2004 Honda RC51

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You are bidding on a 2004 rc51 Nicky Hayden replica race bike. This bike is all original and flawless. It has always been garage kept and Adult ridden never raced or abused. I am the original owner. It has new Contenential Sport Attack tires with about 75% left on them.The bike is bone stock with no upgrades, I wanted to keep it that way for the the future value. These bikes are starting to become scarce and they will only get harder to find as the years go on. I rate this bike as one of the best superbikes ever built. This was Honda's V-Twin bike that raced against the Ducati's, Aprillia Twins and of course the inline fours. I am also looking to maybe sell my Ducati 996 1999 model first year, put some pics up to get some feedback. My email duncanallgood@gmail.com Here is a little history on the bike. Despite having an excellent engineering team and a significant amount of funding, Honda was unable to win consistently, particularly because of rival V-twins' displacement advantage over Honda's V-4. In 2000 Honda released the RC51, powered by a 998 cc liquid-cooled V-twin engine. That year, it won the World Superbike Championship with Colin Edwards riding for the Castrol team. In 2001, Ducati regained the title but the RC51 was still a contender boasting superior reliability with comparable speed and power. The RC51 won again in its final year of factory-supported racing in World Superbike in 2002 and that same year also captured the AMA superbike title with Nicky Hayden. Honda had taken the lessons learned in the SP-1's first season, producing the SP-2 for 2002. A stronger, more rigid frame and swingarm were identical to the WSB race bike parts and a host of engine modifications boosted peak power by 3 kW (4 bhp) and cut weight by 5 kg (11 lb). Factory specifications for road going SP-2s (sourced from Honda) were 133 bhp with a top speed of 170 mph. The factory racing edition RC51 was said to put out 185 bhp or more. 2003–present Honda stopped official support for Superbike racing in 2003 (though various teams have had some factory support) and as Superbike rules changed to allow 1000 cc 4 cylinder bikes the RC51 was replaced by the CBR1000RR Fireblade as the Honda superbike racer. In 2004, Honda released the Nicky Hayden special edition, which differed from previous models in that it had a polished aluminum frame and swing arm, a sticker kit, and white number plates on the front upper fairing and tail fairing. 2003 was the first year that Honda made improvements to the SP-2, bringing in a stronger and much lighter swing arm. In 2003, six limited edition models were released to celebrate 2002 WSBK Championship. The six limited editions were markedly similar with the only exception being the yellow on chrome Enkei rims. These are verifable by VIN numbers. The RC51 was a racing superbike which incidentally benefitted from gearbox sprocket changes for street use (factory RC51s were highly geared for top speed performance). It is expected examples of this model will gain value in years to come given the relatively short time in production and its ever increasing scarcity. Bid with confidence, and please do not bid if you do not have the money to buy! If you have less than 10 feedbacks plese contact me before bidding. I have the bike listed locally so I reserve the right to cancel. I do not except Paypal. If you are the winning bidder I will need a $500.00 deposit (NONREFUNDABLE) wired into my bank, I will give the details at auction close.On Mar-08-11 at 19:35:59 PST, seller added the following information: This a "NO RESERVE AUCTION"