Old Mugen Bikes
Originally Posted by Tyraid2K,Mar 31 2007, 04:50 PM
cool stuff, so they sell slip ons i guess?
Mugen from the 70's and 80's in their golden age used to sell power-up kits (motor swaps more or less)
Originally Posted by XclusiveAutosports,Mar 31 2007, 03:48 PM
You are such a Mugen whore!
Didn't Mugen start with working on Honda bikes before they worked on cars? In any case, the paint jobs on the Mugen CBR's look sick.
Didn't Mugen start with working on Honda bikes before they worked on cars? In any case, the paint jobs on the Mugen CBR's look sick.

History of Mugen
1973 - founded by Hirotoshi Honda; FJ1300 Formula engine from Civic 1.3L CVCC
1974 - MF318 engines derived from FJ1300 wins debut race
1975 - raceparts for Honda Civic race cars
1976 - ME125 and ME250 motorcycles entered in Motocross series (Japanese Grand Prix 76-92)
1978 - ME360; international competitions
1979 - Mugen opens in California; Johnny O'Mara factory rider
1980 - O'Mara wins US Grand Prix of World GP Motocross; 2L V6 engine developed for F2.
1982 - developed 100cc ROTARY Kart engine
1983 - Mugen-Honda City Turbo developed

1984 - Mugen White Bull CBX750; Mugen parts available through US Honda dealers
1985 - F1 engine development; Mugen CRX wins SCCA GT4 class
1987 - MF308 engine - F3000 (with MF204 engine) championship; Mugen partners with King Motorsports; King Motorsports/Mugen Integra wins IMSA
1988 - Mugen CRX wins SCCA GT3 class
1989 - Japanese and European F3000 and F3 championship (Jean Alesi); MH251 motor for hovercraft
1990 - F3 drivers: Mika Hakkinen; Rubens Barichello
1991 - F1 involvement with Footwork (F1 driver Aguri Suzuki); Discontinues Motorcycle development&production
1994 - MF351H V10 supplier for Lotus F1 (Lotus 109; F1 driver Alex Zanardi)
1996 - MF301H V10 supplier to Ligier F1 - win @ Monaco GP (F1 driver Olivier Panis)
1997 - MF301H V10 supplier to Prost F1
1998 - MF301H V10 supplier to Jordan - 1-2 finish @ Belgium (Spa) GP (Damon Hill & Ralf Schumacher); Mugen/Dome NSX in JGTC500 series
1999 - 3rd place Constructors Championship with Jordan

2000 - Honda announces F1 involvement, Mugen bows out, Honda supplies BAR and Jordan.
2001 - NSX: JGTC500 1-2-3 finish (Mugen; Mugen/Dome; ARTA/Mugen); MF408S 4L V8 development for ALMS & 24Hr LeMans
2002 - MF408 engine supplied to Panoz for ALMS
2003 - Hirotoshi Honda/Mugen involved in tax evasion scandal, found innocent but steps down as president; restructured as M-TEC.
2004 - Drop out of JGTC500; Competing in JGTC300
Also a bunch of Mugen-equipped cars developed along the way (S2000, Beat, Civic, Accord, NSX, CRX, CRV, Integra, RSX, Acura RL (Legend), Fit,
go-kart

etc..etc..etc...)
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