Yes Please

[wkid_one]

RCV for the road

Insiders are hinting that Honda is planning a version of its RCV MotoGP bike for road riders. Rumours of the road-legal V5 superbike follow news that Ducati is going to build a road bike inspired by its V4 Desmosedici MotoGP bike. Sources say external parts suppliers linked to Honda have been asked to look into the costs involved in mass producing components for an engine similar to the 250bhp race engine. There is no suggestion the bike will replace the Fireblade. It's more likely it will be a high-end, high-spec dream bike in the realms of the RC45 or even of the £38,000 NR750.

[Two Smoker]

Fuck that would be mint...... but would it be usuable on the road??? I think not......

Wouldnt stop me riding one though lol...

[MD]

That would be an ideal second bike to be used as a commuter.
MD

[FROSTY:Me]

holey shite batman--over 70k for a bike. Yea missus stuff the house --lets live on the bike

[pete376403]

holey shite batman--over 70k for a bike. Yea missus stuff the house --lets live on the bike

If you're referring to the NR750 at 38,000 squids - recall there are about THREE nz dollars to the pound. One of the Brit mags did a feature on the NR, everything about them was horrendouly expensive. Mentioned one bike which had all its fairing replaced because of paint chipping and that was about 5 or 6 thousand pounds worth.

[merv]

Way back when the NR750 was produced the talk was $100,000 in NZ. I don't know if any ever made it here, but they were seen in Australia.

They seemed to start the trend of underseat exhausts followed later by the Ducati 916 (but not quite as stylie in my view).

The NR also had heads up instrument display like a jet fighter they reckoned.

The VFR I have followed a few of the styling cues of the NR a couple of years later too, but at less than $20,000 at the time.

The oval piston engine that was another story. 125hp back then for a road bike 750 wasn't bad, but later technology has certainly shown that it was all an overly expensive and troublesome way of doing things.

Given the first NR500 hit the tracks in 1979 its a long time ago now and just a chapter in Honda's development. At least they try stuff and learn from their failures. So what did they do then; simple build the world's most powerful 2 stroke 500s. Someone probably fell on their sword when that happened too, though by then they had already built 2 stroke MX bikes so they weren't a 4 stroke only company like they had been.

Interesting stuff eh!

Check out NR750 pics here http://www.sportbikez.net/pictures/mod/nr750

Here's some guff on it http://www.v-four.freeserve.co.uk/nr750.htm

Not bad for 1992.

[Deano]

Very nice, but for a road bike surely that would just be a ridiculous amount of power. I think most people agree the present multi 1000's have too much power for practicl road useage.

[wkid_one]

Very nice, but for a road bike surely that would just be a ridiculous amount of power. I think most people agree the present multi 1000's have too much power for practicl road useage.

I agree - but honestly - who wouldn't want one in their gargre (LOL Hitch) if they had the option...

[Deano]

I agree - but honestly - who wouldn't want one in their gargre (LOL Hitch) if they had the option...

Be fun on track days, but I would definitely put race fairings on it, remove all unnecessary items, attach those plastic/teflon crash knobs...and wrap it in cotton wool just in case

[pete376403]

At least they try stuff and learn from their failures. So what did they do then; simple build the world's most powerful 2 stroke 500s.

Not straight away. When Honda built the 3 cylinder 500 t/s, it was only making about 125bhp, considerably less than the 4 cyls from Yamaha and Suzuki. But it won races and championships, because the tyres of the day couldn't get the 4 cylinder power to the ground. Later they developed the big bang engine, with the cylinders all firing together (or very close together) the theory being give the tyre a chance to grip between power strokes (and I bet they vibrated like hell, too). Finally tyre tech caught up with the engines and another H/P war started.

[NordieBoy]

[QUOTE=pete376403 Later they developed the big bang engine, with the cylinders all firing together (or very close together) the theory being give the tyre a chance to grip between power strokes (and I bet they vibrated like hell, too).[/QUOTE]

Then after a while Mick reverted to the "screamer" engine and went even better