Honda RC116

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Honda RC116
Honda RC116 cropped caliper brake.jpg
RC116 with cable-actuated front caliper rim brakes having shoes/blocks directly acting on the aluminium-alloy wheel rim-sides - the airflow smoothing discs seen on the rear are absent from the front wheel in this image
ManufacturerHonda
PredecessorRC115
Classracing (50cc class)
Enginefour stroke, twin cylinder
16 BHP @ 21,500 rpm

The Honda RC116 was a race motorcycle built by Honda Japan which raced in the 50cc class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing in the 1966 season. The motorcycle was a development of the previous RC115 version.

The RC116 won 3 races out of the 6 that season. Ralph Bryans finished second in the world championship, Luigi Taveri third and Honda won the constructors title.[1]

For their Ultra-Lightweight class (50 cc) Grand Prix race bikes during the 1964, 1965 and 1966 race seasons, Honda re-introduced the 1920s format of cable-actuated caliper rim brakes with shoes/blocks directly acting on the aluminium rim-sides (alloy wheel rim), creating almost a 'consumable' item from the wheels, but dispensing with heavy conventional brake components, and allowing for experimentation with lightweight airflow-smoothing discs covering the wheel-hubs and centre-part of the spokes.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "MOTO-GP-classements 66-050".
  2. ^ Motor Cycle, 15 September 1966. pp.374-375. Accessed 2015-12-01

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