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Old 09-19-2005, 11:44 PM   #1
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I found this to be kind of a gem, as i assume RC will agree. The fact that it's already at $18,000 and it's from 1994 amazes me. How much were these new? I assume this guy is making a good fortune off of this. And a 750 making 140+hp from that age is dam impressive. I don't understand why the RC51 doesn't live up to the 45, i hate it when they hold back after something good.

Here's the link http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-1...QQcmdZViewItem
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Old 09-19-2005, 11:53 PM   #2
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it said in the add $27K new in 94
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Old 09-20-2005, 12:09 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by T-Bird
it said in the add $27K new in 94
Not sure how the heck i miss that
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Old 09-20-2005, 01:41 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by gobs3z
I found this to be kind of a gem, as i assume RC will agree. The fact that it's already at $18,000 and it's from 1994 amazes me. How much were these new? I assume this guy is making a good fortune off of this. And a 750 making 140+hp from that age is dam impressive. I don't understand why the RC51 doesn't live up to the 45, i hate it when they hold back after something good.
What he doesn't say is that the HRC kit will components was about $100,000 - and there are so few HRC parts left you have little hope of assembling a full NRC spec bike unless you have very good contacts with a number of collectors and ex-race team owners.

148 hp @ 12,500 RPM (in HRC race kit form) - sounds like a good deal in 1994 dollars for $27,000 + $100,000 Makes limited run Ducatis seem like chicken feed..


**EDIT** I checked my records - #38 I don't think is the chassis I was thinking about that has come up for sale a number of times and was part of a law suite - this bike was a partner to a matching VIN# RC30.

This bike was in a private collection - the owner also had an RC30 and an RC45 for street use. Sadly he passed away and I guess they are liquidating the collection.

The stolen RC45 #21 also used to be a stable mate of this bike.
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/rc45sn0021/myhomepage/

I thought about buying her a couple times, but I have already been down the path of buying an extremely rare bike - not riding it, then riding it - and then not using etc.

It's such a pity that the chassis will probably never be used as intended.

The reason the RC51 never lived up to the mystique of the RC45 is simple - think of the RC51 as the Z06 of the RC lineage... with the RC45 being the F360CS and the RC30 being the 288GTO.



Just because you are fast doesn't mean you are a hand built limited edition piece of mechanical sculptutre..

They churn out thousands of RC51's a year - they only made about 1200 RC45 chassis for world consumption in 1994 and 1995.
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Old 09-20-2005, 01:59 PM   #5
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Would you say that the RC51 rides as good or better than the RC45, or are they totally different kind of rides. The only Honda bike i'm fond of is the RC51, it sounds great and i've only heard great things about it. I'm all about the Suzuki's and actually the Aprilia Mille RSVR but thats just because it's unique and affordable as well as gorgeous.
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Old 09-20-2005, 05:51 PM   #6
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Comparing the RC45 to the RC51 is like chalk and cheese.

The RC45 is an extension of your mind. The ultimate corner carver. Small, low petite.

The seat height was .5" lower than my TZR250RRSP replica.

The RC45 is amazingly comfortable for the task at hand.. singularly purposeful.

The most stable street chassis I have ever ridden.

The RC51 is about as far from the HRC RC51 as you can get - whereas the RC45 was the HRC chassis. The bikes were assembled from HRC race parts, by the HRC mechanics. The RC30, Rc40 and RC45 were not assembled at Honda on assembly lines, but rather in the HRC facilites by single teams.

True mechanical sculptures. The RC30 even more so than the RC45. The RC30 had hand laid fibreglass fairing components, where as the RC45 had ABS molded components.
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