The Tiniest Bike 6-Cylinder

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“HONDA - Isle of Man TT - Golden Years - Jim Redman - Mike Hailwood” by Duke Video
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“HONDA RC166 DISASSEMBLY WORK” by HideTunedEngines
• HONDA RC166 DISASSEMBL...
“Steve Plater Honda RC166” by Peter F.
• Steve Plater Honda RC166
“RC174エンジン始動” by deco77gk
• RC174エンジン始動
“Donington Classic Bike Festival 2016 - 5 Honda RC174 297cc 6” by mikethebike70 Michael Williams
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“MOTOR SPORT JAPAN 2015　1967 Honda RC174　エンジン始動！” by kumatan
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“Honda RC166 (1966) - 6-Cylinder 250cc GP Racer” by Deckay_F
• Honda RC166 (1966) - 6...
“Honda 250cc 6 cyclinder replica” by Racing Home
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“Legendary Isle of Man TT sound - Honda 6 ex Mike Hailwood” by anthony cubbon
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“Original ex Mike Hailwood 1967 Honda RC174 six cylinder-Hi-Res version” by peterg2yt
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“Honda RC174 6 cylinder 297cc on dyno” by peterg2yt
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@AKK5I 22 күн бұрын

Honda motorcycles make their car division look boring as hell

@MLK_Sold_Black_america_out 22 күн бұрын

I know right 😅😅 Why can't the car division build this

@ifeelcoke4347 22 күн бұрын

Like straight up, every Honda bike is interesting af about why it exists. Meanwhile with their cars: Like I’m a huge Honda car fan and Honda bike fan, but like the only time it’s interesting is probably with the NSX or S2000. Yes fellas I get it with the civic but like come on… Other than that, their Motorsport collaborations and participations are pinnacle with their Car division and that’s that (mostly in F1)

@hathaway.1166 22 күн бұрын

if honda stop making Type Rs I would just look at their bikes

@user-od4yl3rf4n 22 күн бұрын

I think you don't know what are you're talking about. Honda cars are legendary

@NotthatNeil 22 күн бұрын

@@user-od4yl3rf4nin the ‘90s they were, but these days they’re kinda average.

@Grimm-Gaming 22 күн бұрын

Ok that is one MEAN sounding engine! Unlike most old tiny bike engines

@the80hdgaming 22 күн бұрын

Right? Like having Rodan roaring under you when you drive... It so aggressive sounding...

@CaptHollister 20 күн бұрын

I have two anecdotes around the 250/6. The first involves a conversation I had with Michelle Duff, who as Mike Duff, had been a factory Yamaha rider and runner-up in the 1965 250 championship. She told me that she still had a ringing in her ears from chasing Jim Redman on the 250/6. The second anecdote was when I was there to witness one being ridden: for a very long time the only functioning Honda 250/6 was right here in Canada in a museum where it had been left after the season-ending 1967 Canadian motorcycle GP as a gift from Honda for Canada's centenary. One year, in the 1980s, it was pulled out to do a demonstration lap of the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal as part of the activities surrounding the F1 Grand Prix. I was there, I got to hear it. Videos don't do it justice. Words don't easily describe the incredible noise that engine made. From where my friends and I stood, we could hear every shift, every acceleration on any part of the circuit despite the damp track and the obvious care with which the rider was handling the machine. It was glorious. To this old man, the family of multi-cylinder GP Hondas of the mid 1960s, comprising the 50cc twin, the 125/5, and the 250/6 remain the most fascinating GP bikes to ever compete.

@STiX_87 19 күн бұрын

Unfortunately, no speaker can deliver some emotional sounds. I heard a lot of times the Ford GT40 engine sound. When I was given the opportunity to enjoy such a car in our local circuit, every time it was flying by, I was feeling my chest vibrating...

@bradpnw1897 7 күн бұрын

So cool

@Turnipstalk 22 күн бұрын

First, thanks for being one of the first KZfaq videos I've seen to correctly identify end to end torsional vibration as the problem of the inline six. Second, Hond really should have produced a road version. Three carbs the way Benelli did it, simplify the crank and drop the revs, 350cc and 45BHP, three into one exhausts on both sides. A Bonneville and Gold Star eater with zero vibration even at high speed.

