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Type of motorcycle
Honda NR500
Manufacturer
Honda Racing Corporation
Production
1979–1981
Successor
Honda NS500
Engine
499 cc 4-stroke 100° V4 oval-piston
Individual gear driven cam banks per cylinder.
Bore / stroke
93.4 mm / 41 mm × 36 mm (3.7 in / 1.6 in × 1.4 in)
Power
1979: 100 hp (74.6 kW) @ 16,000 rpm 1983:
130 hp (96.9 kW) @ 19,500 rpm
Transmission
1980-83 used a 6 Speed Transmission
First Slipper clutch implemented on a motorcycle, known as a back torque limiter.
Related
1979 Unibody frame construction
1980-83 use a tube frame construction
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NR500 was a racing motorcycle developed by Honda HRC in 1979 to compete in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. "NR" stands for "New Racing".[1]
NR500 was a racing motorcycle developed by Honda HRC in 1979 to compete in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. "NR" stands for "New Racing". The motivation behind...
The Honda NR (New Racing) was a V-four motorcycle series started by Honda in 1979 with the 500cc NR500 Grand Prix racer that used oval pistons. This was...
stroke engine, and used an aluminium monocoque frame, similar to the 1979 HondaNR500 racer, aimed at improving aerodynamics with a small frontal area, improving...
250 cc and 297 cc bikes. In 1979, Honda returned to Grand Prix motorcycle racing with the monocoque-framed, four-stroke NR500. The FIM rules limited engines...
replacement for the innovative but unsuccessful four-stroke NR500, the bike went against Honda's preference for four-stroke machines but proved very effective...
racing motorcycles since the early 1980s, having been introduced on the HondaNR500 in 1982 in 500GP. Slipper clutches are now fitted to many current sport...
taking 11 of the first 12 places in the premier class. HondaNR500 Kawasaki H1R Honda RC181 Honda RC174 Yamaha YZR500 MV Agusta 500 Four "A Stroke of Genius"...
circuit, helping Honda develop the exotic, oval-cylindered NR500 four-stroke Grand Prix bike. By 1982, he had been promoted full-time to Honda's Grand Prix...
1982 Haslam raced in three more GPs on the experimental four-stroke HondaNR500. He finished in 12th at the Dutch TT at Assen in June, 11th the following...
truck — Honda's first four-wheel vehicle in 1963 RA272 — Honda's first Formula One winner in 1965 NR500 — oval-pistoned race motorcycle and Honda's first...
motorcycles manufactured by the motorcycle racing division of Honda of Japan, currently called Honda Racing Corporation (HRC, previously called the Racing Service...
all classes. In 1979, Honda, on its return to GP racing, made an attempt to return the four-stroke to the top class with the NR500, but this project failed...
monocoque, four cylinder bike for Kork Ballington. Honda soldiered on with its exotic four-stroke NR500 but began to realize it was at a disadvantage against...
eleven-year absence from world championship racing, Honda returned to competition with the exotic, four-stroke NR500 ridden by riders Mick Grant and Takazumi Katayama...
Special that he helped to design based on Norton Commando. Honda also experimented with the NR500, a monocoque Grand Prix racing motorcycle in 1979. The bike...
a Yamaha. In 1979 he accepted an offer from Honda to develop their exotic oval-cylinder, four-stroke NR500 race bike. After retiring from competition,...
Special that he helped to design based on Norton Commando. Honda also experimented with the NR500, a monocoque Grand Prix racing motorcycle in 1979. The bike...
was also used on HRC's failed oval-piston four stroke GP motorcycle, the NR500,: 105 and the later NS500 two-stroke ridden by Freddie Spencer. Some later...
has used eight or more cylinders, although Honda made the 'almost' V8 oval-piston NR750 road bike and NR500 GP bike, having eight connecting rods. Morbidelli...
Dunlop tires after Goodyear withdrew from motorcycle racing. Honda abandoned its NR500 four-stroke in favor of a V3 two-stroke NS500 piloted by American...
education programs. In 1979, Honda returned to Grand Prix motorcycle racing with the monocoque-framed, four-stroke NR500. The FIM rules limited engines...
eleven-year absence from world championship racing, Honda returned to competition with the exotic, four-stroke NR500 ridden by riders Mick Grant and Takazumi Katayama...
Ballington and Gregg Hansford. In 1979, Honda chose Grant to help develop their exotic oval-cylindered NR500, unfortunately with disappointing results...
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