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The Honda RC110 was the Honda racing team's first 50cc Grand Prix motorcycle racer. It was conceived in 1961 and raced during the 1962 season.[3] As the machine was developed during the season, it was renamed the RC111 and most surviving Honda records do not distinguish between either designation.[2] Despite extensive development efforts throughout the season by the factory, the bike achieved only a single Grand Prix victory Racing history The RC110 was displayed at the 1961 Tokyo Motor show in November 1961[3] and made its GP début at the 1962 Spanish GP in Barcelona by which time the number of gears had been increased to six. Despite this the bikes were easily out-gunned by the two-stroke opposition and this was Honda's first serious defeat since 1960.[1] A massive effort at the factory meant that for the French GP just one week later, the bikes were fitted with eight gears[1] and then, another three weeks after that, for the IOM GP two completely new bikes arrived, now revving up to 17,000 and fitted with nine-speed gearboxes.[4] Despite all this effort, Honda's 50cc machines still could not match the success of their larger brethren. Averaging over 120 km/h around the TT course, Luigi Taveri and Tommy Robb could still only manage second and third places and although on a damp track at the Finnish GP, Luigi Taveri did manage to grab a single victory, overall the 1962 50cc season was a humiliation for the Honda team |
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| Source | HONDA CR110. 1963. 50cc RACING MOTORCYCLE. |
| Author | Ronald Saunders from Warrington, UK |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by ronsaunders47 at https://www.flickr.com/photos/46781500@N00/5546814476. It was reviewed on 26 October 2012 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
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