Honda Isle of man RC166

1961 original Honda racers backed to isle of the man to join a classic racing event. They were over 60 years old at that timebut still racing that is a beautiful thing.

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[Scootertuner1000]

@Flamorgan So any more examples of British engineering copied from someone else and it didn't work? You didn't show me anything from motorcycles and your example of the Tu-144 was a complete loss. The Brits beat the "Russians" Soviets on that one. So what other examples do you have?

[Scootertuner1000]

@Flamorgan I know about Ernst Degner. Why are you being anti British? The Brits ruled (along with the Italians) for a long time. I am not taking anything away from the Japanese, but to say that the 250cc and 350cc machines raced against the 750cc and 1000cc Brit bikes back in 1959 (when Honda first arrived at the IOM TT) is simply not true. The 125, 250 and 350cc bikes did not race against the 750 and 1000cc bikes. It simply is not true.

[MrHammod60]

@Hoffmanngerhard I already did, read through all the comments

[Hoffmanngerhard]

Who was the gentleman waving the bikes off..T'was not Mr. Soichiro Honda, was it ??

[Hoffmanngerhard]

@MrHammod60 PLEASE Do !!!

[myScooterchannel]

@MrHammod60 I agree!!

[MrHammod60]

@Flamorgan We had a period over here like that too. American built cars between about 1973 and the early 90s were just absolute shit boxes. They gotten somewhat better, but they are still not up to the standard of Japanese or European cars. The largest growing car company in the USA is KIA. Many of the Asian manufacturers build over here now. The cars are not as good as the Asian built cars, but they are better than our own brands, Chevy, Ford etc. Both my cars are Japanese built.

[MrHammod60]

@Flamorgan Have you thought about moving to the republic or to the U.K. I have some friends from the Belfast, they couldn't leave fast enough. 1 of them lives over here in New Jersey and a couple of them live just outside London, 1 in Epping and 1 in Ware. They are doing quite well.

[MrHammod60]

@Flamorgan The average wage in Poland is just over $18k in the U.K. the average is just over $44k. I think it is more likely you were fed a croc. I think they only told you it was the quality, it is much more likely that it cost half as much in wages to produce something in Poland looking at the average wage of your two countries. I doubt quality had anything to do with it, no matter what you were told. Why do you think all the Poles go to UK for work? Not because they earn less in the UK

[MrHammod60]

@Flamorgan Everyone I worked with at Cosworth did an awesome job.  All the British military I met also did a "bang up" job. They were amazing, much better trained than we were in the USAF.

[MrHammod60]

@Flamorgan So tarring all British workers with the same brush is not really fair then is it. I bet you were not the only one who took quality seriously.

[MrHammod60]

@Flamorgan Some of Cars & bikes over the years. Honda C70, Yamaha RD400, Honda CB400N, Suzuki GT380, Honda CX500, Honda SL350, Puch Twingle 250, BSA Bantam, BSA Gold Star, Gilera 125, CZ 175 Trail (piece of unreliable crap), MZ250, Kawasaki H2, Suzuki GSXR1000, Honda CBX1000, Suzuki Katans 100 (1982), Ford Mustang GT, Honda Civic CRX, Mercury Cougar 5.0HO, Ford Taurus SHO, Mazda 3, Suzuki Swift GTi, VW Gold GTi, Ford Capri with RS500 Cosworth engine, Honda XRF450 I have nothing against Honda