It's HRC colours - and the big red circle is because it's japanese... Suzuki are the masters of shell suit colourschemes.
Not many details yet but apart from a V4 RCV1000 engine being mentioned it could also be the new NR750
Quote : Honda have, this morning at the Milan REICMA Show, revealed a roadgoing prototype of its MotoGP bike. The RC213V-S has been put together by HRC and Honda's road departments and also was developed with input from many legendary GP riders. Two machines have been presented; a static bike painted with a distinctive Japanese flag to mark 100 years of the EICMA show, along with a fully functioning, running version clothed in full carbon-fibre, fittingly ridden onto the stage by 2013/14 MotoGP champion, Marc Marquez. Details of the bike are currently scant but it would be safe to assume it will have a version of the V4 currently used by the Production Honda RCV1000R in MotoGP. Whether this version will have the motor from next year’s bike, which features pneumatic valves but not a seamless-shift gearbox as they cost squillions each, is anyone’s guess. Smart money goes on this being the new NR750 and it won’t, next year at least, see the inside of the Pata Honda World Superbike garage, as the new rules would make it impossible to race within their confines.
I'm sure it's absolutely dripping with trick bits and clever tech, however, it just looks....ordinary. It looks like a version of a fireblade not a £100,000 exotic special, and while some may like that, whats the point of putting an F1 engine in a civic bodyshell. I find the whole seat unit clumsy and heavy looking, the lights look like an afterthought from a german streetfighter catalogue and while I'm a big fan of bar end mirrors these ones look like they just tacked on a set from the first box they found rather than designing something elegant. If I had the money to buy one theres not a lot there that would persuade me that this is something more desirable than a standard commercially available superbike from any of the top factories. Even this from Honda looks nicer.
The whole thing looks desmo to me....I think bikes once theyre off of production line then the local country gets hold of them and the hideous exhausts and stupid muguards are stuck on the back they look worse....take the 1290 prototype....that looked awesome but then once the eu had gotten hold of it and applied the nanny fittings it looked no where near as good...
I like it a lot. No tinsel, just paired to the bone simplicity and functionality in that 'engineered' aesthetic. To me, it's reminiscent of the RC30 and NSR250. I also like the full-on manga-madness of the H2 in a different way. The R1 is the poor relation. Despite some nice elements from the M1, it comes across as bland and more of the same.
I like it. Its a functional bike not some arty project bike. It looks like it does what it was meant to do and thats win everything. The current race desmo is hardly a looker and theres absolutely no decent looking sports bike in ducati's range that looks better. The 1199/1299 is distinctly average and in 10yrs time will not look anywhere nr as distinctive as either the 888/916/999.
I'd have to see it in the flesh. I really like the frame and swing arm, very Moto GP. However, the tank and seat until look a bit 1970's. The exhausts are trick but will they be road legal ? The front is cut and paste Desmo. Looks better than the new R1 though and that thing from Kawasaki is just too radical for me. So, from the land of the rising sun, this is the best offering so far.
It's the Honda HRC colour scheme. I think the big red spot is a representation of the Japanese flag. Unfortunately, designers in Japan seem a bit to keen on "busy" colour schemes. Maybe they all took inspiration from this website How to Create Motorcycle Paint Schemes | eHow Ducati, on the other hand, open a tin of red paint and the job's done.
