As a no hope motor cycle racer I was racing on track with Jim Redman, Bruce Beale and Luigi Taveri all mounted on these machines which were being tested before the European season, in Bulawayo, Rhodesia and will never forget the noise of these three machines as they passed me on both sides on a left hand bend. Listen to the sound on this video and multiply by three. This was the highlight of my short racing history.
I read only last night that the "6" (the 350) final race was in South Africa in 1968 when Hailwood did some national events. I think this was his own bike (they gave him one as a gesture) and would love to see a colour shot of it as it looked (in B&W) like it had a dark fairing, perhaps red.
1967 Italian 250cc Gp race, Monza Italy. I watched four of the Honda 6's competing with two Yamaha 4's. You could follow their progress around the course by that screaming 4 stroke and 2 stroke sound. No other sound like that since. One bike demos are nice, but six screaming 250's on one racetrack was one of my lifetime thrills.
On May 22nd 1966, I was a 12 year old schoolboy who did not know a bloody thing about motorbikes and racing. My father (thank you, dad!) took me to Hockenheim reopening for the GP of Germany. I saw a tremendous 250cc battle between Mike Hailwood and Jim Redman, both on this bike with Hailwood just a "nose length" ahead at the finish. Phil Read had bad luck and went down being in the lead. I saw Mike the bike winning the 350cc. I saw Jim Redman's start-finish-victory in the 500 cc-race, almost half a minute ahead of Giacomo Agostini. Mike Hailwood had to give his Honda to his team-mate 'cause Redman's bike coudn't be repaired after the training. This was one of the most exciting days in my life. I started to save money and did little jobs an holidays. And about 4 years later I had my first Honda, a SS 50. I still ride a bike, well, not a Honda. But my car is a Honda Accord, I love it. This video and this sound brought back old memories - and wet eyes. Thanks for uploading it, Deckay_F - made my day.
Mick 67 At that time, the Japanese made this machine by hand only with the belief to become the best in the world. Cheers to craftsmanship I am not good at English, so the sentence may be wrong.😅
I saw one of these bikes at Silverstone in the 80's doing a demo run. It rattled my insides as it went past on full throttle. What a lovely sounding machine.
Here is a true story. I was at the Honda Canada head office in Scarborough years ago to do a generator Field School. The original Mike Hailwood 6-cylinder 250 was in the training room. Before the instructor got there some guy decided to sit on the motorcycle. When the instructor walked into the room he nearly levitated two feet off the ground. And yelled at the guy to get off the bike. And told us they had a standing offer of over $1,000,000 for that motorcycle.
Watching this for the umpteenth time.😁 You know these bikes set more world records than just on the racing circuit. These 6 cylinder engines were around 247.2 cc's (a little over 15 cu.in.) They put out 67 hp. around 18,000 rpm. That in itself set a record in the mid-1960's for the most horsepower ever produced by a naturally-aspirated, carburated, 4 stroke engine (with breaker points and magneto ignition, no less!) 4.44 hp. per cubic inch.😮 Can you imagine a CBX with the same specs? *About 270+ hp. right out of the box.* 🤯😳
@Raw Primal Covers These would be very very rare nowadays and would carry a hefty price tag. The cbx1050 which is a road registerable 6 cyl is a 20k bike in australia.
@@connormcgrath9893 Oh yeah ive seen the cbx, the issue is: that bike is huge, and its not the only 6 cylinders bike available with a big ass engine, which I dont trully liek, I like small bikes. I wish there was a 250cc 6 cylinders bike, just like the 20k rpm CBR250RR which was mass produced. Maybe the RC´s are extremelly noisy thats why they never were available for everyone. But damn I wish I could buy one xD
@@sofarsogod Just got to convince Alan Millyard to get a couple of 250RRs and nail them together ... 😀 I have a CBX and when it's up around 9000 rpm there's definitely a family heritage in the sound that comes out of it. It is a big bike though so there's no pretending you're Hailwood.
I have came very tired from work, it is also very cold, dark and no sun. Then I opened this video and few seconds later I have forgotten about all these bad things. I have started smiling all the time, is it sounds like an incredible alien from different space who wants to eat all the people on Earth:)
This motorcycle contains what is perhaps the most highly refined 250cc engine ever built. To be able to fit six cylinders into that space, the crankshaft was made in thirteen separate pieces which have to be assembled in a special jig and carefully bolted into the crankcase- assembly tolerances are measured in microns. The camshaft lobes are manually ground into a special shape to maximise scavenging performance as much as humanly possible. As a result, not one single cam lobe is the same throughout the engine. The resulting engine runs at nearly 20,000 rpm, makes 65 horsepower, and has an unbelievably wide torque band. The engine revs so high that it is actually unadvisable to operate it wide open without engaging the transmission, as it can destroy the engine!
But don't I recall that it also has so little flywheel effect that you have to keep the revs up when decelerating or it'll stall? Tricky technique to learn. And it has a "torque band"? Really? I would've figured it had 65 hp but 20 lb/ft of torque.....
Great info! The one slight addition I'll make is that any racing engine from that era would fail at full throttle without some sort of load on the engine. Rev limiters were very rare back then, and ECUs didn't exist. The only way to limit revs, and save engines, was with the wrist and the brain.
MegaSamas Absolutely! I love old-school, retro machines, with real craftsmanship. Also, the styling was better. Modern bikes look all chunky and discombobulated. Look at the smooth lines of the megaphones on the RC166, compared to modern bikes with just a plain, ugly can for a muffler.
+Impalamark64 I recall the late great Barry Sheen (who was a commentator for channel 10 here in Australia) jumping for joy upon hearing GP racing was returning to four strokes as was I. He said (quote) that today's 4 stroke sounded like a VW with a busted muffler (unquote) and today's fans have never heard and never will hear what a real GP RACING BIKE sounds like unless they dig into the archives.
I was lucky enough to see Mike hailwood race these incredible matches at the tt and the two final times at the race of the year Mallory and the race of the south brands something i will never forget the great man and the sound of these fantastic bikes
As a sixteen year old living in the Isle of Man, I captured a glimpse of this six cylinder beauty in the back of Honda’s mobile garage/van outside the Casino on Douglas front. This was the bike Mike Hailwood rode. I was in absolute awe. There were several bikes in the back of this Honda vehicle. The bikes were draped in white sheets. One of the mechanics lifted the sheet off this 6 cylinder machine and I just gasped!
What an amazing feat of engineering. To think this was developed 55 years ago. Those rpm, the tolerances and all from an air-cooled engine with carburettors. Hat's off for thinking differently.
This is about a thousand times more impressive than a mechanical watch; I take my hat off to Honda and all of the staff of the time and continue to do so.
All you unfortunates who are too young to have witnessed these machines in their hey-day must realise that they were built to compete with Yamaha's V4 two stroke 250s, as such they have no flywheels, so as soon as the throttle shuts the engine dies, hence the short shifting because the revs max out at around 22,000 and get there very quickly, so about eight gears are necessary too. Imagine the Mallory Race of the Year grid with Hailwood, Graham and Bryans on these, Ago on the MV3, Pasolini on the Benelli 4, Ivy and Read on the V4 Yamahas, Perris on the Square 4 Suzuki, plus Linto and Paton twins, and all the regular British singles - it was magical, deafening, but magical.
They tried to have the reciprocating/rotating mass as light as possible, including omitting flywheels. As soon as the engine was started, it required constant blipping of the throttle to keep it running, since there was effectively no idle possible.
And succeeded of course, due no doubt in no small part to the genius of the likes of Hailwood, who could ride and make as competitive as posble just about anything.
Walter Tacey The FIM have in my opinion ruined motorcycle racing totally! Modern day "Moto GP" bikes are boring and bland, every year they are crippled with more and more restrictions that have nothing to do with racing. In the glory days of the sixty's and early seventies bike racing was exciting and the engineering was (for the era) astounding! sadly these amazing machines are a thing of the past and all motorcycle manufacturers have to comply with the bean counters as well as the interfering FIM. Bring back the old rules of a cc capacity and anything goes regards engine type, be it two stroke or four stroke, just keep to the class capacity limit and no other restrictions. Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki, MZ, MV, Benneli, and all other manufacturers of the sixties and seventies I salute you!
"Back in the day" I think it was at Earls Court Exhibition Hall or Olympia Exhibition Hall in London, that held The Motorcycle Racing Show and it was there that we saw this race bike. The thing that hit all of us was how small it was.😲 Then we thought about the engine. Six cylinders with four valves per cylinder. Amazing piece of engineering , as was ALL the other team bikes. Glad to be a fan of Motorcycle Racing back in the 60s.
Have seen and heard the RC166 in person. Mike Hailwood rode these bikes to world championships in the mid 60's. This bike with the 6 open megaphones is so loud your covering your ears even yards away. Only about 5 or 6 left in the world. Team Obsolete had one of Jim Redman's factory 166's. I believe at least 2 are in the HRC Museum in Japan. This Video shows no justice for the real performance of these machines. These bikes are screaming missles when up to speed and can turn 20,000 rpm. Some of the best GP Racing there ever was in the mid 60's when you didn't have noise decibel rules...
+steve matz Saw one in 1980 during the TT-Assen.Mike did a few rounds.Ones you hear that sound, it never gets out of your soul any more.Tears in my eyes, really.
I believe there is still an audio clip that Pauline hailwood put on Mikes website years ago along with other GP Race Bikes. The Guzzi V8 was also one of them. Might see if there still up there, The RC166 audio is Mike coming down the front straight at Brandshatch, England. Sounds like an Electric Guitar, mikethebike.com
I first saw this stunning bike at Brands Hatch, it had just come out of the tunnel where they unload the bikes, Mike opened it up and did a wheelie of at least 100 meters, my god that was SO SO loud even from the other side of the race track, must have been 1966 ish
+romahahaha EDIT: Just kidding, 65. No idea where I got the 150hp figure from (I think 150 was roughly the top speed in mph). Still pretty impressive for 250cc.
Honda is the most genius company in history. The genius of Soichira Honda and his racing spirit are unparalleled and it reflects in everything they ever made from dominating every single motorsports to dominating Ferrari in Formula 1 as well as at their own supercar game with the NSX. I don't care what gtr fanboys and Ferrari fanboys say. They always got owned by Honda anyway. Lol. SMART people know that Honda is the most legendary name in history of automobile and motorsports. No other brand even comes close to their genius and the art they create. (Maybe alfa romeo and ferrari had the passion but they never had the engineering genius and technical knowledge of Honda)
Did I hear seven gear changes when he started out, making it an eight speed gear box? That makes an incredible sound. Reminds me of The V-12 F1 cars of years gone by.
