We recently showed you a very spectacular Ducati 1299 Superleggera, which was already a very fast and very expensive motorcycle and it does not seem to have been sold yet. Even more impressive is the fact that this RC213V-S just turned up. Because it’s almost three times more expensive than the Ducati mentioned above, and it’s also much rarer.
Honda originally planned to bring just 250 units of this motorcycle to market, but rumors have risen to suggest that a smaller number may have made it into production. This is a handcrafted motorcycle in a special factory in Japan. The bike for sale here is unit number 007 which gives it an extra degree of coolness.
In terms of specs, this is almost similar to the MotoGP bike, but without the pneumatic valves and seamless transmission.
These have been changed to be more reliable for people using them on public roads. There are also other elements that ensure street legal approval, such as headlights, taillights, side mirrors, a horn and a license plate holder. While the “normal” version, if you can call it that, only had 157 horsepower, this bike also has the optional HRC Sport kit which should give you around 212 horsepower.
The parts included in the kit are exactly what you need to get the full racing experience. There are many lightweight materials on this bike, and the way the chassis is built means you will need a good level of courage and skill to even see its potential. Not to mention the fact that just riding down the street is not enough to tell the difference from a tamer, albeit fast, 1000cc bike.
Now all you have to do is come up with £ 219,995 ($ 306,796) what to expect in a brand new Ferrari. But I think it makes sense considering the odometer reads 0 miles. Right now I’m tempted to say if I could afford to pay that much for a motorcycle, and if I had a lot more racing bike experience than I do now, I would probably give it my all and tour the world over the tracks that the MotoGP is taking place, and see what it can do.
But I think it’s far more likely someone will just buy this and store it or display it for years to come. And in 20 or 30 years, when everyone’s probably just going to ride electric bikes, people will look at it and probably refer to it as a slow, dated motorcycle, but a fascinating piece of history nonetheless.