1983 Honda NS500 to 1984 Honda NSR500 reddie Spencer’s nightmare came not from a change of make but of model, from nimble three-cylinder NS500 to the cumbersome V4 NSR. The NS was torquey and practical; the NSR an engineers’ pipe-dream. The fuel was carried underneath, the dummy tank filled with expansion chambers. The power was warblingly high up the rev range. And it had carbon-fibre wheels. The upside-down horror was so bad Freddie persuaded Honda to bring back the triple mid-season; a…
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