Honda's AMAZING Grand Prix Racers of the 1960s—From Scooters to World Championships!
It went from You Meet the Nicest People to You Meet World Champions on a Honda in a very short span of time. In 1959, Honda was selling scooters in the U.S. Ten years later it was the CB750--and Honda...
18 Joulu 20241h 13min
GRAND PRIX GLORY: MV Agusta in World Championship racing from 1950s to the rise of the two-stroke!
MV Agusta four-stroke Grand Prix racers howling through their megaphone exhausts are legendary! Cycle World's Kevin Cameron and Mark Hoyer talk about MV from its first little modest little machine bui...
11 Joulu 20241h 7min
The LONG, STRANGE trip for the American Sportbike: All about BUELL!
Rim brakes, under-engine exhausts, extreme frame geometry, Harley-Davidson engines—so much has happened with Erik Buell and the motorcycles he's made, from Buells and its closure by Harley-Davidson in...
4 Joulu 202457min
STOP! All about BRAKES
The remarkable evolution of slowing down: No brakes to rim brakes to drum brakes to discs, we convert the energy of movement into heat to slow down. But there is so much detail to discuss! Technical E...
27 Marras 20241h 9min
How the TWO-STROKE EXPANSION CHAMBER WORKS and Where It Came From (call it Acoustic Supercharging)
Kevin Cameron starts from the beginning of two-stroke exhaust expansion chamber development in the 1950s to the present. What were its origins and how did it explode power output in these simple, ligh...
20 Marras 20241h 8min
WHY Did Honda use an ELECTRIC SUPERCHARGER on its V3 Concept internal combustion MOTORCYCLE?
Honda blew minds with the V3 Concept that uses an electric supercharger to boost intake pressure. Why an electric supercharger? Why a V-3 layout? How much power could it make? How much electric power ...
13 Marras 202451min
EVERYTHING about Honda's DOMINATING RS750 FLAT TRACK RACER of the 1980s
Honda decided to go dirt track racing in the 1980s and it wasn't long before it was winning—a lot! Technical Editor Kevin Cameron was the AMA observer at the resulting dyno tests as restrictor plates ...
6 Marras 20241h 4min
What is HANDLING? I know it when I feel it... Are there magic numbers that make a bike steer great?
What do Rake, Trail, Wheelbase and Offset mean for your motorcycle and how it turns, stops, accelerates? Are there magic numbers that result in "good" handling? What is good handling anyway? Technical...
30 Loka 20241h 10min
