Interesting motorcycles, not XS650

[jpdevol]

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And the infamous motor.......

 

[GLJ]

I remember reading a article on that motor. The pistons were not a big deal to make. Boring the cylinders was a slight challenge. Making the rings was the hardest part. But they got it done.

 

[Kevin Werner]

And you could buy one...

I remember reading a article on that motor. The pistons were not a big deal to make. Boring the cylinders was a slight challenge. Making the rings was the hardest part. But they got it done.

 

[jpdevol]

And you could buy one...

$50K new....30 years ago!

 

[mick71b]

 

[46th Georgia]

I didn’t think you mistook it. I just wanted to iterate that the FTR is a performance machine. Also, @46th Georgia, we are the same age. We aren’t geezers, yet.

Maybe you're not a geezer, me? I carry a flip phone, a revolver and cash, no debit card, I drive a '97 Grand Marquis and a '94 F-350 Diesel. You Kids get off my lawn!!!

 

[Adamc]

And you could buy one...

I believe Ronnie O’Sullivan (Snooker Champ) bought one new!

 

[Raymond]

I remember reading a article on that motor. The pistons were not a big deal to make. Boring the cylinders was a slight challenge. Making the rings was the hardest part. But they got it done.

Development took years and must have cost Honda a fortune. Which they cannot have recouped, even at $50,000 a pop. Why did they do it?

Probably because they could.

 

[RustiePyles]

I've been watching this ad down south in Georgia for about a month, running at $2500. A cool machine. I think I will just have a coke!
'TT'

A Puch twingle.

 

[46th Georgia]

I remember reading a article on that motor. The pistons were not a big deal to make. Boring the cylinders was a slight challenge. Making the rings was the hardest part. But they got it done.

I had totally forgotten about that bike.

 

[Kevin Werner]

. Why did they do it?

Probably because they could.
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Rules limited them to 4 pistons More valves = more flow=more hp. 4 intakes per piston is better than 2 per piston.

 

[Raymond]

Rules limited them to 4 pistons More valves = more flow=more hp. 4 intakes per piston is better than 2 per piston.

That was the rationale given for the 500cc racer in the late '70s, which cost a shed load of money and development time and never gained the success Honda were undoubtedly chasing. They backed down and built the NS500 2-stroke racer. Having failed to win big on the track with an oval-piston 4-stroke, they eventually went to a 750cc road bike. Only built, according to some sources, 322 examples. Was this to justify the development costs? Face-saving exercise?

 

[mick71b]

1974 YZ125 Twin

 

[Adamc]

1930's STREAMLINER MOTORCYCLE
Don't know nufing abou' it!

 

[jetmechmarty]

Henderson streamliner. Same bike?

 

[RustiePyles]

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Henderson streamliner. Same bike?

Am I missing something on these streamliners? Where do you put your feet?

 

[jetmechmarty]

Am I missing something on these streamliners? Where do you put your feet?

Look closely. There are floorboards.

 

[Kevin Werner]

Only built, according to some sources, 322 examples. Was this to justify the development costs? Face-saving exercise?

Face saving? Cache? Momentum? Did some 750s end up in endurance racing? Would that require a homogulation run? I am fuzzy on that stuff.

 

[kshansen]

Look closely. There are floorboards.

Easier to see on the blue and white one! But they don't look really wide enough if one was wearing good motorcycle boots. Then again when did stylists concern themselves function!

 

[gggGary]

https://suburbanmen.com/the-henderson-streamline-is-the-coolest-bike-never-built-20201008/1269676/
https://www.poetmotors.com/bards/2019/10/15/henderson-streamliner
https://motorcyclemojo.com/2016/04/henderson-streamline/

https://hypebeast.com/2022/1/nmoto-golden-age-transforms-bmw-scooter-into-art-deco-streamliner