Honda 5 cylinder 125 gp bike

[redtom03]

This is a 125 5cylinder . Black number surround is 125  ,green 250 ,blue 350

[twostrokeornill1]

ITS A 125-5, ITS NO 6 !

[superfunnyman123]

I honestly dont care how much it costs I want this!

[llandudnoboy]

No not a 125cc but 250cc

Sorry for the mistake i got sidelined by that amazing sound.

[strontiumdog262]

@llandudnoboy it is a 125

[llandudnoboy]

@strontiumdog262

The caption toyour video is wrong

Ive seen and heard four original Honda RC166 racing bikes and this bike in the video is definately a RC166.

The exhaust setup is unmistakeable in this video as is the 18000rev sound.

All RC166 were 6 cylinder 250cc Japanese masterpieces of the early 1960s and Mike the Bike Hailwood is prabably the most famous rider of the bike.

I would love you to prove me wrong but that bike is an RC166.

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[droceretik]

@llandudnoboy It's a 125, 5 cylinder. There are NOT 3 exhausts on each rear lower side, which the RC166 six has, but 2 and you can't see the 5th which is on the right upper rear. The 125 GP bikes had white numbers on a black background. The 250s had white numbers on a green background. The sound is distinctively different and you need to listen to the Duke video, History of the TT. It has all the sounds from 1957 to 1967. I think you are very much confused and should research more.

[llandudnoboy]

I believe this is the wonderous Honda RC166 and it was a 6 cylinder 125cc which could rev to 18000 with an amazing noise to match.

Some years ago a top bike specialist was given permission by Honda to make an exact replica of their RC166, ive seen one and the attention to detail is remarkable.

Alongside a Brough Superior SS100 and a Honda RC30 this is one of my all time favorite bikes but that noise is trully amazing.

[connell256]

If it was 2 stroke, you wouldnt be deaf. a 4 stroke with high rpms like 20000 deafen you...

[SmeurkeDeKat]

@connell256 Ever heard a TZ with no dampers fly by at full throttle, aprox. 3ft away? It'll deafen you too.

They'll deafen you both, but in different ways: 4-stroke sounds punch their way through your eardrums, 2-strokes vibrate them to bits ;)

[dieseldan100]

anybody remember Luiigi Taveri on one of these?

[alexmortillaro]

I missed the motorcycle part... were was it. something green was in the way I think?

[3L3CTR0static]

damn the soundddddd

[TheLagartijamovil]

this bike sound like a wankel motor.... if you don't belive me look this car sound and tell me what do you think 

[wozza59]

Amazing........ once it clears it's throat it's off like a rocket!!!

[Utsusemi]

That chick is Japanese TOO. Look at the flag she's holding O.o;

[DJKslay3]

LOOK AT THAT ASS!!!

[maicojames]

It is a 4 stroke inline 5 cyl. It made 360bhp per liter. I think this was only surpassed recently. Very cool bike.

[loshungaros]

Look at that woman in green! That`s a trophy one for sure.Rare beauty.She looks like either European or Brazil to me.

Ah, yep it must bea 4 stroke one, It doesn`t smoke at all like the 2 stroke ones right after they got fired up.

[burghill1979]

it was the hond a 6's that were missfiring not the fives

[g0fvt]

Fantastic sound, a lot of the drawings for these earlier bikes were lost, Honda employed someone to make replicas and he had to strip some original bikes to find the fine detail, such as the crank journals that got gradually bigger and bigger as you got to the clutch side. I will have to watch the video again, distracted by the girl!

[5769JJ]

The girl got alot of ass, me thinks!

[g0fvt]

yes, gazed at her ass a few times, nearly missed the bike completely!

[lostboysonbikes]

Its a feckin work of art thats what it is, and to think that people laughed at the japanese when they first stated racing, shame the british rested on their laurels and to this day build complete junk, just an assembly plant of foreign precission engineered parts like what honda made 50 years ago

[hypnolobster]

Don't know if anybody mentioned this yet, but it's a 4 stroke. :V

[Zukatsr125]

Yes it is (it is a 4-stroke engine) . I read about in a magazine . Very cool bike ! :O

[marhay]

mmm sprite =D

[deanpoopoo]

sounds 2 stroke to me actually. judging on smoke and noise and the high rpm

[strontiumdog262]

Honda's 4 strokes revved to anywhere between 14,000 and 21,000 depending on size. It is 4 stroke

[SPOOKSTR]

Its a 4 BANGER

[opelborger]

4 stroke 6 syl;)

[strontiumdog262]

5 cyl.

