Everyone online says Honda’s most dominant MotoGP bike got banned for being too powerful. That’s not what happened.

This is the real story of the Honda RC211V, the V5 engine that won 48 out of 82 races between 2002 and 2006. It starts with a humiliating failure in 1979, a grudge that lasted 23 years, and a loophole in the MotoGP rulebook that no other manufacturer noticed.

What we cover:
– Why Honda’s 1979 NR500 was one of the biggest failures in racing history
– The exact rulebook loophole Honda found in 2002
– How the RC211V’s V5 engine actually worked
– Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden’s championship runs on the bike
– The real reason the V5 disappeared after 2006

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