Performance bikes lost touch with reality long ago that's why the readership has dwindled and all the testers who can actually ride a motorcycle have f*cked off.
Not to mention, the part of the article posted(which was probably the only part favorable to the RC) mentioned the owner had almost 80K into the bike. Take a R1, dump 1/2 of that into it and you would be walking all over the RC.........Seriously..........
Not to mention, the part of the article posted(which was probably the only part favorable to the RC) mentioned the owner had almost 80K into the bike. Take a R1, dump 1/2 of that into it and you would be walking all over the RC.........Seriously..........
80K I presume that's pounds sterling that's $131,000, spend that on a modern inline 4 and you'd have a bike capable of being top ten in any Superbike race.
Spend it on a GSXR750 and watch the RC fade in the exhaust smoke.
IIRC the RC45 was priced level to the 1098r is now when introduced although later discounted as nobody wanted to waste their hard earned on it so it was priced as a exotic bike maybe a comparison against a bike tuned to a similar level would be advisable.
come on Larry try to maintain some sort of grip on reality before the authorities have your licence revoked due to mental incapacity.
Not taking sides here, but if you dump 80 large into ANY current litre bike, in 10-15 years, you'll have a bike that was one of 30,000 when built, and is now worth MAYBE 10 grand if it's MINT with rare factory goodies on it. Whereas Larry's RC45 will be worth even MORE in 10 years............All in whatever floats yer boat.
-Rocky-
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Not taking sides here, but if you dump 80 large into ANY current litre bike, in 10-15 years, you'll have a bike that was one of 30,000 when built, and is now worth MAYBE 10 grand if it's MINT with rare factory goodies on it. Whereas Larry's RC45 will be worth even MORE in 10 years............All in whatever floats yer boat.
-Rocky-
I wonder what R7's are going for now. Anyone have any idea?
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I wonder what R7's are going for now. Anyone have any idea?
Last one I saw sold in the US was last year and went for about 18k. There are two that I know of listed, one in seattle for 25-30 something and another in Florida for 28k. Both been for sale for several years and I think they just have them as displays and aren't really intent on selling them.
"Exercise restraint and discipline, only responding to posts from legit customers and those with constructive positive intent, you will find that the handgrenades explode harmlessly. You have many satisfied customers who are happy to have the parts you've made. My suggestion to you is keep making good parts, keep getting more customers, take care of them and let them speak for you."
"Sure, its lovely, but it was heavy, sluggish and dragged it's backside everywhere." Nuf said.
If you had something like say a Britten or a Guzzi V8 or an AJS V4 you might have some bragging rights. But you don't. You have a semi-collectable example and actually your mods make it more undesirable from a collectors stand-point. Your ride is a bike not so unlike many thousands of others that were built by little men with matching coveralls. Not special. If it were one of the bikes Colin rode in WSBK or the one ridden at Suzuka it would be something else.
Not taking sides here, but if you dump 80 large into ANY current litre bike, in 10-15 years, you'll have a bike that was one of 30,000 when built, and is now worth MAYBE 10 grand if it's MINT with rare factory goodies on it. Whereas Larry's RC45 will be worth even MORE in 10 years............All in whatever floats yer boat.
-Rocky-
You have hit the nail on the head with this comment. Unfortunately a select number of 'tools' on this forum can't seem to grasp this simple concept I mean it's NOT a hard concept to understand!!!
maybe I need to use some of this to stop the haters
an R1 regardless of money spent on it is JUST an R1, BUT an RC45 will always be an RC45
and whether these single digit IQ'ers like it or not THEY DO command good money and get it, maybe that's what pisses em off, their <insert current MASS produced superbike> will devalue like it's going out of fashion and will only be worth $1000 in no time! I like how they also comment that they "can't believe" people buy em.....BELIEVE IT THEY DO!!! I'm glad I bought one years ago before the price hike they are enjoying(not that I bought it for that) and that my bike also is equipped with HRC goodness. to the haters all I can say is I own an RC45(and RC30), rare limited build homologation race specials
Your ride is a bike not so unlike many thousands of others that were built by little men with matching coveralls. Not special.
You must be talking about your common whore bike..........they didn't make THOUSANDS of RC45's, they number in the hundreds. Built on a special production line by a selected team of workers!
got a joke for you jiggyred;
What has dog shit and your bike got in common?
There's one on every corner..........just like EVERYONE elses
Ya know something its posts like the one above that sound ignorant to me at times.
First, I LOVE the RC30/45 models, probably the finest production bikes ever made by Honda, just like a love the OW01's/R7's/etc... and the 888's and every other proven SBK/specialty bike in the last 20 yrs.
However, Im so sick n tired of hearing about their 'value'....gimme a freakin break guys if you're buying a bike for resale 'value' then you're buying it for the wrong reasons and most definitely NOT riding it the way it was meant to be cuz afterall we dont want to risk totalling that 'value'.....right? You want VALUE go but some stocks/funds/real estate.....I dont wanna hear about resale value when it comes to a machine that was meant to rip!!!!
Face the facts, those bikes were all incredible machines 'back in the day' and I'll give ya they're still beauties today. BUT.....to compare their performance (with serious $$$ sunk into them) to a stock machine is moronic, imo. Stock vs stock, I believe MY GSXR750 would smoke the RC30/45.......does it make it a better bike or more valuable? NO, just faster.
It so reminds me of the morons I used to socialize with with their $100,000+ exotic sport cars but NEVER truly delve into the capabilities of them. Posers I tell ya!
Ya know,motorsports is about Man & Machine. For some the emphazise is on the Man part,which is the riding,racing, going the fastest ect. The bike is a tool for the job. For others its more about the machine. The satisfaction of owning,riding something you are passionite about. Something that you enjoy just looking at or working on.
I only do track days now and the biggest enjoyment is riding my tricked out project bikes that I have a passion for. Bikes I have spent hours on modifieing and developing. Much more time spent with them in the garage then on the track.
If my only choice for track days was a stock 5 year old clapped out 600 I probably wouldn't do them.
Differant strokes for differant folks.......
Don't get me wrong, I think the RC45 was a great machine and deserves it's rightful place in history. I thought this forum was titled "street & track" not "V-4 leg humpers click hear".
"Sure, its lovely, but it was heavy, sluggish and dragged it's backside everywhere." Nuf said.
If you had something like say a Britten or a Guzzi V8 or an AJS V4 you might have some bragging rights. But you don't. You have a semi-collectable example and actually your mods make it more undesirable from a collectors stand-point. Your ride is a bike not so unlike many thousands of others that were built by little men with matching coveralls. Not special. If it were one of the bikes Colin rode in WSBK or the one ridden at Suzuka it would be something else.
You my friend are a tool. I debated with myself as to wether to even respond to that drivel. You are either a jealous hater, 'cuz no one pays attention to your whitebread ride when a TRUE classic pulls up, or you are merely an ill-informed clueless poseur with no knoweledge of the roots of the sport and it's seminal models. Get back with us in a few years when you finish extending the swingarm on yer chromed 'Busa........
-Rocky-
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Performance Bike Test 09 RSV4 versus 94 RC45
I mean it's NOT a hard concept to understand!!!
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