• 6 years ago
The crankshaft from a 1966 Honda 250cc six was built up from many pieces pressed together. The present-day CBR600RR uses a one-piece forged crank. What was unobtainable then is a consumer product today. This, as Cycle World Technical Editor Kevin Cameron explains, is the nature of technology.

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