Auspanglish Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Don't know if anyone's seen and/or posted this... if so, please wipe this thread and accept my apologies... The Honda Force V4 Story 1978 - 2012 The V4 Engine Story - 35 years of technological evolution and challenge. http://world.honda.com/V4-story/08/ PS: Can't see the 4th gen Dutchy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmythecop Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Just read the whole thing. Nice find. and this is soooo groovy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Cogswell Posted August 27, 2013 Member Contributer Share Posted August 27, 2013 Great article. Thanks for posting. I could easily wallpaper my garage with any number of the bikes / engines pictured . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer CornerCarver Posted August 27, 2013 Member Contributer Share Posted August 27, 2013 great article but some almost unforgivable (considering it is a Honda website) mistakes/typos with regard to dates, missing a couple of key dates by a decade. Thanks for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VietHorse Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Another link to the history of VFR: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~john/vfr/history.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer WIN6 Posted October 17, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted October 17, 2014 I know this is from forever ago in internet time, but it seemed like a good place to ask the question. Does anyone know how Honda ended up with the RWB color scheme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted October 17, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted October 17, 2014 Maybe they remembered the Dutch VOC flag on the ships at Hirado/Desjima and said "now that was a lovely color combo"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keny Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 This one rocks for me..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted October 17, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted October 17, 2014 Let's hope they kept going !!! And thanks for posting . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted October 17, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted October 17, 2014 So while we are at it..... Kawasaki green? Suzuki yellow and later blue? Yamaha blue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marriedman Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I know this is from forever ago in internet time, but it seemed like a good place to ask the question. Does anyone know how Honda ended up with the RWB color scheme? If this is to be believed : http://world.honda.com/design/colors/tricolour/ Masakazu Matsuzawa based it upon North American AMA riders race wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer WIN6 Posted October 17, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted October 17, 2014 Thanks, that article is a fun read! Not entirely related, but I thought these might interest people looking here too. Both of these are car oriented, but still interesting to me at least: http://www.sub5zero.com/top-25-most-iconic-racecar-sponsor-liveries-all-time/ And a little drier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_auto_racing_colors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keny Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 So while we are at it..... Kawasaki green? Suzuki yellow and later blue? Yamaha blue? I would say Kawasaki Green, for sure Suzuki Yellow offroad, Blue/White on road Yamaha, from Yellow/Black to Red/White and Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted October 19, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted October 19, 2014 yes but WHY these colors? Random? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keny Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I dont know for the other but I belive Yamahas colors has came from racing sponsor colors, so the Red/White from the 80´s Malboro colors, and the Blue from the France racing team that was blue and sponsored from Gauloises cigarette company. The Yellow and Black that they had earlier I dont know where it came from, the 1984 RD/RZ350 had that colors in the states like erlier race bikes road and offroad....Maybe Suzuki also used blue and white racing colors that are from a cigarette brand? Cigarette companys was huge sponsors back in the 70´s-80´s for motorsports. Honda had Rothmans, but still used RWB.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabio222 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Dunno if anyone of you have read Julian Ryder's book, V-Force, it's a history of the Honda V4's, especially in competition. http://www.amazon.com/Hondas-V-Force-four-stroke-road-track/dp/1859604218 It's very very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer RobF Posted January 9, 2015 Member Contributer Share Posted January 9, 2015 So while we are at it..... Kawasaki green? http://accelerate.presspublisher.us/issue/issue-6-2010/article/green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Skids Posted January 9, 2015 Member Contributer Share Posted January 9, 2015 Dunno if anyone of you have read Julian Ryder's book, V-Force, it's a history of the Honda V4's, especially in competition. http://www.amazon.com/Hondas-V-Force-four-stroke-road-track/dp/1859604218 It's very very good. It's also very expensive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabio222 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 It is but if you can find it second hand is worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer gll429 Posted January 9, 2015 Member Contributer Share Posted January 9, 2015 So while we are at it..... Kawasaki green? Suzuki yellow and later blue? Yamaha blue? Kawasucki is envious of honda.. susucki was afraid and sad of never having honda reliability.. ditto for yamahahahahahahahaaaaa . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keny Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Dunno if anyone of you have read Julian Ryder's book, V-Force, it's a history of the Honda V4's, especially in competition. http://www.amazon.com/Hondas-V-Force-four-stroke-road-track/dp/1859604218 It's very very good. It's also very expensive! But I happen to have it, very mutch intressting reading! So while we are at it..... Kawasaki green? Suzuki yellow and later blue? Yamaha blue? Kawasucki is envious of honda.. susucki was afraid and sad of never having honda reliability.. ditto for yamahahahahahahahaaaaa . All of the "BIG" four Japanese as other brands try to be the best, all had bad and good models. I happen to have 3 of the "BIG four´s" brand in my garage, and all are good bikes in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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