The best sounding bike......EVER!!!!

Motorcycling
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I saw/heard this bike do a demo lap at Silverstone in 1979 and the sound has haunted me ever since.

It’s a Honda RC166 250cc 6 cylinder GP bike from 1967 which was ridden by Mike Hailwood to win that years 250 World Championship

It produced 62bhp at 17,000rpm which is respectable compared to todays machines.

ENJOY:cool:

https://www.youtube.com/v/iBrb93O_Xg0&hl=en

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AWESOME!!!:D:D

I have a similar machine on me ps2 game, tourist trophy!:stuck_out_tongue: think it may even be the very same one.

3

cooorrrrrrr what a sound! :smiley:

4

Sounds like my ZX6 :stuck_out_tongue: . . . but at least it doesn’t have a drum front brake :w00t:

5

I agree best sounding bike ever - whats more I saw Mike Hailwood racing one at Brands in the sixties

6

In your dreams mate:D

You would be surprised how powerful some of the 4LS drum brakes were in the day compared to their contemporary discs:cool:

Hallspeed… There aint many things that make me wish I’d been a little bit older but I wish I’d seen some 60’s racing with Ago, Reid, Hailwood et al on board:cool:

I was lucky enough to see Hailwood’s second coming though:cool:

7

I love the sound of that :w00t:

8

Now that is a sweeeeet sounding machine!

9

Oh man, the hairs on my back just stood up!

10

those hondas were so damn cool…shame they became a bit staid in their approach…we could do with them building a few bikes like that now…imagine a 500 built on similar lines…cool and as you say what a sound…

but Chunks thought you liked the low thud thud of a twin not a six…

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Truth be known, i love all bikes mate, I’ve owned more IL4’s than anything but I am a convert to the power of the vee;):smiley:

12

Woah!!! :w00t:

Love the starting method, they should re-introduce that to MotoGp! :smiley:

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Just found this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM5S0OPSuhk

Be patient… It gets hot after 1 minute:D

Where’s me tissues?;):smiley: