sunshine, fresh air and the beauty of Tennessee and I hope to do so for another 67 years. Retirement from street racing has it's benefits!
Everyone have a great riding season!
@@PeterDad60 that was nice
I have had the pleasure of witnessing a Honda RC166 in action. The sound at full revs can never be forgotten.
I have also had the pleasure of chatting with former GP racer Michelle Duff who, when she was known as Mike Duff in the 1960s, was a Yamaha factory rider. She explained how she still has a ringing in her ears caused by chasing Mike Hailwood's Honda 6 at close quarters.
Btw, the last letter of the alphabet is pronounced Zed, only our US friends mispronounce it Zee. You have a choice to make.
Yes, that is true. I haven't realise that until now.
Zed's dead baby, zed's dead.
I say Z because zed is actually a word not a letter. (:
And “d” is pronounced “ded”. And “p” is pronounced “ped”. And “e” is pronounced “ed”.
There are countries who pronounce z as “zed” and then there are countries that have been to the moon. 🤪
I had a 94 FZR 250 for years, one of the best bikes I have ever owned.
Great video! Keep them coming Visio racer. It is nice to see another person that shares the love of motorcycles. :)
that Honda RC166 sounds amazing
that Honda NR 500 has the best sounding engine I ever heard in my life... if I had a challenger or old ass 69 Dodge Challenger RT I'd love to have that sound on it.
I'm about to buy a bike ! I just got the a1 licence I'M SO EXCITED
I'm waiting to get my A2 next year so I can buy a restricted GSX-r400. Happy riding!
I am working on my A2 license right now. Congratulations to you 👍
I'm going to look at a yzf r125 tomorrow it's used but I will only have it for 2 years then i will sell it again
Thanks dude! I'm currently looking for an fzr250 as there are a few dotted around the UK and are up for sale sometimes, and buy it before my test so I can say that I have one xD. But good luck on your test and keep the great vids coming! :D
If you wonder, my eyes stopped looking for anything else when I saw the new Honda CB 500 F. I just wanted her!
You are a very good narrator, especially since you are not speaking in your native tongue! Great info, too!
9:23 Nice new invention Tony Stark !
7:30 a 125cc bike that sounds like a fucking F1
Artemis Happy Honda to you too! Lol. Back when Honda was almost as insane as Citroën
Sounds better
Not even close.
love how he said its like the piston is smaller than a bottle cap and the valves are like as big around as a pencil eraser, thats like an rc nitro 4 stroke engine that fits in the palm of your hand!! i think thats pretty crazy cool and how its as fast as an F1 car engine, F1 car engines are probably the same way too in how small all the internals are
The last few Honda's just had tachometers no speedometer. Love it! The last one looked like Iron Man's motorcycle. Great vid VisioRacer.
Vince Widener Speedometer on a race bike is a dead weight.
so many aussie videos! thanks for always showing us some love :D
All those old bikes look so much better than new ones... My opinion of course! Good video Visio!
Bikes with Formula 1 engines...awesome.
5:17 Best bike sound ever.
wdym
Thank you for using subtitles.
Love your channel man. I've been watching since before I can remember. Keep up the great work
i wonder what the maximum lean angle is on those bicikle tires.
The RC166 sounds like a vintage F1 car! The RC116 has an unusual look to it, like they took your grandma's 3 speed and put the motor and body kit on it. (And even left the front fender!) I wonder why they left the rim brakes on it though. I would think they would get hot since the wheel is travelling faster through the caliper at the edge of the wheel than a rotor would be at the hub, but maybe it was more effective and the brakes were applied for a shorter period of time so heat wasn't a problem? Maybe a six of one/half dozen of the other situation?
6:16 this sort of treatment is abusive to the engine and makes me cringe. To take any engine to redline with no load is hard on it; that's why some racing engines for cars have different redlines for each gear-lower redlines in lower gears and higher in higher gears when the cylinder pressure is higher, keeping the piston straighter in the bore, preventing 'piston slap' where the skirt scrapes the bore due to centrifugal force near TDC and BDC. Notice at 6:30 the rider then proceeds to take the bike to redline in 1st and almost in 2nd. If you want to take care of a high revving engine short shift in the lower gears.
Almost as bad is revving high then cutting the ignition immediately when shutting down, as some of these show-offs are doing. This covers the cylinder walls with raw gas, dissolving the small amount of oil on the bore and creating wear with the next start with dry cylinder bores... The motor should be allowed to idle for a couple of seconds before shutting down.
