I was just wondering whether folks here might want to discuss the NR750. No, I didn't search for previous threads first...
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I think at one point or another a good portion of us have done a deep dive on those bikes.
There was a vid going around a while ago of a girl dropping one trying to let the clutch out... It appeared she had no business on it. Hard to watch.
Very cool bike, very interesting attempt to subvert the rules. I'd love to have a go on one. But not on the list if bikes I'd buy if I had the $$$$$$.
I keep waiting on joel or Dmitry to say he has onesomehow those guys end up with the coolest shit.
Don't spend money and buy, spend time and learn.👍 1Comment
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Don't spend money and buy, spend time and learn.Comment
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Bike was $60k when it came out, not really fast or good looking (unlike 916) just an exercise, a Halo bike, and I'm sure I even at 60k it was a big financial loser. Big companies like to do sometimes just as a PR, to show off, create a buzz...
I like NR, but don't think I'd want to own one, would rather get a fleet of other RC bikes that I can enjoy instead of one museum piece👍 1Comment
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Gino
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The idea was that it would have a racing advantage in the 750cc formula. It didn't. This a bike where you drain the gas, fog oil the tank, and put it in your living room and then give it to a museum and write it off. The King is dead; Long live the King!Comment
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The oval piston design was NEVER meant to power a super bike or normal street bike. The NR750 TT-F1 racer was a missile but Honda knew the class was dead and there was no point of developing it and the very expensive in their own right RVF/RC30 based racers.
Honda was flush with so much money they could lose money on the NR750 for an ego trip/flexing on other manufacturers. We will never see machines as awesome as the bubble era ever again.Last edited by joel; 03-02-2022, 06:43 PM.👍 2Comment
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Look at a 888. Look at how much it doesn’t look like a 916. It was going to until he saw the NR. The single sided arm -which they had to pay royalties for- was a styling decision as were under-seat exhausts and headlights that weren’t just a rectangle. Find a pic of the first 916 and it even has a black top of the tank.👍 1Comment
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Bill,
89 Red Hawk, 2021 Rebel 1100 (bike 41) Some Past/sold in reverse order:,FZ09,97 Magna #1&2 , 97 VFR750F, 87 VFR400R, 88 Hawk, 86 SRX 600, 77 RD400, 79 CB650, 04 VFR, 88 Blue Hawk, 89 Red Hawk, Yamaha SRX600, Harley 1200C, Yamaha RD400, Harley 883R, Yamaha 750 triple, Vlx600, Honda 450, Honda 400, CB550F, Kawasaki H1, BMW R69US, Yamaha R5C 350, Honda 160, Bridgestone 175, 1950 Harley 74 w/sidecar, 65 Harley 250 Sprint, 1948 Harley and my 1st bike-1941 Harley 74 knucklehead my dad gave in1963.Comment
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