@monsieurcommissaire1628 21 күн бұрын

It's hard to disagree about that bike! What a nice middle weight road burner that'd be.

@CaptHollister 20 күн бұрын

The CBX 1000 was very much as road-going version of the 250/6, it was even designed by Irimajiri.

@johngalt97 6 күн бұрын

Too hard to compete with Yamaha's 39 HP RD350 that had engine simplicity and a 'fun' powerband in its favor.

@jfgarro 22 күн бұрын

When the Honda engineers, and not the accountants or environmentalists, took the design to the max! Love your videos!

@chrissmith7655 22 күн бұрын

Hi, saw Hailwood race this bike several times live. Absolutely awe inspiring sound ,will never forget the times. Many thanks for all the info, from UK.

@martin-vv9lf 22 күн бұрын

I always wondered why there were no 6 cylinder economy cars with high revving ~1 liter engines, this video explains it, the harmonics break the crank. thanks for posting.

@siraff4461 20 күн бұрын

Thats not really why. The harmonics only become a problem when you're going for very high revs and it was already solved as in this design. Better balancing, modern tolerances and materials also help. What stops them being in economy cars is their cost and practicality. In most cases a larger capacity (or turbocharged) three or four cylinder will be cheaper to make, cheaper to service, easier to package and for the power required perfectly adequate. Car makers have to think about who is buying the car and for most people the benefits just don't add up to the extra costs when its just a normal daily car. Then when you go up a level its still easier to make a V6 which has none of the harmonics issues, is generally much easier to package and with modern impact standards the (much) shorter V6 is preferable.

@danielsacks7152 19 күн бұрын

High reving, small engines are the opposite of "economy." Simple big cube slow turners are cheaper and last longer. They also have more torque and wider powerbands.

@peterdarr383 14 күн бұрын

@@danielsacks7152 The "K" cars had the Mitsubishi 2.2L for millions of cars when the "Foreign" cars had 1.6L

@mikehotchkiss8975 22 күн бұрын

That still picture at 5:30 could go on my wall. Nice work as always

@tinymonster9762 4 күн бұрын

I heard one of these on the Isle of Man. It was a demo lap in 1989 by Luigi Taveri. We were at Glen Helen. You could hear it coming long before it turned up. The sound was just huge! HUGE!

@Tom-wl9sx 22 күн бұрын

Great video as always! Honda really knows how to build engines! Had several Honda bikes and cars, never an issue with with the engines 🙃

@michaelharrison1093 22 күн бұрын

Great to see the early video footage from Isle of Man

@mootpointjones8488 20 күн бұрын

Hailwood is the GOAT, he won on almost every size of bike and won TT races when formed part of the World Championship. Thanks for the upload 👍

@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm 17 күн бұрын

DUNLOP FAMILY = bike racing !

@zogzoogler 22 күн бұрын

Your best video to date, brilliant info on a brilliant engine. I have heard the 250-6 in person and it sounds like somebody left the gates to hell open.

@caleroby9483 21 күн бұрын

Mean as Hell! Still.. GLORIOUS sounding!

@waldkrause6878 21 күн бұрын

Great video! This is where noise becomes art!

@michaelguerin56 5 күн бұрын

Great sound. Impressive engineering. Thank you.

@magellanicspaceclouds 21 күн бұрын

This is why I love Grand Prix racing. It's the ultimate cutting edge of engineering and technology!

@davidl546 21 күн бұрын

As soon as I saw that crankshaft, I knew what this video was about! Long live the RC166!

@mikeford5106 19 күн бұрын

my elder cousin who was a big race fan, took me , [a 13 yoer old kid] to the IOM, to watch the TT races ... the FIRST racing motorcycle i ever saw [and heard] ... was this incredible bike , mike hailwood riding it flat out at the bottom of bray hill, a sight and sound i will NEVER forget, ... all i ever wanted to be from then on , was a motorcycle racer !!!

@upsidedowndog1256 22 күн бұрын

Pretty darn cool! I wish Honda would do something like that again.