Oh my God, such a beautiful sound...and sublime engineering too, I remember these racing at Mallory Park...I've never forgot this sound, made my day, thank you
Vor diesen mechanischen Wunderwerken kann man selbst heute nur noch den Hut ziehen. Was für eine fantastische und ehrliche Technik damals, ohne Einspritzung, motor- management, software und weitere elektronische Idiotien!
One of my favourite things when attending a MotoGP/WSBK event is arriving at the track by car on a Saturday during the day or on a Sunday in the morning and already hearing the bikes from a distance without even seeing the track itself or the bikes...those of you who have already been, you know how loud and exciting that is. The same thing in 1966 must have been absolutely ridiculous with a few of these whizzing around....
Cette vidéo je la visionne au moins une fois par mois ❤ A chaque fois je pleure tellement c'est beau à entendre. Dans les années 70 il existait un disque vinyle avec le son des motos de GP de l'époque et la RC 166 y était... Que d'émotion. J'en veux à la fédération de l'époque qui l'année suivante des victoire de Mike avait interdit les 6 cylindres Surement pas des mélomanes 😞😞
I remember going to Brands Hatch in about 1967 probably for the Hutchinson 100 and watching Hailwood on his works Honda, Read and Ivy on works Yamahas, Ago on his MV, and Pasolini on his works Benelli, what a noise when they came past in a group !
Also inline 3 sounds like v6, inline 4 flatplane sounds like v8 (flatplane ferrari), 4 crossplane sounds v8 crossplane, inline 5 sounds like v10, and inline 6 sounds like v12.
@@LucasSouza023 5 cylinders never sound like anything else, their growl is incredible. The group b audi sport Quattro is the greatest noise ever created by mankind. Then the Porsche flat 12 in the 917 and lots of stuff is in joint 3rd, including this
Love it ... those mechanics, not an earplug in sight. Bits of legendary Honda F1 legacy in the background, and somebody arrived in a Lotus Elise. Engineer's paradise.👍
Reminiscent of a kawasaki triple when accelerating through the mid range. But only then, otherwise simply the best sound ever came out of an inline six. Thankyou Honda for creating these fabulous racing machines.
This is when GP racing was at its zenith,open megaphone exhausts that now days wouldn't get by tech, GP bikes today sound like they have street mufflers compared to these great classic biks of the 60s,,,sm
The 2004 Ducati didn't sound like any street bike I've ever heard, stood near bayliss bike being fired up in donnington pit lane, bloody earthquake machine. Haven't been since so ican't say what they are like in person now.
Le bruit s'est phénoménal, heureusement il n'y en a qu'une en route !!! Quelle avance technologique pour l'époque ! Bravo aux ingénieurs de chez Honda.
Saw Team Obsolete's Steve Roper do some exhibition laps on a privately owned RC166 at the last SteamBoat Springs CO racing in the streets. All the other race teams dropped their wrenches to watch and listen, just awesome!
So beautiful, all of the bikes they have there! One would think they'd run them at a big racetrack instead of a Walmart parking lot! At some points, the sound reminds me of an air raid siren!
I need a motorcycle company (Dont care who) to make a bike that sounds as freaking amazing as this one. From a time where over engineering was the standard and development budgets were through the roof! What a machine!
Over engineering was a rare thing back then (the colapse of European bike industry is evidence, 10 years and theres a Japanese empire) The war is to blame, all their greatest engineers went into very few industries because of post war restrictions on Japan like german car industry.
6 pistons the size of soda bottle caps. Love the sound. Would give my left nut for one of those machines. After 50 years of ridding hard i still get a great thrill ridding. I have been a lifelong diehard fan of Honda. Hard watching them lose their edge in moto GP. I guess the big money is cars not bikes any more and the factory is willing to let down all the ridders who are the reason for the company's financial success. Last new Honda i purchased was in 2017. Doubtful and sad my next most likely will not be a Honda. But thank you to Honda for 50 years of thrills and fun. My first bike was a QA50 at ten years old.
As a no hope motor cycle racer I was racing on track with Jim Redman, Bruce Beale and Luigi Taveri all mounted on these machines which were being tested before the European season, in Bulawayo, Rhodesia and will never forget the noise of these three machines as they passed me on both sides on a left hand bend. Listen to the sound on this video and multiply by three. This was the highlight of my short racing history.
I read only last night that the "6" (the 350) final race was in South Africa in 1968 when Hailwood did some national events. I think this was his own bike (they gave him one as a gesture) and would love to see a colour shot of it as it looked (in B&W) like it had a dark fairing, perhaps red.
Sorry all my photos ( yes they were black and white couldn't afford colour ) were nicked - along with everything else in the hell-hole of Zimbabwe.
cool story!
Nigel Hunt f
Nigel Hunt hi Jim Redman spent his European winter with us in Port Elizabeth SA we first met him when he was in Bulawayo working for John Love
1967 Italian 250cc Gp race, Monza Italy. I watched four of the Honda 6's competing with two Yamaha 4's. You could follow their progress around the course by that screaming 4 stroke and 2 stroke sound. No other sound like that since. One bike demos are nice, but six screaming 250's on one racetrack was one of my lifetime thrills.
Yes i remember Francorchamps,you're up in the hills de paddock is down in the middle,starting up the MV Agusta's,you never forget.
Anda mempunyai pengalaman yang orang lain tidak bisa dapatkan bung. Selamat🎉
On May 22nd 1966, I was a 12 year old schoolboy who did not know a bloody thing about motorbikes and racing. My father (thank you, dad!) took me to Hockenheim reopening for the GP of Germany.
I saw a tremendous 250cc battle between Mike Hailwood and Jim Redman, both on this bike with Hailwood just a "nose length" ahead at the finish. Phil Read had bad luck and went down being in the lead.
I saw Mike the bike winning the 350cc.
I saw Jim Redman's start-finish-victory in the 500 cc-race, almost half a minute ahead of Giacomo Agostini. Mike Hailwood had to give his Honda to his team-mate 'cause Redman's bike coudn't be repaired after the training.
This was one of the most exciting days in my life.
I started to save money and did little jobs an holidays. And about 4 years later I had my first Honda, a SS 50.
I still ride a bike, well, not a Honda. But my car is a Honda Accord, I love it.
This video and this sound brought back old memories - and wet eyes. Thanks for uploading it, Deckay_F - made my day.
この時代に、「世界一になりたい！」ただそれだけの信念で
日本人が、手作業で作り上げた代物！
この音を聞くと、鳥肌が立ちます。
職人魂に乾杯‼︎
山猫 さん！
こちらこそ、有難うございます！
宜しくお願い致します。
What he said ☝️☝️👇👇
Mick 67 At that time, the Japanese made this machine by hand only with the belief to become the best in the world.
Cheers to craftsmanship
I am not good at English, so the sentence may be wrong.😅
タソねぎし Thanks for sharing that and you done ok 👍
I saw one of these bikes at Silverstone in the 80's doing a demo run. It rattled my insides as it went past on full throttle. What a lovely sounding machine.
250bhp per litre, naturally aspirated. In the 1960s. I don't think much demonstrates Honda's engineering brilliance, better than that 😃
Honda RC166 1966', 249cc, 4-stroke, 6 cylinder DOHC 4V, 7-speed gear box, @ 64 HP, 18.000+ RPM, Top Speed 240+ KM/H.... Amazing...
50 cc 16 valve
kreidler 50 cc 2 takt 28:hp 228.km p/u
@@ariari4133 50 cc honda rc116 not rc166
@@ariari4133 that is RC166 bro, not RC116
@@ariari4133 Read the description
First time i got goosebumps after hearing an engine. What a piece of art Mr. Honda’s legacy left us
Best sounding bike ever.
@@sef_halabi AHHAHAHAHAHHA
Nice but some of the old MVs sound better
CBX1000
@@rhcp4life697 this sound better honestly
@@staticcorvette5998 opinions are like assholes
Here is a true story. I was at the Honda Canada head office in Scarborough years ago to do a generator Field School. The original Mike Hailwood 6-cylinder 250 was in the training room. Before the instructor got there some guy decided to sit on the motorcycle. When the instructor walked into the room he nearly levitated two feet off the ground. And yelled at the guy to get off the bike. And told us they had a standing offer of over $1,000,000 for that motorcycle.
Watching this for the umpteenth time.😁 You know these bikes set more world records than just on the racing circuit. These 6 cylinder engines were around 247.2 cc's (a little over 15 cu.in.) They put out 67 hp. around 18,000 rpm. That in itself set a record in the mid-1960's for the most horsepower ever produced by a naturally-aspirated, carburated, 4 stroke engine (with breaker points and magneto ignition, no less!) 4.44 hp. per cubic inch.😮 Can you imagine a CBX with the same specs? *About 270+ hp. right out of the box.* 🤯😳
Do you know if its even possible to buy one of this?
@Raw Primal Covers These would be very very rare nowadays and would carry a hefty price tag. The cbx1050 which is a road registerable 6 cyl is a 20k bike in australia.
@@sofarsogod There should be one in every garage.
@@connormcgrath9893 Oh yeah ive seen the cbx, the issue is: that bike is huge, and its not the only 6 cylinders bike available with a big ass engine, which I dont trully liek, I like small bikes. I wish there was a 250cc 6 cylinders bike, just like the 20k rpm CBR250RR which was mass produced. Maybe the RC´s are extremelly noisy thats why they never were available for everyone. But damn I wish I could buy one xD
@@sofarsogod Just got to convince Alan Millyard to get a couple of 250RRs and nail them together ... 😀 I have a CBX and when it's up around 9000 rpm there's definitely a family heritage in the sound that comes out of it. It is a big bike though so there's no pretending you're Hailwood.
How come a rc166 sounds almost like a v12 f1 engine while a v6 f1 engine sounds like a 4 stroke chainsaw.
David Perry lol
+David Perry because Ecclestone and Todt are unable to do their job.
+AM990 f1 cars should be v12 quad turbos....!
+David Perry i dunno why everyone hates the V6 turbo´s so much... i actually kinda like them... i mean its no V12 but the V6 sounds nice too...
