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Honda racing motorcycles

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Honda racing motorcycles
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Honda RC116 display at Honda Collection Hall in Motegi
Honda RC142 display at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show
Honda RC160 display at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show

The large majority of works racing motorcycles manufactured by the motorcycle racing division of Honda of Japan, currently called Honda Racing Corporation (HRC, previously called the Racing Service Center), carry the iconic prefix RC.

History

History of the RC name

Use of the RC name stretches from Honda's entry onto the international motorcycle Grand Prix stage in 1959 to the present day. In recent years Honda has also used the RC prefix as a marketing device and applied it to certain production motorcycles that had been created for racing homologation purposes. For works Motocross bikes, there was an additional M suffix.

In the late 1980s, Honda began to enter its production motorcycles in various Superbike, or production-based, racing series, such as the new FIM Superbike World Championship. The most successful of these was the VFR750R, which eventually became better known by its model number, RC30. However, the VFR750R was a Honda production motorcycle, not an HRC race bike, and the fact that its model number also began with the "RC" prefix was a coincidence, rather than a continuation of the HRC model naming tradition.

List of Honda HRC racing motorcycles

ModelModel yearsEngine ConfigurationBore x StrokeEngine DisplacementTransmissionOther information
CR931961-1962Twin125 ccDOHC, 4 valves per cylinder
NR5001979V-4498-500 cc8 valves per cylinder, oval pistons
NS5001982-1983V-362.6 × 54 mm498.6 cc6 SpeedTwo-stroke
NSR2501985-2002V-twin250 ccTwo-stroke
NSR5001984-2002V-4499 cc6 SpeedTwo-stroke
NSR500V1996-2001V-twin499 cc6 SpeedTwo-stroke
RC711958Twin247.33 cc4 Speed2 valves per cylinder
RC1101962Single40 × 39 mm49.00 cc6 Speed4 valves per cylinder
RC1111962Single40 × 39 mm49.00 cc4 valves per cylinder
RC1121962Twin33 × 29 mm49.61 cc9 SpeedWorld's first 50 cc road racer
RC1131963Twin33 × 29 mm49.61 cc9 Speed4 valves per cylinder
RC1141964Twin33 × 29 mm49.61 cc9 Speed
2RC1141964Twin49.6 cc
RC1151965Twin34 × 27.4 mm49.8 cc9 Speed
RC1161966Twin35.5 × 25.14 mm49.8 cc9 Speed
RC125M1981-1984Single124 cc6 Speed
RC1411959Twin44 × 41 mm124.68 cc6 Speed2 valves per cylinder
RC1421959Twin44 × 41 mm124.68 cc6 Speed4 valves per cylinder
RC1431960Twin44 × 41 mm124.68 cc6 Speed
2RC1431961Twin44 × 41 mm124.68 cc6 Speed
RC1441961Twin42 × 45 mm124.69cc6 Speed2 valves per cylinder
RC1451962Twin44 × 41 mm124.68 cc6 Speed
RC1461963Inline-435 × 32 mm123.15 cc7 Speed
2RC1461964Inline-435 × 32 mm123.15 cc7 Speed
4RC1461965Inline-435 × 32 mm123.15 cc
RC1481965Inline-533 × 29 mm124.02 cc8 Speed
RC1491966Inline-535.5 × 25.14 mm124.42 cc8 Speed
RC1601959Inline-444 × 41 mm249.37 cc5 SpeedHonda's first DOHC four
RC1611960Inline-444 × 41 mm249.37 cc6 Speed
RC1621961Inline-444 × 41 mm249.37 cc6 Speed4 valves per cylinder
RC1631962Inline-444 × 41 mm249.37 cc6 Speed
RC1641963Inline-444 × 41 mm249.3 cc6 Speed
2RC1641964Inline-4249.3 cc
3RC1641964Inline-6247.43 cc
3RC1641965Inline-639 × 34.5 mm247.28 cc
RC1651965Inline-639 × 34.5 mm247.28 cc
RC1661966Inline-641 × 31 mm249.42 cc7 Speed
RC1701962Inline-447 × 41 mm284.53 cc
RC1711962Inline-449 × 45 mm339.43 cc6 Speed
RC1721964Inline-450 × 44.5 mm349.50 cc
RC1731966Inline-450 × 44.5 mm349.50 cc6 Speed
RC1741967Inline-641 × 37.5 mm297.06 cc7 Speed
RC1811967Inline-457.5 × 48 mm498.6 cc6 Speed
RC250M1980-1982Single248 cc5 Speed
RC250MA1991Single249 ccAutomatic
RC335C
(RC250M)1972Single248 cc5 Speed
RC500M1984Single491.5 cc5 Speed
RC10001981Inline-4999.36 cc5 Speed
RCB10001976Inline-466 × 66 mm997.48 cc5 Speed
RC211V2001-2006V-5990 cc
RC212V2007-2011V-4800 cc
RC213V2012 - CurrentV-41000 cc6 Speed

References

References

  1. Oxley, Mat. (2001). "The Challenge & Dream of Honda - 500 Grand Prix Motor Cycle Wins". Hazleton Publishing Ltd.
  2. (July 2000). "Honda RC51". American Motorcyclist Association.
  3. "HONDA RC71". Honda Worldwide.
  4. "HONDA RC112". Honda Worldwide.
  5. "HONDA RC115". Honda Worldwide.
  6. "HONDA RC116". Honda Worldwide.
  7. "HONDA RC125M". Honda Worldwide.
  8. Falloon, Ian. (2005). "The Honda Story". Haynes Publishing.
  9. "HONDA RC142". Honda Worldwide.
  10. "HONDA RC143". Honda Worldwide.
  11. "HONDA 2RC143". Honda Worldwide.
  12. "HONDA RC145". Honda Worldwide.
  13. "HONDA 2RC146". Honda Worldwide.
  14. "HONDA RC149". Honda Worldwide.
  15. "HONDA RC160". Honda Worldwide.
  16. "HONDA RC161". Honda Worldwide.
  17. "HONDA RC162". Honda Worldwide.
  18. "HONDA RC163". Honda Worldwide.
  19. "HONDA RC164". Honda Worldwide.
  20. "HONDA RC166". Honda Worldwide.
  21. "HONDA RC171". Honda Worldwide.
  22. "Honda's Race History 1966". Joep Kortekaas.
  23. "HONDA RC174". Honda Worldwide.
  24. "HONDA RC181". Honda Worldwide.
  25. "HONDA RC250M". Honda Worldwide.
  26. "HONDA RC250MA". Honda Worldwide.
  27. "HONDA RC335C (RC250M)". Honda Worldwide.
  28. "HONDA RC500M". Honda Worldwide.
  29. "HONDA RC1000". Honda Worldwide.
  30. "HONDA RCB1000". Honda Worldwide.
  31. "HONDA RC211V". Honda Worldwide.
  32. "Honda Worldwide - RC213V". Honda Worldwide.
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