The Most Significant 4-cylinder Bikes in History !!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.พ. 2018
- The first inline-4, V-4, square 4 and transverse 4, 4-stroke serially produced motorcycles in all history.
Compilation with original sound and technical description.
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And I forgot the Zundapp K800/1938/ - The first 4-cylinder boxer engine. I am sorry
you also forgot the 1979 Yamaha 11 special, the first production bike to break the ten second quarter mile barrier (or was that the 78?)
JAWA TINO And I went to the comments to say you forgot the best.. The Zundapp K800..."The Bently of motorcycles" of its day...tut tut. At least you realised.
yeah, wow. this list is going to have to be broken up somehow or its going to include everything!! cause really, bikes are like boobs, all of them are wonderfull.
The first transverse four cylinder was the Binks, he built his bikes either with the engines in line or transverse. Binks was better known for his carburetors. Great video though!
Yes, very impressive video, the ariel, mv Agusta.... but I checked out the K800 on you tube and I must say that is one of the coolest 4cil. bikes I ever saw. see th-cam.com/video/HkN8eQHhFc8/w-d-xo.html
that last one ;WHAT A KNOBHEAD WHY
9:15 please keep that idiot away from that nice bike. 😢😢
I was going to comment on the ape revving the CB750 but I see I'm late to the party.
Look Ma, you raised a genius, I can rev a motorcycle! What a DA.
You mean the guy with the CB 750? That was pure brain power there lol
@@357bullfrog2 yep
To the commenters calling the shirtless guy on the 750 all the demeaning names in the book, just remember, "Shit Bags"
are real, physical things performing a thankless job. And to compare the shirtless guy to a shit bag belittles all shit bags
everywhere.
The forget Honda twin the 1965 CB450 Black Bomber it has totally trick and 2 camshafts and no valve springs!!
Shirtless dude is aggravating as hell.
u aint kidding - wot a dork
Agreed.
Poser idiot with no respect for machinery.
I bet it wasn't even his bike.
WICKEDLEE LOOPY I reckon you would be odds on to win that bet.
I'm a Harley guy but the most significant 4 is the Honda 750. First true super bike from Japan.
With the Suzuki T20 the first real Rice Rocket ....
@@chrisbraid2907 - Kawasaki H-1 750.
Scooter George....So was I until my brother in law rode into my driveway on a 72 Honda 750.
I had ridden four Harleys a total of 140K, including riding to work 100 miles a day for three years. Took the 750 for a short ride.....Goodbye Harley. Right now, I own a pair of Honda ST 1100's.
It really makes a lot of sense to sit on an Air-Cooled Motorcycle and rev the piss out of it................
The Ariel.. I like this just for the solid mechanical sound., It's like you can tell it's going to run strong just hearing it!!
Yes, fascinating in it's day. Just a pity it had the overheating problem with the rear cylinders. Really should have been water-cooled.
Asa uni student I had the privilege of seeing a real square four that was used as day to day registered transport by one of our motorcycle club members. It was the most civilized motorcycle I have ever seen. Smooth, quiet, tractable, docile. In my view the epitome of what a motorcycle should be.
Owned one. You called that so right! robably the best all round bike I've ever had.
My dad had one as a police bike in early 60's. One of his colleagues kept blowing his up, they discovered he was using it to run a saw-mill in his part-time job.
The first 4 cylinder shown is indeed a FN (Fabrique Nationale de Herstal), an old and still existing Belgian company more known now for their firearms and heavy guns.
The bloke on the Honda 750 four? is a KNOB!
There was a Honda dealer on El Camino Real in Mountain View Ca. in June 1969 the Honda 750 was there, same color. it looked big then, today it looks mid sized. and a stock 750 has a different sound than the bike shown here. hopefully shirtless was beaten with mashed potatoes until delirious
Yay to mashed potatos!
Used to live by there. Remember the Norton dealer , El Camino Real in Redwood City?
@@craigkeller yes I Do! In 1970 three of us bought 3 Kawasaki 350 scramblers, 2 stroke twins...BUT they were Dan Gurney "Ametican Eagles". BUT DG went bankrupt so got 3 for $1000 in the box. No gas tanks. So we went to Redwood city Norton guy, he also had Kawa. We went into this big wharehouse and found tanks. Can't recall the name. No one ever heard of A E. He also rebranded Laverda! But we couldn't afford Laverda.
The MV Agusta looks like a tiny, little Münch.
wow, the Ariel square 4 looks like one smooth riding machine.
he would've never got away with revving the CB 750 K1_K3 without that new chain in it,good bike
Great video.
I rode a square four in 1950's. I was riding with a buddy in Huntington Park on my Triumph and he was on his dad's Ariel. We traded for a short time and it was wet and I crossed a street car track and almost dumped that beauty!!
Very Nice! The guys trying to make music with the 7 galo (750 four Honda) but they cant play this instrument...
who is the jerk abusing a 70 four, I have been known to refuse to work on peoples bikes for "free" ravening motors.
