V8 500 thing of beauty!

[Crasherfromwayback]

Go onnnnnnn .................................
Yeah a V4 with oval pistons, or a V8 with pistons joined together

Cheeky cooont!

Have to agree, still a very cool bike though.

Cool from an engineering point of view...but totally fucking useless!

[ducatilover]

Cheeky cooont!



Cool from an engineering point of view...but totally fucking useless!

Pessimist.



Would have made a mint anchor.

[pritch]

When I made a (rare) trip to Auckland coupla weeks back there were some speedway cars with V8 motors made from two Kawasaki bike engines at the Speed Show.

Clever stuff, but I'm sure some of you know more about them than I do.

I admire these things, sorta like sidecars, then scratch my nuts and wonder,
"Why would they bother?"

[pete376403]

If they were midgets they have a 2.5 litre capacity limit. Over the years there have been all sorts of engines used to try and get max power withing this limit. Originals were the Offenhausers (if you were rich), Sesco chev (5 litre V8 cut in half lengthwise to get a 2.5L 4 cyl. Someone else cut a V8 in half crosswise to get a 2.5 L V4. Big bore Volkswagens were all the rage for while. Maybe the Kawasaki was another attempt to get maximum bang within the limit.

[fokky]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdxI3faucvM

[dangerous]

Go onnnnnnn .................................
Yeah a V4 with oval pistons, or a V8 with pistons joined together

inpossable to call it a v8 as it only has 4 pots... however as no doubt you lot know anyway, it was designed to porform like a v8, I asume rules in GP wouldent allow that, so 8 rods 32 valves and 500cc in the late 70's early 80's. Honda didnt want to follow the stroker way all others were so hence the NR, couldent compet tho.
92 and they built the awesome NR750, all carbon fiber and well ahead of its time, but alas a no beter performer than a 750 of less complercation.

Yeah so a wast of time but so what, no rule saying you have to conform and follow the heard, if ya dont try ya will never know... just a well Briten and our chch v8 guy wearnt/are worried about failing.

[Yow Ling]

Yeah so a wast of time but so what, no rule saying you have to conform and follow the heard, if ya dont try ya will never know... .

Really? Heard of moto3

[slowpoke]

inpossable to call it a v8 as it only has 4 pots... however as no doubt you lot know anyway, it was designed to porform like a v8, I asume rules in GP wouldent allow that, so 8 rods 32 valves and 500cc in the late 70's early 80's. Honda didnt want to follow the stroker way all others were so hence the NR, couldent compet tho.
92 and they built the awesome NR750, all carbon fiber and well ahead of its time, but alas a no beter performer than a 750 of less complercation.

Yeah so a wast of time but so what, no rule saying you have to conform and follow the heard, if ya dont try ya will never know... just a well Briten and our chch v8 guy wearnt/are worried about failing.

From what I've read (I think it was "V-Four Victory"?) the NR was a bit like the R7's and RC45's: massively detuned for the road. There was talk of some pretty farkin' impressive versions developed in the Honda dungeons but when oval pistons were banned by virtually every racing organisation on the planet it all became a bit of a dead end.

[crazy man]

Cheeky cooont!



Cool from an engineering point of view...but totally fucking useless!

yer 125 hp out of a 500 with a carbon frame and you say useless! no way

[Crasherfromwayback]

yer 125 hp out of a 500 with a carbon frame and you say useless! no way

You've only gotta check its race results (well, the few it actually finished) to see just how fucking uselss it was mate!

[george formby]

When I made a (rare) trip to Auckland coupla weeks back there were some speedway cars with V8 motors made from two Kawasaki bike engines at the Speed Show.

Clever stuff, but I'm sure some of you know more about them than I do.

I admire these things, sorta like sidecars, then scratch my nuts and wonder,
"Why would they bother?"

Have a spooche around on the interweb, their was a documentary on tee vee about them not too long ago. They where real quick, raced them in the States quite successfully.
Somebody else being very handy in their shed.

[jellywrestler]

A few years ago an Aussie outfit (the name escapes me) built a V8 using 2 FZR1000 cylinder blocks and heads mated to their own lower end. I saw pix in Two Wheels taken at one of the Aussie GP's when Mick Doohan was the man.
I think someone else (possibly the same outfit) did something similar to power tube frame cars.

drysdale V8, I was there and the sound was not as pure as you'd expect, almost tacky but it was mighty effort.
At the same meeting was the Hunwick Hallam ridden by mal campbell, aussies answer to the britten!

[jasonu]

If they were midgets they have a 2.5 litre capacity limit. Over the years there have been all sorts of engines used to try and get max power withing this limit. Originals were the Offenhausers (if you were rich), Sesco chev (5 litre V8 cut in half lengthwise to get a 2.5L 4 cyl. Someone else cut a V8 in half crosswise to get a 2.5 L V4. Big bore Volkswagens were all the rage for while. Maybe the Kawasaki was another attempt to get maximum bang within the limit.

Don't forget whatsaname who ran a Suzuki 2 stroke outboard motor midget. Went like stink but couldn't hold together.

[jasonu]

drysdale V8, I was there and the sound was not as pure as you'd expect, almost tacky but it was mighty effort.
At the same meeting was the Hunwick Hallam ridden by mal campbell, aussies answer to the britten!

Yep that was the article in Two Wheels I saw the Drysdale and the HH twin in.

[HenryDorsetCase]

You've only gotta check its race results (well, the few it actually finished) to see just how fucking uselss it was mate!

theres a good chapter in it in this book

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=396568989