Honda RC45

[sennandy]

I am looking for a Honda RC45 or an RC30, if anyone has one for sale or knows where I maybe able to get my hands ononeplease contact me.

[T.W.R]

I am looking for a Honda RC45 or an RC30, if anyone has one for sale or knows where I maybe able to get my hands ononeplease contact me.

There's 2 sitting at Honda Country in Ashburton :yes:

You'd have to talk real nice to BP though, he's been using 1 quite regularly, but as the old saying goes "everything is for sale for the right price"

These two (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showpost.php?p=474703&postcount=47)

[Pussy]

Gary Pendleton from Mt Maunganui had/has got one. You would be able to contact him through GP Honda at Mt Maunganui

[sennandy]

Thanks guys!

[jeremyb]

There's 2 sitting at Honda Country in Ashburton :yes:

You'd have to talk real nice to BP though, he's been using 1 quite regularly, but as the old saying goes "everything is for sale for the right price"

These two (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showpost.php?p=474703&postcount=47)

When I bought my R1 about 5-6 years ago I had a look at those two, he was talking $45k or something crazy then, sure they're kind of a classic now but a modern 600 does everything better (except the sound :yes: )

[imdying]

The R1 is another boring cookie cutter piece of crap, I can't believe you'd even consider comparing it to an RC30 or RC45.

[Paulus]

The R1 is another boring cookie cutter piece of crap, I can't believe you'd even consider comparing it to an RC30 or RC45.


I don't know. I had an RC30 and I swapped it for a Fireblade (which was better). I eventually ended up on an R1 which is better still. I reckon a mint 98 R1 will be a future collectable (pity mine isn't mint) and it sure isn't boring! The RC30 was a pain in the backside on the road with it's extreme riding position, burning heat from the back cylinders, high first gear, high oil consumption, short fuel range, difficult tyre selection, poor parts availability and easily warped front brakes. Also you couldn't put it onto reserve without taking your glove off!

I still sort of miss the old RC30 though (especially the sound the gear driven cams made). Every now and again it changes hands and I get a phone call from it's new owner trying to find out more of its history. At the end of the day I wanted a bike for riding not collecting and the RC30 wasn't it. Each to their own I guess.

[imdying]

All that crap and you still sort of miss it... I rest my case!

[T.W.R]

When I bought my R1 about 5-6 years ago I had a look at those two, he was talking $45k or something crazy then, sure they're kind of a classic now but a modern 600 does everything better (except the sound :yes: )

Ha think you had your tassel yanked :yes: $45k :laugh:

Talking to Brendon & a couple of the guys at the shop last year the prices of in excess of $25k were mentioned but no where near $45k
They're rare classics and the #1 bike has history (more of an amusing story behind it) plus a full set of body work & a spare frame :yes:

:shutup: don't know about the sound, having heard them both & the #1 bike on full song and wrecking a rear tyre it isn't that impressive :no: heard plenty of Nc30s that would kill it for sound appeal :yes:

[HenryDorsetCase]

Ha think you had your tassel yanked :yes: $45k :laugh:

Talking to Brendon & a couple of the guys at the shop last year the prices of in excess of $25k were mentioned but no where near $45k
They're rare classics and the #1 bike has history (more of an amusing story behind it) plus a full set of body work & a spare frame :yes:

:shutup: don't know about the sound, having heard them both & the #1 bike on full song and wrecking a rear tyre it isn't that impressive :no: heard plenty of Nc30s that would kill it for sound appeal :yes:


thats what I was telling myself as he lapped me yet again... "Yup, my NC30 suuuuuure sounds better than the RC45"...... :D

[gav]

Wasnt one of those RC45's involved where a punter took it for a test ride? Tip #1 if following, make sure you have a faster bike, apparently the bloke tried a top speed run and left the floundering salesman for dead, and no the RC45 didnt return afterwards, last spotted as a disappearing spec in the distance!
$45K is about right once you start advertising it on ebay for the American punters!

[T.W.R]

thats what I was telling myself as he lapped me yet again... "Yup, my NC30 suuuuuure sounds better than the RC45"...... :D

:yes: This be true :Punk:

Even at the 06 brass he wound it up late in the afternoon doing a piss-poor burnout and a few people in the area were :shutup: what the F@#k is that piddly noise looking around to the RC vailed in a shroud of smoke

[robertydog]

I don't know. I had an RC30 and I swapped it for a Fireblade (which was better). I eventually ended up on an R1 which is better still. I reckon a mint 98 R1 will be a future collectable (pity mine isn't mint) and it sure isn't boring! The RC30 was a pain in the backside on the road with it's extreme riding position, burning heat from the back cylinders, high first gear, high oil consumption, short fuel range, difficult tyre selection, poor parts availability and easily warped front brakes. Also you couldn't put it onto reserve without taking your glove off!


LOL yea i had one as well, and i still remember stalling it 3 times trying to leave the bike shop. Took some getting used to.
They certainly were a great looking bike, and i tend to agree with some of your comments.

[gav]

Could always buy this I suppose ....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-Honda-RC45-Team-RUMI-World-Superbike-RC-45_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6708QQihZ005QQitemZ1 50116101792QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

[T.W.R]

Wasnt one of those RC45's involved where a punter took it for a test ride? Tip #1 if following, make sure you have a faster bike, apparently the bloke tried a top speed run and left the floundering salesman for dead, and no the RC45 didnt return afterwards, last spotted as a disappearing spec in the distance!


Yep that's the bike #1 in the pictures linked in my 1st post :yes:

Swiped on a test ride from a shop in Hamilton (can't remember the name of the place) back in the early mid 90s, apparently like you say it completely dicked the bike the salesman was on & was last seen heading towards Cambridge at a high rate of knots (pretty stupid really because at the time it was like 1 of 3 in the country & the only 1 for sale in a dealership).

It was recovered something like 18-24mths later painted black & a big hole drilled through the r/h side frame beam just down from the headstock (now covered with carbonfibre sheet). the insurance company put it for tender (of which BP won) and it came to live in Ashburton :yes:
Since then it's been returned to best spec possible and also BP sourced a new frame & bodywork for it.
It gets used regularly and properly from trackdays to rallies and keeping a Busa , blackbird, gsxr1000, ZX14, and numerous other hyperbikes honest in the district.

[kneescraper]

Its one of my dream bikes, it will stay my dream bike too. Not because I could never afford one but because I have had so many wet dreams about them and I think reality would kill what Ive been dreaming about and how awesome I think it would be to own/ride one.

After all they are a race biker really...can expect it to ride and behave as a 98 R1. Totally different kettle of fish.

[gav]

LOL, yeah, can remember working in a Honda shop at the time and pissing ourselves laughing about that story, then a sort of "thank fark that wasnt me" moment. We sold mainly farm bikes but had a new Fireblade on the floor, we all got a grilling about being careful about letting it out on a test ride! :gob:
Wonder what the history of that RC45 was before it was recovered, and wonder what the drilled hole was for? Imagine some "patch" member on it!?
Didn't Chris Haldane get a Ducati Corse racebike nicked around the same time?

[T.W.R]

LOL, yeah, can remember working in a Honda shop at the time and pissing ourselves laughing about that story, then a sort of "thank fark that wasnt me" moment. We sold mainly farm bikes but had a new Fireblade on the floor, we all got a grilling about being careful about letting it out on a test ride! :gob:
Wonder what the history of that RC45 was before it was recovered, and wonder what the drilled hole was for? Imagine some "patch" member on it!?
Didn't Chris Haldane get a Ducati Corse racebike nicked around the same time?

Roughly around the same time wasn't there a bike swiped from Tommy's Yamaha in similar circumstances

Heard the story that the RC was supposedly going to be used for a bank job :shutup: but who knows??
Apparently the hole was drilled for some sort of ram-air ducting :crazy:

Think at the time RC was taken it was thought that it would have been stripped & shipped overseas :shutup:

[Paulus]

Roughly around the same time wasn't there a bike swiped from Tommy's Yamaha in similar circumstances

Heard the story that the RC was supposedly going to be used for a bank job :shutup: but who knows??
Apparently the hole was drilled for some sort of ram-air ducting :crazy:

Think at the time RC was taken it was thought that it would have been stripped & shipped overseas :shutup:

Didn't a salesman go with him on a CBR400? I think that was how I remembered hearing it. He said the thief must have been a good rider because he just took off and dropped him.