Nazimelon
Really?!? The main problem of these V6 it's their awful sound!!
When technology was an art with a soul.. beautiful
I have came very tired from work, it is also very cold, dark and no sun. Then I opened this video and few seconds later I have forgotten about all these bad things. I have started smiling all the time, is it sounds like an incredible alien from different space who wants to eat all the people on Earth:)
you sir are a genious
Why is the driver so big? They should just get one of those tiny mechanics to drive it.
Daniel YZF nvjl
i am glad you came :\
@@hunterstowe5342 I'm sure one of those guys could have, and wanted to.
beautiful.... thanks japan for making these superb machines...
さすが世界一のバイクメーカー！本物は唯一無二
O...M...G...
Honestly, this sounds so beautiful it nearly brings me to tears.
(I realize that's a strange thing to get emotional about)
If we are viewing this video, we understand...
gorflunk Yes, we understand :-)
+Pam Falcioni
God bless you!
theres nothing wrong with that,you wanna hear one in real life,wow
I did during a demonstration at the TT Assen in 1980. And you are right, it never leaves you again. Pure shivers!!
This motorcycle contains what is perhaps the most highly refined 250cc engine ever built. To be able to fit six cylinders into that space, the crankshaft was made in thirteen separate pieces which have to be assembled in a special jig and carefully bolted into the crankcase- assembly tolerances are measured in microns. The camshaft lobes are manually ground into a special shape to maximise scavenging performance as much as humanly possible. As a result, not one single cam lobe is the same throughout the engine. The resulting engine runs at nearly 20,000 rpm, makes 65 horsepower, and has an unbelievably wide torque band. The engine revs so high that it is actually unadvisable to operate it wide open without engaging the transmission, as it can destroy the engine!
Thank you for that info. Amazing machine
douro20 Any decent books about the technical specifications of this bike?
But don't I recall that it also has so little flywheel effect that you have to keep the revs up when decelerating or it'll stall? Tricky technique to learn. And it has a "torque band"? Really? I would've figured it had 65 hp but 20 lb/ft of torque.....
@@cameronmilne3590 Read my book "Honda's Four-Stroke Race History 1954 ~ 1981". All technical data available.
Great info! The one slight addition I'll make is that any racing engine from that era would fail at full throttle without some sort of load on the engine. Rev limiters were very rare back then, and ECUs didn't exist. The only way to limit revs, and save engines, was with the wrist and the brain.
一瞬で魂を奪われる音。これは聴いたことがなかった。
I love the look of the six megaphones, the giant drum brakes, and the classic fairing.
+Impalamark64 I take it you mean a real racing bike and not a computer on wheels.
MegaSamas Absolutely! I love old-school, retro machines, with real craftsmanship. Also, the styling was better. Modern bikes look all chunky and discombobulated. Look at the smooth lines of the megaphones on the RC166, compared to modern bikes with just a plain, ugly can for a muffler.
+Impalamark64 I recall the late great Barry Sheen (who was a commentator for channel 10 here in Australia) jumping for joy upon hearing GP racing was returning to four strokes as was I.
He said (quote) that today's 4 stroke sounded like a VW with a busted muffler (unquote) and today's fans have never heard and never will hear what a real GP RACING BIKE sounds like unless they dig into the archives.
Never heard a better sound from any motor 2 or 4 wheels !!
You obviously not heard my RG500 CH (1989) Pepsi-Suzuki "Kevin Schwantz" GP Race Replica, in anger !
@@GrrMeister stick it on then back it up !!!!.
I was lucky enough to see Mike hailwood race these incredible matches at the tt and the two final times at the race of the year Mallory and the race of the south brands something i will never forget the great man and the sound of these fantastic bikes
It is all subjective but try listening to a Mazda 787b.
th-cam.com/video/qTVVuToA2pI/w-d-xo.html
dennis mault listen to the intake sound, followed by the exhaust sound from 0.15 th-cam.com/video/cyqJxXolico/w-d-xo.html
いつ聴いても良い音ですね。
ほんと昔のF1みたいです。
Hold on a second, this is the best exhaust sound I've heard on a bike in my life!
You don't say 😏
Best sounding motorcycle of all time. Honda, some of us still want a street version. Are you reading this?
They have one its the old cbr250rr with 4 cylinder and its sounds amazing
このエンジン音はクセになる、たまに聴きたくなるので、動画ありがとうございます。
コメントありがとうございます。私も時々この動画を観てはバイクらしからぬサウンドを楽しんでいます。また見に来てください。
As a sixteen year old living in the Isle of Man, I captured a glimpse of this six cylinder beauty in the back of Honda’s mobile garage/van outside the Casino on Douglas front. This was the bike Mike Hailwood rode. I was in absolute awe. There were several bikes in the back of this Honda vehicle. The bikes were draped in white sheets. One of the mechanics lifted the sheet off this 6 cylinder machine and I just gasped!
чей Крым?
今までに聞いた事が無いサウンドだった。かっこいいな。
私もエンジンに火が入った瞬間から、そのサウンドに惹き込まれました。
Honda makes some fantastic sounding engines.
What an amazing feat of engineering. To think this was developed 55 years ago. Those rpm, the tolerances and all from an air-cooled engine with carburettors. Hat's off for thinking differently.
