Honda was thinking out of the box and wanted to experiment with every new
Hurry, tits needed...Honda was thinking out of the box and wanted to experiment with every new
idea their young buck engineers could dream up... these are the same engineers
that produced the RVF 4 stroke Works racers which born the RC30 and RC45
production racers... too bad Honda don't make them like that any more... too
expensive compared to the pedestrian bikes...
Exactly right - the center of mass of the fuel tank was actually further away from the COG of the bike, and hurt agility. All that fuel mass so low and having to be swung under and around the COG did not help agility of traction. Sometimes lowering the mass like this hurts more than it helps.That thing indeed was a bust. With a near empty tank it cornered ok. But with a heavy fuel load so low it had the tendency to try to lift the tires off the ground on fast transitions. Honda learned quite quickly that the center of mass should be at axle level or slightly higher. Can't blame them for trying though. And the pipes do look cool up there.
Hey Larry,Honda was thinking out of the box and wanted to experiment with every new
idea their young buck engineers could dream up... these are the same engineers
that produced the RVF 4 stroke Works racers which born the RC30 and RC45
production racers... too bad Honda don't make them like that any more... too
expensive compared to the pedestrian bikes...
The last of the Yamaha 500GP piston-port inline fours (ridden by King Kenny @1979) had the intake at the front and exhaust facing the rear. It was only a stop-gap measure, however, pending the development of Yamaha's own rotary valve square four and later V4 layouts...has anyone ever tried a transverse engine layout with creative packaging of exhaust and fueltank in race applications?
Super interesting... I have Kevin Cameron's book and I have dined on every word like fine steak...Hey Larry,
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Laverda made a V6 endurance racer with a longitundinal layout in the late 70's. Some nut balls have tried racing the old BMW "brick" K bikes, as well as 1st gen Goldwings. Those are the only types of that engine layout I can think of.just to correct myself; the standard architecture is transverse, I meant to ask about longitudinal layouts (crankshaft is oriented along the long axis of the vehicle)