@Grimm-Gaming 22 күн бұрын

Yay more weird engine stuff!

@HariSupriono 21 күн бұрын

I'm a simple man. I see tiny piston, I click

@kimmer6 3 күн бұрын

Iam an old man. I have a tiny piston and can't seem to find a cylinder.

@monsieurcommissaire1628 21 күн бұрын

Breathtaking sound, and such a gorgeous, purposeful machine.

@nagyandras8857 22 күн бұрын

@visioRaces , the main reason for a inline 6 is balance vs a v6 balance. high revs require a very good balance. and v6 is inferior in that regard to straight 6.

@timlong1462 21 күн бұрын

I guess I never put it together why all of these videos of small displacement Honda motorcycles have some dude revving the snot out of them. High compression, and near zero rotational mass. Pretty cool.

@christophecamus3295 20 күн бұрын

❤❤❤❤amazing sound and technology, great video

@microsoft790 21 күн бұрын

If Honda proved anything it is that a four stroke engine has to be incredibly complex and well engineered to compete with a two stroke of equal displacement.

@CaptHollister 20 күн бұрын

Twenty years later, the NR500 also proved that no matter how incredibly complex and well-engineered, a four-stroke cannot compete against a well-engineered two-stroke.

@tonycamplin8607 14 күн бұрын

An absolutely fantastic bike and sound.

@philipmezesers5297 13 күн бұрын

Thanks, I know why it should rev constantly. Because the crankshaft is too light, it will stall.

@tinysim 22 күн бұрын

Those are some impressive power figures for a carbureted NA engine.

@perseusaut 16 күн бұрын

When a 250 Bike almost 60 Years ago makes better sounds than F1 these days! 264 hp/Liter @ 18.000 Upm N.A. sounds crazy in 1965.

@dennisford2000 15 күн бұрын

RC116&146 The two cyl 50 and the five 125

@josvandencamp8441 21 күн бұрын

I remember them racing. The sound is great.

@fobbitoperator3620 19 күн бұрын

Japanese engineering & manufacturing has benefited greatly throughout their history, from their customary philosophy of "Kaizen." This engine is actual proof of this point!

@CalebHawker31 21 күн бұрын

I surely like this type of engine!

@caleroby9483 21 күн бұрын

Ohhh Man...! VICIOUS sounding! 😘

@bellaggio1770 20 күн бұрын

Man I wish I could buy a new one of these, they look and sound amazing, AND lightweight.

@TomRedlion 22 күн бұрын

Engine sounds kinda... Angry. Love it.

@josephstanton2480 22 күн бұрын

Excellent. what a tiny little piston.

@cedriclynch 22 күн бұрын

Have you seen the 50cc twin and 125cc five-cylinder works racers that Honda also made in the 1960s, both with four valves per cylinder and running up to more than 20,000rpm?

@Audfile 4 күн бұрын

That engine makes our modern parallel twins sound terrible. We've gone backwards.

@themadscientest 21 күн бұрын

That is a very beautiful sound.

@Damien.D 22 күн бұрын

Despite having cylinders in the region of chainsaw engine size, this engine as a surprisingly profound growl. Really love Honda's engineering craziness.

@NinthDensity 22 күн бұрын

Love these small engines

@CraigLandsberg-lk1ep 21 күн бұрын

Best sounding bike ever!!!😅😅😅

@ENZautomotive 21 күн бұрын

It's been over 5 years I think I know before COVID , but do you have videos in your language but with subtitles? 😅 I wanna try that... I just don't understand some things you say bro and I've been fan since before you got into an accident in the BRZ 🤧 then you started getting into bikes and you scared me because you make good videos and I ride too just you don't have to be scared of a motorcycle it's everyone else around you stay safe! And keep up the good work 👍💪

@TheSlowDude 21 күн бұрын

Thanks again :-)

@CANALROBBY 4 күн бұрын

La RC 166 est le plus belle instrument de musique inventé par l'homme. ✌

@bhagasasi425 15 күн бұрын

Here in Indonesia, Honda is the most cunning company that always cut production cost year by year by lowering quality of their bikes. In rencent model they make thin crankcase and plastic body also they put smaller clutch pad..