How race bikes are meant to sound, what a beast. The sound is one of the things that makes racing so enjoyable.
This is about a thousand times more impressive than a
mechanical watch; I take my hat off to Honda and all of the staff of the time
and continue to do so.
こっちに向かって来る時の反響してるんだか、こだまなのか、他のバイクには無い凄いモノを感じます。
何が来た！？ みたいな。
まさにホンダミュージック。 どうか、いつまでも走って頂きたいです。
創業者の息のかかった、マシンですもの・・・
that's why i love HONDA. HONDA is the best engine in the world
that is soo sweet !
ホンダ大好きですｗ貴重な映像と音ありがとうございました。
All you unfortunates who are too young to have witnessed these machines in their hey-day must realise that they were built to compete with Yamaha's V4 two stroke 250s, as such they have no flywheels, so as soon as the throttle shuts the engine dies, hence the short shifting because the revs max out at around 22,000 and get there very quickly, so about eight gears are necessary too. Imagine the Mallory Race of the Year grid with Hailwood, Graham and Bryans on these, Ago on the MV3, Pasolini on the Benelli 4, Ivy and Read on the V4 Yamahas, Perris on the Square 4 Suzuki, plus Linto and Paton twins, and all the regular British singles - it was magical, deafening, but magical.
They tried to have the reciprocating/rotating mass as light as possible, including omitting flywheels. As soon as the engine was started, it required constant blipping of the throttle to keep it running, since there was effectively no idle possible.
And succeeded of course, due no doubt in no small part to the genius of the likes of Hailwood, who could ride and make as competitive as posble just about anything.
The REAL golden era of Japanese GP bikes before the FIM castrated them.
Hear Hear...!
Walter Tacey The FIM have in my opinion ruined motorcycle racing totally! Modern day "Moto GP" bikes are boring and bland, every year they are crippled with more and more restrictions that have nothing to do with racing. In the glory days of the sixty's and early seventies bike racing was exciting and the engineering was (for the era) astounding! sadly these amazing machines are a thing of the past and all motorcycle manufacturers have to comply with the bean counters as well as the interfering FIM. Bring back the old rules of a cc capacity and anything goes regards engine type, be it two stroke or four stroke, just keep to the class capacity limit and no other restrictions. Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki, MZ, MV, Benneli, and all other manufacturers of the sixties and seventies I salute you!
rc166欲しくてたまりません。同じ６気筒のCBXを所有していますが、音は全然違いますね、、rc166の音最高です！
*****
見た目だけでもと思いRC166ににせたマフラーワンオフしました！ great sound F1 sound CBX 1000 RC166 レプリカ マフラー 6s…: th-cam.com/video/r5lWN40C7sg/w-d-xo.html
音はちょっと違いますが、サーキットできくと、少し近い感じにきこえたり聞こえなかったり、、よかったら感想お願いします！
I Tip my Hat to Mr. Soichiro Honda, he changed motorsports.. The sound and performance of those bikes was amazin. Who was the rider?
Sounds better than F1 cars now.
Koji Takata I
It always did sound better than anything that raced. And guess what, it still does today
That's not hard, cars going down my road sound better than F1 now :)
@@mikiex Even a Tesla sounds better than F1 today
That's quite easy to do I think
I just love how this tiny 250cc race bike sounds like a 5L v12
"Back in the day" I think it was at Earls Court Exhibition Hall or Olympia Exhibition Hall in London, that held The Motorcycle Racing Show and it was there that we saw this race bike. The thing that hit all of us was how small it was.😲 Then we thought about the engine. Six cylinders with four valves per cylinder. Amazing piece of engineering , as was ALL the other team bikes. Glad to be a fan of Motorcycle Racing back in the 60s.
Have seen and heard the RC166 in person. Mike Hailwood rode these bikes to world championships in the mid 60's. This bike with the 6 open megaphones is so loud your covering your ears even yards away. Only about 5 or 6 left in the world. Team Obsolete had one of Jim Redman's factory 166's. I believe at least 2 are in the HRC Museum in Japan. This Video shows no justice for the real performance of these machines. These bikes are screaming missles when up to speed and can turn 20,000 rpm. Some of the best GP Racing there ever was in the mid 60's when you didn't have noise decibel rules...
+steve matz Saw one in 1980 during the TT-Assen.Mike did a few rounds.Ones you hear that sound, it never gets out of your soul any more.Tears in my eyes, really.
I believe there is still an audio clip that Pauline hailwood put on Mikes website years ago along with other GP Race Bikes. The Guzzi V8 was also one of them. Might see if there still up there, The RC166 audio is Mike coming down the front straight at Brandshatch, England. Sounds like an Electric Guitar, mikethebike.com
I first saw this stunning bike at Brands Hatch, it had just come out of the tunnel where they unload the bikes, Mike opened it up and did a wheelie of at least 100 meters, my god that was SO SO loud even from the other side of the race track, must have been 1966 ish
Me too I was at Brands Hatch, I'll never forget.
昔行っていたホンダショップに展示されてた どうやって入手したのか聞いても絶対教えてくれなかった 笑って誤魔化す笑顔が怖かったｗ
That might be my new all time favourite engine sound. Absolutely spine tingling! Magnificent!
