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

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

[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

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

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 )

[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 )

Ha think you had your tassel yanked $45k

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

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 heard plenty of Nc30s that would kill it for sound appeal

[HenryDorsetCase]

Ha think you had your tassel yanked $45k

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

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 heard plenty of Nc30s that would kill it for sound appeal

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

[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"......

This be true

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 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...spagenameZWDVW

[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

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
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.