Cracking video surprised I haven't come across this before! These machines are all works of Art, my favourite which is not included is GPZ 900R! Cheers
That shirtless guy is having fun with his bike. Not reving to high or long. In 70 I was building big bore versions off these and enjoyed big burnouts on Telegraph road. My personal bike had windjammer and saddle bags and 860 cc..
You like what the idiot is doing then you say you put saddlebags on a cb750.
You are joking I hope !!
Detroit 313 🖒
ariel square four, that looks like a motorcycle ahead of its time.
It was.
It would have been, if it had had liquid cooling. But the rear pots overheated, leading to head warpage and CHG failure. Also the gasflow in the head left a lot to be desired, and this limited power. The extra capacity over the 650 twin yielded only a 5 bhp (claimed) increase in power, although torque was good. The 4 was probably at its best as a sedate chair-tower where the torque was an advantage.
@@RodFleming-World Rebore the rear 2 cyls 5 thou over stopped over heating
@@tonyprice5726 good tip
twcaldwell1951 I think it was most at home touring very cold countryside ....
Fantastic, thanks for posting! The Honda CB 750 is the all-time great, but to be honest, I always thought the 1958 Ariel Square Four was (arguably) the most beautiful bike ever made.
I could have bought 1 back in 1974, guy told me that he had a bike on the back of his truck parked outside. Asked him what make it was he wasn't sure but it ran and looked like it was all there. But I couldn't get my lazy ass off of the bar stool to take a look at it, he said that he only wanted $300.00 for it. Saw him about a week later and asked him if he still had the bike for sale. He said that he had sold it, are you ready for what it was ............................. the Square 4. ode to the nearest bar and sat there for 4 hours crying in my beer.
Aaaah ....! The Squariel. Lovely!
Ive been lucky to own 2 Squariels, one in 1969, a 1948 4G 1000cc, tele/rigid, and one from 2004, a 1957 mk11 4 piper, Gorgeous bikes !
@@mowoggreen1164 I am indeed envious, Mowog! And I salute your good fortune.
Back when everyone was given chance, allowed to showcase their brilliance through their craftsmanship!! FN and Ariel Four got my heart already!! Though world will realise someday that Brit engineering is one of the most underrated thing..
That muppet with the second square four hasn't a clue how to ride a bike, he's slipping the clutch instead of dropping down into a lower gear, the abuse that 750 is getting is dreadful. Lovely bikes except for that MV Agusta it's a horrible looking yoke.
good vídeos ,great man !
Thanks!
Wooler made a tranverse 4 too.And the Douglas Endeavour.
That knuckle dragger on the Honda should be made to fix a blown engine.
good presentation!
Just wonderful
The square 4 is a smooth engine. Love these old bikes.
You mean 2 stroke square 4?? They are super rare!
That MV agusta is one of the most ughliest bike I have ever seen.
I owned a 1948 Ariel square four. It was a dream to ride.
No Suzie RG500? The most successful race engine of the 70s, which would have remained so had they not changed the GP standards to ban 2-strokes? Major oversight. The road-legal version appeared in 1985
thats right give the old honda a stress test before thrashing it on the track isnt a race bike mate !
All of them gorgeous 😍
Wish i never sold my 750 honda.
My 78 is in storage .
For when I feel that way
Honda 750 4, revving it to high and going nowhere, I knew someone who had an aerial S4 back in the 1960s and it sat under a carpet and rotted away, forgot who it was now, a neighbour I think, back when everyone wanted the new Japanese bikes, when everyone had an old British bike round the back of the outhouse under carpets and tarpaulins,
That mv agusta sounds soooo smooth
Gorgeous motorcycles.
8:57 love at first sight :)
That square four is something I’ve genuinely never seen before.👍
Back in the early 60's, I used to ride with a guy in Santa Cruz, CA, who owned one.
cool video
When I was 16 & had bought a 1000cc Ariel the bike and I were the same age had to sell it as when it fell over I could not lift it swapped it for a 1938 HRD vincent wish I still had them
Been there do that
steve gale I bet he has the years to prove it ....
I think the Honda Gl1000 Goldwing should have had a mention , super smooth flat four that set the standards for touring motorcycles, no slug either.
love the mv the engin looks unpolished like a race bike
nice bike
Всегда с интересом смотрю... но сегодня не понял я этого ролика. Спасибо
CB750
True classic.
I want one.
Lindas motos....recentemente na oficina em que trabalho restauramos uma cb 400 ||....deixamos ela do jeito que saiu da loja....
1983-1986 Magna V65.......smoking fast V4!
9:34 Mad snowman.
Люди сохранили мотостарину в отличном состоянии, есть на что посмотреть, очень интересно…Молодцы !
My 650 Kawa four was nice...but the 750 Honda was the bomb....
The first transverse Inline 4 is 1937 Gilera Rondine 500 with the compressor.
