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cookcr

Post subject: Whats a Mugen?

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:27 am

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I keep seeing the word Mugen used when I look for information on old Elsinores, what is Mugen?

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mdlafferty

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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:19 am

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Location: Surrey, BC Canada

Its Japanese for "very expensive".

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Gary Starr

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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:48 pm

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There is a good article in Racer X magazine about Mugen.Seems this company was started by Soihiro Honda's son.They did not make many bikes but they made alot of parts.I think the article said they currently work on the Honda F1 engines.

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cookcr

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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:53 pm

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mdlafferty wrote:

Its Japanese for "very expensive".

Everything fun is expensive :lol:

So did they make performance parts?

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spannerman167

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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:11 pm

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Location: England

cookcr wrote:

mdlafferty wrote:

Its Japanese for "very expensive".

Everything fun is expensive :lol:

So did they make performance parts?

Yes
mainly engine performance parts plus aluminium swingarms,
you need to checkout Jonny O'mara's Mugen Honda 125 from 1980
and see how far ahead of its time it was.

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redrocket190

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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:26 pm

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Location: San Clemente, CA

http://www.mugen-power.com/top.html Family connections with Honda. Back in the day made performance parts for Honda motocross bikes, and raced their own works bikes. Sadly no more.

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Dave

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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:58 pm

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Location: Maysville, AR

check out the xr400 motard
http://www.mugen-power.com/motorcycles/index.html

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Proformance cycle

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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:02 pm

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Basically Mr Honda gave his son a job and lot's of money to do as he wished.

Just imangine how it was at school for sonny...........Who's your Daddy?

Ahhhhhh...Mr Honda...............

:shock:

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