If you happen to’ve ever fancied proudly owning a race-winning superbike, this could possibly be your likelihood, with an ex-V&M Racing Honda RVF750R RC45 up on the market.
At £64,995, it’s laborious to name it ‘low cost’, however for an ex-racer – and ex-race winner at that – it’s not a foul worth The Bike Specialists have put it up for.
This explicit mannequin was first raced in 1995, a yr wherein it completed third within the Senior TT within the palms of Steve Ward and wherein Terry Rymer took it to victory in a British Championship race at Manufacturers Hatch.
Its remaining yr of racing got here in 1997, when, within the palms of Michael Rutter, it completed second within the System 1 TT and took a victory on the North West 200.
The purpose is, it’s a motorcycle with pedigree, as you may count on of one thing to return from the V&F group of Jack Valentine and Steve Mellor, even when they have been maybe higher recognized for his or her tuning prowess of 600cc Supersport-spec engines.
As for the RVF750R RC45, it was the successor to the well-known VFR750R RC30, winner of the primary two World Superbike Championships with Fred Merkel in 1988 and 1989.
The RC45 itself took the title in 1997 because of John Kocinski, a title which might show to be the final for a 750cc four-cylinder bike within the sequence, as two titles for the 1,000cc Ducati got here in 1998 and 1999, adopted up by one other Honda title – however this time with Colin Edwards aboard the 1,000cc V-twin Honda VTR1000 SP.
