This 1997 NSR500V Honda has broken all the new auction records for a Japanese motorcycle. They paid for her 267,607 dollars, which exceeds all the previous figures. He had been stored for 20 years and bought directly and HRC.
Incredible fact: the motorcycle had never startedit had only been used to expose it in static in promotional events. After this “busy” promotional life, this V-Twin racing motorcycle, unique in its kind, was replied by HRC and sent to its US owner, which left it out there… together with a full spare parts kit unused, suitable for Compete in Grand Prize races, until this unrest two decades later.
Most motorcycles that reach high auction prices have a competition origin, but this is a real wonder: an intact Grand Prize motorcycle, with spare parts. Thus they unpacked it in Ionic Motorbike Auctions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guctq31uujq
Honda’s domain in the motorcycle market and in competition has not translated into a stir among collectors. The Japanese have been the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world since 1959, practically during the last half of the history of motorcycling. Honda is so ahead that the second does not even have accumulated sales that will soon exceed 500 million units.
Throughout his reign, Honda has performed master technological feats to achieve its objectives. The list would be too long to list, but this motorcycle captures the spirit of two -stroke racing motorcycles as few.
Honda already won the majority of races of the Queen of Motorcycling with the V4 engine, so it opted for a simple and functional solution: the NSR500V is a bike -cylindrical motorcycle in V 500 cc relatively simple, which sought to be light and A good power reserve. With 50 hp, he barely weighed 30 kg, as one of 250 cc. In his second Grand Prize in 1996 Tady Okada achieved the Pole position In his first career.
It was not the fastest in a straight line, but it compensated with excellent handling, a passage through superb curve and a braking capacity superior to the rest, given its little weight. In addition, the power and pair delivery made it easy to drive quickly, ideal for young pilots to be fogging and showing their abilities.
Honda Racing Corporation manufactured only 20 units NSR500V. Two more were manufactured with a slightly different configuration in the last season, before the MotoGP rules changed and the era of the two times ended. The big difference was that, unlike the NSR500 V4 that were rented to selected international teams, the V2 were sold directly.
None had reached prices as high as this. The most expensive until now had reached $ 127,838. Of course, it is not the most expensive two -stroke motor By von Dutch.
