1995 HONDA NSR500

IN DE TAIL:

The NSR500 brought Honda to a period of total domination of the 500cc World Road Race Championship by the mid-1990s.

In 1984, Honda wheeled out their first four-cylinder two-stroke race bike. Like the NR500, some radical ideas were incorporated – the fuel tank being under and the exhausts going over the engine to achieve a lower centre of gravity, thought to improve handling. Freddie Spencer’s initial impressions were negative,