EMPIRE OF RPM: Learn How HONDA built its MOTORCYCLE BUSINESS ON REVS

EMPIRE OF RPM: Learn How HONDA built its MOTORCYCLE BUSINESS ON REVS

Soichiro Honda visited into Isle of Man TT in 1954 and was shocked to see how high Italian and German racing machines revved. The company got to work! By 1958 when the Honda Cub and its 50cc four-stroke debuted, its engine made peak power at 9000 rpm with great reliability. Honda went on in racing to develop Grand Prix engines revving beyond 20,000 rpm. This expertise led to street bike 350 twins such as the CB350 that made all the power and more than the prevailing British 650cc parallel-twins of the 1960s. Kevin and Mark discuss Honda's origin and the path the company took to deliver exceptional performance at competitive cost.

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CONSISTENCY IS EVERYTHING! Kevin Cameron gets molecular on Cyclic Variation. What?! Listen to learn!

CONSISTENCY IS EVERYTHING! Kevin Cameron gets molecular on Cyclic Variation. What?! Listen to learn!

If every combustion event in your motorcycle engine was the best it could be, power and efficiency could rise by as much as 20 percent! Find out how engineers and designers work toward this optimal go...

7 Aug 20251h 10min

INSIDE THE HOT ROOM! The magic in your motorcycle engine's combustion chamber.

INSIDE THE HOT ROOM! The magic in your motorcycle engine's combustion chamber.

Leave it to Technical Editor Kevin Cameron to start in 1862 with the first guy who conceived the four-stroke combustion cycle. KC proceeds with Editor-in-Chief Mark Hoyer on the journey to the combust...

30 Jul 20251h 20min

Do YOU know about these 7 (or so) STRANGE MOTORCYCLES that made it to market?

Do YOU know about these 7 (or so) STRANGE MOTORCYCLES that made it to market?

Motorcycle manufacturers made some strange experiments as they looked for new customers or that novel idea that would create a new type of machine. Technical Editor Kevin Cameron and Editor-in-Chief M...

23 Jul 20251h 25min

GOING IT ALONE: When Kenny Roberts Quit Yamaha and Built his own MotoGP bikes FROM SCRATCH

GOING IT ALONE: When Kenny Roberts Quit Yamaha and Built his own MotoGP bikes FROM SCRATCH

What causes a world championship-winning rider/team owner to quit the factory racing world and build his own engines and chassis? FREEDOM! Kenny Roberts took the considerable talent of his Yamaha fact...

16 Jul 20251h 12min

SUZUKI in GRAND PRIX racing! Sheene, Schwantz, Gammas, the Suzuki Amazing GP Journey.

SUZUKI in GRAND PRIX racing! Sheene, Schwantz, Gammas, the Suzuki Amazing GP Journey.

Suzuki found early Grand Prix success with two-strokes in the early 1960s and it bloomed into 500cc championships in the '70s, '80s, and '90s and 2000s with riders like Scheene, Uncini, Lucchinelli, S...

9 Jul 20251h 2min

Inside Legendary Honda V-4!

Inside Legendary Honda V-4!

Honda's VF750F arrived in 1982 with is square-tube steel frame that elevated the motorcycling handling game to new heights and launched a production V-4 dynasty at Honda. AMA Superbike championships f...

2 Jul 20251h 3min

The Unlikely Success of Triumph's Modern Rebirth!

The Unlikely Success of Triumph's Modern Rebirth!

Triumph died along with the British motorcycle industry in the 1970s, with last-gasps into the 1980s. Then John Bloor came along and breathed new life into the storied British brand. And it wasn't som...

25 Jun 20251h 9min

MORE "NEW" Tech that's actually really OLD!

MORE "NEW" Tech that's actually really OLD!

There is so much old technology people think is new that it didn't fit in one episode! So join us for our second round of interesting motorcycle and engine technology that seems new but absolutely is ...

18 Jun 20251h 29min

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