Russell Dawkins, sounds reasonable. I was thinking to myself that’s the way they sit there and rev these engines is annoying. I’d much rather hear the engine wide open ripping down the track under load. That’s when engines sing! Those high revving four strokes sound like big bore two strokes since they are having so many power strokes per second!
Great video! Im loving the old bikes!
The 4 cylinder fours were sold in New Zealand as well, still a lot here from the 80's and 90's. I had a CBR250R red line was 18,000 rpm and it had 45 horse power, did about 180 kph (110mph) I sold it for $1100
So beautiful. They sound like F1 engines.
Are you in Las Vegas at the 27th vintage motorcycle auction?
The ZXR250R is the best sounding of all the high-rev bikes. There is nothing like it outside of an actual F1 motor. That thing sounds beyond awesome! Of course none of the motors even come close to the speed of modern 30000+ RPM electric motors (for some reason the sound just isn't the same).
Awesome content and choices as usual!
Man, I haven't thought about the Drysdale V-8 since originally reading about it in CycleWorld about 20 years ago!......nice find!
I agree, the Y2K isn't as impressive, since its not working along the same lines as the high RPM multi's listed, but I still expected to see it in #1, and I'll give it to you. It is a production motorcycle after all, so credit where credit is due.
Fascinating article, these bikes take me back a few decades.
Stupid question. Do the Honda rc series bikes idle on their own, or would it instantly foul plugs or something?
Love your content man you definitely make the best lists!
keep em coming bro I always enjoy your videos
I grew up with the ducati desodromic valve system allowing their GP bike to reach 19,000 rpm without valve float ---how do these other enginge do it without a desmo actuating system??
I raced motocross in Japan in 1964 and 1965. My Honda 250 CB ,which was a road bike when I bought it, but was set up with larger wheels and the exhaust was routed up under the seat. It was a 4 cylinder, four stroke and had a small sprocket off the trans (4 spd) but a big sprocket on the rear wheel. The tracks were short and my top speed was around 65 mph. I would shift from third to 4th at 10,000 rpm. All I ever did to the bike was change chains, adjust the valves, change plugs. I had to replace the foot pegs with rebar, because coming off a jump, I bent the stock ones. I didn't do too bad. I was ranked the 11th best non Japanese rider. I would have ranked higher but I had to ship out (discharged) I did get a tour through the Honda factory because I did so well with their bike. I saw a 50cc 4 cyl Gran Pre bike that would do 20,000 rpm. the clyinders were just big enough for a dime to fit. Stupid me I sold the bike to a guy who put it back on the street. I should have sent it home and opened up a Honda shop. There weren't any dealers yet in the States.
Do a video on shortest stopping distances in production cars
1967 Monza, Italy, Italian GP. I got to see and HEAR the 250cc class race. Four Honda 6 cylinder 250's (4 stroke), two Yamaha 4 cylinder 250's (2 stroke) in addition to the other 250's, going around the circuit, so amazing, nothing like it since.
larslarsn: Four Honda sixes? Jim Redman was out, so in Monza only Hailwood and Bryans were there: Hailwood retired, Btyans ended third behind Read and Ivy, both on Yamahas.
Small correction, here in SEA, Kawasaki is actually selling a 150cc Ninja, so the 250 is not the smallest version, but the smallest version in Europe for sure.
You gotta love that CBR250RR! Also that NR500 at 5:10 sounds mighty!
love the bike videos visio!
I remember being at the British bike GP 1980 and seeing the NR500. They weren't that fast but they sounded awesome.
Man....its a beautiful day out and this video just makes me wanna go twist the throttle!!! 😄
4:29 when your bike sound better than a F1
You mean "sounds better" I guess. And I agree, but the Ferrari 3,5 V12 had a nice sound, not to mention the 3 liter V10 at 20 000 rpm.
man666666 When you can't even type but try regardless
man666666 Sound better (for people being triggered with grammar)
when your HONDA sounds better than a f1
man666666 listen 2:29
7:32 my eyes are seeing this and thinking how would it look like in a new frame and New fairings
And one question
Are still any one of these bikes on there list are available to buy
(Mainly the Zx250 and the screaming Hondas)
Another great video! One of my favorite channels!
awesome video and good content!
I dont know wich one but one of the japanese bikes had liquid sodium cooling in the 80s, it was very unique.
2:30 the high revving song
B16A: banging rev limiter at 9000.