It's the motorcycle equivalent of the cosworth DFV a total icon
@@badgers1975nothing screams like this bike or the BRM V16
that was engineering at its finest... up to 20!000 rpm... what a sound
+Prof. Michael O. Zimmermann JCD ECS how many hp?
+romahahaha EDIT: Just kidding, 65. No idea where I got the 150hp figure from (I think 150 was roughly the top speed in mph). Still pretty impressive for 250cc.
Honda is the most genius company in history. The genius of Soichira Honda and his racing spirit are unparalleled and it reflects in everything they ever made from dominating every single motorsports to dominating Ferrari in Formula 1 as well as at their own supercar game with the NSX. I don't care what gtr fanboys and Ferrari fanboys say. They always got owned by Honda anyway. Lol. SMART people know that Honda is the most legendary name in history of automobile and motorsports. No other brand even comes close to their genius and the art they create. (Maybe alfa romeo and ferrari had the passion but they never had the engineering genius and technical knowledge of Honda)
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the best motorcycle sound any of you will ever hear.
Did I hear seven gear changes when he started out, making it an eight speed gear box? That makes an incredible sound. Reminds me of The V-12 F1 cars of years gone by.
音がこんなに近くでしかも爆音なのに綺麗に撮れててすごいですｗ
それにしてもさすがホンダですね。男なら誰もがシビれる音だと思います。
Oh my God, such a beautiful sound...and sublime engineering too, I remember these racing at Mallory Park...I've never forgot this sound, made my day, thank you
涙が出てくるサウンドね
出てきた!涙
Brilliant! When we all have to have electric, I’m going to have this on a loop thru speakers all out side my vehicle to make a great sound outside!
I am crying to the sound of this amazing creation. Thank you Mr. Honda😭✝️☮️🏁
Only the Japanese can REALLY these small multi's work.Fantastic to listen to let alone ride.
Love how the sound fills the area and echoes off of the trees.
音色やレスポンスが本当に最高。
3気筒、6気筒、V12の音色はとくにいい。
セナが乗ってたMP4/6に似てるよね。
Vor diesen mechanischen Wunderwerken kann man selbst heute nur noch den Hut ziehen. Was für eine fantastische und ehrliche Technik damals, ohne Einspritzung, motor- management, software und weitere elektronische Idiotien!
レーシングマシンの排気音は何時の時代の物も素晴らしい
When the hrc engineers wave you in and you stay out for more laps. Pure bliss
約60年前に4st250ccで
60馬力オーバー、112kg、
7速ミッション、最高速度240km/h以上とかバケモンだろw
One of my favourite things when attending a MotoGP/WSBK event is arriving at the track by car on a Saturday during the day or on a Sunday in the morning and already hearing the bikes from a distance without even seeing the track itself or the bikes...those of you who have already been, you know how loud and exciting that is. The same thing in 1966 must have been absolutely ridiculous with a few of these whizzing around....
Cette vidéo je la visionne au moins une fois par mois ❤ A chaque fois je pleure tellement c'est beau à entendre. Dans les années 70 il existait un disque vinyle avec le son des motos de GP de l'époque et la RC 166 y était... Que d'émotion. J'en veux à la fédération de l'époque qui l'année suivante des victoire de Mike avait interdit les 6 cylindres Surement pas des mélomanes 😞😞
bof bof bof
A 250cc 6 cylinder?! That's awesome!! And I love how they crunk it up!!
耳が幸せ
THE most GLORIOUS engine sound EVER produced, this RC166 design. GLORIOUS!!!!!!!!
Sounds like he's been told to limit the revs but use all the gears. What a magnificent sound. Remember it well from the TTs of the sixties
yea they tole the rider to keeps the Revs low
"ok I'm ready to whack this thing around the tracc!"
"dont blow up the engine or u ded"
He does a great job of short shifting this engine stalled very easy under 4k
These exhaust notes is the reason why I feel love with Honda
実車のスピードなどどうでも良い、このサウンドだけが全て。世界中に在る様々なバイクメーカーでも、世界中の人間の五感に共鳴するこのマシーンを超える事は容易ではない。
Un monstruo
Concordo
世界GP全クラス制覇という驚異的な性能どうやって勝つかではなく世界は日本のメーカーをどう排除するかでレギュレーションが変わっていった。
そんな言い方をしたら音だけってことになりますよ
ホンダは最高にして頂点に立ってますよね？
どうでも良くはない
Nothing on earth ive ever heard sounds anything like this Iam legit crying because it touched my soul
hahhaha 6 cylinder , 8 gear , fucking great
I think is a 7 speed motorcycle, but not sure...
@@fernandofernandes157 Definitely seven gears!
Haa
you know about Suzuki's RP68? 3 cylinder 50cc 2 stroke.... 14 gears....
9 to be exact
絶対にこんなエンジンが市販されることはない。人類の至宝！
Love it, it was the most sophisticated bike ever made. Fiftytwo years later i can't understood how Irimajiri could realize it!
This is the best sounding Automotive Engine i have heard in my life... This is MUSIC in motion
Incrível, nível de engenharia e precisão muito altos, que moto incrível! Relação Cv/Cm3 é impressionante. 65 cv em 249cc.
2021.. This will NEVER get old.
