Comments by "Uhtred" (@uhtred7860) on "Honda's New V3 Electrical Compressor Engine Explained" video.

The MVX was a terrible bike, I started my first job on the parts counter at the local Honda dealer in 84, and we sold them, they were forever blowing up the rear cylinder. Between the issues of MVX, the VF750, the FT500 and the CBX550, we were kept busy in the parts dept, tough times for Honda.
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@snellen46 They weren’t, the RZ500 was faster and and more powerful than the NS400, the NS went more like a RZ350, I used to race against them in junior production races on my RZ350, they were in the same class.
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Honda built the RC149 in 1965, an inline 5, 125cc engine with 33mm X 29mm bore and stroke, and four tiny valves per cylinder, it revved to 18,000 rpm, they won the 125 title with it in 1966, fantastic bit of engineering.
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@nbain66 The RC149 of 1966 is my favourite, 125cc Inline 5.....33mm x 29mm Bore & stroke, with four tiny valves per cylinder, revving to 18,000 RPM putting 30hp thru an 8 speed box. You would almost need tweezers to assemble the valve train.😄
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@peekaboo1575 Theres some truth to that. They had a LOT of issues with their cam chains & tensioners in the early/mid 80s, even the VTR1000 Firestorm still had cam chain issues in the late 90s. The VF750 and its cam shaft woes, and the way they handled the fallout, cost Honda a LOT of goodwill, and put a massive dent in their reputation. But the VFR750 with its gear driven cams is probably one of the most reliable bikes out there.
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We got both the MVX250 and the NS400 as new models here in New Zealand, the MVX250 was plagued with reliability issues, and they would regularly blow up, Hondas fix was to fit an oversized gudgeon pin (wrist pin) and beefed up rear conrod, but even with that the MVX was short lived. They just weren't as good as the competition, the other manufactures all had better 250 two strokes. Their follow up 250 two stroke, the NS250, was a brilliant bike that could run with the best or the competition.
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They won the 1983 GP, with Freddie Spencer on it.
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The oval pistons weren't a "novelty" it was Honda trying to build an 4 stroke engine, within the rulebook (a max of 4 cylinders and 500cc) that would beat the dominate 2 strokes in GPs, all because Soichiro Honda HATED two strokes. After they gave up in GPs with the oval piston NR500 four stroke, they built the NS500 V3 two stroke and went on the win the 83 GP championship with it with Freddie Spencer.
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@nickyborrisino And it was never meant to, the road going NR750 was more of a "Look how clever we are" technology demonstrator than an attempt to introduce the oval piston to the mainstream, the only reason it was ever built was to get a V8 engine into a race series that only permitted 4 cylinders, outside of that, there was no need for it, except to show off their engineering prowess.
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🤣 Their first V3 road bike, the MVX was a dismal failure due to it blowing up all the time. They have had more lemons that the other big 3.
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Then it wouldn't be a VFR. 😄
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@nocapoca5313 The VF in VFR, stands for V Four...its not a V four.
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