Nitro rc engine: hold my beer (idles at 9000)
I love your accent where are you from and I love ur video I just found u and I been looking through all your videos and watching them
I heard that quite a few CBR250RRs (MC22) were exported to Ireland, too ... ?!
And some of the Aus ones obviously made their way to NZ, too ...
Should do a video on turbocharged bikes.
My ears and eyes have enjoyed this very much
Anybody else notice the 8 SPEED tranny on the Honda six cylinder? I truly wish we had competitive 50cc, 100cc, etc. racing in the US. Cheaper, less likelihood of being crushed by a 1000 cc bike, and some geniuses would surely emerge to make some radical multi cylinder bumble bees!
I need some help. In the beginning he said that low piston speed is part of a recipe for a high revving engine. How can low piston speed mean higher revolutions per minute? The higher the rpm, the faster the crank/Conrod/piston is moving, right?
Great video. Keep up the commentary
What? 125cc inline-5?? How is that even possible? They got to be small af.
they're probably as small as trumps dick
Halfdan Kjærulf Wow ...
Yeah, pretty small, 1.4" bore, 1.0" stroke. Honda first developed the 25cc single that could rev to 20,000 rpm, then did the 125cc I5 and the 50cc I2.
Some RC car engines are much smaller than that and have more cylinders
That sounds reasonably big, you got one that big?
I had the FZR 250R the same bike shown in the video. In New Zealand imported the 4 cylinder 250's I just sold mine last year, got it for $2000. The video's of the 250's on the motorway are new zealand owned bikes
Where is tne the MV Augusta ? Giacomo Agostini bike ?
Your English is getting much better!
Those things sound like it would sound if you were chilling on a bean bag, but instead of said bean bag being filled with beans, the bag is filled with extremly pissed off cats...
That RC166 is just a symphony.
5:35 that was fucking amazing
love the videos. but i think your old format where you just play the audio from the videos and have text written on the screen is better since the sounds of the engines is audible.
Used to owned the ZX250R with mods and custom pipes...Powerband is around 8000-16000rpm and you will hear an F1 gear change
The Honda RC116 it's only 50cc and makes 16hp in your description on the right of screen, But you said it makes 360hp per litre? I'm confused how does that work?? Are you saying IF it was 1L motor it would have 360hp?
1000/50=20
20x16=320
It's a method of comparing power output of differing sized engines. For example the veyron (8L and 1000HP) only makes 125HP/L
okay makes sense, Thanks for clearing that up! :D
Isuzu Slider Bigger engines produce less hp/l, because friction and inertia.
What kind of gearbox does that MTT have though?
Thanks VisioRacer , i totaly enjoyed your video , and all the info on the specs , am intrested to see about the 79ish honda cx500 racer it had a factory turbo setup , and thanks again
full suit no helmet but sunglasses. World class saftey right there.
At 3:40 the bike is going almost 140 mph and the white passenger car is pulling away ??
Wow some amazing info in this video.. i love finding out abou8t these old race bikes i was too young when watching these bikes race as a kid.
3:33 That accelerating like an Formula 1 V8 (2006-2013 era) engine but it has 4 cyl and 4 strokes.
classic, a few of the videos are filmed in Auckland new Zealand
the cbr honda when i was younger were like the most popular sports bike
I might have misheard but I think it said the motorcycle makes "x" amount of hp per litre because the bike has rim brakes
What do brakes have to do with hp or red line
That V8 bike sounds gorgeous
At 6:38 is that an evo 5?
Whats funny about the little hondas around 8 minutes is the generator used to start them has more cc's than the actual bike, Honda GX200, a 200cc generator engine commonly used in go karts
Wow! What a rarity...a fascinating, well researched and genuinely interesting TH-cam video. Brilliant, thanks so much :-)
At 9:08 the conversion from kph to mph is very wrong, on the MTT Y2K.
My mate Akane has had his CBR250RR video used 3 times now, and when you have a vid with the FZR250, I don't get in it. Sad :(. It's because I have a grotty windscreen isn't it?!?!
Also, the 4 cyl 250's are a pain in the ass if you're having carb issues. 4 carbs with small, high revving cylinders makes getting the jets right a pain. I've pulled mine apart so many times I could rebuild them blindfolded with both arms tied behind my back!
YES the FZR250RR, I had one of these beauties, a 3LN3 model.. sounded awesome! (didnt go very fast)
What an amazing video man, i have learned so much, thx