Monday, January 18, 2021

one cool motorcycle, a 'Honda Six' made for less than the cost of buying the genuine bike’s front wheel ( thanks Steve! )





Allen Millyard has now produced this RC374: his tribute to Mike Hailwood’s race-winning RC166. And he’s built it for less than the cost of buying the genuine bike’s front wheel!

"It all started when I met Guy Martin at Castle Combe last July and he was parading one of the originals," says Millyard. "I’ve always fancied one but the price is out of my league. Riding home I started thinking: where can I get a couple of engines?

"So I called DK Motorcycles. I was after the Honda NC23 ‘Baby Blade’ engine but they’re so rare, so I went for the Yamaha FZR250R because they rev to 18,000rpm. It took from July to October to rebuild it as a six and get it running."

Unbelievably, Millyard’s technical information all came from a book full of photographs meant for model makers. From those photographs, he calculated the scale then worked out the dimensions for the bike.

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2018/may/allen-millyard-honda-six-rc374/

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  1. He makes some very cool bikes in his one car garage, including one powered by an 8.0L Viper engine, a Velocette that he turned from a single into a V-twin, and one powered by 2 cylinders of a radial engine that displaces 5L.

    https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2009/october/allen-millyard-v10-viper/
    https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2019/april/allen-millyard-velocette-v-twin/
    https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2014/september/allen-millyard-flying-aero-engine/

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    1. Yup, I was sent a half dozen links, and this was the only bike that really grabbed my attention.
      I don't try to do an encyclopedic post about people or things, I only post what I want to share for it's entertainment or interesting factor

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