Conedodger

Chip off the old block!

I need to do fork seals on the VFR. Debating whether to do springs and a re-valve while it is apart.

Conedodger

Just added a GPS and Bluetooth setup to the VFR. Took it for a test ride this afternoon. Happy to report it found Abbotts Frozen Custard just fine. Acoustic Joe Bonamassa in the helmet is a nice addition.

Should make the ride out to Indianapolis for Moto GP more pleasant.

A 2

Ride Apart - feature on best motorcycles for beginners Most of them are Hondas.

Bugsy

I like the way they say Moto Goot see

Conedodger

Perfection, one hundred percent, ten out of ten—that’s what utter domination looks like, and it also happens to be Honda’s 1966 250cc motorcycle World Championship Series record. With GP racing great Mike Hailwood in the saddle of the incredible RC166, Honda easily secured that year’s rider’s and constructor’s titles, an accomplishment he repeated in 1967. The RC166 would still be a legend today if its only accolades were for competition success and sheer physical beauty, but there’s much, much more to it than that—beneath its delicately shaped fairing and iconic livery there’s a hidden universe of miniature mechanical magic.

In only 250cc Honda managed to squeeze in six tiny cylinders, four cams, and 24 valves the size of pencil erasers. Fed by six diminutive carburetors, it revved to nearly 20,000 RPM and made 65 HP—extrapolated over two liters, that makes for a 48 cylinder, 192 valve, 32 cam, 520 HP motor. In conjunction with a seven speed gearbox, it propelled the RC166’s tiny frame to a top speed of well over 150 MPH. The quality of construction and engineering needed to achieve such amazing complexity and miniaturization is simply mind-boggling, especially considering it came from an age when designers relied on slide rules and drafting tables—the age of computer-aided design was still well over a decade away.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...op_ZMwo0#at=37

Conedodger

Coming Wednesday...

kdiringer00nfr

Factory vfr hardbags? Those allow so much space for over the road trips, lucky you! Did you pick them up used or new? I know they were pricey originally

Conedodger

Yep, factory VFR. $416 shipped to the door, brand spanking new! They list for $1100.

HarryWho

I found this beauty at at track Sunday. It had Pennsylvania tags so he/she must have put some miles on to get there. Great patina. Half the fun of going to the track is to see what everyone else drove.








HA!rry

Bugsy

That needs a machine gun on the sidecar...