{{More citations needed|date=October 2021|bot=noref (GreenC bot)}} {{Infobox Motorcycle | name = Honda RC181 | image = File:Hailwood Honda 500 RC181.JPG | image_size = 300px | aka = | manufacturer = Honda | production = | predecessor = | successor = | parent_company = | class = racing, 500 cc class | platform = | engine = '''1966''': {{convert|489.9|cc|cuin|0|abbr=on}}<br> '''1967''': {{convert|499.6|cc|cuin|0|abbr=on}} [[four-stroke engine|four-stroke]] four cylinders [[Straight engine|inline]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://global.honda/motorsports/MotoGP/700wins/machine/RC181.html|title=Honda Global | RC181|access-date=2021-07-09|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184722/https://global.honda/motorsports/MotoGP/700wins/machine/RC181.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> |bore_stroke = '''1966''': {{Convert|57|×|48|mm|abbr=on}}<br>'''1967''': {{Convert|57.56|×|48|mm|abbr=on}} | power ='''1966''': {{cvt|85|hp|kW PS}} @ 12,000 rpm <br>'''1967''': {{cvt|93|hp|kW PS}} @ 12,600 rpm | top_speed = over {{convert|165|mph|km/h| |abbr=on}} | transmission = | rake = | trail = | wheelbase = | length = | width = | seat_height = | dry_weight = | wet_weight = | fuel_economy = | fuel_capacity = | related = | similar = }}
The '''Honda RC181''' was a [[road racing]] motorcycle built by Honda which raced in the 500cc class of [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing]] in the [[1966 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1966]] and [[1967 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1967]] seasons.
The bike debuted in 1966 and won five out of nine races that season, three with [[Mike Hailwood]] and two with [[Jim Redman]]. Hailwood finished second in the championship standings behind [[Giacomo Agostini]] on a [[MV Agusta]]. The Honda however won the constructor championship.
The next season Hailwood finished again second in the championship having the same number of points as the winner Agostini. At the end of the 1967 season Honda withdrew from the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing]]. In the two seasons of racing in the 500cc class the Honda RC181 won ten races out of nineteen entered.
==See also== *[[1966 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season]] *[[1967 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Honda Grand Prix motorcycles}}
[[Category:Honda motorcycles|RC181]] [[Category:Grand Prix motorcycles]]