Honda wins MotoGP Constructors World Championship and reveals the secrets of its RC211V

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Click image to enlarge	Freddie Spencer on the three-cylinder NS500 two-stroke	Valentino Rossi's RC211V	Eddie Lawson won 31 500cc races
Eddie Lawson won four 500cc races on a Honda	the three-cylinder NS500	the three-cylinder NS500	the three-cylinder NS500
the three-cylinder NS500	Mick Doohan has won more top level races on a Honda than any other rider in history and with Rossi now with Yamaha, that's unlikely to change	Doohan	The famous RC181 of Mike Hailwood
Hailwood	Doohan won five titles in a row on a Honda	Hailwood at the Isle of Man - yes, that's a stone wall next to the racetrack	Rossi's NS500
Jim Redman won two races on the RC181	The four cylinder NS500	Wayne Gardner won 18 Grands Prix, perhaps unluckily winning just one title	Hailwood
Sete Gibernau won eight MotoGP races on a Honda	Alex Barros has won six top level races on a Honda, three on the 500 and three on the RC211V	Max Biaggi won his first race on a 500, and 13 in total, five on Hondas.	Makoto Tamada has won two races on the MotoGP RC211V
The five cylinder engine	HRC's Mr Yoshii briefs the assembled media	Yoshii explaining the RC211V	RC211V gizzards
RC211V internals	RC211V internals	RC211V engines	RC211V internals
RC211V conrods	RC211V cases	RC211V cases	RC211V cases
RC211V crank	RC211V cylinder head	RC211V cylinder head	RC211V cylinder head
RC211V engine	A gaggle of the 5 cylinder machines	A gaggle of the 5 cylinder machines	RC211V gearbox
a close look at the frames