Sport Rider Photos
The 1983 Honda NR500, powered by a 499.5cc oval piston DOHC liquid-cooled eight-valve, 90 degree V-4 with magnesium cases. The NR500's frame, swingarm, wheels, and fork tubes were all made from carbon fiber. This was the bike that Honda initially returned to GP racing with back in '79, thinking that it could design a four-stroke to compete with the two-strokes on equal footing. While a superb technical exercise, it failed to make a dent in the two-stroke dominance, and was quietly replaced with the NS/NSR500 two-stroke racebikes
Honda Collection Hall - Motegi Museum