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It's REAL, you doubting b!tches... Honda RCV1000 v4 street bike

ohio said:
I'm never gonna buy one even at $30k, so I don't care if it's $100k. The world is better off for the existence of such things.
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Respectfully, I disagree completely. At $30k, I might just buy one. And if nobody can afford it, what's it do for the world? I could understand if it were something really special that could inspire people or truly push boundaries, but it won't. The Britten V1000 improved the world, even though nobody we know will ever ride one. But a sport bike with a piston engine, twin-spar aluminum frame, chain-and-sprocket drive, and telescopic fork front suspension? That's pretty mundane as an objet d'art.
 
angelsndevils said:
You would have to be retarded to spend more than $20,000 on a fucking motorcycle!! I'll stick to craigslist and let the silver spoon crew take the lose.
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$100,000 0r $1,000,000

what difference does it make, you'l be racing against one or two others with that kind of money...
... do you think winning that race would mean anything?

Win a race against 100 inner city kids... then I'll say you've done something.

Or has racing become show and shine?
 
Maybe Guinters knew something we didn't. Back to back champ on different machines?
 
I just bought 2 one for me and one for my cat, Chairman Meow is going to kick ass this year in C group
 
I could be wrong but I think what we wanted was a really cool streetbike that put Honda back on top. I was thinking a V-five in the same configuration as the former grand prix bike. Think RC211V-S.
As a four cylinder the only thing they could offer is upgraded components. This is not what we want from Honda. If it's just a homologation special with low spec parts....I don't know....it's not what I was looking for.
 
Assuming they see the light of day, they'd be pure sweetness, turn 4 turn.


Honda calls this a "prototype," but it really is their RC213V MotoGP racer with a license plate and a headlight. That's insane, and it's ready for production.

Like the 2015 Honda Africa Twin, Honda is issuing virtually no official details on the RC213V-S, only saying:

Developed by Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) and Honda Motor, the RC213V-S is a road-going prototype of the RC213V winning MotoGP Championship. Inspired by, and developed with input from many legendary GP riders, the RC213V-S Prototype is set to be the ultimate road-going motorcycle.​





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Outstanding.

I like homologation specials. RC30, RC45, Yamaha Anniversary R1. It shows the factory is committed to something outside of GP. It gives geeks like us exotica to look at when they show up at local riding hangouts piloted by the Jay Leno's or Motorcycle Magazine Editors of the world.

Then we ogle at them 5 years after production, sing their praises and pushing the envelope, lament whatever hot tech didn't get filtered down in to the mundane street bikes.

Finally, 15 years later we post photos and links when someone sells their New In Crate version of the bike after bulk of the original production was consumed in the fires of Superbike racing.

Look at what we have coming out today: The Kawasaki H2, the Yamaha R1M, and, now, this. Upping the ante even up-ier.

I mean, for me, it's nice to see Honda with their current line of odd duck motorcycles that are disturbingly practical, if not conventional to look at.

But I love some production exotica. Let the teams buy them, race them, crush them. Let the other factories step up until all of the series of the world are dumbed down to box stock Ninja 250s.

This will see the light of day, I hope to see them up front in WSBK. I'd love to see them up front on US race tracks in Rainey's series. To see Graves and Yoshimura shuffle their feet and whine and pout while Honda points at their homologation stickers, giggling. "Yea, it's stock, yo!" Show the world that someone is taking "production" racing seriously, that is matters, that it's worth investing in.

Honda has been out of the game for far too long. It used to play for keeps. The markets changed, I get that, I know why they've pulled out, consolidated, why everyone has culled back. So, yea, it's exciting they're doing something like this.

I wish it was a $20-30K bike, something more approachable, yet just out of reach, for more folks, but at the same time, I think it's cool that it's not. Maybe we will get a real 1000V4 sport bike for normal folks, something to compete with the S1000 in a couple of years. Who knows. Here's hoping.
 
russ69 said:
I could be wrong but I think what we wanted was a really cool streetbike that put Honda back on top. I was thinking a V-five in the same configuration as the former grand prix bike. Think RC211V-S.
As a four cylinder the only thing they could offer is upgraded components. This is not what we want from Honda. If it's just a homologation special with low spec parts....I don't know....it's not what I was looking for.
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Hopes of getting a V-5 streetbike died with the RC211V.
 
This thread is hilarious...Like we aren't already maxed on the street, with what we have had for decades.

So what does this $$$$ buy??
 
louemc said:
This thread is hilarious...Like we aren't already maxed on the street, with what we have had for decades.

So what does this $$$$ buy??
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Dreams Lou, it makes dreams come true.
 
The purpose of this bike is clear... it's a rolling demonstration of Honda's engineering prowess. Big Red got tired of getting superbike sand kicked in its face, time to show the posers who's boss.

Like the oval piston NR750, it'll be rare and expensive as fuck, they won't make many (maybe not even enough to homologate), they'll sell out and they'll probably still lose money on the project too... but nobody will have any doubt at all just who builds the best superbike.
 
berth said:
Look at what we have coming out today: The Kawasaki H2, the Yamaha R1M, and, now, this. Upping the ante even up-ier.
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Not to be outdone, I believe Harley will announce their new Sportster later this week. Changes include whitewall tires and self canceling turn signals. Rumors of a cigarette lighter are just that, maybe in 2016.
 
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