Recreating the Honda 297cc 6, RC174

[cheshirecat]

Most of us will know of this - even heard it on Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF757z86tlo). I never realised what Honda did to actually make the thing
Here's an article about George Beale who set about building a replica. Took him 9 months just to get the oil cooler made. Even the sump had 15 sub castings, hidden oil ways 1mm in diameter and so forth

http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/features/122_honda_rc174_six/viewall.html

Oops 250 should be 297

[darkwolf]

Great read - good find.

This is what racing is all about. Imagine where we would be if they hadn't put the brakes on this sort of engineering with parity measures and regulations.

[Woodman]

Very good, bloody amazing.

[boman]

Bloody hell... What a great read.... Thank you,

[pete376403]

This article appeared in "Two Wheels" a number of years ago and had a lot of pictures - here is my favourite: