ANAHEIM, Ca., – Honda Engines introduced the all-new, high-output Honda GX50, expanding the company’s Mini-Four Stroke lineup with a more powerful model. Joining the Honda GX25 and Honda GX35 Mini-Four Stroke models, the new GX50 incorporates a higher displacement. Available now, the versatile Honda GX50 brings its lightweight, compact design, easy starting and excellent fuel efficiency to power products ranging from brush cutters to rammers and vibrators to concrete screeds, post drivers and winches.
“Today’s all-new Honda GX50 is the next evolution in the mini-four stroke category, the first four-stroke engine in the two-horsepower class that is 360-degrees inclinable during operation and storage,” said Will Walton, vice president, Honda Power Equipment. “Excellent fuel efficiency, low emissions, high output and easy starting performance, combined with low noise and vibration, as well as a compact, lightweight design, place the Honda GX50 engine squarely into the demanding rental, industrial, construction and professional landscape space.”
The all-new Honda GX50 engine integrates a number of features that add up to high performance combined with
Turning to usability, the Honda GX50 engine features feat an automatic decompressor reducing the pulling force on the recoil rope.
The Honda GX50 features a condensed, compact design with long, vertical lines, and its attachments and connectors share an integrated, slanted shape. The GX50 is 360-degrees inclinable allowing it to be operated and stored in any position. Further, the engine integrates an innovative Bridge Guard Design, a wide, scratch-resistant area with protruding edges that provides stability and serves to protect the engine cowling in upside down positions during maintenance intervals.
Honda produced the compact and lightweight design of the Honda GX50, in part, by integrating the valvetrain chamber into the oil chamber. This in-oil timing belt, the smallest class in-oil timing belt, also is made of a durable material usually found in high rotational speed engines.
For ease in starting, Honda incorporated an automatic decompression mechanism into the design of the all-new GX50, serving to reduce the recoil pull load and thereby reducing the start-up load. The mechanism consists of a decompression weight and spring that depresses the exhaust valve side rocker arm. The weight attached to the cam pulley moves by centrifugal force, and when the recoil starter rope is pulled, the exhaust valve is opened slightly during the compression stroke by the decompressor and reduces engine compression. While the engine is running, if the engine RPM is above the control value, centrifugal force causes the weight to move and keep the exhaust valve closed during the compression stroke, and the exhaust valve operates normally. Overall, reducing the pressure inside the cylinder lessens the amount of effort required to pull the recoil starter. Finally, an inner protector between the muffler and the outer cover helps to reduce noise and produce quiet engine operation.
The Honda GX50 is available nationwide, and parts and service are widely available through the Honda National Dealer Network. For commercial and rental use, all models carry a one-year warranty, and for residential use, a two-year warranty applies.
