Time for some more Honda insanity, this time from the early 2000s

"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr) 09/20/2017 at 22:48 • Filed to: 2wheelsgood, honda, scooters

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So I just stumbled across the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! from the 2001 Tokyo Motor Show.

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That’s a 750 cc flat-4, through a CVT because scooter. And, someone at Honda was clearly inspired by the BMW C1 (as well as the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! mentioned in that article) although it doesn’t appear to have the crash safety benefits of the C1's structure.

Unfortunately, this one was just a concept, probably not helped by the C1's failure in the market.

Tapas > bhtooefr 09/21/2017 at 00:41

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Its funny how BMW essentially doubled down on the C1 and made the C3 lol

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > bhtooefr 09/21/2017 at 00:58

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I think the biggest problem with the C1 was that it was a small motor and cost nearly as much as a basic car like a Ford Ka. The appeal was something that could zip around a crowded city while protected from the elements, but the C1 didn’t do that all that much better than a micro car. While that might have killed the market for something like this, the 750cc motor gives it a lot more appeal than the C1's 125/200cc. At least you could take something like this on the highway as well as in the city pretty easily.

Cé hé sin > bhtooefr 09/21/2017 at 07:07

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That’s not Honda insanity.

The RC148 and 149 were Honda insanity. Five cylinders of 25cc each (you could fit two on a credit card) and the rev range was 21,000 to 22,000.

bhtooefr > Cé hé sin 09/21/2017 at 07:13

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It’s still relatively insane, a flat-4 scooter with a retractable hard top?

But, yeah, those were more insane. Or, how about the NR500, 8 valves per cylinder with oval pistons, because they were basically trying to make a V8 within a 4 cylinder rules set? And then the later NR750 using the same concept actually went into production ...