I saw Mike Hailwood ride this machine at Killarney in Cape Town!
i wish i was born earler to see mike the bike at his peak
And to hear that Honda in full fury...
250ccで6気筒というところにロマンを感じます。
今のご時世では世に出ることは無いかもしれませんが
趣味のバイクとして出てくれたら嬉しいですね。
***** やろうと思えばすぐにでも出来るんでしょうけど、
コストと低速トルクと重量とフリクションと・・・色んな問題が
出てきちゃうんでしょうねー…
bstei 今の技術なら間違いなく2万回転以上行きそうですね
１９歳の時に、FISCOで行われた世界選手権ロードレース日本GPを観戦しましたが、６気筒サウンドのあの吠えるような音が強烈に覚えています。レースではマイクヘイルウッドが優勝しました。
長沢知輝 さん ホンダは66年は欠場でしたから67年の日本グランプリですね。 バンクを使用しないショートコースでのレースだったようですね。ＲＣ166が富士のストレートを全開で駆け抜ける時は良い音でしょうね。166は本当に素晴らしいグランプリマシンですね。マイクヘイルウッドも存命なら166や181等で鈴鹿やもてぎを走る機会も有ったと思います。残念です。
I remember going to Brands Hatch in about 1967 probably for the Hutchinson 100 and watching Hailwood on his works Honda, Read and Ivy on works Yamahas, Ago on his MV, and Pasolini on his works Benelli, what a noise when they came past in a group !
why does it sound like a v12 because of the firing intervals,harmonics being similar
Also inline 3 sounds like v6, inline 4 flatplane sounds like v8 (flatplane ferrari), 4 crossplane sounds v8 crossplane, inline 5 sounds like v10, and inline 6 sounds like v12.
@@LucasSouza023 5 cylinders never sound like anything else, their growl is incredible.
The group b audi sport Quattro is the greatest noise ever created by mankind. Then the Porsche flat 12 in the 917 and lots of stuff is in joint 3rd, including this
何度見ても、良いよ～😊
ありがとうございます〜😊
best sound ever produced.period!
Love it ... those mechanics, not an earplug in sight. Bits of legendary Honda F1 legacy in the background, and somebody arrived in a Lotus Elise. Engineer's paradise.👍
I've heard one of these run in person. They are extremely loud, but what a great sound.
Reminiscent of a kawasaki triple when accelerating through the mid range. But only then, otherwise simply the best sound ever came out of an inline six. Thankyou Honda for creating these fabulous racing machines.
This is when GP racing was at its zenith,open megaphone exhausts that now days wouldn't get by tech, GP bikes today sound like they have street mufflers compared to these great classic biks of the 60s,,,sm
The 2004 Ducati didn't sound like any street bike I've ever heard, stood near bayliss bike being fired up in donnington pit lane, bloody earthquake machine. Haven't been since so ican't say what they are like in person now.
これぞエキゾーストノートですね。６本出しでこのサウンド！！集合サウンド好きの私も痺れます。これがもし6-1集合だったらと夢想したりもしますが。とにかく素晴らしい！！
エンジン音とはこんなにも雄弁だったのですね…言葉はいらない
Honda RC166, 250cc, 6 cylinder, 8 speed, 60hp at 18,000 rpms, top speed over 150mph!! Nothing so outrageous & beautiful, has been built ever since!
Seven speed.
I would like to Mike Hailwood this guy dosent do corners
eargasm ! ❤
+Road Runner That is the only right description of this sound.
Le bruit s'est phénoménal, heureusement il n'y en a qu'une en route !!! Quelle avance technologique pour l'époque ! Bravo aux ingénieurs de chez Honda.
If you love motorcycles, ( i do!) You gotta love the sound of this bike....if you dont just check you have a pulse......👍😁🇬🇧
Saw Team Obsolete's Steve Roper do some exhibition laps on a privately owned RC166 at the last SteamBoat Springs CO racing in the streets. All the other race teams dropped their wrenches to watch and listen, just awesome!
What a fantastic sound.
better than shagging sheep
So beautiful, all of the bikes they have there! One would think they'd run them at a big racetrack instead of a Walmart parking lot!
At some points, the sound reminds me of an air raid siren!
I need a motorcycle company (Dont care who) to make a bike that sounds as freaking amazing as this one.
From a time where over engineering was the standard and development budgets were through the roof!
What a machine!
Over engineering was a rare thing back then (the colapse of European bike industry is evidence, 10 years and theres a Japanese empire)
The war is to blame, all their greatest engineers went into very few industries because of post war restrictions on Japan like german car industry.
Amazing im so glad I had the privilege to witness such a work of art
what a masterpiece!
6 pistons the size of soda bottle caps. Love the sound. Would give my left nut for one of those machines. After 50 years of ridding hard i still get a great thrill ridding. I have been a lifelong diehard fan of Honda. Hard watching them lose their edge in moto GP. I guess the big money is cars not bikes any more and the factory is willing to let down all the ridders who are the reason for the company's financial success. Last new Honda i purchased was in 2017. Doubtful and sad my next most likely will not be a Honda. But thank you to Honda for 50 years of thrills and fun. My first bike was a QA50 at ten years old.
Wish I could give that 12 thumbs up. That sounds so bad ass.
**laughs in 8 alt accounts**
もはや楽器だろ(褒め言葉)