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Honda RC116

Racing motorcycle

Summary

Racing motorcycle

Field	Value
name	Honda RC116
image	Honda RC116 cropped caliper brake.jpg
caption	RC116 with cable-actuated front caliper rim brakes having shoes/blocks directly acting on the aluminium-alloy wheel rim-sides - the airflow smoothing discs seen on the rear are absent from the front wheel in this image
manufacturer	Honda
predecessor	RC115
class	racing (50cc class)
engine	49.77 cc 4T, 4 valve, air cooled, four stroke, DOHC parallel-twin.
bore_stroke	35.5 ×
top_speed	95 mph
power	13.7 hp @ 21,500 rpm
transmission	9-speed
wheelbase	121 cm
length	174 cm
width	39 cm
seat_height	65 cm
dry_weight	110.2lbs
fuel_capacity	8 liters

The Honda RC116 was a race motorcycle built by Honda Japan for the 50 cc class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing in the 1966 season. The motorcycle was a development of the previous RC115 version.

The RC116 won three races from six during that season. Ralph Bryans finished second in the world championship, Luigi Taveri third and Honda won the constructors title.

For their Ultra-Lightweight class (50 cc) Grand Prix race bikes during the 1964, 1965 and 1966 race seasons, Honda re-introduced the 1920s format of cable-actuated caliper rim brakes with shoes/blocks directly acting on the aluminium rim-sides (alloy wheel rim), creating almost a 'consumable' item from the wheels, but dispensing with heavy conventional brake components, and allowing for experimentation with lightweight airflow-smoothing discs covering the wheel-hubs and centre-part of the spokes.

References

"MOTO-GP-classements 66-050".
[[The Motor Cycle. ''Motor Cycle'']], 15 September 1966. pp.374-375. Accessed 2015-12-01

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