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From: Pure Lunacy (lunatictim)
11/6/04
Jim,
Steve Baker is right, but the year is '77 in the short lived Formula 750 2-stroke class. King Kenny won the 500 GP title '78, '79, & '80.....almost '83.
OK.....did the NR500 ever win a "race"
What track
What was special about the NR500
From: oldstonejim
11/6/04
Now the Oval Piston NR500 may have won a FIM World Endurance race sometime in early 80's but Im pretty sure it never won a 500gp
While we are talking honda V's can you name the first Honda v-4 racer, and who rode it?
From: Pure Lunacy (lunatictim)
11/6/04
Jim,
The last 4-stroke in the premier class of GP to win was in '76, it was Agostini on the MV Augusta.
I asked if the NR ever won a "race" not a gp event.....it was Freddie Spencer at Laguna Seca at nonpoints paying event.
Well, I did some digging to make sure, but when Honda got back into racing with it was with the V-4 NR(not ready)500....this was their first V-4. 2 of them were entered in the '79 British GP of Silverstone (which footage from the B flick Silver Dream Racer was taken). The riders were Mick Grant & Takazumi Katayama. Mick's NR seized and as you can see in the movie......burn.
Tim "Lunatic" Duguay
a.k.a.:The Handicapped Biker
VROC #10560
'73 Honda ST90
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Edited 11/6/2004 9:20 pm ET by Pure Lunacy (lunatictim)
Edited 11/6/2004 9:22 pm ET by Pure Lunacy (lunatictim)
From: oldstonejim
11/6/04
I left out...round piston v4 on my question, So what was the first regular v4 by honda and who rode it.
Didnt the nr500 win a world endurance race as well?
Edited 11/6/2004 10:51 pm ET by oldstonejim
Edited 11/6/2004 11:16 pm ET by oldstonejim
Edited 11/6/2004 11:17 pm ET by oldstonejim
From: Pure Lunacy (lunatictim)
11/7/04
Jim,
I just need to know 2-stroke or 4-stroke. Yea, I think it might have won a round, but I think it was upped to a bigger displacement by then, you never see anything mentioned.
Tim "Lunatic" Duguay
a.k.a.:The Handicapped Biker
VROC #10560
'73 Honda ST90
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Click on the picture to see my bike and accessories at
www.CruiserCustomizing.com/Lunatic
Edited 11/7/2004 10:41 am ET by Pure Lunacy (lunatictim)
From: kencorcoran
11/7/04
From: Pure Lunacy (lunatictim)
11/7/04
Ken,
Yes & No, but most likely no. It's not the resurfacing of the NASCAR track that was the root of the problem it's the transitions from the car track to the old bike sections.
AMA gave them a list of problems to fix and they put Band-Aids on them and when AMA came to certify the track they said no so the they ended the relationship. Well a year later they decided to implement all the fixes after the '02 (WERA) races to try to coax them back, but it was too late.
Like you, I hope they can come back.....until then I won't frequent the track.
From: oldstonejim
11/10/04
Bonus, what was special about one of the bikes he rode?
From: oldstonejim
11/14/04
What former supercross world champion retired from supercross only to give GP racing a chance in the 90's
What cigarette company sponsored his bike and what bike was it?