@koollee 14 күн бұрын

Damn. Prices rise, quality and quantity falls

@alefcalixto 18 күн бұрын

Wish you talk about the new Moto3 Engines and their incredible power to cc

@Spectrolite1 18 күн бұрын

Hi Visio have you heard about the Rotary Power International, they made a huge industrial rotary marine diesels

@rickybo6862 22 күн бұрын

Wish I had one of those bikes

@danielguzman9061 22 күн бұрын

Please make a video about irimaji

@DaveBegotka 22 күн бұрын

Great noise

@martinfisker7438 20 күн бұрын

66hp/250cc is insane! Even by modern standards.

@davidl546 21 күн бұрын

That engine sounds more like a tornado siren! Or air raid siren!

@Terraceview 2 күн бұрын

260hp / liter in 1966!

@feelincrispy7053 21 күн бұрын

Reminds of the guy on KZfaq who built a straight 10 2 stroke maybe a month or two ago

@pete1342 18 күн бұрын

High RPM, torque measured in inch ounces.

@mcjdubpower 21 күн бұрын

Gud vid 💯💥👍

@plap. 22 күн бұрын

Did you say ear pleasing or ear bleeding sound.

@mikeford5106 19 күн бұрын

It's BOTH !!!

@Moreda64 17 күн бұрын

There are several motorcycle manufacturers, and then there is Honda.

@surisurya3577 22 күн бұрын

Four stroke engines with more than 6 cylinders the torsional vibrations of the crankshaft are cancelled out by the next firing cylinder as there is power overlap.

@Turnipstalk 22 күн бұрын

Er no- torsional vibration is due to successive firing taking place along the crank and overlap is nothing to do with it. The reason V8 engines have low torsional vibration is the short crank, not the overlap. Straight 8 engines have very bad torsional vibration, Straight 12 or 14 marine engines require careful run-up to avoid harmonic vibration.

@surisurya3577 21 күн бұрын

@@Turnipstalk thankyou for the insight!

@caleroby9483 21 күн бұрын

Interesting! Good Stuff!

@Selmerpilot 20 күн бұрын

This engine sound and the 90 degree 1.5L Benelli engine makes me pee a little.

@davidmann4533 12 күн бұрын

Fabulous

@kasperkjrsgaard1447 21 күн бұрын

At the same time, the best the british factories could come up with was a single or twin.

@Andrzej-gc7bg 22 күн бұрын

Yahama,suksuzi,hynda,kasawaki,mitsibuhi......to dobre motorowery.

@j.curtisproductions1106 22 күн бұрын

Actually first, love ur work man keep it up

@ellgwapo.1754 20 күн бұрын

That's! Engine have on Sound Like a Micro F1.

@mikeford5106 19 күн бұрын

NO, ... it sounds MUCH better !!! 😀

@ellgwapo.1754 19 күн бұрын

@@mikeford5106 bat Not Name: günstig on Produktion meby wath's u think about That's ? True or Not.

@thundermite1241 22 күн бұрын

Ever consider doing non auto,truck,bike videos like for example the maytag kickstart washingmachine motor or how honda got into making lawnmower engines or even going over briggs & stratton got their start

@critiqalerror 22 күн бұрын

CBX next?

@mmmddd4366 21 күн бұрын

Do a video on something random in the same layout like a toilet roll.

@KAISAMA-do1xt 22 күн бұрын

Is this kamen rider ichigo bike?

@billsmith5166 22 күн бұрын

Hardly seems possible.

@oluffriesthomsen7680 20 күн бұрын

Funny pronounciation, from the speaker.

@user-lq6ec6su6g 9 күн бұрын

Say development again

@ovalwingnut 22 күн бұрын

wow (Spelled W.O.W). ShOcK & AWE impressed. I miniatures... Why? Because they are so "dang small" ! I haven't been this impressed since I stepped out of the shower drippng wet (no charge for that visual:). Thank you for the video. Cheers from So.Ca.USA 3rd House On the Left