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Honda unveiled a revolutionary idea with a 1992 V4 that was timed to fire all four cylinders within 65-70 degrees of crankshaft rotation — the so-called "Big-Bang" engine. Along with a balance shaft that neutralized the single crankshaft engine's gyroscopic effects, the 1992 NSR500 was a breakthrough.
At the end of 1992 several of the big names of the 80's retired - Lawson, Gardner, and Mamola all left the sport, for different reasons. [1] The factory Honda riders debuted the "big bang" engine, with the NSR500, where the firing order of the cylinders made the power come out
The Honda NSR500V is a race motorcycle from the Honda NSR series. It was designed and manufactured by HRC and debuted in 1996 for the Grand Prix motorcycle racing 's 500 cc class. The bike was conceived by Honda to be a viable machine for privateer teams to enter the class.
Honda NSR is a two-stroke Grand Prix racing motorcycle built by the Honda Racing Corporation, and also a race replica road motorcycle produced mainly for Asian and European markets. The official factory racing machines series included: NSR250; NSR500 (and privateer-dedicated NSR500V)
1992: 500cc Honda NSR500: Rothmans Honda: 2 9 5 7 6 5 136 2nd – 1993: 500cc Honda NSR500: Rothmans Honda: 2 13 1 6 4 4 156 4th – 1994: 500cc Honda NSR500: Honda Team HRC: 4 14 9 14 6 7 317 1st: 1 1995: 500cc Honda NSR500: Repsol YPF Honda Team: 1 13 7 10 9 7 248 1st: 1 1996: 500cc Honda NSR500: Team Repsol Honda: 1 15 8 12 8 4 309 1st: 1 ...
He rode the Honda NS 500 to a second-place finish behind Eddie Lawson at the 1984 Spanish Grand Prix in his Honda debut. [9] Mamola went on to win three of the last five races of the season, including a win at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone aboard the new, V4 Honda NSR500 which featured an upside down chassis with its fuel tank beneath ...
1992: Honda introduces the NSR500 with a big bang engine. 1993: Shinichi Ito and his fuel-injected NSR500 break the 200 mph (320 km/h) barrier during the German GP on Hockenheimring. 1998: the 500cc class switches to unleaded fuel. 1998: Mick Doohan wins his fifth consecutive 500cc title, all with Honda.
Honda: Honda NSR500: 13 Niggi Schmassman: 2–5, 8–11, 13, 15 Norton/JPS Racing Norton: Norton RCW588: 15 Ron Haslam: 11 HEK-Bauwmachines Honda: Honda RS500: 16 Cees Doorakkers: All Millar Racing Yamaha: Yamaha YZR500: 17 Eddie Laycock: 1–9, 11–15 Librenti Corse VRP-Suzuki Honda: Suzuki RGV500 Honda RS500: 23 Andy Leuthe: 8, 11–14 R.S ...