[T.W.R]

Didn't a salesman go with him on a CBR400? I think that was how I remembered hearing it. He said the thief must have been a good rider because he just took off and dropped him.

Something likes of that :yes: think the story went that the test pilot had been told not to exceed a certain speed then once they got out the city limits it was bye bye time :lol:

[gav]

Check what these sold for, thats US$ too. :gob:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-RC45-RVF750R-1994-HRC-Honda-RC45-RVF-750-RVF750R-RC30-RC51_W0QQitemZ250098358752QQcategoryZ6708QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-VFR750R-RC30-1990-Honda-RC30-VFR750R-Limited-Edition-Only-300-in-USA_W0QQitemZ110108809063QQcategoryZ6708QQssPageNa meZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[gav]

Think I told the boss at the time "So shall I order another 'blade for the floor, so we have chase vehicle?" :yes:

[more_fasterer]

:shit: That's a lot of money for a 17 year old Jappa! But then what other Jappa has the aura of the RC series?

And more importantly, when are Honda release a road-going RC211V?


Sennandy, good luck finding the right bike. If you keep the Senna, you're gonna have one hell of a gargre!

[imdying]

I'm not sure that there would be much to gain from having a bike with more potential than the current blade. It's almost an RC211V with a warranty as it is! Honda are a funny company though... I wouldn't put it past them to build an evil road going 800 just to amuse themselves.

[vifferman]

When I bought my R1 about 5-6 years ago I had a look at those two, he was talking $45k or something crazy then, sure they're kind of a classic now but a modern 600 does everything better (except the sound :yes: )
Yeah, that's quite true.
The RC45s sold for homologation purposes were nothing special until you spent a fortune on the HRC go-fast bits. Even at the time, a stock RC45 was less potent than a GSXR750 or ZXR750. In fact, when Aaron Slight started racing the RC45, it was absolute crap compared to other bikes: waaaay down on power, and then when HRC addressed that, they had problems with it understeering in corners.
Still a very kewl piece of kit, regardless.
It's not all about performance, y'know.

[limbimtimwim]

I'm not sure that there would be much to gain from having a bike with more potential than the current blade. It's almost an RC211V with a warranty as it is!Hardly, you must have read too much Honda marketing. The RC211V has a V5 and the RC212V has a V4 engine. The CBR, like all CBRs, has an inline 4. And a pillion seat.

[imdying]

Hardly, you must have read too much Honda marketing. The RC211V has a V5 and the RC212V has a V4 engine. The CBR, like all CBRs, has an inline 4. And a pillion seat.So it's not a 5? And? It's also got an arse load of power, killer brakes, a crazy arse chassis. How much closer to a motogp bike do you think you'll need?

[onearmedbandit]

I want a full pit crew warming my bike up in the morning, tuning, checking. I want brolly dollys, I want two bikes (one with wets just in case it's rainingthat day), I want gophers cleaning my leathers and helmet (oooh). That's a start.

[sennandy]

Cheers Mate

I have always liked the RC45 I have pictures of one that Joey Dunlop was running around on when I was at the IOMTT a good few years back and the history of it all just blows me away and always has.

I have had many many bikes and have only really wanted a couple, by that I mean really really wanted, I am not saying I didn't like my other bikes but we all have bikes we would like, would want and really really want.

1. My current bike a Ducati Senna
2. An RC45

I also liked the bimota RV500 2 stroker, but they have never got a good name but what a lovely bike.

I will not be paying $45k for one and may wait till the right one come up for the right money, you can pick one up in the UK for about 10k(GBP).

As for the guy who thinks an NC35 is better well, you just keep dreaming.

Is it not amazing that a bike that is as old as this has so much history and is still talked about with so much love and affection, by all.


:shit: That's a lot of money for a 17 year old Jappa! But then what other Jappa has the aura of the RC series?

And more importantly, when are Honda release a road-going RC211V?


Sennandy, good luck finding the right bike. If you keep the Senna, you're gonna have one hell of a gargre!

