Hot Rod Monkey--The smallest inline-four I've ever seen.....

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Hot Rod Monkey--The smallest inline-four I've ever seen.....

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A friend sent this to me. It sounds pretty awesome inside the courtyard...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=DE&hl=de&v=XIP2w9qevCc
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How about a racy looking quarter-liter?

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It might be a fun bike.
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Bruce in OK wrote:A friend sent this to me. It sounds pretty awesome inside the courtyard...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=DE&hl=de&v=XIP2w9qevCc

If he was in my court yard the damn thing would vanish in the night !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Hot Rod Monkey--The smallest inline-four I've ever seen.

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A long time ago Honda had an obsession with small engines with multiple cylinders; in some cases 6 and 8 cylinders, all at a quarter liter or less. The link below also has a picture of one of there cute little pistons.

http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=53790
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>> http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=53790

Man, those are some pretty wild design ideas they were throwing around back then. That four-cylinder *V-8* is incredible.
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