1970 Honda CR750

96hp in 1970 is pretty amazing. When you Think of Cal Rayborn’s Daytona 200 Winning 1969 H-D KRTT making just over 60hp; Now You can see why that was the last win for H-D @ the Daytona 200. Honda was always capable of making big HP from 4 strokes going back to their early days of FIM GP Racing. The 1970 CB/CR750 Engine actually goes against their protocol of designing their Engines with an Over Square Bore/Stroke Configuration. This 4 Cylinder Engine had a Bore x Stroke of 61mm х 63 mm; which to my knowledge is the only Under Square Engine both 2 & 4 Stroke that Honda Mfg. Although 96hp by today’s technology is trivial for multi-cylinder 4 strokes; It is still impressive; and to see Mann flying around Daytona @ 160+mph and going by some bikes like they had stalled was amazing …