[R6_kid]

The R1 is another boring cookie cutter piece of crap

says he who rides and SV1000! :dodge:

[limbimtimwim]

So it's not a 5? And? It's also got an arse load of power, killer brakes, a crazy arse chassis. How much closer to a motogp bike do you think you'll need?I've not ridden a current fireblade. But I've ridden an earlier CBR1000RR and it is very much a road bike. It's not a bad bike, it's a great bike with a fantastic engine, but it's no dedicated race bike. And it does not have a crazy arse chassis, it's predictable and stable. Honda don't sell crazy arse bikes. That would be un-Honda these days.

I don't *need* it (No one does on the road) but I couldn't possibly park a fireblade in my shed and believe that I had something approximating a MotoGP bike unless I was one some strong medication.

Medication full of hallucinogenics.

An RCV is made out of magical fairy dust compared to anything you can actually buy.

[imdying]

Probably won't find much cookie cutter left on SV mate ;)

[imdying]

An RCV is made out of magical fairy dust compared to anything you can actually buy.I think you give them too much credit. Sure a motogp bike is an open wallet affair, but other than that there's nothing particularly magical about them. I'm not sure how much closer to a motogp bike you want to get?

[JayRacer37]

I think you give them too much credit. Sure a motogp bike is an open wallet affair, but other than that there's nothing particularly magical about them. I'm not sure how much closer to a motogp bike you want to get?

Lots closer. LOTS AND LOTS closer. The forks, or brakes, or wheels, or....are worth more than your bike (and probably my race ones) all put together. and thats worth not just in a monetary sense, in a usibility and ABility sense too. GP bikes are something Magic....and big GP bikes (MotoGP or 500cc) are so far removed from reality bikes like the poxy, slow, boring GSXR/CBR-RR/ZX-R/YZF-R derivitives (in comparison) that a GP bike (other than the 'obtainable' 125's and 250's) is something really, really special, and, indeed Magical. :whocares: :innocent: :love:

[imdying]

They're just bikes... open your wallet and pour. Sure from a poor persons point of view, they're something else, but they're just metal... Tasty bits aside for a minute, just how much more motogp do you want your road bike to be? (No point comparing to a racebike, else you'd just have the motogp bike).

[limbimtimwim]

I think you give them too much credit. Sure a motogp bike is an open wallet affair, but other than that there's nothing particularly magical about them. I'm not sure how much closer to a motogp bike you want to get?Ah, I know what you are getting at now.

I want:

Traction Control
Launch Control
Priceless suspension
An engine lubricated with Dani Pedrosa's tears
The pillion seat banished
A V shaped engine
An 800cc engine
16.5" wheels
Carbon fibre everything
Titanium that
Ceramic brakes
No thought to comfort what-so-ever
No wussy electronic steering damper
At least 200hp
I'll let them put in a starter motor
The preserved urine of Soichiro Honda sprinkled on the bike before it leaves the clean room where the bike was assembled by albino japanese midgets in oompa-loompa suits
Okay, such a bike would be unworkable on the road. And even at a track a twit like myself would probably fall off in the pitlane. But it wouldn't it be cool?

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, the day Honda sell a proper V4 sports bike again, I'll be there. With the requisite pile of money.

I hope Mr Sennandy finds his dream bike. I don't really have one at the moment. Buy my GSXR!

[imdying]

Heh, most of that you can buy (dunno about Pedrosa's tears though.. but if he doesn't win a race soon, surely there will be no shortage :lol:). I do wonder just how more psychotic they can make the bikes... ok, comparitively speaking the blade might be 'tame' to an 04 ZX10R, but there is still massive respect that needs to be had.

[gav]

I want a full pit crew warming my bike up in the morning, tuning, checking. I want brolly dollys, I want two bikes (one with wets just in case it's rainingthat day), I want gophers cleaning my leathers and helmet (oooh). That's a start.
Gee, anyone would think you've just bought a bucket ....... :innocent:

[185rc]

I worked on the Rumi 45's in '96 and they still hold a special place in the bikes to have. Factory unobtainium bits were cool, but they certainly weren't the best bike in many ways. But the GSXR's, ZXR's, etc, of the same era don't seem to have the same desirabilty today. I thought a guy was selling a 45 about 3 months ago on trade me, starting price $20k, if my memory is any good. The sound with Termigoni carbon mufflers at 14k rpm going past is very memorable. Good luck with the search.