Featured Honda Rc-51(sp-2)

Discussion in 'Other Bikes' started by Coda, Nov 23, 2024.

  1. My new baby:

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    Thanks to @cookster for working late on a Friday evening to get the MOT done. Legend.
     
    #1 Coda, Nov 23, 2024
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  2. Forum seems to be decapitalising thread titles… bike names need full respect :joy:
     
  3. Idiosyncratic nature of the software and yes, infuriating :joy: Andy
     
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  4. She’s a beauty!

    I lusted after one of those back in the day. Still do now, but physically wouldn’t be able to ride it more than 5 minutes at a time:(

    Have fun and enjoy it:upyeah::)
     
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  5. Very nice. :heart_eyes:
     
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  6. A good looking nice bike that I'm absolutely sure you will enjoy very much.
    I had one of the last black models, and I enjoyed every aspect of owning and riding it.
    I finally sold it and bought an S1000RR, which was also enjoyable, but not in the same way as a big twin.
    I have regretted selling it ever since.
    Good luck with a great bike.
    This is mine just before I sold it.
    Tom.
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  7. I finally rode a sorted SP2 a few years ago and loved every second of it. Had I have ridden one sooner I’d probably have owned less Ducatis than I have. It was the only Honda I’ve ridden that had soul and character and just felt like a super stiff but somehow plush (I know it makes no sense) experience.
     
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  8. sp1.jpg 014.jpg I fitted ohlens r&t forks and ohlins shock, a magnificent bike that i always regretted selling.
     
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  9. Lovely,,one of the few i regret selling, i should of kept it but didn't. They go for big money it seems now. This is my old one.....
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  10. @Coda thanks for the tea making and short bread. :D
     
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  11. My old one, sold to my son who no longer has it... Honda 004.jpg
     
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  12. #15 The Royal Maharaja, Nov 24, 2024
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  13. My sp1 was a bike i could corner knee down anywhere, the ohlins transformed the bike, I ran it with standard exhausts but a k&n filter purely for the intoxicating induction noise, a knee down wheelie machine, brows of hills were sought out with relish .I even managed to sneak it into my kitchen.i bought it brand new from my local Honda dealer for.....£6200.
    Wish id bought ten. Stephens_VFR_002.jpg sp1078.jpg sp1045.jpg NW200_071.jpg NW200_067.jpg
     
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  14. I like the ohlins on it mate
     
  15. Honda fan then matey
     
  16. Curious to know how the NC compared? Always hankered after one, and unaffordable now...:(
     
    #19 The Royal Maharaja, Nov 24, 2024
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  17. Different bike altogether, tiny, like riding a two wheel ferrari, I'd rather ride the sp1 though.
    The 30 was to small for me, handled like a dream and rather than o-60 it was an A to B bike, really fast across country, comparing it to the sp1 is like comparing a two stroke to a 4 stroke.
     
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