Actually, the first transverse four cylinder was the Binks, made by the man well known for his carburetors. He built his fours from 1903 to 1906 either in line or transverse. I don't think there is even one survivor, that's why they are unknown, although Erwin Tragatsch mentions them in his encyclopedia.
I had a Square Four in 1967!
Sand cast MV the fav of mine,
No mention of Honda's magnificent VFR750? Some say it's the best motorcycle ever made. Every time I ride my 95 model I tend to agree. It's superb.
That wouldn't be there because it would be the 1982 VF750 Sabre as this was the VFR's forerunner.
how can anyone dislike these vids???
How about the Matchless Silver Hawk?!
I agree, best 1930's four cylinder 8-80mph in top gear,
I am wondering how may cranks does the square 4 engines have. I cannot understand how a square 4 could have only one crank ?
I believe it's two that are geared together.
I had an Ariel Square four way back . Sold it for 250 pounds Sterling , fair price then !., four pipe version too.
Es una bestia el tipo que acelera el Four 750
Probably should also have had the Z1 and possibly the GPZ900R.
And the Z1000 if you have those two ....
the MV Agusta was a serial bike too, but very expensive like today, smile
The never die CB 750 still running
I got spoiled with the smoothness of my 550 Honda. I then moved up to the 1200 Goldwing. I want a smaller bike but one that does not vibrate.
BMW R9T. Light, smooth (No vibration at all! Like a Turbine!) and great balance, handling and most reliable bike.
I have a cb750 four 1977 sky blue since 1993. But one of the most Japanese 4 cylinder bikes is Suzuki GS1000E 1982
Moto tudo de bom.m.
Zundapp K800..
You forgot the Yamaha Royal Star
You forgot the Yamaha XS1100. The first factory bike to do the quarter mile in less than 12 seconds.
I owned two of them....one, the regular model and one, the special....at the same time. I had owned both Harleys and Honda 750's, but got tired of maintaing a chain, so went shaft drive and have never looked back. Now own a pair of Honda ST 1100's.
When you live in a cold country it´s important to warm up you're air cooled engine to minimize engine wear !
how about the brough golden dream geared flat 4 or the wooler flat four
All aircooled four cilinders had problems with the cooling of the rear cilinders.
Only the square fours...
I was waiting to see the Indian Four, but was disappointed.
What about the Henderson 4 ?
Interesting that your opinion of significance does not include Pierce, or Henderson.
The MV Agusta has a engine wistle , i find it a bit strange , could it be so loud ? Like some sprocket is tight
Rudolf Vizi p
The noise is from the complex cam drive they had and is quite normal for that bike.
You forgot BMW K Series(flying brick): first inline 3/4 Cylinder laying down
Gs 1150 , zx 11 , gsxr 1100
It is so great invented fortunately it is still working now.
As a machinist I can say any machine that is running correctly, sings.A well tuned motorcycle is no different.
750 four is the best motorcycle for me
#1. Henderson straight 4. book it done.
and where is the BMW k100 ?
The 1969 Honda 750 cc was a great leap forward in motorcycles
Not at all. What they did was to "mass produce" it. Technologically there are many more advanced motorcycles from 1929 and later.
Cb 750 is beast
No American Fours: Indian, Cleveland , Excelsior, Pierce Arrow, Whatdafuck.
what about 4 cylinder boxer honda gold wing!
That's the machine I learned to ride on-my first bike(a 1975)
fully agree! gl1000 is epic. and, to my knowledge, the fastest production bike of its time!
No history just opposed.
j.p. Byl fastest flat four maybe but I remember that they didn’t corner well and one got ridden off the end of the starting straight at Mansfield 6 hour in NZ , the Z900 was quicker and won....
Why did you put a picture of the 1000G on the thumbnail then not show it?
Why type of a knobber would rev a bike like that
Anthony Hopkins is in the business...
He is? His stuntmen maybe ....
Nor shortage o abject IGNORANCE in this world.....
No fuel injected '73 Münch 1200 TTS-E?
Why aren't 4 square still produced seeing it seems to be the best way to congregate 4 cylinders into a smaller area , does anybody know ????
On the Ariel, the rear cylinders used to overheat, also lots of side thrust on the pistons due to them being misaligned with the crankshaft.
Alex Baxter Did they ever attempt to overcome the problems or did any other manufacturer make a square four , I just find they design such a neat package and wondered why it was not the default design .
@@bruceburns1672 Hi Bruce, I don't know, I'm only reciting what I remember being told (or having read) many many years ago..
Suzuki Built a neat Square Four Two Stroke in race and street versions often winning MC Grands Prix before 2Strokes were banned The RG 500 was a flexible easy handling package in the day and even though a Yamaha 350 was capable of keeping up, the Suzuki Rider never had to work as hard because he had a broader power band engine ....
Where can I buy a fuel tank like that??!!
Shame about the total Pratt on the Honda!