HONDA! wake the F up

I'm not sure why I want Honda to get their act together. Am I caught up in what a Honda is and does when I know they can do so much more, where's the Honda of old? Case in point, look at what Aprilla went and done, and for only a mere $84k you can play with the big boys. and look at those perks, Wow .. Honda you would do yourself, the company, good if you went this route.

https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2016/12/20/aprilia-rsv4-fw-gp-250-hp-factory-works-motogp-bike/

 

If you got the cash to play, why wouldn't you? People that can afford supercars and race replica superbikes aren't uniquely qualified to operate them, but they can also afford the right people to help them enjoy them.

Honda isn't worried about the market and the wants and needs of the consumer don't really matter.

 

Funny, they have no problem building a 200k sports/Eco
Car, but not a 30k motorcycle.

 

Damn, that Aprilia even has pneumatic valves!

 

I know people who race $200k Lamborghinis.

 

Attend an SCCA race meet weekend at Laguna Seca....those boys have stacks of cash to burn.

 

For 84K anybody could buy 2.3 Harleys.

 

Most VFR riders can't get everything out of their ~100hp VFR's. The Aprilia would just be a novelty.

 

For 84K it better be.

 

At 18k the 2017 Aprilia RSV4 R FW-SSTK1 is the ticket for mere mortals. Thet is actually a great deal. Even with this lower priced package you still get corner by corner programming, Akra and that V4!

 

Another 7K would get a Harley with fewer moving parts.

 

Sometimes the Hardley parts don't even move.

 

Some of them bounce when they fall off..

 

The article claims the one you can BUY, the normal one, still has the pneumatic valves. Anyone know if that's actually true? I don't believe anyone has ever released a GP replica type bike with the pneumatic valving left in place. Even the bonkers bazillion dollar Honda one has it replaced with standard mechanically actuated/spring returned valves. If this is true, god only knows what this thing might rev to - maybe in the neighborhood of 20k?

 

Honda's reply

 

Anybody can buy one of those bikes if they have the cash. But I doubt you can buy a service manual for it. Classified information. Got to take it to the dealer.:sorry: LOL



On 2nd thought, you couldn't take it to a dealer. Would you trust those guys. Most likely have to send it to a factory shop with engineers like the ones who build them. Or a caliber there of.

 

How do you copy gif's like this and still have them work? I could use this one...........

 

I simply copied the url in my browser, then I used the image tag here and voila!

 

Wonder if that would work for an avatar? Nice find Lint and yes I agree Honda could care less., which is sad.