At last the Honda RC213V-S

[EJK]

Up the bum no babies.

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[puddytat]

Supposedly Casey is going to showcase it at this weekends GP.

Its all so underwhelming.

[pritch]

I only just read that and Stoner rode off on his demo. Waving to the crowd at bugger-all above walking speed, you don't need a $300,000 bike to do that. All he needed was one of those electric push bikes they have in the pits.

If that's all he did that's bloody pathetic. Dunno why he even bothered with leathers.

[mossy1200]

I only just read that and Stoner rode off on his demo. Waving to the crowd at bugger-all above walking speed, you don't need a $300,000 bike to do that. All he needed was one of those electric push bikes they have in the pits.

If that's all he did that's bloody pathetic. Dunno why he even bothered with leathers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGBv6uHSG6Q

that's bloody pathetic

[mulletman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGBv6uHSG6Q

that's bloody pathetic

On the GP website he bangs on how 'Powerfull' it is blah blah and compared that part to his fireblade, but the blades more hp aint it ?

[pritch]

On the GP website he bangs on how 'Powerfull' it is blah blah and compared that part to his fireblade, but the blades more hp aint it ?

Apart from the posts on here, the only figure I've seen quoted is 220HP which is about what I would have expected. It'd need to be between the best production bikes and a GP bike. Apparently the cams are gear driven but the valves have springs instead of being pneumatically operated. It doesn't have a seamless gearbox but that would have been a bit much to expect.

The "sports kit" is for track day use. I'm still waiting to read an intelligent description of the bike by one of the experts. Apparently Honda handed out a flash brochure for the launch. Hopefully someone qualified will read it and tell us about the bike. Not that I'm buying one.

[mulletman]

Bit more info from Gizmag

http://www.gizmag.com/honda-road-leg...replica/37986/

[Bruce Lee]

What a bunch of plonk, no street bike is worth anywhere near the asking price.

[pritch]

no street bike is worth anywhere near the asking price.

Not to you or to me but there are those who would think it is and who can afford it. Well, Honda hope there are.

Not a bad looking lump:

[98tls]

Not to you or to me but there are those who would think it is and who can afford it. Well, Honda hope there are.

Not a bad looking lump:

Indeed it is,always have chuckle at people leaping about in disgust re horsepower the fact that someone with ability on something with 1/2 the horsepower on a road that mattered would leave them red faced seems to escape them,thank god for full faced helmets eh....

[T.W.R]

Love to see it, as I dig them. Weird eh. But it's all personal choice. I'd far rather have an RC30 than a 45. But yep...they're made to be ridden. I certainly plan to ride my works bike, and most peeps think I'm mad in wanting to do so.

Went in this morning for the dyno day and BP had the NR in the workshop so snapped a couple of shots for you while waiting for things to get underway
Noticed there's a CX500 Turbo sitting beside the RC45 now out in the showroom too

[Crasherfromwayback]

Went in this morning for the dyno day and BP had the NR in the workshop so snapped a couple of shots for you while waiting for things to get underway
Noticed there's a CX500 Turbo sitting beside the RC45 now out in the showroom too

Cheers for taking the time! That is SERIOUSLY fucking cool.

[jellywrestler]

Cheers for taking the time! That is SERIOUSLY fucking cool.

had a ride on that last year and rode 240km's in may with Croz, he was riding the NR and i had a hornet, the sound i reckon came out of god's own arse as it's divine... he had it tapped out too more than once

[Crasherfromwayback]

had a ride on that last year and rode 240km's in may with Croz, he was riding the NR and i had a hornet, the sound i reckon came out of god's own arse as it's divine... he had it tapped out too more than once

Fucking AWESOME! Very jealous!!!

[merv]

The NR was about 100 grand and no one bitched about that at the time because those that can afford such exotica don't care when it would be like a decimal point of their bank balance. 300 grand for a bike like the RC213V-S is cheap compared to buying a car like the Buggatti Veyron for example and the guy that has one of those is just as likely to buy the RC with change.

There are people like Jay Leno with huge collections worth millions. They don't care that "poor" people complain about price.

Its like walking into the flash shops of Rodeo drive and saying damn that pair of designer jeans is not worth a couple of grand when you can buy jeans at Warehouse in NZ for $29.99, but to the rich guy to put his hot girlfriend in them with the right label is no problem to him.