2014 Honda RCV street legal..finally out

[MIGHTY MAX]

 

 

 

That right boys and girls....finally Honda reveal the mighty RCV..

[MIGHTY MAX]

No pillion... cost should be ard $60-70k...

[mechwira]

60-70k is optimistic.

 

this is a rich collectors-only bike. dun forget the ducati desmosedici rr, also a direct 'road-legalised' motogp bike, cost S$140k (refer Five snap up S'pore's most expensive motorcycle - at $140,000 ). i'd say this one is at least S$80k, probably $100k.

[MIGHTY MAX]

Could be ard that price...ok let go buy toto

[mild_slevin]

Nice bike but out of touch, very thrill that Honda release a v twin production supersports

Edited June 9, 2013 by mild_slevin

[Jehuty]

Nice bike but out of touch, very thrill that Honda release a v twin production supersports

 

Its V5, not vtwin, Honda already has a V-Twin sports.

[mechwira]

no no, this one is a V4 haha.

 

based on their current gp bike which is a V4.

[Jehuty]

no no, this one is a V4 haha.

 

based on their current gp bike which is a V4.

 

No meh? I always thought Honda GP bikes are V5, Yamaha being I4s

[mechwira]

No meh? I always thought Honda GP bikes are V5, Yamaha being I4s

 

No, when Motogp dropped to 800cc, the RCV changed to a V4 800cc engine and no longer used the V5 layout.

 

look it up if you dont believe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_RC_series scroll a little down and look at the configurations used after the original RC211V, for RC212V and RC213V.

[rotisiao]

After Shuhei Nakamoto was just talking last week about some of the technical details of Honda’s MotoGP production racer, HRC has released a photo of the RC213V-derived race bike testing at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit.

Small in resolution, and taken with little zoom, the photo gives us few new details about the coming HRC production racer (that’s the point though, right?), but we do know that the still unnamed machine will cost roughly €1 million, be devoid of HRC’s “seamless” gearbox and pneumatic valves, and will come with Nissin and Showa components.

An alternative to the CRT machines available now, Honda’s “for sale” production racer and Yamaha’s M1 leasing program give satellite and private teams another option when looking to compete in the MotoGP championship.

While these privateers will have more competitive machinery than they have had in recent years, the factory team advantage remains alive and well in Grand Prix motorcycle racing, which in the current climate means only two or three teams have a shot at the Championship title at the end of the season.

Talking about the project’s current state of progress, Nakamoto coins a familiar statements saying, “Development of the model is currently a little behind schedule but the test results showed more than what we had expected, in particular, with its running performance.”

“We can’t announce its name or the specification at this stage but we will have an opportunity of announcing the details in the not too distant future,” he continued. “We will keep on developing the machine to meet the 2014 MotoGP technical and sporting regulations, and will introduce the model by the end of this year.”

Source: Honda

 

http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/honda-motogp-production-racer-motegi-635x357.jpg

 

http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/honda-motogp-production-racer-photo/

Edited June 13, 2013 by rotisiao

[rotisiao]

The photo is not real just an impression of what it might look like, this was concept from ages ago. Official specs are not out yet. The V4 engine is still undergoing testing in Japan.

[SlowButSteady Bro]

True they're still on testing stage and haven't finalised the model said to supplement the current CBR100RR.As far as I know its a V4 1000cc superbike.Yamaha already wanna release their maiden FZ850 MT 09 850cc 115hp/85nm naked sport bike next year.

[MIGHTY MAX]

But If not mistaken, Yamaha also releasing the new R1.. i think is single exhaust

[mechwira]

you cannot compare this street legal RCV to anything other than the Desmosedici RR, because those are the only two bikes in the world where they literally take the MotoGP bike and turn it road legal.

 

all other ~1000cc sportsbikes are designed in the first place to be road legal bikes, whether its the new R1 or Fireblade or even a Ducati 'R' spec which is designed foremost to race in WSB.

 

The RCV is 'production' only in the sense that Honda is producing a limited number of it for the public. it is not a replacement of the Fireblade; it is a special one-off collectors' bike, with an unrealistic (for the majority of bike owners) price tag.

[Jehuty]

True they're still on testing stage and haven't finalised the model said to supplement the current CBR100RR.As far as I know its a V4 1000cc superbike.Yamaha already wanna release their maiden FZ850 MT 09 850cc 115hp/85nm naked sport bike next year.

 

What's a naked sports bike?

[MIGHTY MAX]

you cannot compare this street legal RCV to anything other than the Desmosedici RR, because those are the only two bikes in the world where they literally take the MotoGP bike and turn it road legal.

 

all other ~1000cc sportsbikes are designed in the first place to be road legal bikes, whether its the new R1 or Fireblade or even a Ducati 'R' spec which is designed foremost to race in WSB.

 

The RCV is 'production' only in the sense that Honda is producing a limited number of it for the public. it is not a replacement of the Fireblade; it is a special one-off collectors' bike, with an unrealistic (for the majority of bike owners) price tag.

 

That true........