[mikeb1444]

Girl in a sexy green skirt.

Cool Bikes, What more could you want?

[haboeja]

thats a 2 stroke not a 4 stroke ;)

[strontiumdog262]

it is a 4 stroke

[GerwinChita]

That's a 4 stroke.

[Bozzmancommeth]

@haboeja def a 4

[hoogivzarip]

I wish youtube had some better footage of the Honda 125cc FOUR cylinder, because its an awesome sound for a four pot engine to make. I've a tape where one is heard doing 7 down changes followed by 7 upchanges, at the I o M & commentary by Murray Walker, quite young back then. Murray exclaims excitedly, "what a magnificent sound! Tape is by "Sound Stories", & called 'TT Highlghts' from '57 to '64. Anyone found a CD? My tape is in poor condition. I bought it at I o M, in 1980.

[nomedeeps]

Yeh the sounds are on the Duke DVD, The History of the TT.

[droceretik]

@hoogivzarip It's on the Duke DVD,The History Of The TT. The original audio cassette was sold from the early 70's. It covers the period 1957 - 1967 and includes Honda 50 cc 4 stroke twin (22,000 rpm), 4 cyl 125, 5 cyl 125, 250 4cyl, 250 6cyl, 295 6 cyl, 500 4 cyl, Suzuki 2 str 50 cc twin, 125 twin, Yamaha 2 stroke 125 twin, 125 4 cyl, 250 twin, 250 4 cyl, Kawasaki 2 str 125 & 250 twin, British 4 stroke singles, MV Augusta twins, triples and 4 cylinder 4 stroke, BMW twins and a host of others.

[schosal123]

@droceretik JUST AWESOME MAN! reminds on the good old times.

[sporty05]

EXCELLENT camera work my man, not only does he capture the sweet ass of the flag-hottie, we are also treated to a sweet sounding two stroke classic!

[strontiumdog262]

yes it is cool. not my work. it is a 4 stroke as well.

[crash100]

you joking us ,, thats 4T

[Jonathanowns]

That chick at the beginning had a very nice ass =)

[cart123948]

That is why she was wearing mint green metallic silk. She was beautiful.

[knijn1987]

this is the first time i looked at the honda and missed the nice ass lol

[blackpudscoffer]

That sounds fantastic and for a 125 is rapid!!!!!!

[veevum]

I saw Luigi Taveri ride one of these several times an absolute jewel of a motorcycle.

Timed at 136 mph during the 1966 TT its DOHC 20 valve engine produced 36 BHP @ 21000 RPM driving through a nine speed gearbox....it lapped the TT course 6 MPH faster than the fastest British 250 (Peter Inchley 250cc Villers) & all 3 of the 125 Hondas had carburation problems during the 125 TT of 1966!!! listen to them on the TT sound stories CD you can hear them popping & banging coming out of slow corners.

[blackpudscoffer]

The RC148 is in principle two and a half 50 cc twins.

Drive to the camshafts is by gear train between the third and fourth cylinders. Power is 34 bhp at 20,000 rpm. eight speed box, and the engine has wetsump lubrication.

The four exhausts of cylinders 1, 2, 4 and 5 sit in the normal place, left and right of the bike, the exhaust of cylinder 3 sweeps up and around the lefy hand side of the engine, crosses through the frame, to end up under the right leg of the rider. 85 kg.

[veevum]

Thanks for your info my source for the spec was a technical article in Motor Cycle circa 1967.

No doubt various mods were introduced race by race as per the sixes & fifty twins.

There have been several important SAE papers written about the 5 cylinder engine which is said to have been the inspiration behind Keith Duckworths Ford Cosworth DFV F1 engine.(Source Cycle World USA)

[veevum]

The Motor Cycle technical review that I quoted was for the later RC149 125 5.

Uprated to counter the Yamaha V4s of Bill Ivy & Phil Read & the RZ67? V4 Suzuki which made its appearance at the 1967 Japanese GP with Stuart Graham aboard.

[chickenfit]

where's the bike?

[MetrakitProRaceII]

:> right

[deek125]

look at the legs and ass on her,,, very nice