RC211V road bike drawings...

If Honda launches a road going RC211V... it shall be the only fitting
successor to their last brilliant road bikes... the RC30 and RC45... a
true riders friend you never had... Honda's exotic V4s are not of a age
but more like for all time...

http://www.amasuperbike.com/2003-Jul/030718z.htm

Larry L
94 RC45 #2
Have a wheelie NICE day...
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If it wasn't for us the fast lane would rust...
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I wonder if it will have similar suspension design. The current GP bike has
unconventional rear suspension in that the top of the shock is mounted on
the swingarm.
I also note the drawing does not incorporate the radially mounted front
caliper.
B

 

Pipe dream, Larry. Too expensive to mass produce when Honda can do an
INLINE and just make it look like a RC211V. Bottom line, the RC211's a
GP bike, where' as the RC30, 45 & 51 were/are Superbikes.


01 Sprint ST "RED"
Bob Nixon, Phoenix Az.

 

Just what I need, another Honda to slow me down

Steve
95 Buell S2
96 Kawasaki ZX7R

 

Pard...
I don't dream about owning a V5... I'm so happy with the current V4...
it will end my riding career... one way or the other...

Too expensive to mass produce when Honda can do an

You know Honda has the means to produce enough V5s to bring down the
cost within the publics comfort level... just like they did with the
RC51...

Bottom line, the RC211's a

Granted the RC211V is a GP machine dictated by strict rules but a street
going version will not need to satisfy any rules let alone any
homologated requirements... Honda has the option to made it soft focused
and cheap... whereas the RC30 RC45 Superbikes had to be hard focused...
expensive and ready for battle...

Larry L
94 RC45 #2
Have a wheelie NICE day...
Lean & Mean it... the extended warranty in every corner of your life...
If it wasn't for us the fast lane would rust...
V4'S are music to the seat of my pants...
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I pledge to never slow you down... for it is written by HRC... no
copious produced... pedestrian feeling... Universal Japanese
Motorcycle... is allowed to lead this Superbike...

Larry L
94 RC45 #2
Have a wheelie NICE day...
Lean & Mean it... the extended warranty in every corner of your life...
If it wasn't for us the fast lane would rust...
V4'S are music to the seat of my pants...
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Tell that to Eric Bostrom

Wish they'd stick him on a ZX10R instead of a ZXRR, but that's life.
At least it's not one of those slow, red things

Steve
95 Buell S2
96 Kawasaki ZX7R

 

Wasn't one of the Yamaha MotoGP bikes disqualified when it found
to have production parts on it?

 

ISTR something like that too. The MotoGP rules are written to make sure
the bikes differ significantly from streetbikes (and, of course, from
Superbikes). To keep manufacturers from just machining stock engine
castings a bit differently and stamping "MotoGP" on them, fundamental
dimensions must change. One parameter I remember reading about is
cylinder inclination angle. So the Yamaha must have its cylinders
either more horizontal or more vertical than the R1's. If Honda did
build a liter V5 streetbike, it couldn't have the 72° included angle of
the RC211. Of course, that wouldn't make any difference if the
streetbike were a V6. ;-)

 

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LOL. Shades of the over-tech, showboat, white elephant, the CBX.


01 Sprint ST "RED"
Bob Nixon, Phoenix Az.

 

Well everyone makes mistakes. We don't hold it against him

Steve
95 Buell S2
96 Kawasaki ZX7R

 

I read an interview with him after he switched to Kawi. He described the
RC as a machine that was impossible to set up correctly and nervous,
while the 7RR was a bike that was easy to set up and ride.

I don't remember the quote exactly, it's from Sport Rider in 2000/2001.

-B

 

I can see why he'd say that. The 7R is pretty easy to get set up and
you can be quite a bit off with the settings before it's a nightmare.
I know people with the rear ride height topped out and the forks
dropped 3/4" and it still doesn't act too twitchy.

Steve
95 Buell S2
96 Kawasaki ZX7R

 

It's understandable... Eric was offered a machine well developed and
best suited for Miguel's style of racing... unfortunately American Honda
didn't offer this budding new rider a whole lot of expensive changes...
the team hoped for the return of their star rider... however Miguel's
injuries lasted the season...

Eric did shine enough on the RC45 for Kawasaki to take note...

The RC45 chassis had a design limit of 165hp... as the stakes escalated
from the V Twin threat... HRC upped the power up to 191hp... at that
level things indeed were difficult to please the rider... but Honda
anted up more improvements... 40% increase in crankshaft weight... dual
sided swing arm... better raising rates on suspension geometry... there
was perfection... documented by Alan Cathhart... who compared Colin
Edwards RC45 against Carl Fogarty's World Champion Ducati...
http://www.v-four.freeserve.co.uk/rc45-99.htm

Larry L
94 RC45 #2
Have a wheelie NICE day...
Lean & Mean it... the extended warranty in every corner of your life...
If it wasn't for us the fast lane would rust...
V4'S are music to the seat of my pants...
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I do indeed. Terry is a really good guy.

ab