On Sep 20, 6:33 pm, wrote:
On Sep 20, 5:51 pm, Steve Walker wrote:



Newshound wrote:

SNIP

For racing, they had a five cylinder 125 back in the '60s

Got any links or confirmed info? G

This was beat to death about a year or two ago.

I'm still interested in reading about one.

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Steve Walker
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Well, using wiki as a starting point (its at least good for that):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-5
"The smallest straight-5 was found on the Honda racing motorcycle, the
125cc RC149, raced in 1966"

OK, google that model#, that gets us staright to honda:

http://world.honda.com/goodwood/machines/rc149/

A modified version of the RC148, the world's first 5-cylinder 125cc
road racer won the 1966 Manufacturers' and Riders' Championships.
East German GP winner. Rider: No.177 Luigi Taveri
Engine Air-Cooled 4-st. Inline-5 DOHC 4-Valve Gear Train
Displacement 124.42 cm3
Max.output over 34 PS / 20,500 rpm
Max.speed. over 210 km/h
Weight 85kg
Magneto Ignition 8-Speed Transmission

Dave


A little more info:

http://www.vf750fd.com/Joep_Kortekaas/1966.html

Dave