3 cylinder Honda?

[Col]

Yo Folks am wondering if anyone has some info,

Well in pub t'other night a local Chippenham bloke was talking about his bikes and mentioned that he had once ridden a 3 cylinder litre ? Honda with full fairings and was, he thought, a bike capable of raceing which had been 'repossessed' from the owner [went bankrupt or somat] and was in Checkers/Chequers ?? bike shop in the town but wasn't for sale as was being retrieved by Honda factory themselves. He knew the owner of shop and that is how he got to ride it.

I think ?? he said this was over 20 years ago or more.

He never saw it again and I'd never heard of such an engine/bike within my postage stamp knowledge ;D

I have tried everyones friend Google to no avail so apart from Honda themselves does anyone here know anything about it ??????

Almost certain I'll see the guy again to ask him any questions as he is also interested to know more himself because, like I said, he'd never seen the like since.

Over to you...............

[silly_simon]

The only thing I can find mate is this

Honda MVX250F 2-stroke triple They were about in the early 80's I believe





HERE Is some info from wikipedia [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[Nelly]

Chequers in the nam. Used to go there for my bike requirements and natter to Roland behind the service counter. I used to get free coffee! Never saw a 3 cylinder though....

[470four]

NS400 also a vee triple?

[Si]

I always thought the NSR500 was the biggest triple they did. As 470four says that was a V too......

[silly_simon]

Si
the NSR500 was a V4 according to wiki
Here

[silly_simon]

NS400 also a vee triple?

I think it was probably one of those in question that was at Chequer's

[Mark_Able]

[quote author=470four link=1309256405/3#3 date=1309260500]NS400 also a vee triple?

I think it was probably one of those in question that was at Chequer's [/quote]

Yep, nearly bought one back in the day. NS400R V3 stroker. There were bigger triples, but not made by Honda. Biggest triple stroker I know of is Suzuki GT750 kettle. There were triple four strokes though. Didn't Yamaha make big four stroke triple...? :-?

[simongpz]

kawasaki did the kh 500 and 750 2 stroke triples thay were know to be abit user unfreindly due to mad power bands

[Snowy]

[quote author=silly_simon link=1309256405/6#6 date=1309275106][quote author=470four link=1309256405/3#3 date=1309260500]NS400 also a vee triple?

I think it was probably one of those in question that was at Chequer's [/quote]

Yep, nearly bought one back in the day. NS400R V3 stroker. There were bigger triples, but not made by Honda. Biggest triple stroker I know of is Suzuki GT750 kettle. There were triple four strokes though. Didn't Yamaha make big four stroke triple...? :-?[/quote]

The XS750 was a 4 stroke triple - shaftie as well.