Classic Motorcycle Racing: Ralph Bryans rides an ex-Mike Hailwood Honda 6 at Brands Hatch in 1989

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mikethebike70 Michael Williams

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@johnpage4581 3 ай бұрын

I remember Mike at the TT on the six leaving Balacraine what a noise,best days ever..

@hardnut52 6 ай бұрын

Music to the ears

@sergioleone3583 Ай бұрын

THE greatest art form of the 20th century, and THE greatest wind section for sure.

@russelljones-d4h 6 ай бұрын

Iwas there I rode 300miles to be there on my Velocette /Norton , and rode 300 miles back home again,happy days.

@autodaveau 2 жыл бұрын

I wish i was in the 60s again, they were the best days

@sergioleone3583 Ай бұрын

1965 was the high point of human civilization. It plateaued for a while, and really dropped off the cliff the last few decades.

@hugooliver3835 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best videos I’ve ever seen! Hearing all those iconic bikes being used PROPERLY! Absolutely love it! I bet that was the last time the 6 cylinder was ridden in anger

@sergioleone3583 Ай бұрын

At 4:54 in. Make sure the heat is working in your house, because you WILL get the chills. Good LORD, what a GLORIOUS sound!!!! Thank you SO MUCH for this upload. 🏆🏆🏆

@josvandencamp8441 5 ай бұрын

The first race I've been was the Francorchamps Grand Prix in Belgium 1966. I was 12. That's when my love for motorcycles started.

@michaelgibson4705 11 ай бұрын

Six of the Best 👍😆

@kimhicks8443 Жыл бұрын

Ralph Bryans rode a 50 cc works Honda around the island at 86mph lap speed .[1966, practice!]

@davidpatterson9107 4 ай бұрын

Awesome on a wee Tiddler .Love the smaller class bikes Especially 2 Strokes and multi cyl 4 Stroke small capacity .

@colink4823 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and what a bike

@PaulBannister-i3o 7 ай бұрын

Wow I was there with my dad and uncle I was 10 at the time my dad couldn’t wait for me to hear the Honda 6

@CaptHollister 3 жыл бұрын

What this video cannot convey is how gut wrenchingly loud the Honda 6 was. Many years ago I had the pleasure oh chatting with Michelle Duff who when she was still Michael Duff was a Yamaha factory rider in the mid 1960s. She said she still has a ringing in her ears from chasing Paul Redman and Mike Hailwood on the Honda 6 as well as the 125 5 cylinders.

@cidertom5140 2 жыл бұрын

Duff was also a man tpo

@derekbond3512 2 жыл бұрын

Do you mean Jim Redman ?

@CaptHollister 2 жыл бұрын

@@derekbond3512 You are, of course, correct. I don't know where I got Paul from. I shall punish myself by listening to videos of the 250/6, 125/5, and 50 twin on full blast, through headphones, until my ears bleed or I've had enough. Or perhaps attempt an oil and filter change on my Moto Guzzi with the world's dumbest oil filter location and the silly dipstick.

@peterg2yt 4 жыл бұрын

Thats really interesting to see. This bike is the 1967 RC166 which normally displayed in the Honda museum at Motegi, Japan. It is actually an RC174 frame with an RC166 engine. Very difficult to tell apart, but the rear shock absorbers are bigger in diameter and the exhaust mounting brackets are fixed to the horizontal frame tubes on the 174 (as you can see in the video), rather than the diagonal down-tubes as on the 166. Also, although you can't see it from the video, the main tubes on the 174 are 1mm bigger in diameter. Sometimes 'in period' the 297cc RC174 engine was run in an RC166 frame, but not the other way around.

@mikethebike70 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mr Fox, hope you are well!

@peterg2yt 4 жыл бұрын

@@mikethebike70 Hi Michael, yes OK thanks. Just wishing that life could get back to normal and we could go testing and racing again! Hope you are well too...

@boblancaster3826 4 жыл бұрын

@@peterg2yt Same here , missed it all last year, 2019 seems like a distant memory

@peterg2yt 4 жыл бұрын

@@boblancaster3826 Hi Bob, yes... distant memory indeed. From the look of it we might be a bit lucky if we are able to do it this year too... lets keep fingers crossed!

@martinhambleton5076 2 жыл бұрын

That's very impressive knowledge you have on the Honda six! To me, personally, it has to be the greatest race bike ever produced. Once you have heard that sound, you never forget it, truly magnificent.