RC51 is jesusbike

[xrocket21]

" They’ll sell all 200, but the RC213V-S won’t end up occupying the same place in motorcycle lore as the RC30 or maybe even the World Superbike-based RC51. "

How Honda Botched Their $184,000 Motorcycle

[xxaarraa]

Honda's product managers and strategists need to be shot. Such muddled thinking that lets down the engineers across their enterprise, not just in the motorcycle division. Anyone remember the last Acura that was desirable?

[loudbeard]

Point well made re: what a fuckton of wasted resources that could have been used to make the CBR a contender again.

[SwiftTone]

Wow. And it's pretty ugly too. Who the hell made the decision on those mirrors!

The article makes my miss my RC51 I just sold, which the shipper just picked up 30 min ago, and he DROPPED it in front of my eyes!

[improvedfd]

Wow. And it's pretty ugly too. Who the hell made the decision on those mirrors!

The article makes my miss my RC51 I just sold, which the shipper just picked up 30 min ago, and he DROPPED it in front of my eyes!

That hurts! Hopefully the buyer has good insurance with the shipper

[xrocket21]

Wow. And it's pretty ugly too. Who the hell made the decision on those mirrors!

The article makes my miss my RC51 I just sold, which the shipper just picked up 30 min ago, and he DROPPED it in front of my eyes!

Oh man that would be heartbreaking

[Gromit]

It's the NR 750 all over again. It's intended to be a collector's item for rich boys, not something that's ridden.

[xrocket21]

It's the NR 750 all over again. It's intended to be a collector's item for rich boys, not something that's ridden.

that's the one with the oval pistons, right?

[Gromit]

Yep. The NR 750 came out in 1992, the same year as the original CBR 900 RR. The NR 750 had lower performance than the CBR at 6 times the price.

[jwm2k3]

Yep. The NR 750 came out in 1992, the same year as the original CBR 900 RR. The NR 750 had lower performance than the CBR at 6 times the price.

Ya, but Id LOVE to have an NR in my living room....

[klp]

Ya, but Id LOVE to have an NR in my living room....

It's got 8v per cylinder - effectively a v8. They made it to show off their engineering prowess.

Sweet bike.