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Marc Marquez's crashed RCV
By Ben Cope on 07/02/2013 10:38:24
Yes even MotoGP demi-gods get it wrong sometimes
This is the aftermath of MotoGP 'Rookie' Marc Marquez's crash in the third day of testing at Sepang.The Repsol Honda rider lowsided into the final corner at Sepang, a hairpin. He returned to the track shortly after and went on to set his fastest time of the day. Proving that he's...
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NOT the new Honda RCV
By Visordown News on 29/01/2013 15:03:00
Best looking mock-up yet but not quite the real thing
GERMAN magazine Motorrad have produced a mock-up of what they believe the forthcoming new Honda RCV will look like. The mock-up shows something akin to a 2012 Fireblade combined with a MotoGP RC213V, sporting racing swing arm, suspension and stubby
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Could this be the new Honda RCV1?
By Visordown News on 19/11/2012 16:36:00
Tantalising shots appear in a Japanese magazine...
, which Japanese magazine Young Machine have dubbed the RCV1.Despite this only being an artist's impression, Japanese magazines have traditionally been pretty good at predicting the route their manufacturers are going to take. We hope the pictures
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Was this Honda's road-going RCV?
By Visordown on 02/09/2011 15:05:39
Old patent shows lights-and-mirrors version of V5 race bike
REWIND to the start of the four-stroke MotoGP era and you couldn't move for rumours that manufacturers were all going to launch road-going versions of their prototype racers.In reality, only Ducati ever did it, with the uber-expensive Desmosedici RR, but there were always strong ...
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How much for Honda's RCV road bike?
By Visordown News on 21/11/2012 11:44:24
Does £38k sound about right?
HONDA'S road-going MotoGP-inspired superbike could cost as little as £38,000 according to some Japanese reports – but others put the price as high as quarter of a million pounds!The whole issue is confused because Honda is developing not one but two machines, both derived from th...
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Will the road-going RCV look like this?
By Ben Cope on 25/10/2012 14:21:17
...tempting glimpse of what ultra-exotic new Honda could look like
Honda announced in a dry-as-you-like press release that a new bike was coming. Not another motorcycle-cum-medical aid like the DN-01 or Integra, this is going to be a proper bike.A bike in a similar vein to previous bikes in the RC series, the RC30, RC45 and RC51, aimed squarely...
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Stoner tests the 1,000cc Honda RCV at Jerez
By Visordown News on 18/05/2011 09:18:23
Casey Stoner samples the next generation 1,000cc MotoGP prototype
HONDA have rolled out their 1,000cc MotoGP machine as Casey Stoner lapped the Jerez circuit yesterday.In the same guise as the RC212V, Stoner took advantage of the two week break before the Grand Prix of Catalunya to sample Honda's prototype for the 2012 rule changes.Commenting o...
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Mike Scott Column - Apr 2006
By Mike Scott on 01/04/2006 12:12:21
Biaggi gets a rough ride, Pedrosa gets to grips with the new RCV and Paul Denning washes his own underpants - Mike Scott explains what it's all about
switching from Honda to Ducati, and how 250 double champ Dani Pedrosa was blistering in almost his first outings on the RCV Honda 990. Sure, it's very impressive. But these are only single laps. It's when they start having to string 25 of them all together
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Start the ultimate project bike
By Robin Goodwin on 17/11/2010 09:19:39
For sale: Honda RC211V engine and frames
RCV was the ruler of the 990 era, smoking tyres on the way to three world championships. The HRC machine proved to be the most versatile MotoGP racer taking victories in the hands of Rossi, Gibernau, Biaggi, Hayden, Barros et al.Considering these have
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2014-spec RC213V revealed
By Visordown News on 18/06/2013 16:57:21
Did the best just get better?
DON’T be fooled by the fact it looks near-identical to the existing Honda GP machine – this 2014-spec RC213V is said to be almost entirely new.While the main bodywork change is a new ‘smiley’ face for the RC-V, with a single upturned mouth instead
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