Why so expensive?

[Bubbs]

Is this a proper rare bike? What's so special about it?

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HONDA-NR750-OVAL-PISTON-CLASSIC-COLLECTORS-ULTIMATE-/130447129119?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item1e5f413a1f#ht_1427wt_1139
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[plugger147]

OK, The price is well over the top but don't you have google in your part of the internet????


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_NR
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[27cows]

There isn't much special about the NR bar its oval pistons and eight valve set up. You'd have to be a proper bellend to spend over a hundred grand on an early 90s fat, slow Honda
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[Imonster]

I'm sure the last time I saw a good condition NR750 on ebay a few months back it was priced at around 40k - as poncy as that reg plate is, there's no way it's worth 70k
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[0ddball]

It's a rare bike but not really a good one. Like the Mona Lisa, pretty much the same as any other painting ever done but because a few ponces say it's worth millions, it is.

[Kickstart]

Hi

It was Honda showing off what they could do around 1990. Oval pistons with 8 valves and 2 con rods per cylinder, along with carbon fibre bodywork. Honda had spent most of the previous decade trying to get oval pistons to work (having tried them as a way to get the 4 strokes vaguely competitive with the 2 strokes in GP racing), and the NR was just their way of showing they could do it.

Not that quick as they are not in a high state of tune (which kind of defeats the object of oval piston engines). Could have easily been made do produce a hell of a lot more power if they wanted. Advantage of oval pistons is that for racing rules it is a 4 cylinder engine, but bore and stroke wise, valve wise, etc it is effectively a V8, so can be built with a short stroke and have the knackers revved off it to produce high power.

New around 1990 they were about £38k.

All the best

Keith
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[pinkyfloyd]

Theys sooooo purddy!

Not sure if I would own one though. At the time they were something special but now days they do look a little dated.

I think if someone gave me one I would sell it and buy something else and pocket the rest.
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[Serendipity]

This (much reposted vid) remains my favourite NR clip. Appropriate choice of music too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wm0yWZ0SGo

A bit harsh maybe, but who hasn’t done exactly this before...? That’s right...

...NOT ME!!!

But I’m sure I remember my brand new CBR6 getting dropped just like this many years ago... oh, I remember, that was immediately after my mate finally convinced me to let his new girlfriend have a go on it!..

Clutch in for 30 seconds, select false neutral, both feet up and rev the nuts off it while releasing the clutch and gracelessly falling over. I also sold her my immaculate Divvy that I’d lavished with care and attention, only for her to write it off a month later. Not one of life’s natural bikers.

Me, bitter?
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[Cheeseybeaner]

That dealer seems to take the piss on asking prices, they were trying to sell a 70s GT750 for £10k a few weeks ago (oh I notice he still is!) Admittedly it was a fantastic restoration but 10 thousand pounds?? Original CB750s don't seem to go for more than 6 or 7 k.

[ollieholt]

i want one soooo bad. yes its well over priced and they are very rare. there is a youtube video of a dealer who bought one of these and an rc30 new and lept them boxed and recently unveiled them.

here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvmnSiVpoH8
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[ollieholt]

in the mcn this weeks a vfr750 has been brought up to modern standards, rather bastardised to be honest but still, i bet its a weapon.
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[Polarbear]

That shop is taking the piss, £4000 for a Benly, bloody hell.

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1968-HONDA-CD175-A-SLOPER-CLASSIC-BEAUTIFULLY-RESTORED-/130451868181?pt=UK_Motorcycles

I dont care how beautifully restored it is, it was crap then and will be crap now.
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[chris-red]

The screen if broken costs £3000 from Honda. The tail unit/Tank cover is one piece Carbon Fibre. Everything about it is Special and one off. Lovely bike but I fear never more than a collectors piece and definately worth nowhere near £115k.
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[Villers]

Every time these things come up I throw my two penneth worth in so Im not going to resist.

If, like me, you're not nostalgic or led by other peoples opinions you will probably see and old fashioned ugly bike in those photos. If you are interested in how a machine performs you will again be a bit baffled as to why its so expensive. For me as a modern pauper whos house is worth as much as this 1980's shitbox Id rather spend a minute fraction on a modern sportsbike that will thrash it in every dept, whilst being of more use and lookung better, or even spend half of the cost on (oh my god) an awesome car!

What the sensible see here is a chocolate teapot, what others see is an opportunity to relieve a nostalgic idiot of his cash!

Flame away!
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[woodyeee]

I think i would rather buy that honda than fork out £51 million for a vase like some idiot did the other day

[weasley]

I read many years ago that Honda actually developed a V8 engine which was banned from racing, so they effectively machined the bores into pairs and made the 'oval' pistoned V4 (the pistons aren't actually ovals). Can't find reference to this though.

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[ollieholt]

i know what you mean glen
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