Yeah like the GL145 and few others they were odballs but the MVX as far as i am aware was actually pretty popular in japan.
You can still get new cranks NOS for a 3K
Honda were at the time letting a lot of young engineers loose. who were trying to use car techniques and less selective fitting and checking tolerances etc. My understanding was it wasnt successful at the time.
as they never had thr practical experiences of leaving margins for error.
there was also a production manufacturing war with Yamaha. as Yamaha were trying to be the biggest manufacturer that's why there was so many new models around then. From both.
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