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Honda injects fuel into Monkey bike, gets 252 mpg in return

Question: What happens when you take an old Honda Monkey bike, complete with its 50cc four-stroke powerplant, and swap its old-school carbs for Honda's modern PGM-FI computer-controlled fuel injection? Answer: Exactly 3.4 hp and 252 mpg at a constant 18.6mph. That represents a 10 percent improvement in both fuel efficiency and power over the older version, and emissions have also been drastically reduced thanks to a modern catalytic converter in the single exhaust. The first street-legal Z50, otherwise known as the Monkey, was launched ... Read more →

Honda: bring back the Cub! Jeremy Korzeniewski

Do you remember the Honda Cub? Using only 50ccs of power, this is the vehicle that established Honda as a player in the American market. Long before Honda was making cars, they were turning out ...

Honda injects fuel into Monkey bike, gets 252 mpg in return 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Question: What happens when you take an old Honda Monkey bike, complete with its 50cc four-stroke powerplant, and swap its old-school carbs for Honda's modern PGM-FI computer-controlled fuel injection? Answer: Exactly 3.4 hp and 252 mpg at a constant 18.6mph. That represents a 10 percent ...

Honda: bring back the Cub! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Do you remember the Honda Cub? Using only 50ccs of power, this is the vehicle that established Honda as a player in the American market. Long before Honda was making cars, they were turning out little scooters and motorcycles which got excellent gas mileage. In some parts of the world, you can ...


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