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dracken1
02-02-2009, 08:13 PM
this is an original 250 4
http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/Bike%20Directories/Honda%20Bikes/images/Honda-RC162-Replica.jpg

we are now doing replica rc 162 frames.
seen here setting up in the jig
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m185/dracken1/brit%20frames/honda162/02020911.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m185/dracken1/brit%20frames/honda162/02020910.jpg

people use the cb250rr 4 cylinder engine in them.
below is a 250 hornet in place, also the swing arm and the seperate front engine mount.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m185/dracken1/brit%20frames/honda162/020209.jpg
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m185/dracken1/brit%20frames/honda162/0202091.jpg

untill you have heard one of these little 250 4 engines equipped with 4 into 4 open megaphone silencers reved up to 14500 rpm, you cannot imagine the sound :)
and silencers is the wrong word to use too

Grav
02-02-2009, 08:59 PM
No such thing as silent with one of them, Wynne. :D

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_QUjlsBNRME

Hillbilly Deluxe
03-02-2009, 01:29 PM
I had open megaphones on my pre-unit 61 bonnie,when one separated from the down pipe it all went quiet,i thought it had siezed :D